I know, I know. Hard to believe this wasn't a factory setup.

"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
10/12/2017 at 01:42 • Filed to: None

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Ackerman angle be damned. Dodge engineers just lacked vision. There’s also something called an arm and moment that requires a “no fat chicks” sticker on the bumper I believe, for actual safety reasons.

DISCUSSION (10)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/12/2017 at 01:51

Claims of sale due to divorce are virtually fraudulent on CL. The only divorce here is this man from his sanity.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/12/2017 at 01:58

I bet that thing makes 6mpg on a good day.

Also I’d bet he wants something crazy like more than 500 bucks for it.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/12/2017 at 03:56

I love it! just make sure your load isn’t in the back or your steering might be messed up

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/12/2017 at 06:27

That’s just the normal method Dodge and Ford used to make their vans longer... just weld more on behind the rear axle, wheelbase be damned, it’ll stay short.

The GM vans were always better.

OIIIIIIIO Everything's better when wet. Just ask Steve. > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/12/2017 at 06:57

“Should be smogged Friday” - lol - this thing is in Napa Valley. I’m pretty sure it’s “smogged” now... more like “up in smoke”

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
10/12/2017 at 08:11

If you look at the rearmost section there, you can still see the wheel well from the original maxivan they chopped to add on to that one. My first vehicle was a ‘77 dodge maxi van, and the ass end was just like that back piece, but the wheelbase was also stretched about 15" or so between the front doors and the side doors. This one gives me the sads, as it means they chopped up two vans to make this monstrosity. I do miss that van. In retrospect, not the best vehicle for a 16 year old teenage boy, or maybe it was the perfect vehicle for a 16 year old boy....

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/12/2017 at 08:59

I don’t know I feel like craigslist and divorce are fully connected, at least on a quantum level.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
10/12/2017 at 12:31

There were three van lengths, short, medium, and long; three, four, or five rows of seats in passenger trim Medium had the extended wheelbase over the short, but Ford and Dodge just welded a chunk onto the back of the medium for the long. You can even see the seam on most of them, even on the “medium” where the split was between the body and rear door portions to add in the extra length

The GM vans had the same rear overhang in all trims because they just added it between the axles, which meant throwing weight in the back was much less likely to pick the front end up, and the weight distribution is better, and even though the turning circle ends up bigger it’s less likely to swing the ass end into a wall in a tight space. They were also unibodies, so much more rigid as well. There’s a reason GM’s vans went 25 years in that generation, surviving two redesigns each by Ford and Dodge before they were replaced.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
10/12/2017 at 13:13

i can attest to the welded on back section. Same as the picture there. That seam to the rear of the rearmost wheel well opening is the factory seam. For the folks playing along at home.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
10/14/2017 at 20:56

I might just be tired, but I’m still trying to figure out what the butt implant has to do with ackerman angle.