I wish... let me know if you figure out how. 99% of the time I'm the only one who drives and insuring three vehicles sucks. Two of our vehicles are the companies which helps slightly... but no insurance savings there.
I didn’t realize they still sold trucks with manual crank windows.
A neighbor of mine had his lifted Exploder stolen while his wife was driving it in Vancouver. He filed a police report and called them every few days to ask if it had been found.. After a few calls they told him to stop calling...
It needs a rear axle out of a Tacoma or something. Haven’t done the research to figure out what’s have the right axle length, but the easiest way to fix the wonky rear driveshaft would be a disc brake Toyota axle with a centred diff.
Definitely a few screwy things like a but front driveshaft...
I've got two great vehicles that both have EFI... they have been incredibly reliable vehicles. The Prius with 5 computers does scare me slightly.
I have some concern that I'll have to scrap a vehicle because some computer or some sensor is no longer available. I got around a NLA vacuum retard...
Likewise.... too rich for my blood for an old car. I also wouldn't buy new. I'll keep all my cars till they are as old as my 40 is now if I can. Although it's hard to say if we'll still be able to buy fuel in another 30 + years.
1) I swapped on an ‘81 hardtop to have the rear kickout windows. I find them very beneficial.
2) with four rear doors rather than just ambulance doors, you don’t get the ease of climbing in after opening a single door. At that point I’d rather the less obstructed view through a hatch and only 3...
I’d be even cautious about vacuuming fumes out of a fuel tank. I have a friend who took photos for the police of the scene where well ventilated tanks exploded… something she can’t un-see.
Do you have access to a bore scope?
For cutting aluminum my go to is usually the compound miter saw at full RPM and a slow cut... cuts like a hot knife through butter.
While working with a locksmith I used a wafer thin cutoff disk in a die grinder to cut into a $10k+ commercial aluminum set of double doors. It did the job great...
Agreed... after I bought our Prius 16 years ago I woke up one day and thought, "What the hell was I thinking?"
My '97 even has more computers than I'd like. That said 7.3 Diesels are known to go forever and are crazy reliable.
I'd be happy to go back to '70s tech... he says as he's got an '87...