My 30 year hunt for a PERFECT Geo Tracker!
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“The Starter Wife.” I had to replay that to make sure I heard that right🤣😂😅
I lost it when he coined the term, "Starter Wife" then panned to a picture of??? Travis Mathew Bell, and Christopher Michaels! Have Mercy❗#GoFullCodeOrGoHome❗
Not a mistake, and he didn't invent the term.
My Grandpa had a Geo Tracker that he bought for his river house on the Mississippi. He installed a trailer hitch to the front end so that we could easily put boats in the river. It was what all us grandkids learned to drive standard on. Great times. RIP Grandpa!
Rip grandpa🙏🏼 sounds like a cool dude
My father (and myself for summer job in university) worked in the plant that built the Tracker/Sidekicks. I was in weld shop and my dad was in paint. At the time in the 90's it was a joint effort plant between GM and Suzuki in Ingersoll Ontario.
Chances are then I’ve owned a few cars you and your pops built! So thank you 🙏🏻
I was hoping to see the new sub set up mannnnnnn
In Europe these cars were indeed sold as Suzuki Vitara.
The CAMI plant. Now retooled to build EVs.
Mine is a 96 tracker..you may have done some on it.
My favorite part is that I got to enjoy this video while in my 92 red geo tracker. Since I decided to drive it to work today. It was passed down to me from my grandfather.
This made me smile. As someone who graduated high school in 95', I remember people getting their first cars in the 90's. These and other Geo's were very popular back then. A cute girl in my high school had a purple Geo convertible. So glad he was able to relive his youth. Thanks.
My neighbor has a 92 same color soft top with under 5k on the clock. It gets out every Friday night for a local gas station car meet his round trip from home and back is less than 2 miles but it’s a gem like it just came off the showroom.
I had a Tracker and it gave me one of my best car stories. Mine was rough, just seats and a dashboard inside, no carpet no door panels. Obviously you couldn't really lock it because of the top, but the ignition was also broken and i just had a screwdriver to start it. One morning I came out of my apartment building and it was gone. I went in and asked my wife (now ex) if she borrowed it to someone. Nope. Just gone. I had recently had my Impreza stolen from the transmission shop, so I figured I wasn't going to see it again. About 12 hours later I walked out to the parking lot, and it was in my parking spot. Went and looked in it, they had completely cleaned it out, and all my stuff was in the back seat. Turned the screwdriver, the gas tank was completely full. Never did find out who took it.
Shoorms did it dude.
I remember that tracker! I'm in Terre Haute and I had a friend that had a dark blue tracker that was lowered with wheels similar to those. We rocked that thing all over Indiana and had a blast in it. I've had a couple of them but I was into offroading so I never went the lowered route. Those 8 valve's are indestructible
I know we all have our favorite story tellers here but no one and I mean no one forgets Travis Bell when we run through our roladex of story tellers
Or rob Pitts he only shows up every once in a while but his stories always have me cracking up
@@cameronvandygriff7048 same goes for Christopher Michaels
@Rebelgamer 1111 yes precisely honestly I don't think there's a single person on here that I don't just glue in to their stories John isn't very relatable because he collects one of one vintage lamborghinis but I love hearing him talk about them or get so passionate over a paint color or an option those guys are always my favorites because they usually end up with the coolest shops that are museums in themselves
@@cameronvandygriff7048 the crypto Bros and fake Atlanta street racers aren’t great, and the was that extremely obvious manwoman that tricked Ed
@@paulcarmi8130 car spotting bro
The Geo tracker is the most underrated off road 4x4 ever made. So much fun slipping between trees and rocks, going where I have absolutely no business driving. Turning around in the middle of trails. I wish they made them new because they do not age well however.
I concur...
I once worked for a (large) guy who walked into a Chevy dealership back in the day, and says "I need something with 43 inches of door clearance". A white tracker was rolled out to fit his 350 pound frame and he drove the hell out of it.
Very cool!!!!! I love my ‘92 stick shift 4X4 Tracker!!! She sits on 31’s and I love throwing my Doberman in the back and hitting the trails!!!! I’m a 53 yr old woman and I have a blast in it!!!! I wanted convertible, but got the tin roof 2 door instead. So much fun!!!
