Subaru bros. Seriously. Subaru bros. No, I shouldn't have bought a car that'll done blow'd up the second I forget the check the oil at a trackday. Nope nope nope nope go away nope. "Subaru" is not always the answer for many, many fantastic reasons, and the royal pain of getting to simple parts around the engine is…

I'm holding out for a rebirth of the Reatta.

Anyone saying "it's leaking oil again" about *any* Land-Rover is just making conversation. It's the equivalent of saying "nice day": arguably true >80% of the time, depending on definition and degree.

Ugly, heavy, and outdated by choice, mofo.

I know, right? Armored 109 +A/C + other weight + squad of men: egad.

"Hubbard air con unit" - from the ad. It's a nice plus. '79 isn't that unpossible, particularly with it being an enclosed box for a police squad. No good way otherwise to cool 8-10 men, I'm not surprised at all they jumped for it.

It's listed in the ad, and there's certainly room for it. I've never seen a Series with A/C, but it'd be a pretty easy fit, so I'm not surprised at all. A/C as an add-on kit for even things like Jeeps was available back into the 60s, and the heaters for these are already one of several add-on setups (from the Canadian…

The D90, due to trans shape and other anomalies, has a very very long bellhousing, and a long clutch throw setup. I don't think it's very good in general where actuating is concerned. Which is funny, because there's no real reason for the clutch itself to give trouble - it's a 10.4" that's pretty much…

Were it a MOD Landie, it probably would have been - I guess the civvie ministries got to order whatever the hell they wanted. That being said, even with somewhat reduced torque at some Rs, the increased friskiness of the gas engine would be welcome here.

It is not possible this thing is able to get out of its own way. 2.25 gas engine + armor makes for... lumbering a bit. That's even before you count the A/C, which, if on = holy shit. That being said, anyone trying to go places fast in an armored Series III needs their head examined, and this has lots of cool bits you…

So I see. Thus making it (at the end of the day) kind of a two cockpit improved P-38 in a way. Also, undoing the change that had made the P-51 a world-beater - the jump to a Merlin from an Allison.

Interesting that they went to gear drive. Not as entertaining as the reverse-rotating Allison setup, but better enough performance that it was worth it, I'm sure.

Came to the front page to post the Airtruk, myself.

Whoops. Quick question: did the F-82 use double Merlins, or did they revert to Allisons? I know the Allisons already had two directions in full production (P-38, etc.), but did they whip out a reverse Merlin just for the F-82?

Depending on whether he has to kill people disguised as a bum, he might need a Bug as well.

Yeah, I was going to say - this stinks of paranoid schizophrenic like DAMN

We need this picture here, because it is batshit.

The best part is that he'd been snowed in, and got the Willys in trade for one of these, if I recall correctly.

Or is postulating very small rooms linked only very indirectly from one side to the other and built only on the outer periphery. Which would equate to having absolutely no idea how hotels work.

Car and Driver also liked the Intrepid. A lot.