Almost caught a really sweet stick shift 1991 Mr2 Turbo on craigslist a month or so ago for 5 grand, just within budget of RIGHT NOW - a comparative steal considering better sorted examples of this dream car of mine are now cresting the $12,000 mark.

“We need to cook!”

The final results are always fun, but the first thing your old car will do when you try to revive it from a decade-long coma is promptly leak EVERYWHERE, and then you get to make this face:

There was a gorgeous late 60s Commando that was parked in my neighbors’ backyard under a cover for years. The things was perfect and totally rust free - huzzah for Arizona. I asked if they wanted to sell it, the owner said she wasn’t ready (after years of doing NOTHING with it), then they parked it at a friend’s house…

If it’s a 1996 model, it should have the 190hp High Output motor from when the Cherokee switched to Chrysler electrics in 1991. The 175hp motor was the old Renix system I believe.

Daily Drive a ‘98 XJ. Would recommend. My dad’s even thinking about getting one if we can find something that hasn’t been beat to hell.

Last time I spent some time in Denver in 2014, I realized how much you not only need to pay attention to the new vehicles, but be on the lookout for old ones as well. Denver PD/Colorado Highway Patrol were running new model Fords and Chevys as well as first-gen Crown Vics, second-gen Chevy Tahoes and eighth-gen…

Steve McQueen and his XKSS have had my vote for years.