RCR reviewing a Metro, Now VINWIKI doing a story about a Tracker? We might be seeing a Geo revival on UA-cam
You missed the nod to RCR in the video.
@@cesariojpn Where was that?
Don’t forget WatchJRgo saving the EV GEO/Chevy thing
Loved this episode! Looks like I’m going to have to track down a 1998 Taurus SHO to get the one from my youth that got away.
@@the_frankc The Corvette meme.
Proud owner of a '92 Geo Tracker here (among other vehicles)!! I bought it because it reminds me of an army jeep I learned to drive on. So much fun! Out of all of them, it'd the hardest to part with.
Same!!!! I have a ‘92 Tracker (manual) 4X4 tin roof on 31’s and I love it!!! So so much fun!!!!!!
@@DobermanMom70 *sniff* traded mine for a battered IH scout 80. Dumb move.
@@r3beatty awwww I’m sorry!!! That stinks!!! 🥲
Im picking up a ‘97 tracker soon! Any maintence tips or advice you could share?! Im so excited
My grandmother had probably 30 trackers over the years. She loved them! Rolled a few too lol
@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes southern missouri lol. She’s drive them a ton, break it, roll it, couple engine fires, she’d have more than 1 at a time, it was fun haha. They were cheaper to replace than fix a lot of the time. She’s 84 now and doesn’t drive much. Wheel chair etc but we still joke every time we see her about all her trackers she had. She hates her van haha
Ah the geo tracker, I had a blue one with subs in the back with custom pedals and shift knob, it was lowered and all that good stuff, man was it fun on dirt roads in rwd I could slide around corners with ease I had a good time in that car
I'm sure I ran into Travis back in the 90's around The Wheel Source in Dayton. I too knew Phil Blake (RIP). He installed the neon light kit on my lowered '70 Impala 2door. Luckily I never let it get away.
My brother had one of those new in the 90s. Blew off the highway in a strong wind and crunched like an aluminum can. One car magazine at the time called it a "peppy off-highway scooter."
I enjoyed my Geo Tracker and Suzuki Sidekick. I had a black Tracker with the teal and pink graphics. After I installed a calmini lift kit and 31" mut tires I called it the barbie rollerskate. I used to annoy the local Jeep club with that thing when I would tag along with them down in the Georgia swamps. It was a pretty capable little four wheel drive.
When I saw this thumbnail, I thought to myself, who would want one of those? Travis Bell was the only person I could think of, and I was not disappointed after the intro finished. You the man Travis 😁
Id take a tracker in 4x4.. capable little off roaders.
@P H have 4x Tracker, can confirm 👍🏻
Love that Tracker ! Many memories already made in that thing in Indy
. See ya in Daytona soon bud !
- Rabbit 😎
The one that got away for me was my old 1986 BMW 325e. Flash forward 7 years later, I was able to grab an 85 325e with late model front bumper, sport seats, sport wheel, and of course the 13 button OBC. Car came with no wheels, shot water pump, blown out shifter bushings, a whole heap of engine maintenance and a half-working cluster. Took a few thousand $$ and a lot of hours, but She's running decent on the street with over 330K on the clock. Happy to have been able to grab the one that got away once again.
I have such an addiction to the Trackers and Sidekicks, Still working on them these days. Have 6 in my collection, and am making videos about them still today. Great Story!
Flashing that picture when he talks about his starter wife, got me chuckling.
This brings back a lot of memories from high school. I graduated in 98, but I had a canary yellow 91 S-10 Blazer with ground effects and 15x10 chrome and gold spokes. I had 2 15's in the back, even used to compete in regional car stereo events where my all time high decibel level was a 148.0 db. Our dad had a salvage yard so we could replace springs if we ruined one trying to "learn" how to lower the front. I have an 89 Blazer put away, hoping to build it up one day.
Mine is the same, sold a 1995 Geo Tracker tin top. Regretted it to this day, thing was a beast. Last year got a 1995 Geo Tracker 4x4 tin top. Restored it, daily it and off road it with my FJ. Get offers on it constantly and in Los Angeles everyone thinks it’s a new model mini G wagon since I removed the badging. Love it.
