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  • RedShoe
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    • Feb 2001
    • 14831
    #1

    which car should I keep?

    I have a busted down truck ('84 Dodge Ram 50). I'm sure you've all seen it by now.
    I also have a busted down Jaguar ('78).

    I blew a rod thru the engine on Easter and it's sat in my parents back yard since then. My truck is.. well it's a piece of shit.

    They both need TONS of work to get to where I like them. The truck could be tricked out into a mini-truck-retro cool ride.

    The Jag is so big you can almost walk around in the back seats. Which means it'll fit my family. The truck will not. The truck is a 2 seater no matter how you slice it.

    The Jag is harder to work on unless I convert it to a chevy engine.
    The truck is pushing well over 150K miles.

    My goal is to get rid of one and fix the other up pretty good. I have never owned a new car. I like older cars. I will probably NEVER own a new car, so which one should I keep?

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    • freeadultcontent
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      • Oct 2002
      • 9976
      #2
      With family = Jag.
      No family = truck.

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        • Screaming
          I can change this!!!!!
          • Feb 2004
          • 18972
          #3
          Jag

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            • Alltopnotch
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              • May 2004
              • 2845
              #4
              chalk both.
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                • Dagwolf
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                  • Sep 2003
                  • 23141
                  #5
                  Sell them both and buy another Jag that needs less work.

                  If you're very concerned about cost, keep the truck and sell the Jag.

                  Putting a chevy engine in a Jaguar is a sin.
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                    • RedShoe
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                      • Feb 2001
                      • 14831
                      #6
                      The jag is the one with the blown rod. (got ahead of myself while typing... don't you just hate that?)

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                        • Nate-MM2
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                          • Sep 2002
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                          #7
                          Drop a 350cid SBC into the Jag.

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                            • Marcus Aurelius
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                              • Apr 2003
                              • 14809
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Dagwolf
                              Sell them both and buy another Jag that needs less work.

                              If you're very concerned about cost, keep the truck and sell the Jag.

                              Putting a chevy engine in a Jaguar is a sin.
                              why they come from the factory with ford engines in them. couldnt be much worse.

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                                • RedShoe
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                                  • Feb 2001
                                  • 14831
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Dagwolf
                                  Sell them both and buy another Jag that needs less work.

                                  If you're very concerned about cost, keep the truck and sell the Jag.

                                  Putting a chevy engine in a Jaguar is a sin.
                                  ok, but I'm a typical mexican. I put a fuckin stereo in that thing that cost more than the car. My goal was to make that thing show room floor quality. Classic Jag style. However when that rod blew, it shot flames out from behind the car right along side the gas tanks.

                                  Try driving 70 down the freeway with fire coming out of your car along side the gas tanks and all you see when you look in your rear view mirror is your 2 year old baby smiling back with flames shotting up past your windows.

                                  Very discouraging.

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                                    • RedShoe
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                                      • Feb 2001
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                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by mdcq
                                      why they come from the factory with ford engines in them. couldnt be much worse.
                                      Not in 78 they didn't.

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                                        • baddog
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                                          • Apr 2001
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                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by RedShoe
                                          The jag is the one with the blown rod. (got ahead of myself while typing... don't you just hate that?)
                                          I don't know, I like having my rod blown

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                                            • Marcus Aurelius
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                                              • Apr 2003
                                              • 14809
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by RedShoe
                                              Not in 78 they didn't.
                                              yeah I know that. im just saying, putting a chevy motor in it is no worse than buying a brand new one with a ford motor.

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                                                • thumbsUP
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                                                  • May 2004
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                                                  #13
                                                  When I was in high school a friend of mine had a jag with a chevy 350 in it and it was painted that mystic paint, you know that changes colors when viewed from different angles.
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                                                    • Manowar
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                                                      • Dec 2003
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                                                      #14
                                                      Sell them both and replace them with a mini scooter

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                                                        • RedShoe
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                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                          • 14831
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by mdcq
                                                          yeah I know that. im just saying, putting a chevy motor in it is no worse than buying a brand new one with a ford motor.
                                                          LOL, good point.

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                                                            • JACASS
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                                                              • Sep 2003
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                                                              #16
                                                              I would stick with the Jag. There are a ton of used engines for the 78 around, just do a search for Jaguar clubs and their associated websites will have some good links to reputable mechanics/parts dealers. Should not be too expensive. I have a 67 420, and love it.
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                                                                • quiet
                                                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                                                                  • Sep 2001
                                                                  • 25115
                                                                  #17
                                                                  junk them both and buy a new, safe, reliable honda accord.
                                                                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                                                                    • n3in
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                                                                      • Jan 2004
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      be a family man, go with the jag
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                                                                        • Peaches
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                                                                          • Oct 2002
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by quiet
                                                                          junk them both and buy a new, safe, reliable honda accord.
                                                                          Agreed.

                                                                          If you've got a kid (or two or twenty), and this is for an everyday driving car, safety is your #1 concern. Airbags, ABS, etc. aren't in those 70's cars.

                                                                          If the Accord's too small, go to a police auction and get a Crown Vic

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                                                                            • Gabriel
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                                                                              • Apr 2002
                                                                              • 4789
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Keep which ever one will pull down that fucking fire hazard palm tree down.
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                                                                                • dennisthemenace
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                                                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                                                  • 2668
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Ditch 'em both and get a '64 Lincoln with suicide doors


                                                                                  Then make a Deathmobile!
                                                                                  All the best to you

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                                                                                    • Spunky
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                                                                                      • Jun 2002
                                                                                      • 133978
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      It will cost too much for the jag to get fixed,and the truck is impractical for a family...dump em both.You probably get some decent coin for parts on the jag

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                                                                                        • SetTheWorldonFire
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                                                                                          • Feb 2002
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                                                                                          #23


                                                                                          best of both worlds

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                                                                                            • RedShoe
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                                                                                              • Feb 2001
                                                                                              • 14831
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by SetTheWorldonFire


                                                                                              best of both worlds
                                                                                              No thanks. A friend of mine bought a truck and got fucked on the payments when he took a huge pay cut.

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