Cassette player is EXACTLY the reason I would buy this.  And knobs and levers.  None of this glowing fucking unusable distraction ruining my night vision.

“On our next episode, we’ll convert this Lada to run on black powder.”

No Firestone Wilderness tires, no buy.  CP

I’d put a popup camper body on it and drive with my head sticking out through the vent.

When were these photos taken? I was at Petersen in October and didn’t see this or the CJ5 in front of it. I hope I didn’t miss a section of the museum and that they simply swapped out their displays.

This is fine only if they call it Vega.

FFS: He could have at least run the drive chain through a tube where it is in the vicinity of the driver’s balls, which must be huge to drive this anywhere, increasing the risk of entanglement.

My kids and I have watched all of these.  Great stuff!

Big box stores have driven out all legitimate lumber yards in my area.

Yes, exactly.

I never let the store select my lumber for me.  I figure that’s who ends up with the banana shaped dimensional boards and pringle shaped pieces of plywood with the corners broken off.

Yes, precisely.

I fully use my van for a number of purposes and its ability to haul 4x8 material is hardly the only reason I own/drive it.

No drain plugs, but would be super easy to add.  Now if only we could get the fine folks at WeatherTech to make an insulated waterproof insert, One could haul 100 or so very cool bottles without incident.

When building stuff that is going to get stained and finished, I generally like to keep the road grime off.

Nope. I’m an engineer that enjoys light carpentry at home on the weekends. I build a lot of stuff out of plywood and have also cleanly hauled 4x8 sheets of drywall in the van on occasion in foul weather for home repairs.

Light ‘em up, Trollhunter style!

The mid-row Stow and Go compartments will hold 120 bottles of beer, FWIW.

Because I’m too lazy to look up specific cargo dimensional data for all of these, can any or all transport a few 4X8 sheets of plywood with all rear seats stowed and the hatch closed? My 2016 Grand Caravan can. That is an important metric for the home handyman trying to not have to drop a ton of cash on a 4-dr pickup…

‘Fuel’ is naturally enriched and abundant.  Water and hydrogen can fuck right off.