That’s right around the same time Dad took his apart, except he started with the idea of a frame off restoration (on a rust free California car so I’m not sure why?) and took it all the way down to nuts and bolts. The bare metal body shell has been hanging by the rafters in the garage since before I was born. I was…

His project car is a ‘69 Chevelle Malibu that he started when he was around my age, mid-late 20's. Life happened, he had kids, other things were higher on the list, and I wasn’t too motivated to work on it growing up because he is not a quick decision maker and drags his feet when it comes to spending money (he grew…

At 26 I wouldn’t call myself seasoned, but I’ve been wrenching for a while and at times I wouldn’t mind less wrenching, because everything I own is broken.

I’m the same way with my dad, growing up I was more of a tool gopher than the person actually doing the work (although he did still teach me a lot), now that I’m a bit older and have had a ton of my own self taught wrenching experiences its nearly the opposite. We started working on his 40 year restoration project…

I’ve heard its pretty easily removable, but if you take it off what’s the point in having it? I agree, it was way too low, it looks kind of neat, but removes a ton of the practicality of the bed.

Dodge. Charger. Daytona. Wing.

I’ve always wanted to build an actual Charger Daytona tribute pickup and build a wing that sits well above the cab. It would be awesome in a, why the hell would anyone do that? kind of way.

Luxury options only make pickups better, just don’t be a baby and still use it like it’s meant to be used.

I actually think the flareside worked really well on this generation Ford, being all curvy and what not. Was definitely one of the last trucks to look good with the flareside though.

My DT175 was free to and after stupidly spending a bunch of money on non essential parts I realized that I wasn’t going to find a piston for less than several hundred dollars. I lost a bit of money on it, but I did manage to get it to at least run before I got rid of it.

Ditches are literally everywhere here so I’ve never even given that a second thought. Plus anything but the steepest of ditches won’t deter someone looking to have some fun. I’ve driven through many a ditch, and torn up many a field (never ever ever with crops in, or bad enough to cause damage that standard dirt work…

Usually the ditches are for water drainage, and fences are used to keep cattle in when let out to feast on the corn stalks. At least that’s they’re used for in my area. Farming is so prevalent in my area that even the dumbest of teenagers usually knows to stay out of someone’s field, especially when crops are in.

I was really hoping to see Victory start to take over that roll (and they had a few concepts and race bikes that were good starting points) but Polaris shit all over that dream. Still, I like what they’ve been doing.

I’m going to disagree, mainly because he’s looking at a Honda. I’ve been on both sides of this, my first old dirt bike, a 1974 Yamaha DT175 was a basket case, with only Ebay parts available and only NOS pistons that were really expensive and all the wrong sizes. My ‘82 XR250R (which was pulled from a scrap yard)…

I’m gonna go against the crowd here a litle, old bikes aren’t all that bad, especially old Honda’s. Just look for one that appears to have been maintained decently well. A 90's bike can be just as neglected as a 70's or 80's bike, and a lot of the time the engines in the 90's bikes are heavily based on the older…

Shame about your Sportster, I’ve got a fuel injected one and it’s been nothing but trouble free for 20,000 miles.

My dad’s 3v 5.4 does about 12 mpg towing a 20' boat, four guys, and a weeks load of food and gear, at 75 mph. My 2-valve does about 10-11, and I’ve never seen it drop below 9, even when towing a 4100 lb pickup, on a 20' tilt bed trailer that weighs around 4000 lbs as well. Not sure why yours is so bad, but I’ve always…

Maybe, I don’t know....turn the boat?

These are street legal where I live and if I had a little more money I’ve seriously considered buying one to use as a daily. I live in gravel road grid central as well so I can get nearly anywhere I need to go using mostly gravel roads, which is where these things really shine.

No license at all for off road riding. If you live in one of the awesome states like mine where these are road legal, a normal drivers license will do.