These are the original Z cars built in the 60's until 1970. I can get one of these for under $10K. The problem is that they are 40+ years old and the ones I looked at need as much work as the Bronco. One project at a time.
Then I realized that a modern car is needed for a daily driver.
So I next looked at the Ford Raptor like this
In fact - I drove this very one. LOVED IT. I just couldn't get the dealership to agree to the price I wanted to pay. These beasts are very cool, but the gas prices are driving the buyers away. The dealer saw it otherwise. I shopped around the country and found a few others for the price I wanted, but either the travel or the shipping would put it back above what I wanted to shell out.
And I am already building a loud, gas guzzling, 4x4. Don't need 2.
The wife saw this Volvo P1800 at a local vintage car dealer
And although it is very cool in a James Bond kind of way - it's the 40 year old daily driver syndrome again. Perhaps as my next project when the Bronco is done.
I settled on this 2010 Audi A4 Quattro
4 cylinder 2.0L Turbo. Practicality won out, but I did it with style. 6 speed manual transmission and a whole lot of torque.
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