Seems like a neat opportunity to me, making mini strap-ons for Rolls owners so they can make their Spirit of Ecstasy like their dominatrix mistress.

The camo is a good touch, I doubt I’d want to be found if (when) I got stuck in a mud bog with that tacky pile of shit.

Also, it’s a render which means so far no one has actually shelled out for this abomination. Honestly I don’t see a market, mega rich dudes that buy near million dollar toys think going into the wilderness means a weekend at Tahoe.  

Perhaps you mean the inclusion of China in the WTO?

“The center believes that a modern interpretation of the car could be built with the help of electronic driver assistance.”

Jesus. So it’s all fine and dandy for kids to go shooting up the local school with the handgun their dad bought for them to masturbate to but spotlighting game is illegal? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?????

If you haven’t already I’d recommend binge watching Garage 54's Youtube channel. You’ll quickly learn everything possible with this beast. Running it on anything from 2 to 12 cylinders, with 5 diffs, all wheel drive, 14 wheels, how to incinerate then resurrect it, and well, yeah. Lada’s are badass. 

I know these are utility vehicles but they did come from the factory with a hood lining, which this one doesn’t have, and it’s really orange. The bed also looks pretty beat up, like sagging between the cross members beat up. This used to carry heavy loads.

I’m calling bullshit on that cost quoted in the story. Our RV runs 2 systems, a 12V 400Ah system for the fridge and most other “house” systems like lights etc and a 24V 800Ah system for our AC. These are fed by solar and wind, the 12V has 760W of PV plus a 400W wind turbine if needed while the 24V is fed by 1.9kW of PV…

Then we have the wild card, China. Not so much their brands but their influence on known brands.

Good, you’re going to be in the desert. So how about sand, specifically soft stuff where you’re not running over it, you’re crawling through it?

Found this shot of the rear Impala suspension setup. Compare the two, looks very close.

Same bumper is also used on the 65 Bel Air, my dad had one of these and that looks pretty much spot on. If I recall correctly there were quite a lot of parts crossover on a bunch of Chevy models around that time. I think you’re right about the family but tying it down to a specific model will be pretty much impossible…

Hang on, this is another 70's van. Ms Elizabeth was just showing us the 77 sex van, https://jalopnik.com/this-1977-dodge-tradesman-sex-van-is-the-greatest-vehic-1848133146. Is this the real theme this week?

“Only using the photos from when I bought it because the camera on my phone is broken.”

As a comparison, here are the state by state laws in Australia.

The single most useful thing my dad ever taught me when learning to drive was, “assume everyone else on the road is an idiot.”

Toyota Coaster 5 speed manual is interesting.

If Swan Hill is anything like most country towns in Australia the rotund build of the local cops would have meant they needed the tilt tray as there is no way they would have been able to lift that thing. Especially as it most likely contained a block of VB.

This thing is an ugly POS, unless you are, no wait, there is no use for this. It’s an ugly POS and deserves to die.