Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

I drove one at a GM sponsored test drive event back in 2005. It wasn't a "real" Hummer though...just an H2. I wasn't that impressed.

I'll never forget the first time I saw an H3 on the road. It had been involved in an accident on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. It had rear-ended a Plymouth Voyager, and both were stopped along the median. And the H3 definitely came out the worse of the two in that little tangle.

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lemko (May 09, 2012 7:34 am)
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#24403 of 25732 Re: Grand Wagoneer [andre1969] by lemko

May 09, 2012 (7:34 am)

Replying to: andre1969 (May 08, 2012 8:26 pm)

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explorerx4 (May 09, 2012 6:19 pm)

#24404 of 25732 Re: Grand Wagoneer [lemko] by stevedebi

May 09, 2012 (3:08 pm)

Replying to: lemko (May 07, 2012 6:55 am)

"There's an article in the current edition of Collectible Automobile about the 1969-75 International Travelall. It was also a gas hog. I think it got 9 MPG Highway! "

My father had one to tow our travel trailer, a '72. I don't think he even checked the MPG on the tanks (it had two, as I recall). Gas was about 25 cents per gallon. That was a great truck. I remember my cousin was enchanted by the 4 barrel Holley carb...

#24405 of 25732 Re: Grand Wagoneer [lemko] by explorerx4

May 09, 2012 (6:19 pm)

Replying to: lemko (May 09, 2012 7:34 am)

I used to have that picture as wallpaper with the caption 'Battle of the Titans'.

#24406 of 25732 paging Fintail by Stever@Edmunds HOST

May 10, 2012 (8:14 am)

This one sounds like it's already folded and they're looking for expert help for parting out their E-Class. Thanks!

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fintail (May 11, 2012 2:05 pm)

#24407 of 25732 Re: Grand Wagoneer [lemko] by ab348

May 10, 2012 (8:14 am)

Replying to: lemko (May 07, 2012 6:55 am)

I just picked up the June edition of CA and read the Travelall article first. It seemed like a real winner, even finishing first in a comparison test at the time and earning good marks from owners. I was interested to see the pictures too, as I don't recall ever seeing one of these in the flesh. It looked very nicely trimmed inside. I didn't know this, but it was available for a time with the AMC 401 V-8 in addition to different I-H V-8s.

Were those I-H engines used in their commercial trucks too, or just in the Scout and pickups they built? I wonder about availability of parts and rebuild kits for them, and whether they were big, heavy, overbuilt boat anchors. Should a buyer at the time have chosen the AMC 401 or the I-H 392?

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berri (May 10, 2012 5:59 pm)

#24408 of 25732 Re: Grand Wagoneer [ab348] by berri

May 10, 2012 (5:59 pm)

Replying to: ab348 (May 10, 2012 8:14 am)

I liked the IH pickup trucks too starting around the mid 50's. Chicago was an IH town and the Museum of Science and Industry had a farm display that featured IH vehicles and tractors when I was a kid. To this day I think IH makes many of the school bus chassis around there. But in big SUV type vehicles, even back then Chicago was a major GM market and Suburbans ruled. Next I'd like to see an article on the old Willy's trucks, especially the FC models.

#24409 of 25732 Re: paging Fintail [steve_] by fintail

May 11, 2012 (2:05 pm)

Replying to: Stever@Edmunds (May 10, 2012 8:14 am)

Looks like some others beat me to it. Car will probably bring a grand if it is nice otherwise, seller could make a bit more if he parted it out though.

#24410 of 25732 Looking around New Hampshire 1972 by gsemike

May 16, 2012 (10:23 am)

A friend of mine is there this week and reports to seeing a lot of classics

Garaged Really? they didn't just leave it sitting out in the driveway for 50 years?

Nicest restored FJ Cruiser but is the price nuts?

Same diea for a lot less Suppose he may be regretting the green hornet paint now

And then there is this

unique car from muscle era Chevy engine wasn't the right move

All that work and you don't get the right dash

I remember my uncle having one of these

Anyone want a driver Beetle?

Be able to tell everyone that ytour $3,000 car appeared in a calendar

Crazy price backed up by good photography

My first car was a 73 Charger A lot about this is nice but I'd bet the tranny needs more than a tune-up

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