Your fancy schmancy dream machine

On 05 Aug 2003 05:43 PM, Roger Halstead posted the following:
On 5 Aug 2003 11:29:02 -0700, (Corrie) wrote:

Two minivans is the wife's idea. One is fine by me - personally, I
want a pickup as a second vehicle. But the notion of having two

For me an SUV works out better than the truck. Course any thing I
drive, including the Transam gets used like a truck. I used to haul a
bundle of 10 foot lengths of steel conduit in the TA and actually get
the hatch shut. 4 X 8 foot sheets of plywood and I couldn't quite
get the hatch closed...close, but not quite.

With the 4-Runner I can slip a K1-A5 300 HP Lycombing right in back
with room to spare. (I have a plastic liner for the back)

Though we don't have any kids (yet), my solution was to recondition my
old '73 3/4 ton pickup (which my dad bought new). It will tow or haul
just about anything I need moved, and allows me to have a nice Jeep (but
honey, it's a 4 passenger vehicle...) as my daily transportation. The
truck rebuild did cost more than I would have liked (mostly cosmetic
work), but I'm still financially ahead of where I would have been had I
bought a 3/4 ton, extended cab pickup. And instead of driving that
monstrosity around everywhere, I have a lot of fun with my Jeep. Wife
drives a 4 door Subaru (which may yet lose its engine for a "higher"
purpose).

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