CURRENT VEHICLES
My daily driver, the wife's daily driver and the project vehicle.
2007 Jeep Wrangler X (Sport) (#58)
The lease was coming due for the Tacoma. That truck was a fantastic lease at $250/month, but to buy it was gonna be about $400-$450/month and I just don't want to spend that because the economy is in the toilet and I already ahve two other vehicles, so it's just being greedy. I looked around a lot and finally settled on this 2007 Jeep (JK) Sport. It has 129K on the clock and is pretty damn clean. When I bought it, it had the front and rear bumpers, the flat fenders and the side steps. I swapped an old man (George) from Bradenton my stock suspension for his 3" Rough Country lift and bought his wheels for $600. I provided the labor, which took me 12 hours and a lot of soreness for 3 days after. I also purchased a caster kit, wheel spacers, a 10" touchhscreen radio with apple car play and a backup camera and a new seat bottom for the drivers seat. I also put a factory antenna on, because I like to listen to the radio. I am excited for the whole family to enjoy this one. I just have to get rid of the death wobble by hopefully installing the caster kit and getting aligned by a specialist.
2014 Dodge Avenger (#56)
I bought this for my other teenage son. It will probably stay in my name until he is ready to move out or sell it, but I bought it and the title has mine name on it, so it goes on the list. The important part is that he loves it. It has a fuel saving four cylinder that doesn't have enough power to get him into trouble and an automatic (because millenials hate manuals). I plan on [with his help] buffing it out (escpecially the headlights), replacing the worn out driver seat upholstery, fixing a blend door actuator that keeps clicking, doing a tune up, doing a brake job (including new rotors), changing the fluids, possibly replacing the radio and sending him on his way. I hope he stays safe and it serves him well!
1989 Ford Mustang LX (#57)
I sold the Suzuki SV650 and the Hayabusa and had a pile of cash sitting around. Rather than save it and add to the pile like a responsible person, I bought another car. I was intending on buying vehicles to fix and flip with my buddy, but when I saw this pristine 5.0, I couldn't pass it up. It has a 302 and a 5spd, because I wouldn't buy one any other way. It has 122k on the clock and was from up north, but was garaged it's entire life. the floors are clean enough to eat off of on the underside. The quarter window trim is still smooth! Hell, my '88 quarter window trim was like sandpaper back in 1992. It needs some basic maintenance, but has a mild cam, an off road H-pipe, flowmaster type exhaust, an intake and a shifter. All in all I am smitten with it. Hopefully I will get the funds to do some fun stuff with it.
Update 3/18/24: I lowered it on springs, which took me three tries to get it right (i.e. the way that I wanted it to sit) becasue the first set of springs were defective and then I installed the second set without the isolaters, which I found it really needed. I also bought and refurbished a set of Pony wheels, new tires and after three attempts, a shifter that fits me (with my 8 ball on top). I am still loving it. Gears are next and then maybe nicer wheels and probably tint...