5th gear:

The Chevy Volt/Cadillac ELR is even better, being actually decently fast for a “regular car” and having a much longer battery-only range than the C-Max.

This is why I like my 1978 C10. No need to take your eyes off the road for anything. All the controls are different shapes and very tactile. No touch screen (except for the new fuel injection tuning screen, but that doesn’t need to be touched while driving), and the high beam switch is on the floor, which is nice.

There’s a reason it has always been known as the “Exploder”. No matter what generation an Explorer is, it always has issues.

I had just taken my Chevy C10 to Midas to have the exhaust welded (don’t own a welder and my house only has 60 amp electric service), and ended up breaking in the camshaft in the parking lot. Driving it home was a harrowing affair with an untuned carb and barely functioning brakes. The needle in the gas gauge had…

7.4 liter gas here. Wish they made a bigger version, but since my 454 is magneto ignition, I can always roll the car down a hill.

7.4 liter gas here. Wish they made a bigger version, but since my 454 is magneto ignition, I can always roll the car…

Look in your local junkyard and ask them for the cheapest complete car.

It’s more commonly built and modified, and with a far cheaper parts cost than any of the others mentioned, not to mention that it has far more potential with less modification due to the wide variety of strong axles (14 bolt, Dana 60, Eaton) that can be swapped in with no modification to the frame.

“Next to the Ford Bronco and Dodge Ramcharger, it’s often the prime candidate for crazy off-road builds that air on Velocity at 12 a.m.”

There was a pickup with the same style grille.

The very same Volvos they still drive.

At least within North Korea, most government officials drive various Mercedes models, and some lower officials drive Volvos.

Better/cooler idea: 1973-1991 Chevy/GMC Suburban. Available with various small blocks, a 454 big block, the 5.7 or 6.2 diesel, and multiple types of automatic or manual transmissions.

I was guessing either Ford Flathead or some industrial engine.

I have some more interesting/cheap junkyard/Craigslist engine ideas available in my area:

I took a rental Camaro to a dragstrip.

I want that Ramcharger.

This is the best near me:

They should go back to their more classic designs, much as Dodge did with the Challenger.

Good point about the space. Maybe something more like the supercharged V6 found in ‘90s Buicks.