My brother has an ‘80 F350, and has used a similar technique.. He has a fairly large that whole in the floor, covered by a piece of sheet metal. So, when he locks his keys in said truck, he simply climbs underneath, slides back the floor, and unlocks the door. Presto!

I’m not sure what I just read...

Oh, the stories I could tell! I have an old (well, 2003, so not that old) Chevy Silverado with high milage and a sketchy history. As such, it breaks down. Nothing I haven’t been able to handle, yet, but still. My favorite story is from when the one if the fuel injectors went out last summer. The story goes something…

This made my day...

The version I heard was the name harkens back to when they put them on old tractors, like farmalls or letter series John Deere’s that didn’t have power steering. If one was not careful crossing a plowed field , the steering wheel would jerk and spin wildly, causing pain to ones fingers if not prepared. At least,…

Star for that! I will say though, watch out for those pesky windshield wipers! Lean on one of those wrong, and you'll know it...

Sane Ohioan checking in...

Yes?

I don't think I've ever not been a gear head.. When I was born, the car I came home in was my mother's fox-body Mustang, and red and gray pace car special. I also grew up on a small farm, and while the baby cows were cool, what really caught my eye as a youngster was my father big red international tractor. Some of my…

I daily this...

Apparently I'm Gen Z.. And I'm a classic car guy. So what do I want? Nothing Detroit or anyone else has made in the last forty years...

I have gotten quite a few, actually, for Christas and my birthday...

Mr. DeMuro,

That looks like one of them there fancy kit cars...

So, does this mean I shouldn't replace my rusty 260k mile, 16 year old $600 pickup when I graduate and get a job? (Stats are hypothetical, BTW, because I haven't graduted, and the truck isn't that old yet.)

Also, what do i have to do to be ungrayed?

My first car is actually a truck I bought for $601 dollars through an auction at the company my dad worked for. He had specifically told me I was not getting a car when I turned 16, partially due to insurance reasons, but mostly because i was (and still am) in to classic cars, and the ones I liked were old, decrepit…

My airbag light has been on since i bought my well-beaten Silverado 3 years ago... Apparently the contracting company that owned it considered it a liability, but didn't want to spend $2k to fix a high milage work truck. So, they lost even more money when they sold it to me for $601! My solution to the airbag light?…

Oh, and i love the styling of present-day Lincoln.

Oh boy...