MUSKYMAN said:
anyone remember these?
I wheeled one back in the early 80's and it had low range and a rear locker factory...the damn thing could make a CJ5 look smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror off road:rofl:
Hell yes. I love those things. I was pissed a few months ago. Someone came to me and paid me a fee to find him a good car under 1000 dollars. Unfortunately, this time around, the fee was his old car, but I knew I could turn it into a few hundred bucks. So, I go out and start looking, looking hard, and low and behold, there is a Tercel wagon about 50 miles out, for 900 bucks. It only has 60,000 miles.
So I go and have a look-see. What I drive up upon is a silver Tercel wagon that hasn't moved in over a year. It's got the green stuff on the roof that you get around here when things don't move, but the driveway underneath it is clean as a pin. Not a drop of oil. The interior was a little dusty, but that's about it.
Well, being an asshole, but an honest one, I bought it for him. I got it back home, and set to detailing it and tinkering a bit with the engine bay before I called him. When I was done, I stepped back and looked, and I was shocked. The oil had been clean, not straight amber like they had just changed it for the sale, but clean. All the other fluids were good, and as you would expect if someone just parked a new car for a year. The plugs were good, all the vacuum hoses were still perfect, the radiator was clean inside, and the engine looked pretty much clean as a pin, just well taken care of, overall.
And then there was the paint. It was perfect. The green crap wiped right off, and I found myself bothering to wax it for the guy, as I just had to see the result. It looked NEW. There was but one small ding in the cargo door, and it was indeed tiny.
All the exterior black plastic was still black and shiny. The interior was that of a new car, once I hit it with some Meguires wipes. I mean it was NEW. The original instructions and factory tool kit were still in there, along with all the other gear it came with. It had no odor beyond the odor of a car interior. It looked new, smelled new, and the thing drove new. It drove like a dream. Every ounce of power was still there, it revved like it should, all the gears slotted in perfectly, it was wonderful.
And I had just bought it for someone else. For 900 bucks. Sometimes, just sometimes, I wish I was capable of being a right bastard.
Cheers,
Kennith
