Cars Nobody Cares About, Except Me - JANKY Fleet Update

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  • Опубліковано 24 лис 2024

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  • @jakeandedgar
    @jakeandedgar 27 днів тому +4

    Dude, I totally understand you. I collect odd cars too. I’ve got a 1996 Oldsmobile Aurora and my friends make fun of me. I love that car, it’s so quirky. So much character. Keep it up man, glad I found your channel.

    • @drewzero1
      @drewzero1 25 днів тому +2

      The Aurora was by far the coolest Oldsmobile of the 90s, with the V8 in front and those grand swooping curves leading to the magnificent taillight. I rode in a lot of bland Oldses as a kid (Ciera, Eighty-Eight, etc.) but I always got excited seeing an Aurora on the road.

  • @nickschifano4183
    @nickschifano4183 Місяць тому +7

    What a treat! Thanks for sharing on congrats to you on a wonderful fleet of vehicles. Love them being displayed for the masses to enjoy. Janky do thanky

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Haha, that's what theyre there for. Janky do Thanky! Might need to work on a little jank-mobile in your fleet here soon...

  • @RESCUE94
    @RESCUE94 Місяць тому +8

    Hey cousin. Had fun at the family reunion and was tempted to stay in your neck of the woods. I wasn’t ready to go back to the Texas summer and painting actually sounded fun.

    • @Bryan_in_USA
      @Bryan_in_USA 29 днів тому +3

      A man with a driveway full of ~those~ cars is MY cousin, pal 🤨😆

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Hey cous! Was a really great time, your welcome up in these parts anytime. We're still painting outside, might hit outdoors into November this year, which would be a record. Got a brush with your name on it, and a bucket of 0's.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Ain't nothin more honest than bein Janky

  • @Watts378
    @Watts378 Місяць тому +5

    Aerostar FTW!! Brings back childhood mems.
    I can't remember the channel, but some guy had a video of his modded out car, it was pretty sick. But in the background in his garage he had pristine Aerostar....everyone in the comment section was more interested in that vs his car lol

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Ha, that story certainly checks out. Aerostar always steals the show. I took the '93 Sport to a car show and all the old gear heads in their modded out hot rods all pooled together and voted for the Aerostar for best in show, I think mostly as a joke but I'd like to think their was a little bit of seriousness in their hearts, standing up for the underappreciated. We didn't win, but the point had been made. I think we're up to 5 Aero's sold on bring a trailer, and the comments section of those listings is usually pure gold, I think sometimes (as I alluded to in the vid) people don't even realize what a spot the Aerostar had in their consciousness until they see one again, and then it all comes rushing back. Kind of cool. Janky do Thanky!

    • @Watts378
      @Watts378 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF hahaha love it bro!
      Cheers!

  • @moremiso
    @moremiso 5 днів тому

    your enthusiasm for the jank is awesome

  • @marcinbujok7388
    @marcinbujok7388 29 днів тому +1

    Enjoying the video! Awesome presentation! Love listening to you talking about cars! Great energy! Janky do thanky! Waiting for an Orange car! Thanks for the camera man!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Haha, I will pass along the kind words to the camera man! He is loving the Jetta, already getting it detailed and shined up, will have to provide an update soon enough. They did make those X1/9's in a beautiful bright burnt orange, I've lusted after one of those. I have seen two Orange Aerostars ever, not factory, but I think service or highway vehicles or something, it wears orange extremely well. Janky do thanky for your janky do thanky!

  • @RobbieKnodel
    @RobbieKnodel 28 днів тому

    Janky Leno! Jay's collection has nothing on yours, player. The pride in your voice as you wax poetically about these vehicles is inspiring. A frankensteined version of an Aerostar cab with a Ranger bed attached would be a great work vehicle. And I know a crew who could paint it orange if need be.

  • @n8rm
    @n8rm Місяць тому +2

    It's like watching a Art exhibition. Well done my friend!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Janky do Thanky! Art show within an Art show, they are all works of art to me, and I do my best to take care of them, keep em out of the scrap pile. Thanks for watching and xtra janky do thanky for the comment

  • @clifforddean232
    @clifforddean232 29 днів тому +1

    They all bare the seasoning from my childhood, them vans got me. My father ran through them regularly due to hauling his equipment from work. Love them.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Just something about an Aerostar, huh? Pretty darn good payload capacity for a minivan too. I really want to get a 4wd/awd one day, and see what that thing can do in the winter... Janky do Thanky

  • @caseyhayes4590
    @caseyhayes4590 Місяць тому +4

    I remember when I was a kid thinking "There won't be a more futuristic looking car than the Aerostar and the Taurus" LOL.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Haha, The taurus from that era was awesome as well, sedan and wagon. I'd still wager the Aerostar's looks are futuristic (did a whole video on how the cybertruck ripped off the Aerostar) and I think that says something about the timelessness of their design.

