Junky Cache Mobiles!

[+bushwackin' schmo]

Do you cache in a junker? Don't lie...Ive been to a couple of gatherings and I saw your '82 Escort wagon with a CB! If you are Cachemobile is a Pile of junk post a picture. Please no new cars or trucks just the most beat beaters out there.

[+AuntieWeasel]

I am unwilling to call my beloved Weaselmobile a junker. And, hey, it looks pretty good still (on the outside, anyhow). But, as a point of information, I'm taking it in tomorrow for its 195,000 mile service.

[Cruising_Adventuring]

Thats weak. My truck has 320,000 miles and its still going!

[+Airmapper]

It must be a Ford Ranger, they put energizer batteries in at the factory, they keep going, and going, and going.....

[+dkwolf]

It must be a Ford Ranger, they put energizer batteries in at the factory, they keep going, and going, and going.....

.....right until they spontaneously combust...that silly ignition module..

[+The Crazy H Crew]

My daily (and only) driver is a 1965 Chevy Pickup! It has over 320,000 HARD miles on it, as I use it to haul stuff all the time! I have a trailer that is on it, that I rarely bother taking off, as I just have to put it right back on.

 

It is getting tired though, and needs a new engine. Last time I checked the compression, it was around 15-20 psi.....should be about 90-100.

 

Merc

[+FlyfishermanMike]

Shoot! The Crazy H Crew beat me by two years. I drive a '67 International Scout 800. It is far from a junker...

 

^^ike

[Clan Riffster]

'87 Toyota 4X4 P/U. 300k+ miles. Gets me where I need to go.

[+bushwackin' schmo]

'87 Toyota 4X4 P/U. 300k+ miles. Gets me where I need to go.

I've see cachers driving in way worse than that toyota.

Edited October 3, 2005 by bushwackin' schmo

[bogleman]

[+Jamie Z]

Well, I flinch at admitting that the '73 Pontiac Catalina my mother gave to me is junky, and in fact it runs probably better than many newer cars. It runs like a dream, can squeal the tires from a red light, but it looks pretty rough.

 

 

Then once on a cache hunt, I saw this scene:

 

 

And decided I need to get some nice wheels.

 

(Hmm, the pictures don't show the rust very well.)

 

Jamie

[+Joe Smith]

This is mine.

 

 

It looks good in this picture, but it's a pain in the butt. This picture was taken right before getting a flat miles from nowhere in Missouri. Had to drive miles on the flat, then 800 miles to pittsburgh with the spare and missing a lug nut.

 

 

So then the brakes went giving severe vibration in the front end. It she was shaking and I hit a bump it became a "death wobble". My own brother refused to drive in it after the first time. He's scared to death!

 

The kicker was 2 weeks ago. Just up and died on me! Fuel pump and $380 later it's almost good to go. Except for new tires and inspection. You can never win!

 

 

 

 

So here's the other cachemobile. It it no beater, but I did a fair bit of damage while caching. (Sorry about the crappy picture)

 

 

 

$1,700 for that mistake.

[+Mr. 0]

The Jeep is the more "junky" of my two vehicles. It's an '86 Wagoneer, 2.8L, Automatic, 4x4. I bought it cheap, and it had some things wrong with it, and I recently discovered the rust in the floorboards is much worse than I first thought. It's great though, it gets me anywhere that I want to go. The below pictures were taken while playing around and finding Take It And Break It (GC3564)

 

 

This is my other vehicle, which is a little junky. It's a '96 Ford T-bird, 3.8L, Automatic. The first picture was taken in Houghton Lake, MI, near some caches I found up there, the second is a few years older, taken by a friend of mine, while I was taking part in another hobby of mine. Both of the pics are fairly poor.

 

[+geognerd]

Classic. The doors don't match the rest of the body.

[earthshaker]

I don't have a pic yet on the "caching trail" 1995 Jeep Cherokee SE (stripped edition), just turned over 210,000 runs like a top and gets 24 mpg.

[+Mr. 0]

Classic.  The doors don't match the rest of the body.

Yeah I replaced the doors a few months ago because the old ones were lousy with rust. I've never bothered to paint the new ones.

[vagabond]

My daily (and only) driver is a 1965 Chevy Pickup! It has over 320,000 HARD miles on it, as I use it to haul stuff all the time! I have a trailer that is on it, that I rarely bother taking off, as I just have to put it right back on.

 

It is getting tired though, and needs a new engine. Last time I checked the compression, it was around 15-20 psi.....should be about 90-100. 

 

Merc

I think you better get a new compression gauge, the one your using is way off if those are the actual readings. Maybe 1 cyl. but not all 6 or 8 which ever it is

or 4 if its a luv

Edited October 30, 2005 by vagabond

[rightseatsis]

Well we just picked up this beater Jeep for caching in those more rugged off-road areas. Can't wait to get it to Moab for those caches along Poison Spider trail.

 

 

Right now it is parked in front of my cache: Gazos Creek

 

Remember as long as it gets you there and home who cares how it looks.