I love my 1993 Tracker...of course it was pink when I bought it, it's now forest service green...I put a prius electric power steering unit in it...added AC...a hard top...redid all the interior pannels in marine ply...but now, unless I need a truck for something it's my go to car...fun to drive, handles snow better than a 4 x 4 f-150 and every once in a while someone asks what it is followed by how cute.....
The Sidekick was the predecessor to the Tracker / Sidekick.
My one that got away was a 98 Isuzu Amigo
I had a Yellow 1991 Tracker that I bought back in high school. It was only 2 wheel drive but it would still do good on the trails. Whenever it would slide off the road me and a buddy would pick it up and move it back to the road. It was the funnest vehicle I ever owned.
We had these in the UK as the Suzuki Vitara. Very capable off roaders and loads of customisable bits for them. My friend had 2. One got used as a parts car and the other was inherited by his son and is slowly getting restored. It'll never be parted with as his dad loved that little 4x4
I’m a 80s baby and one of the cars from my childhood I’ll never forget was my uncles 1996 Chevy Beretta Z26. The sound was so unique and made the car feel like a nascar when I was a kid.
Mine so far has been a 1952 ford f1 pickup...had a 8ba mercury flathead v8 4 speed floor shift non synchro gear box...it was a barn find survivor had to sell to pay rent on my shop truck went to Sweden and I'll never get it back. That was by far the coolest find I ever got and it always all by chance drove down the right country road on the right day and the right garage was open.
Absolutely love my 02 Tracker, 133k mi 2dr 2wd soft top 5spd. Slowly getting it back to proper status. I regret getting rid of my 95 300zx, damn that thing always had something wrong with it but it was definitely a timeless car.
300zx’s are pretty cheap….for now anyway.
I went from a 1st gen CRX (also with way too much bass) to a 93 Tracker too, this brings back a lot for me, thanks for sharing!
I'm restoring a 1996 gea tracker right now. It's got 70.000 miles and got it with almost no rust. It's a manual 4x4. It was my dream car when I was a early teen. Now that I can afford anything I want I wanted to go back to my younger days.
I was on it. I had the 1991 White Geo tracker with the black soft top barely alive Automatic 4x4 8 valve bought it for $700 with an automatic start button.i slowly start fixing it up . I started with the suspension everything new even lowered it ,than the engine everything new gasket, timing chain, K&N air filter and even added the snorkeI found the moonroof & hardtop and Deep dish rims with oversize tires. Bought new wheel tire covered finally gave it a new bone white paint job. Found roof rack and upgraded the Headers,Downpipe,flow master catalytic converter with 3 Bullet muffler.
I change the badge from Geo tracker to Suzuki
Put new decal almost all over it. This things use to turn on rails and rumble at stop lights. It felt like a real Rally car! My biggest disappointment was I had the weaker engine and most dreadful thing was is was AUTOMACTIC! I was trying so hard to convert to Manual. Instead since these cars were still around and nobody really hook them up I decided to find Another one but Stick shift! Guess what! I found it finally after 5 years later.
A 1998 Purple Chevrolet 2dr 4X4 5-speed/OD 16 valve 128,000
With a soft black top but NEW? You know damn well what I did switch everything over to the stick shift! It now has 134,000 put away only use for special occasion.
The 1991 Geo tracker automatic I use it up and finally junk it when I blew engine.
Now I’m left with the purple one
I still keep searching for these Vehicles!!!
True Gem 28/32 Mpg
I had a '91 Sidekick for a few years.
My ex-Brother in Law was the Mechanic for the woman that owned it from new.
5 Speed, 4wd, White with the Green stripe and Fiberglass removable tops.
I paid $1500 for it in 2004 and it was seriously one of the most fun vehicles I've ever had.
Took it to Hollister Hills a few times and for it being stock with only larger tires it went on 90% of thevTrails and never missed a beat.
Yeah, I REALLY miss that Sidekick.
Good story Travis. I would love to find the one that got away from me, a 1970 Plymouth Fury 3 NJ state police interceptor in plain brown wrapper. It is the car I should have kept to run the 79 Cannonball with. The way I set it up it was the best high speed cruiser I’ve ever owned. If anyone knows the whereabouts of a nice one please let me know.
