2018 Cheyenne super 10

[DeltaCub]

Originally Posted by finsruskw

Dodge Trucker...
Just for you!!

I like that old Power Wagon....now that is a real pick up!

Wow! A restored Big Horn Too.

[finsruskw]

The Big Horn lives in Rochester, MN I believe.
It pulled into the Root Valley show one afternoon just as the parade of power was wrapping up.

The Power Wagon picture, I took at a plow day in IL several years back.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by jaynjeep

I agree.. it's cool as heck! But no way i'd spend that kinda money on it even if I had it to spend.. I haven't seen a new vehicle in the last ten years that I felt like was worth the asking price.. all plastic, aluminum and built to throw away..

Not really sure how people drive new vehicles these days.. I could come close to paying my house off with what they cost!

But thanks for sharing.. it's a really neat concept!

You can't take it with you, as I never saw a hearse with a luggage rack.
That said, any vehicle today is not made to last, especially in the rust belt.
No under body painting or plating, so it all rusts, thank you EPA.
And the painting they do, is cheap E coat that peels off like a cigarette wrapper.
Rant over.

[dodge trucker]

yeah that old PW is way cool... thanks for posting that.

but I agree, for what new trucks cost (whatever the brand, don't matter for purposes of this argument), I can buy a whole bunch of em a few years old, do a little maintenance on em, drive the snot out of em and repeat.... and I won't spend the current cost of 1 new truck, combined, over my lifetime. Yeah/ if I could afford a $57k truck, the 1st thing I'd do is get rid of my house payments once and for all...... instead of buying one single set of wheels (because for one thing, around here we need at least 2, at all times// as the wife and I work in opposite directions)

I have a truck that I paid $1100 for, 2 years ago, I have put 37k miles on it since I bought (and counting, goes up daily) an $800 truck I bought a year ago, overhauled the trans myself for 1/10 of what the past owner was quoted, so far my wife has put 18k miles on it, also climbs daily.

and a $15k Wrangler back when I bought 18 years ago, that, when all was said and done with the bank note (interest) and extras that I said "NO" to, but they added anyways, that wound up costing me $24k over 5 years. and is now worth no more than what I could sell either of the other 2 for, no matter what I originally paid. That one will (also) be driven into the ground by me. also still driven daily. (that one I have put 175k on and counting, was 3 years old when I got it) and any of them can get asked to go on a road trip a couple of states away at a moment's notice, and they do, without issue.
No more payments on a vehicle again. maintain them, USE EM UP, throw em away, buy another.
Rather then just painting them like they used to in years past, I wish they still built them like they did then, too. there is no vehicle on the road, built in the last 15 years, that I would be interested in owning. None.

[john hall]

The newer stuff has worked reasonably well for us. The only drawback I see is the electronics, and they add more every year doesn't hold up like it should. We are fast approaching (and may already be there) when the electrical gremlins will be what sends mechanically reliable vehicles to the junkyard.
Now that I think of it, we have had some trouble with a Chrysler with Mitsubishi engine--uses oil but no leaks--known problem with those engines.
But mainly is the electrical stuff I've had trouble with. Especially GM and their refusal to attempt to fix it under warranty. I suppose they would if they had a clue what to do.

Back on topic, that is a really sharp looking throwback truck! Too expensive, but that could be said of all vehicles built to grab your attention based on their looks? Dang, one might could say that about some overgrown lawnmowers (982)

[clay1811/44c]

They say you're old when the new car is what you paid for your first house. I made it last year.

[ol'George]

For you old farts like me.
http://theoldmotor.com/
This shows up in my inbox every Friday, fun to remember "back when"

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by john hall

The newer stuff has worked reasonably well for us. The only drawback I see is the electronics, and they add more every year doesn't hold up like it should. We are fast approaching (and may already be there) when the electrical gremlins will be what sends mechanically reliable vehicles to the junkyard.
Now that I think of it, we have had some trouble with a Chrysler with Mitsubishi engine--uses oil but no leaks--known problem with those engines.
But mainly is the electrical stuff I've had trouble with. Especially GM and their refusal to attempt to fix it under warranty. I suppose they would if they had a clue what to do.

Back on topic, that is a really sharp looking throwback truck! Too expensive, but that could be said of all vehicles built to grab your attention based on their looks? Dang, one might could say that about some overgrown lawnmowers (982)

John,

You nailed it! The mechanicals these days are far better than what we had 20 to 30 years ago... but they have saddled them with so much electrical crap that there is no way they will be reliable 25 years from now.. one or two bad connections can send one to the scrapyard far before the mechanicals are worn out... All they teach in the tech schools these days is how to plug the computer in!

[Bamafan]

Originally Posted by ol'George

For you old farts like me.
http://theoldmotor.com/
This shows up in my inbox every Friday, fun to remember "back when"

AWWW the good ole days, HUH? Ol George.
Of course all I could do was look and drool, and think what if, then go back to chopping of picking cotton.