  • @stephenglassford
    @stephenglassford 29 днів тому +1

    Great video, sir. Keep ‘em coming.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Janky do Thanky! It was really a pleasure making this video. No more car buying for awhile! But plenty of window shopping and tinkering on the existing fleet itself. Really appreciate the comment

  • @aceautonewportky
    @aceautonewportky Місяць тому +1

    42yr wrencher here. I have worked on all of the models you have in your fleet, at one time or another. Fiat not so much. I really enjoy your energy. You are just a likable good guy. I drive beaters others gave up on fix them and as you know when you just do the simple things on maintenance issues they will last forever. 99 civic 11 escape 12 odyssey. Really enjoyed the content. 63 cincinnati oh here.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Wow, that a nice fleet you have listed! I love the honda odyssey's, I have had a chance to drive a few of the older ones, your generation and the one before it (Always loved the generation just before that one too) - I reviewed an Escape from around that time period as well and found it great, loved the boxy-ness of it. I had a circa 2002 civic, pre-facelift, gold sedan with a manual, absolutely loved that car, only car I've ever crashed (loved it a little too much) - the 99 generation hatchback is a bucket list car for me.
      Really appreciate those kind words, you just can't take yourself too seriously at the end of the day, and so I try to keep things laid back, even tho I can be pretty intense in my mind sometimes. Cars should be fun, even with the headaches that the janky ones throw at you sometimes.
      Bought my '93 Aerostar out of Columbus OH, I've always found interesting vehicles in OH, and a lot of Aerostars.
      Fiat not so much, but at all? Curious if you ever encountered one in your days of wrenching. I have the utmost respect for mechanics, I'm trying to learn a little here and there but the sad reality is it usually is easier to stay in my lane as a painter and leave the major stuff to the professionals, but I'm finding my way when I can. Its a fun little puzzle for me.
      Janky do Thanky, take care out there, who knows maybe an Aerostar will cross your path again someday...

  • @duranbailiff5337
    @duranbailiff5337 21 день тому

    Nice fleet, Brother. Every one of them is cool. I still have two LeSabres in my modest fleet of four. Keep 'em coming!

  • @infernoking7504
    @infernoking7504 Місяць тому +3

    I drive a 1988 a baby blue lincoln town car with dark blue interior 98k miles now im the only one that drives one in the entire city I live in.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Wow, what a great spec, I love the baby blue, its probably the same shade that came on the Aerostars. It's funny there is another 7th gen LeSabre in white that looks exactly like mine (same pre-facelift front end) so I have a decoy in town.
      Those town cars are so awesome, is it the 5.0? Sounds like you have many more miles ahead! Janky do thanky

    • @infernoking7504
      @infernoking7504 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF 5.0 yep 4 speed overdrive its a base model no add ons

  • @joshhuffine4522
    @joshhuffine4522 Місяць тому +4

    I have an Aerostar! I would sell ya!! Its really clean!!

    • @joshhuffine4522
      @joshhuffine4522 28 днів тому

      Cheap!!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      I'm intrigued. If you feel like dropping a line to afjanky@gmail.com please do. I have to check that email actually anyways....

  • @RustyZipper
    @RustyZipper Місяць тому +2

    You should do a Lemon’s Rally 🍋 there’s one in February in Carlisle, PA. Not sure where in NY you are, I’m up by Syracuse

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      I'm a few hrs from Syracuse, not too bad. I've never dipped my toe into the racing world but have long been curios, and Lemon's seems right up my alley. I have seen a roofless purple Aerostar out there on the internet that was doing something similar, I think there is like an "open-air" class of vehicles?
      Are you a veteran of the circuit? I'd like to know more about a real world experience

    • @RustyZipper
      @RustyZipper 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF - lol, that sounds about right but I only participate in the Road Rally’s. I have a one hour attention span. No way I could spend an entire weekend at a race track. Lemon’s has a Concourse D’Elegance shows periodically. My father and I have done 5 Rally’s. Just a blast if you enjoy driving odd ball vehicles with a bunch of other idiots like me.

