A Horse With No Name

I agree, actually. I like having my Aveo as a cheap urban commuter car, could see buying something like this actually.

Tinfoil for your dep state conspiracy? Actually Amish people are cool... This is actually a nice maroon. Be interested to see what they do with electrics, especially with the Electric MINI coming out.

Yeah. I am not so sure the 2022 is an improvement. I almost bought a Miata when i bought the Ranger. Still may well buy another one, love the current gen, esp in the gunmetalish metallic blue or dark grey.

I only have one word...Miata...

Last thing I will post for a bit, but this Ford truck is utterly lustworthy.

Thoughtful....

I have a newfound fetish for VW Westfalia vans.

Ohhh interesting....did not know that. I am thinking about buying an additional truck when the Ranger is paid off....may have to consider this for a second vehicle. Thanks!

And for Balthazar....cool video about a one owner 67 Bug with a factory restoration story...

I certainly hope you are right. Good video about Oil economy in Texas. This is why we need to think of EV's in terms of global economics.

VW ID4 global reveal

More Wipshaw trail.

Another 356 conversion VW ID4 getting it on...

In Typical GM fashion, next gen car is even less marketable than current generation. In terms of the Tesla police car, once commercial and municipal buyers understand what they can save financially, EV's will take off much mroe I think. Another Mach E review; Another worthwhile test drive. This is kind of a fun video.

Obviously some people are doing just that. As for me...I kind of see the Beetle as a paper weight. I want to DO things with vehicles. hence autocrossing, off roading, travelling, etc. Modify that bug (and kill all of the glorious Patina) to where I could run the Baja 500 in the Bug class....and we can talk. Things getting nuts with coronavirus all over the world...

Neat GTO and Pontiac wagon... 63 Grand prix

Or just wait a few years and buy a used Rivian and add it to the fleet. You would spend $50K for the Rivian, not unlike what you would spend on the conversion.

Vintage cool version of an overlanding rig... Agreed. Tesla is building multiple factories at once, and big ones. When was the alst time GM was building multiple factories at once.....50's....60's...Balthazar...any ideas? Reality addiction seems to elude us here. 64 GTO....!

An actual plumbing instal. If we run out fo toilet paper again... Obvious quality workmanship...

ICE in the EV thread...

interesting model Y tech... All of these made it over 200 miles, Electric cars are viable. Happiness in the EV thread, Not sure I like endless mindless conflict. So a moment of happy....

I get everything you are saying. But I am a woodworker partly because I have watched people put stupid amounts of money into cars for decades as an enthusiast. Team I crewed for in the SCCA put $30 Grand into an Opel Manta to keep in competitive over the course of two years. I used to flag Porsche Club races at Mid ohio where wealthy attorneys and doctors would dump well into the six figures into clapped out 70's air cooled 911's to keep them on track. I agree the cost of these conversions is stupid in many cases. But I like the fabrication aspect as much as anything. That being said, I love the Ranger but want a vehicle I can take for mild off roading and not have to worry about a tree branch scratching. Finding the thought of dumping even modest money into an original XJ style Cherokee, S-10, Older style Ranger, older style wrangler, et all kind of a waste of money. Thinking that paying off the Ranger and buying a new Bronco or newer Wrangler might be a better bet, as I would put substantial on pavement miles on the other vehicle. In the mean time, I want to take my dead stock 2004 Chevy Aveo into Mexico and places in Central America. It's paid for and would keep a relaly low profile. Lots of Inca and Aztec stuff I want to see. So I guess I am a hypocrite of sorts...but I am really enjoying watching these EV conversions. In terms of collector cars, I don't think the Russian firm that wanted to build Mustang Fastbacks that are eV's will survive or becoem viable....but I do think that repop bodies fitted with eelctric motors might be a way to keep these vehicles around for awhile. Modified early Bronco's are selling for stupid cash, there is a market for retro. Think building electrified reproductions might be an interesting business model for someone. Certainly one could fit out something like a Factory 5 Cobra with an EV power train without a lot of difficulty. And plus one to the Diamnd Dust Vega.....that sounds like a car a dysfunctional girlfriend of James Bond would drive. The possibilities are endless!