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1916 Mack Hotrod & Studebaker US6​


Aug 31, 2025 ALASKA
Driving and doing maintenance on the1916 Mack AC Bulldog facsimile that I created at the turn of the century. Also in this video are Studebaker US6 trucks and an extended hood Peterbilt 359. We've been dealing with a few software issues but hope to be uploading more videos soon: Thanks for watching!

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Sell it, donate it — recycle it? A beloved old minivan faces a fork in the road​

The 2005 Chrysler Town & Country that's more or less permanently parked in my driveway has seen better days.

And I would know — I remember them. This van was bought by my in-laws, back when my husband and I were high school sweethearts. When we left home and drove across the country at 18 years old, I sat in its front seat and had a good coming-of-age cry. Its ample back carried all our possessions on the long haul across Interstate 10. Many years later, after my in-laws passed it down to us for good, my carpenter husband used it to haul sheets of plywood around with the rear seats folded down. ("Better than a pickup truck," he'd crow with delight.) My kids adore it. They named it Vanny and claim it's secretly a Transformer that can turn into a robot and save the world.

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Like everything NPR puts out, this is political.

First. MODERN cars are not lasting 20 years - they barely outlive their warranties. Manufacturers are Woke. It started with the German brands - where they discontinued support of older products, one CEO publicly saying, the customer should get a loan to buy a new VW/BMW/Benz. It was the bullheaded customers who were the problem.

Second, repairing a car is based on economics. Repair price, versus replacement cost. She started touching on the gawd-awful prices of new cars; but didn't address very well how this makes repair MUCH wiser.

Third issue, one she didn't touch on, is the manufacturer - and the support offered. Chrysler Corporation is gone. Stellantis wants to sell Alfa-Romeos and Masaratis. Fiat is again being made into a regional European brand. Dodge and Chrysler are dead brands walking. That goofy Woke test-driver who became Stellantis' first CEO, wanted Jeep to rival Mercedes-Benz in America.

None of this happened, not the least because modern Stellantis products are engineered by contract Indians via Zoom. The cars are excrement.

Meantime, there's the question of support. The weak point of those vans - I had three, over the years - the weak point was, the Ultradrive automatic transmission, the first electronic-shift chip-controlled transmission. They tend to fail every 50k miles. Are they available now, rebuilt or new? Parts?

I can't help but look for a political angle in NPR publication pieces; and this one I see, telling the wealthy cat-lady divorcees to feel GOOD about going and buying a new car.

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Riding the Cheapest Handmade Transport Bike of Philippines​

Sep 13, 2025


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Don't know if it fits here...but I'll drop it in.

And I'll wonder aloud, why this is not getting more nooze traction.

This guy...is a blowhard and a Mopar fanboi; but in motor-oriented news, he's mostly correct. He likes to do quick five-minute videos, doing about three a day...maximizing traffic and revenue, I suppose.

That said...here he discusses the NO NAME GIVEN California (and New York!) CDLs that the Leftist governments in both states have been issuing. Imagine, being given a CDL without a NAME, even! Like an anon CDL. Prospective truck drivers have to spend BIG MONEY to get CDLs, and get RealID vetting...and here two TDS state governments are just handing them out. COMPLETE WITH THE REAL ID star.

TK has two photo images of the. No one has claimed they're fake. Oklahoma is investigating, after major accidents involving California CDL holders.

 

Amazing! The Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum in Virginia!​

Oct 17, 2025 #classictractor #tractor #classictractorfever
We visit the Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It's a place jam-packed with classic trucks and tractors and it's open to visitors! Keith Jones founded the museum, and Alan "Bones" Stone is the curator -- and we talked with both of them about how this amazing place was created and what keeps visitors coming back! Find out more about the museum at their website: https://keystonetractorworks.com/


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