Name that truck

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
11/22/2018 at 03:15 • Filed to: jeep

I’m working on a post on Jeep trucks, and I’m starting to think I should plan on multiple posts, just to start getting content out the door. I’d like to have it finished by the big reveal on the 28th, but...dunno. I keep ending up in rabbit holes.

Here’s an example of a question I’m trying to sort out for myself: is it fair to say !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ? Wikipedia says it was a new design, but I don’t know nearly enough about engines to say how similar they were.

(“nearly enough” implies I know anything about engines, which misconception I would strongly discourage you from inferring)

Anyway, figured I’d throw this truck out there to see who recognizes it.

DISCUSSION (5)

Berang > Just Jeepin'
11/22/2018 at 03:33

Argentinian IKA?

edit: Wait, this is the Brazilian version.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Just Jeepin'
11/22/2018 at 04:33

no idea.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
11/22/2018 at 10:53

Not to fret, I do know a ton about the AMC straight-six going all the way back. It would be wholly inaccurate to claim it has the least relation to the Nash. Or, rather, or to state that the 196 block is related to the 252 block.

Some of the defining differences are that the 196 block was available in both OHV and Flathead, they tried the 196 block in aluminum, and it’s a steaming pile of shit that requires constant fucking maintenance like re-torquing head bolts.

Realizing that an engine that you can’t even fucking keep together unless the customer gets out a torque wrench every 1500 miles is basically fucking worthless, the entire design was completely thrown out, and the 232ci was done as a clean sheet.

Just Jeepin' > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
11/22/2018 at 11:11

Thanks, appreciate the insight.

I found out recently that my grandparents owned a Nash convertible in the 50s. More than a little bit of a shame it isn’t hidden in a barn on family property somewhere.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
11/22/2018 at 13:35

Sure thing! And yeah, that would be one HELL of a barn find. Nash might’ve been awful at building engines, but they made a damn fine looking car.