  • @bsablosky
    @bsablosky Місяць тому +2

    Hi, that electronic fuel injection badge goes to a 1987 silverado pickup. I have one and it's on my tailgate. I looked at a bunch of pics online and no other ford has that badge. Sorry!!!!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Ok, this is fantastic, I want to deep dive into this. I do believe I have seen this badge on other Aerostars, and I'm going to try to comb through my archive to provide some evidence for this claim.
      I'm wondering if both Ford and GM had the same supplier for this badge? Especially if they were using a similar FI system, which I have no idea if that's possible, its not like the FIAT where they just used a Bosch system, and probably has nothing to do with badging anyways, but I think there is a world where you are totally correct but also this is a factory badge on my 'Star. Let me do some research...
      Janky do thanky for the comment.

  • @normanclarin6668
    @normanclarin6668 Місяць тому +1

    When I was a car dealer in the 90's and early 2000's I have sold dozens of them they hold up pretty well

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Which do u speak of, Aerostar? Or LeSabres? Or maybe Jetta's?

  • @victorbaird8220
    @victorbaird8220 Місяць тому +1

    I am so excited for this video 😊

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      It was an honor to make it, had a great camera man which was such a luxury, and just pure therapy to get to wax on about all my little acquisitions over the years, just a nice little tapestry of the experiences I've had accumulating vehicles. Janky do Thanky

  • @INFLATION.IS.BRUTAL
    @INFLATION.IS.BRUTAL 24 дні тому

    IS THAT BROWN AEROSTAR THE HOLY GRAIL?? I LUV ANYTHING WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION,BRUUH..😃😂

  • @wendyweeks9080
    @wendyweeks9080 Місяць тому +1

    Thank YOU, Janky. for making these fun videos! Jay Leno,,, you have nooooo pizzazz!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Ha, Jay Leno for the junkyard. Pizzazz and gusto. I think he would appreciate the collection, albeit with some eye rolling

  • @rconrad24
    @rconrad24 Місяць тому +1

    Nice sleds Brutha!!!

  • @drewzero1
    @drewzero1 25 днів тому

    Great collection, a few of my favorite childhood cars. My dad used to put his sunglasses up on the dash and we'd laugh when they slid across on every turn. We had a '92 LeSabre for a while; I never thought of it as a large car because we replaced it with a Park Avenue that was even bigger.
    My grandparents had a '93 Aerostar XLT that I learned to drive in. I could never figure out how you'd get to the engine to work on it... Does the hatch over the transmission tunnel give any access to the engine?

    • @drewzero1
      @drewzero1 25 днів тому

      After the Buicks my parents both had mk4 Jettas, and Dad always wished his was a wagon. That was probably my favorite generation of Jetta. (I wonder if the Eddie Bauer edition would still smell like crayons inside.)

  • @amandastyles-uh6zx
    @amandastyles-uh6zx Місяць тому +2

    Hate the green aerostar got hurt😢 that would be the one id keep❤

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Even if I wanted to sell the Aerostar(s) - which to be clear, I don't - I don't think I'd be capable. I think my Aerostar fleet is like an odometer, it can only go up and can't go back down. That does mean, sadly, that sometimes other stuff has to leave, but I'm proud to be passing along the Jetta to a very good home, and it will finally get the TLC that it deserves, and will even spend its winters parked next to another Aerostar, so really couldn't be a better scenario. Janky do Thanky!

  • @mikeadams4505
    @mikeadams4505 Місяць тому +1

    FYI, when you move the exhaust over eliminate the Cat. they plug easily and are pretty unobtainable.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Wow, great tip and insight, Janky do Thanky. I was wondering if it would pass emissions/inspection without it, but come to think of it I already got an inspection sticker last year with just headers, so I can't imagine NYS cares much about a 40 year old Fiat. So riddle me this, if they are unobtainable does that mean I should try to sell the Cat when I delete it?

    • @mikeadams4505
      @mikeadams4505 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF we dont have emission tests where I am , so I dont know. I am sure there are some aftermarket cats out there IF/when yours goes bad. the good news it is easy to diagnose as the cat turns red holding all the heat as well as high rpm lack of power.

  • @BillLaBrie
    @BillLaBrie Місяць тому +1

    The x1/9 was such neat little car. Troubled, but neat.

    • @Bryan_in_USA
      @Bryan_in_USA 29 днів тому +1

      saw at acar show later labelled as a "Pininfarina" -the design firm carried it on its' shoulders here in usa for awhile.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Ha, yea I have had my "troubles" - but honestly a lot has been just never having the time or bandwidth (again, self inflicted with all the cars) to get it really dialed in, so we're still in shakedown mode all these years later. I am leaning more and more towards the K20 swap just because it becomes such a more modern car, and eventually I would like to pretty much daily it in the summer season. Just can't beat the looks or the uniqueness of it, truly the only affordable mid engine exotic ever made. I suppose we should count the Porsche 914 as well...

