Novak Conversions Jeep Wrangler TJ engine mounts

Vehicles you don't see on the road anymore

chili_pepper said:
I was going to say the DFV was a completely fresh design, but in truth it was based on a four pot. I thought we were just discussing very small displacement V8 engines, and the potential viability thereof. I shall now excuse myself. 🤓
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And I misunderstood that the DFV was based on the 221. Maybe the 221 was just waiting to grow up and get in the GTO class :p
 
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BlueC said:
I couldn't tell you. I know very little about them. In my time those have all been worn out beaters and farm use vehicles, which is why such a clean one caught my eye.
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Back in the day , they could be built into a cool little ride ! Even the smoky ass NA diesel had following .

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ColoJeep said:
Back in the day , they could be built into a cool little ride ! Even the smoky ass NA diesel had following .
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I assume they're built on the Golf platform, is that accurate? Lots of horse and cattle farms around here used to have one or a little Toyota truck of similar vintage, and that's where I used to see the bulk of those vehicles. I guess they're old enough now that people might be restoring them now.

Speaking of Toyota trucks, one of my neighbors owns a horse farm and has a mid '80s Toyota 2wd that after something like 3 engines and transmissions is still working. She drives that truck and a first gen Prius to get feed and small goods, then hops on a booster seat in a 4x4 F450 to get round bales. :LOL: I need to go down there and get a pic of the old Toyota before she decides to bury it on the farm. :sneaky:
 
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BlueC said:
I assume they're built on the Golf platform, is that accurate? Lots of horse and cattle farms around here used to have one or a little Toyota truck of similar vintage, and that's where I used to see the bulk of those vehicles. I guess they're old enough now that people might be restoring them now.
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Yup , Rabbit ( Golf ) platform FWD . The one in the photo is a 84 . It doesn't seem possible to me that's it's a 41 year old car now !
 
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BlueC said:
I assume they're built on the Golf platform, is that accurate? Lots of horse and cattle farms around here used to have one or a little Toyota truck of similar vintage, and that's where I used to see the bulk of those vehicles. I guess they're old enough now that people might be restoring them now.

Speaking of Toyota trucks, one of my neighbors owns a horse farm and has a mid '80s Toyota 2wd that after something like 3 engines and transmissions is still working. She drives that truck and a first gen Prius to get feed and small goods, then hops on a booster seat in a 4x4 F450 to get round bales. :LOL: I need to go down there and get a pic of the old Toyota before she decides to bury it on the farm. :sneaky:
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This will NEVER be a 40 + year old truck that is useable .

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chili_pepper said:
They are the Golf platform, same car, different name. I had an '82 Rabbit, was actually a really good compact car, probably should have kept it. Always preferred the round headlamps over the rectangular ones mine had.
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My mom had a '79 Plymouth Horizon with a VW sourced powertrain when I was a kid. I can just barely remember that car, and I haven't seen one in decades now. She sold it in the mid 90s to a guy she worked with for a few hundred bucks and almost imminently thought she should have kept it as the reliable little beater that it was.

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