Thread: Dogs i have bought

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Traded a '69 Chevy 4x4 pickup for a '69 Dodge A-100 short van when our first kid was coming along; needed some space inside. O'course, I can't leave anything alone, so I replaced the stock 2 barrel on the 318 with an Offy and a Holley, and added some headers and pipes, and American style spoke mags and wide tires. I can't say it was a dog, 'cause it ran like a striped a**ed ape; but it was hard to handle on anything but a very smooth, dry road - he**, it was a terror in the rain, especially if the road was bumpy or wavy as well, or the wind was blowing.
Sold it outright for about what the value of the trade was, and we got along with one car for a while. That's about the closest thing I think I ever had to a "dog".

Three Ford Areostars.Yeah on that one I guess price for a mini van was the determining factor because they are cheaper to buy than a Astro.But all three suffered from v6 weak head gaskets or a cracked head.One of Ford's not finer designs.I would run the one I had at the moment until it failed and then replace it with the next one being very aware of what to look for.If you ever look at one ,you will clearly see how tight it is to work on them and that was the main reason why I didn't fix any of them.I had two 5 speeds sticks and one automatic.I did really like the stick shift ones.Great gas mileage.