I bought a blue '95 tin top 4x4 Tracker out of a barn about 3 years ago in Nashville, with just 12,300 miles on it. Now i have 26,500 miles on it. Still a new truck, but nearly 30 years old!
If you've ever owned a Tracker... you totally get this. I have had two and I loved those ridiculous cars. Lol
My second one was a 4x4 and it was extra fun.
Mine that got away was a 1985-86 k20 Chevy pickup with a flat bed and a big block, my father bought it for us to build for my 16th I was 7 at that time so I had plenty of time to build it up but stuff came up and my father had to sell it.
I remember that day, the guy that bought it was talking about putting it in a demo derby because it was rust free and would be a good contender.
I’m now 23 trying to buy a 70 Chevelle and a house.
There is a tire shop local to me that has a 94 manual yellow/black top that has been wrapped since the day it was purchased and has less than 80k miles, NC car that is mostly pulled into the shop every night, never gets driven so no rust. If your interested call Tire Country USA in Jacksonville, NC. I have no dealings with them at all, but worked there for a couple weeks when I was between jobs.
I had the samurai. With an insane system also. I loved that thing. I could take it out on the quad trails. The thing jumped like a quad. I smashed my catalytic converter jumped and landed it on a huge boulder . all i did was bang out all the stuff inside the cat and put it back on and it still passed emissions test for a Massachusetts inspection sticker. Loved that thing.
Your stories always bring so many memories back to me, seeing as we are very close in age and did many of the things growing up. I to have a vehicle that I have yet to find that I always wanted and will find one of these days to build it as it would have been in 94 or so.
I know someone with a teal tracker with a teal interior and it's perfect. My jaw dropped when I first saw it. It was like it was stored in a time capsule and it's in Pennsylvania with zero rust.
Mine was a 92 ford ranger Reg cab short bed 2wd, I had done a 302 V8 swap, narrowed 9” rear 4:11 POSI, I did the swap in 96 and ran all over town beating up on mustangs, Camaros and vettes. It was an awesome summer ride, but in the winter as my daily driver it went every which way but straight. In fall of 97 I sold the truck and bought a new Z71. I wish I still had that little truck. Maybe one day I’ll buy another and rebuild a clone.
I had a 93 Geo Tracker with 8, 8inch JL audios and I miss it everyday. It was yellow with yellow interior and I drove the wheels off it. Had it on 2 wheels multiple times and lucky I didn’t kill someone. Lol I appreciate this video
93 tracker and 89 z24? Wow I'm reliving my highschool days all over again! I'd love it.
I love stories about underappreciated vehicles. Trackers are good vehicles even though they are rust prone. There are still a lot on the road around Indiana.
Loved my 1993 Quasar Blue Geo Tracker LSI. Had no power. But I didn't care. This might inspire me to go get another one. My favorite car if all time. So much fun.
The root canal mark Spence tire cover finally makes an appearance!
I was a Suzuki auto tech at a Suzuki dealer from 1990-1997, Of course the GEO Tracker is a Suzuki Sidekick with a different name, the Sidekick/Tracker came to the USA in 1989, it was preceded by the Suzuki Samurai which came to the USA in 1985, 2 TOTALLY different vehicles, as he was saying, the body panels and interior bits were flimsy but held up pretty well, the drivetrain reliability though was up there with Honda and Toyota.
I have a 92,Geo Tracker White, in Costa Rica, is SUPER GREAT in the country go true Rivers Momtens any where this car can go true hell and back , drove it from Miami FL to Costa Rica in 7,days in 1996, more then 4,800miles no problem since over 283,152,, 6/24/24, on it and still running like NEW❤, had 16,330, miles starting the trip to Costa Rica from Miami FL in july 20,of 1996,
I’ve been looking for my “one that got away “ for a decade now
A 1988 vw fox wagon.
Mine was dark blue , tinted all around , lowered and on gti wheels wrapped in Dunlop d40 m2’s with a serious sound system ( Cerwyn Vega 15’s ).
My mom had to drive it one day , wrote it off and then there was fire 🔥,
Hopefully one day I find one.
Somehow I knew this was going to be Travis. Me and my girlfriend are the time back in the early 90s test drove an already lowered geo tracker. It had ground effects and I think 15x8 hammers. Really cool looking but that thing handled like the front and rear suspension was connected by a slinky. She didn't buy it but we were cool for about 30 minutes.
