The monkey is back (4 Viewers)

[Chamba]

I can second that knuckles. My brief foray into the Cheep world taught me that what I was used to in my decades of Cruisers did not apply to those in ..... that world.

There is a universal passion which exists in the Cruiser world which doesn't seem to be as common in the Cheep world. A big part of it I believe is the quality of the original machine; this leads to a passion for originality in folks like @cruisermatt. That passion leads to a kinship in others with the same passion.

With a Cheep, they were SO badly made by AMC and then Chrysler that there is almost zero interest in keeping them stock so everyone knows "the best" way to rebuild them: with the goal of making them even slightly reliable. Consequently, it's a very cutthroat, back-stabby environment due to that competition. "You bought that from Bill?! You don't want to buy stuff from him, he's got no idea what he's doing. You know how many things of his I've fixed after folks came to me? I can make your Cheep run like a Toyota." And Bill will say the same about him.

My dealings with Matt and others since getting back into the Cruiser world have reinforced my (probably silly) jump back into 40s. But I'm happy to be back amongst the Mud madness.

Me and our '72 in the Wind River Ranges in about 1973. Cruisers just feel right.......

 

[Chamba]

And yet another fine example of Third World 'restos': why carefully lable things as you pull it apart so you can put it back together correctly? Far easier to throw everything into one pile then see what you can make work when you put everything back together......

 

[Jdc1]

And yet another fine example of Third World 'restos': why carefully lable things as you pull it apart so you can put it back together correctly? Far easier to throw everything into one pile then see what you can make work when you put everything back together......

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