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Are you sure it wasn't "Bertone"? because they were imported by Bertone after 1982. The Fiat 2000's, or spyders, which were styled by Pininfarina, were also I believe sold as Pininfarina's, I'm guessing from 1983-on because of Fiat leaving the US market. Those are very cool as well! My Uncle had one and its what got me into the Fiat mark.

    • @BillLaBrie
      @BillLaBrie 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF watch the reverse gear…

    • @Bryan_in_USA
      @Bryan_in_USA 27 днів тому

      @@JankyAF yeah, after some thought, it was Bertone 🤔

  • @cardiffchris
    @cardiffchris Місяць тому +1

    I'm moving to rural Michigan so I can have a yard full of shit-bomb cars too.
    Soft spot for Peugeot 504's and VW Dashers.....Go ahead and try to find one.
    i'm ancient enough to remember riding in brand new Aerostar vans.

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      If I ever get to heaven or invent a time machine (whichever happens first) I think the first thing I will do is go to my local Ford Dealer and drive a brand new one off the lot. There are a couple of cream puff Aeros left with basically new paint, and they just glisten, I love patina and all - obviously - but there is something to be said for a mint condition classic, because it really does take you all the way back, and you can imagine what an impression it had when it was new.
      Ha, I wish you nothing but the best with your yard of shit-bomb cars. The 504's and Dasher's (which the internet has told me was basically the genesis of the Passat? is that correct) are both great choices to collect. I'd love a french car one day, so much to like about em, and I think Peugeot would be my mark, as I've had bicycles by them before, and I love the logo.
      Janky do Thanky! best of luck

  • @Gunny426HemiPlymouth
    @Gunny426HemiPlymouth 29 днів тому +1

    That guy in the Austin Healey or whatever was probably like "this MF got a Fiat X19 and he's over here looking at a damn Ford Aerostar!" 😂 awesome fleet, forgot that the aerostars were RWD and could have sticks!

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Haha, he had a little Patina going on on that thing, so I'd like to think he was supportive of the whole fleet. Maybe I could do a quarter mile drag race against him in my Aero, the 3.0 'Sport might have a fighting chance...
      Janky do thanky for the kind words, been loving these comments. Was really fun to make this and reflect a bit on my assorted acquisitions, and great to see some people dig it!

  • @lavafish7660
    @lavafish7660 Місяць тому +2

    Literally me, I own 2 Geos and I need more weird "regular" cars

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      I love the Geo brand! Are they Storm's? Metro's? The great Carolla clones, what were they called? Janky do Thanky

    • @lavafish7660
      @lavafish7660 28 днів тому +2

      @@JankyAF 2 Prizms (the Corolla clone) one 1991 base model 3 speed auto and one 1994 LSi with a 5 speed

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Ah yes of course the prizm! I had a 2000 carolla, loved that thing, wish I still had it. Nice you got one for the highways and one for the country roads!

    • @lavafish7660
      @lavafish7660 28 днів тому

      @@JankyAF mhm, one of them (the 1991) is currently non-opped and needs a headgasket, the entire time I've owned it it's been running with a blown headgasket. no coolant in the oil but there's oil in the coolant

  • @variousengineering1965
    @variousengineering1965 29 днів тому +1

    Still trying to find an early aerostar with the 2.3

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Good luck! Would love to see some pictures if you track one down. Through my many episodes of my Aerostar classifieds searching, I've realized that most likely the 3.0 was offered in 1986, maybe not at the very beginning but shortly into their run, and that the 2.3 and 2.8 engines were likely just place holders until the Taurus development was finished. Still one of the best exhaust notes I've ever heard, just a wonderful farty burble. Janky do Thanky

  • @aaron___6014
    @aaron___6014 23 дні тому

    Reminds me of the Element skateboard logo.

  • @nippe1538
    @nippe1538 Місяць тому +2

    nice fiats

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому +1

      Janky do Thanky! Hoping one of them will be a little more nice next year so I can actually start putting in some miles!

  • @CCS216
    @CCS216 23 дні тому

    All X1/9s come with a parts car. :)

  • @Bryan_in_USA
    @Bryan_in_USA 29 днів тому +1

    Looks like the "driveway inside my Mind" 🤯😆🚙🛻🚗🚓🚐

    • @JankyAF
      @JankyAF  28 днів тому

      Haha, make it a reality! Or maybe just buy one or two....I got a little carried away, don't quite have Hoovies Garage money, but if I ever did, it would probably all go into more Aerostars, and I'm not sure that could get 1 million subscribers. Those Buicks and Aerostars tho, they are out there and can be had for very cheap. Sadly, the purchase is just the beginning of the expenses.