What do you drive?

[Bruce]

Hi, I drive a 2001 Ford Escape which gets decent gas mileage for an SUV. There is lots of room for prizes at any auctions or shows I have attended but with my wife our luggage and our 100 lb Labradoodle I have been on occasion saved from spending too much.
Bruce

[EFearing]

I drive a 2002 F150 with 180K miles on it for sales that I have no idea what I may end up with. For general hauling of one or two machines I drive a 2005 Toyota Prius!! I have actually gotten two floor models in it at one time! Plus it's great on gas.

[m0xiemama]

Would someone call my mom and instruct her on how to fit a VTLA and an XVI L door in a 4runmer? She doesn't want to bring them both here next week but I don't want to wait for either one.

[SquireWill]

I have a 1993 Jeep Cherokee that has hauled all the pieces in my collection that haven't been delivered by UPS or FedEx. This original Cherokee design (not the bloated Grand version) was the most efficient and practical utilitarian vehicle ever made by Jeep. And I don't know of another brand that shares its complement of features. They quit making this model in 2002, probably because they couldn't charge enuf money for the old, practical, well-hashed-out design. It was the dumbest thing Mopar has done because they never made a replacement for it. The Grand and the Commander are bloatmobiles, and the other Jeeps are too small. The back seat folds down for increased cargo area, so I can get some pretty big cabinets in the Cherokee (Victor Credenza, E.H. Scott AW-23 in the Waverly Grande cabinet, Capehart 111N2, Capehart 406H, E.H. Scott 800-B in the Chippendale cabinet, Philco 38-690, Edison C-2, and the Philco 42-1016 which is massive - it was a tight squeeze but made it), yet it has a very tight turning radius which is real useful in negotiating the mountain roads and driveways around where I live. Not to mention the utility of the high ground clearance and the 4-wheel drive. Also cheap to buy since Mopar got their body panel tooling costs out of it in the late 1980s when it first came out. Totally practical transporter, and it even gets decent mileage on the highway with the port-injected 4 liter straight-6 (which they also don't make anymore, alas) and the 5-speed manual transmixer with overdrive. Great for pulling a trailer, too, which I've done on occasion. If I could, I'd buy a brand new Cherokee. But, alas, Mopar has abandoned the utilitarian market. Much to the chagrin of the U.S. Forest Service who used to drive a lot of them down here in the mountains. So I'll be keeping this already 20 year old vehicle until the wheels fall off. I just had the brakes rebuilt after 190,000 miles, so it should be good for a few more.

Saw your beauties being built back in the day! Toured the old Jeep planted in Toledo. I see a lot of these Cherokees floating around yet. I don't think it was imagined they were THAT good. jeep needed to refresh it's image so , out with the old in with the new.

[FloridaClay]

Would someone call my mom and instruct her on how to fit a VTLA and an XVI L door in a 4runmer? She doesn't want to bring them both here next week but I don't want to wait for either one.

What a wonderful dilemma to have!!

Clay

[pughphonos]

I USED to have a 1989 Chevy Caprice, which had a HUGE trunk. That baby could transport anything. When I was debating buying it, my brother urged me to go ahead, saying that that model and make was super reliable and made up half the taxi cab fleet of the City of Detroit.

Get this: when I bought my Edison Chippendale Diamond Disc Player just north of Indianapolis in 2006 it FIT in that trunk! (NOTE: I've since sold the Chippendale; took up too much room in the living room; I replaced it with my present Sheraton S-19).

Eventually sold the Caprice as well as it was a gas guzzler--no matter how popular it was in the hood (people kept trying to steal it).

I now make do with the family Dodge Neon. When I bought my present Victor Granada (4-4) last year I had to drive it back to Chicago metro tied to the roof of the car!!! I don't recommend doing that, BTW. I was lucky that I and the Victrola made it back in one piece.

Ralph

[Chuck]

2003 Ford Focus station wagon with ALL seats
removed except the driver's seat.

Then, to make a nice flat level floor, a deck
was made out of ¾ inch thick plywood supported
underneath with wood shims, stacked 2 x 4 s, etc.

Over the top of the wood deck is a nice piece of
carpet. This setup makes for shoving all the cargo to one side, using an air-mattress and
sleeping bag to get some good night's sleep on
long trips.

Chuck

[De Soto Frank]

1928 Ford 49-A Special Coupe. ( When there's no salt on the roads )

Not real good for hauling anything bigger than a Gem or Columbia Q...

For larger stuff, I have used my "daily-driver" '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4 litre six) with good results.

Back in my college days (late 1980's), I brought home my first Edison machine, an S-19, in the back seat of my 1948 Chrysler New Yorker - we tipped it on its side, and gently slid it in head-first on the back seat cushion. Those suicide-doors on the rear were really handy for loading stuff into the rear passenger area.


De Soto Frank

[Jerry B.]

Back in the seventies, DeeDee and I owned a 1966 Olds 88. It was a two door hardtop and it was our first car with air-conditioning. What a luxury! I remember buying a large Brunswick and we got it in the back seat without too much difficulty. There is a difference between todays full size car and one from the sixties. Jerry

[FloridaClay]

1928 Ford 49-A Special Coupe. ( When there's no salt on the roads )

Not real good for hauling anything bigger than a Gem or Columbia Q...

For larger stuff, I have used my "daily-driver" '97 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4 litre six) with good results.

Back in my college days (late 1980's), I brought home my first Edison machine, an S-19, in the back seat of my 1948 Chrysler New Yorker - we tipped it on its side, and gently slid it in head-first on the back seat cushion. Those suicide-doors on the rear were really handy for loading stuff into the rear passenger area.


De Soto Frank

How about a picture of the 28?

Clay