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#6114 of 17973 Re: [jrosasmc] by andys120 Feb 15, 2005 (4:10 pm)
Replying to: jrosasmc (Feb 15, 2005 2:23 pm) FJ40s, unlike those oversize tanks they call Land Cruisers today, are simple rugged off-roaders that can and do go just about anywhere. Serious boulder buster off-roaders generally start with one of two vehicles a Jeep CJ or an FJ40 L/C because they are both compact and sturdy and there's no question that the Toyota is the better built of the two.   They're famous all over the world for their ruggedness and their offroad capability, they're the real deal.
#6115 of 17973 by andyman73 Feb 15, 2005 (5:34 pm)
Don't forget the AWD Tempos!!! LOL!   I saw one of those xA 1.0 today. Even tho it's new, they're only making 2K of them, or less, so is obscure. Looked better than the original model.
#6116 of 17973 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 16, 2005 (9:11 am)
FJ40s are very macho---simple, rugged...it's cowboy coffee rather than a Starbuck's latte.
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#6118 of 17973 FJ 's by wimsey1 Feb 17, 2005 (10:01 am)
A buddy of mine used off-road an old 'cruiser and chuckle about all the times he pulled big V8 SUV's out of holes. It was quite a truck. Came out in '48 didn't it?
#6119 of 17973 Two 70s cars... by grbeck Feb 17, 2005 (8:31 pm)
Across the street from my place, at a small private repair shop, is a 1975 Buick LeSabre convertible. The car is pale yellow, with the Buick mag-style wheels. It has a nasty dent in the passenger side rear fender.   Coming home from work I saw a 1976-77 AMC Matador sedan, in very good shape (green, with a black vinyl roof), pulling into a local gas station. It was driven by a young lady. Boy, were those final Matadors UGLY...
#6120 of 17973 Matador by wevk Feb 18, 2005 (6:07 pm)
I recall reading that AMC sold the Matador in some spanish speaking countries where (so they said) "matador" translates as "killer".   Cool name for a car, no?   WVK
#6121 of 17973 Full-size Jeep pickup by 210delray Feb 18, 2005 (7:02 pm)
Older model with the big "Jeep" logo on the tailgate. I didn't see any Gladiator nameplate on the sides. Must have been from the 70s, nice two-tone dark red (probably a respray). Chrome vertical bar grille with two round headlights. Still had the very unaerodynamic lip over the windshield that was smoothed off in later years.
#6122 of 17973 My uncle had one of those Jeeps... by andre1969 Feb 19, 2005 (4:58 am)
a '76 model. I think it was called "Honcho" by that time. Even though they tried to make it look more modern for the 70's, and it did have a good looking, rugged look to it IMO, if you looked behind the grille you could still see the old cutout for the slimmer grille, with the widely spaced headlights and turn signal/parking lights, that looked vaguely like a crib from Jaguar.   I think my uncle paid about $600 for his. It was 4wd and had an AMC 360 mated to a 4-speed manual. The bed on it rusted out so badly that he just pulled it off and built a new one out of wood! The cab and front-end clip weren't too bad though, except for some rust around the holes where somebody had put trailer mirrors on it at one time.   My uncle ended up selling it to one of his buddies down in Appalachia a few years after he bought it, and I think that guy still uses it to go hunting and such.
#6123 of 17973 No Title by fintail Feb 19, 2005 (7:48 pm)
I saw an amusing 70s Trans Am today...it was in decent shape, and on the side in big letters it said "Macho T/A". Must be some kind of early limited edition...devoid of taste as all limited editions are, of course.   Ebay time:   My dad has a story about something like this...in the 50s someone he knew had a later Bearcat for sale for like $1000. He still regrets not buying it, although I don't know what he would have done with it   Kind of a Shifty-mobile   A real Shifty-mobile   Worst one of these I've seen   Nicer than average early Minor   "Lucas/Bosch fuel injection" doesn't make it sound very reliable   Odd little rodent...I can't imagine people buying these   This is pretty nice for one of these   Let's find a full classic and add some tackiness to it   Back to England with you   Back to an English junkyard with you   Pretty Bonnevile bubbletop, even though the engine apparently isn't right   Neat low mileage DeSoto roadster   Sad late Airflow   Nicer than average aeroback sedan   I could buy this for what I have in my wallet...but I suspect it's a typo bahahaha   There was a beat Universal fintail on craigslist out of SF area I think for $1200, but it's gone now.

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