the wife has been whining about a new car

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Jeep had a Perkins diesel in some of the CJ's in the 70's I think. Just saw one while looking through a Jeep site the other night. If you could put a little Perkins 3 or 4 cylinder in a CJ frame with a 4 or 5 speed tranny and overdrive, that's would likely be a real nice rig. Wouldn't have to be real high on the HP, just gobs of torque. I know there's an outfit out west putting Cummins (IIRC) diesels in 1950's Dodge Power Wagons. Of course they also add disc brakes, 5 and 6 speed trannys, A/C, power steering and brakes, seating upgrades, etc. and the trucks go out the doors with a $90K price tag too!

The neighbor down the road (who never had a thing until his wife inherited the family $hipping busine$$ in Germany $$$) just bought himself another new pickup, about his 15th in 10 years. This time it's an F150 DIESEL! He stopped in to show it to me and I accidentally ruined his day by saying it had that diesel clatter. He said I was the only person to say it sounded like a diesel, and it does to me, just a real quiet diesel. Kind of the opposite of all the other diesels in the area that are made to be as loud as possible by their owners. This guy is the outlier in diesels in our area. Most of the diesel pickups are cattle haulers. The rest are kids. Where they get the money I don't know but they sure like to spend it. I'm waiting for the day one of them blows his Cummins up and goes and finds an old Screamin' Jimmy 6-71 to stick under the hood. Then we'll have a new definition of loud!
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
I was having lunch one day and this brand new TJ pulls in 89-90' probably . It's got this smooth but uneven 74' CAT sound going on . This guy in shirt and tie and a $30 gold tie clip gets out and comes in and we had to know . Turns out he's a Cummins rep out of Denver and this is his " company car " for his Western States regional loop where he's connecting with all of his local/area reps and Dodge dealers . It was a 3 cyl TDI with a swap plate to the Jeep drive train right straight out of the skunk works .
That stretch across Nevada on US6 that ends on the west at Tonopah he claimed to have clicked off in an hour flat . It's 115 miles with a 7mile 6% pull and a couple 5 -10 mile runs of slow turns that can be managed at 65-70 mph in a short bed P'up but then would have been interesting in a factory post 31×10.50-15 CJ 5 shadow . In any case 125 in a Jeep J body is terrifying to even think about ......

I had a couple Scouts , one was a long header 345 2v that had an auto in it that threw up . It got the "Tank transmission" 4 speed . It was sure hard on U joints .
 

Rally

NC Minnesota
My first vehicle, with four wheels, was a 1965 Scout with a turbo charged 4 cylinder, 3 speed tranny. Turbo charger was oil propelled, with vacuum windshield wipers that kept pace with the engine rpm's. Had an 8 track in it , but I only had one tape, Neil Young "Harvest". Was a real upgrade to checking traps on foot or on a MC. Caught 67 fox that year and that Scout smelled like fox until I traded it to one of my instructors at NTC Millington, Tn, for a 67 Caprice. With out a doubt the roughest riding vehicle I've ever ridden or drove. The definition of bravery was chasing a fox over a frozen chisel plowed field. Not a good idea to do a burn out to impress your girlfriend with the emergency brake on, unless you like changing broken rear axles in December! I had a Savage 24V (.222/20ga.) that was a permanent resident in that Scout. Used to keep a pair of slip joint pliers under the drivers seat just to engage the front hubs. Few bolts and the top came off. Girls loved it. Had lots of fun in that thing.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I don't think I've ever even ridden in a Scout, but a camp I worked had an old 1960's IHC pick up for the chore truck. 4wd of course, straight 6. Harshest riding vehicle I ever rode into until I put the 3/4 ton springs in my short box Chevy. I had to it grease once, must have been 85 grease fittings on that thing. If it moved, it had a grease fitting. Kind of a pain at the time, but now I look at it as a sign of quality components. Funny how your perception changes.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
she isn't getting a new anything.
for about 500 bucks I can fix the couple of little things broke on the Bronco and have it back in 100% running order.
it just got a new engine, and the transmission only has a couple thousand miles on it, it has new tires [and I have another brand new set out back]
I re-done all of the front end about 1-K miles ago except the steering box [which I can do this summer]
it just got new exhaust from front to back, new water pump, new fuel system..
plus the Mustang only has like 30-K miles on it.

we can make her Tahoe and my truck go another 30-50K miles before getting something else,,, like another pickup truck.
I considered a 2 seat razor when we bought the last 4 wheeler, it would have only been about 2G more,, she was the one that said no.
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
We've been wanting an ATV/UTV here on the farm for a long time. Seems everytime I find something I'm a day late or a dollar short, usually the latter. Up here it seems every townie has at least 1 ATV, a snowmobile, a side by side and maybe a dirt bike and they all want to ride on my land. Funny how that works. So our field vehicles are old Jeeps and tractors. Sure would like one of those 4x6 wheeled jobs with the dump box though.
 

fiver

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that's how my kids learned to drive.
they just run one of the old trucks or the tractor around the pasture and through the cedar tree's.
they learned pretty quickly that a 2' truck will not go over a 3' rock, and that a 3 or 4 wheeler will not jump a 5 strand fence [no matter how close it looks to the driveway] without a ramp.
the wife would get mad as hell at them when they went to town for more gas or just to get something at the store.
I was like,, it's okay for one of them to drive the truck out there to pick up hay bales and rocks for 5-6 hours, or to go chase the cows back in the pen, but another 2 miles up the road past two houses and the grainery is too far?
 

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
2 miles too far? I would say that if he has no drivers license and the vehicle isn't licensed and he doesn't have a wreck without insurance so that you loose your house it would all depend on the sense of humor of the local PD.
 

fiver

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we didn't have PD over there just the sheriff's office.
the boy thought they were his personal taxi service and would call them for a ride to stuff like the county fair or over to soda to go to the bank.
it was the girls I had to worry about.
the school bus driver worked at the gas station in between runs and during the summer and she was the one that called me the first time the girls drove into town [the youngest and her cousin were like 8 and 9 at the time]
they got restricted to the 4 wheelers after that.