YSaC, Vol. 1635: It’s 2013, where’s my flying car?
2013 December 4
1973 Ford ranchero – $500
73 Ranchero ,390 motor auto trans minimal rust,inside of bed solid,not running,good interior,etc
Putting the car up on blocks – you’re doing it wrong. Actually, I suspect the car is running just fine, this is just a case of Tom & Jerry syndrome: Tom holds Jerry up off the ground. Jerry runs as fast as he can, but since he’s up in the air, he doesn’t go anywhere.
Likewise, Sparky got in the car, started the engine, floored it… and couldn’t figure out why the car hadn’t moved.
Thanks for the bizarre, Kyle!
Sparky 1: we’re out of room in the yard for our old cars.
Sparky 2: here, hold my beer.
Sparky 1: why?
Sparky 2: Ima gonna get the forklift, woowee! We’re taking this beauty right in up to the top of the heap!
Sparky 1: you’re a goddammed genius! Here, you hold your beer! Ima gonna get the video camera!
It’s the Weasley’s old car. They never have been good at Muggle stuff, like parking.
That does explain how it got up there like that. The whole family casting a little wingardium leviosa on it.
I assume “minimal rust” means just the doors, undercarriage, frame, side panels, wheel wells, motor mounts, u-joints, and radiator are thoroughly rusty?
Psshh…underachiever.
Maybe the rust practices zen. OR is that just for motorcycles?
Sparky specifically says the motor and transgression have minimal rust; he makes no claims about the rest of the car. He also says the inside of bed is not running. I hate it when beds run away; they’re hard to catch.
This is a classic case of scrambled modifiers — anybody for huevos rancheros?
I just have to laugh at the “etc…” at the end.
“Some stuff, some bad stuff, etc…”
And as a special bonus, there appears to be a healthy patch of moss growing at the base of the windshield. It’s like having a terrarium you can drive around in! Except for the driving part.
Sparky saw one of those novelty chess sets from the seventies and got the take-home lesson completely wrong,
Auto Ban Week here at YSaC, and we will beat any deal* anywhere on the intertubes! You read that right, we will BEAT any DEAL** with a STICK. So yeah, autotransmissions do not qualify.
*possibly not true
**A total lie, in fact
Since this is a “Ranchero”, does it have a Manuel trans for the sunroof? …..for the ejection seat, I mean…Also, does it come with the pile of rubble it’s sitting on?..or do I have to provide my own?
[off the wall aside]
The Ranchero was Ford’s answer to the El Camino. Like that vehicle, it was a mid-size car made into a pick-up truck.
The Ranchero was a Gran Torino chopped up. Since this was meant to be a suburban utility vehicle, no great changes were made to the suspension, transmission, or engine.
Sadly, what this meant was that the users tended to treat the vehicle like what it was not: Starsky & Hutch’s go-fast ride, & 3/4 ton pickup truck. So, worn-out is a typical condition.
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There’s Capn Mac channelling Corey again 🙂
Hmm, $200 salvage for the raw metal + $200 shipping fee to the salvage yard = $500 CL price.
Junkyard catmath, QED.
That is totally not my backyard.
Are you willing to swear to that on a stack of Rancheros?
TC, have you been feeling boxed in lately? Well, time to get out of that box so the ladies can move in. Punchity Punch Punch! (meeshybee, if you are not a lady, I apologize most sincerely. I try but without the color-coded booties it’s really difficult.)
Good Morning, Rustoleum!
I may not be a lady, but I am female.
Windy.. you don’t need color-coded booties….do like my dad did with puppies when we were little….he’d hold them up and look at the bottom of their feet. He could always tell.
(looking at bottom of my own feet…yep! still male!!!!)
:checks bottom of feet:
I’m … SAS.
I can’t see the bottoms of my feet. Am I genderless?
“Am I genderless?”…..Ya!…auf Wiedersehen!
Hai, sono toori desu.
I thought so! Ha! I may now continue with my internet boyfriend label for jazzy. Sorry, One!
Yes, but how are the tires? I can’t tell ’cause they’re too high up for me to kick!
Somebody give Kati a boost.
Hahaha, I laughed so hard I startled the cat, who was lying on my stomach at the time! He gave me the funniest look. =)