Dang, I did not need to read this story today. Let’s see, my wife’s van hasn’t had a transmission flush ever. My daughter keeps forgetting to do oil changes and I snapped off a nipple on the radiator and fixed it with epoxy and hope. The washing machine has a broken spring and seems to be made of razor blades when I…

This was also the time when much of the county was still in black and white due to austerity programs implemented at the beginning of WWII.

I can picture it now, the next buyer of this slow and smelly chariot.

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/09/21/ford-maverick-spy-photos-suspension/

Look up “Fiat Toro”. It’s a unibody crew cab pickup truck built in Brazil, for Brazil in the Compass platform. You can have it in FWD manual 1.8L (!) trim and 2.0L diesel AT9 trim, and (almost) everything in between.

Ford Maverick, it’s looking to be a unibody, crew cab only affair though.

I would suggest about 1995.

I wish they had this in North America. Love VW stuff. Although I am intrigued about the new tiny pickup ford has coming up thats smaller than ranger...

The affinity is pretty easy to understand- if you want (This next part is pure justification) a mechanically simple, easy to fix, mod or whatever vehicle that’s as basic as it gets but still has amenities like AC that works, this is what you want.

See my thought is that it’s a blank canvas. Spray paint the shit outta that thing and make it look bright and colorful and ridiculous, or put a fuckin’ wizard riding a unicorn on the side. 

• Level 1: 1992 Legend - Suburban Bakersfield

Fuel injection?? Your Golf got a carb unless you went for the GTI.

Dont worry, he'll be driving it to Moab with a little tiny generator in the trunk for charging next year. 

Also, doll house tables.

Ah, here we are, wide awake, 7:50AM, and David is posting cars that aren’t just rusting — but also completely inaccessible.

“I was basically in the lines.”

Those were the days...

One of my favorite movies is Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans especially for Danial Day Lewis’ all-in performance. I love the way he pronounces Kentucky “Kan-tuck-ee” which has led me to do the same ever since.

You say that like being a bourbon-soaked nut job was a bad thing to be.

What you need to do is find an 80's Type 2 T3 Transporter (Vanagon) automatic. They were a fairly straightforward torque converter automatic like most cars, and a bug can be modified to accept it. (In fact, a common off-road modification is to fit the heavier duty Bus manual in a Baja bug.)