1990 Honda accord ex. I was always amazed how flat the hood was, didn't look like an engine was in there. So ridiculously easy to work on. Rust got most of them up here in Canada.
Mine was a 1982 Datsun 280zx. I was in the process of doing a turbo engine swap on it but I couldn't get it running correctly and my landlord gave me an ultimatum. Either get rid of the car or pay a fine . So I sold the car. I got my asking price for it as I mostly sold it for the price of the engine. This was back in 2015. Now I've had a few other car since then and they never tickled me the same. Eventually I found a gold 1981 280zx and I quickly scooped that up. It definitely has a better body but it has the wrong cylinder head on it so its much slower than it's supposed to be but I'll get that fixed. Point is, I'm back in one of my dream cars. Only other car I kinda regret selling was a 1985 Chevy caprice wagon. I do miss how it drove and how that edlbrock sounded when you floored it but it's not one I'm broken hearted over
I just seen a busted up green geo metro that had a grip of rust, an aftermarket sun roof, a doughnut for a rear wheel, leaning hard with body twist, every panel bashed, grimy windows, torn and nasty interior, blowing smoke from the exhaust, a couple of crack heads inside... no joke! I was for real amazed and was melancholic with thoughts of an actual 3 cylinder Geo in traffic, in 2023, on the road. I kind of want one to slap a Hayabusa swap into it.
I had two that got away. The first was a 1960 Chevrolet Nomad wagon. Yes, the famous collectable is 1955 through 1957, but they still made the Nomad in 1960. I had a crazy hippy girlfriend in the mid-1970s and it was good times. The second was a 1979 limited edition Smokey and the Bandit Pontiac Trans Am, one of 500 made that year, matching numbers, black with the gold screamin' eagle on the hood, and T-tops.
I had one! Exactly the same color. I loved my tracker. I was rear ended by a kid in his grandma's caddillac. I would still be driving that car- jeep- truck.
My 76 year old grandfather has been LS1 swapping his ‘92? Tracker. He said it had no balls, just working out kinks now but it’s a labour of love
I had a 94 CRX with 4 Rockford 12s back in the 90s. Rolling around playing Drop the Bass was awesome.
The one that got away for me was a 1986 triple red chrylser 5th avenue, absolutely beautiful car, bought for 600 bucks and it didn't even have 100k miles on it, had the 318 in it and just an absolutely beautiful car.
My first car was a Suzuki Sidekick (the 4 door version of the Geo Tracker.) And every couple of months I think "Man I miss that pile of garbage." Travis this is my sign thank you, I'm going to own a tracker again.
1992 GEO Tracker LSI is the unicorn of all trackers. Also had unheard of power windows and locks.
I have a '95 Tracker with 44,000 miles on it that had been left in a garage for 17 years. Now that it has been serviced and repainted I've set a price of $30,000 on it so I never make the mistake of selling it. It's the 9th one I've owned and it will be with me 'til I'm gone.
I had a ‘93 2WD 5 speed. Loved that thing! I also had the Hammer wheels, cut 1 turn out of all 4 coil springs, lol. Rode like💩 but looked cool as hell!!! I had a wall of speakers behind me also! 4 MTX Pro series 15” Rockford fosgate amps and even replaced the front 3 1/3” speakers. I had red neons underneath and also the matching license plate frame! I had red crushed velvet door panels!!! Got a warning for wheels sticking out past fenders so I went to Lowe’s and got some black lawn edging to make my own fender-flares!
My mother had a yellow Geo Tracker with zebra print on the lower side of the door panel, and queen bee on the rear bumper and front windshield. It wasn't a 4x4 either, it looked exactly like that one but with a little extra vinyl flavour on it. As far as I know that car went all the way from canada to mexico. Don't know what happened to it after that.
Funny thing is, she too would blast NWA and of course, Little Kim (The queen bee). Her name is Kim.
My wife is on a pursuit of finding a teal Tracker in decent condition. She's in year 2 of the corporate side of the automotive industry which has opened her eyes to the vast/varied ecosystem of automobiles, and for some reason, she has set her sights on one of these bad boys.
I have one
In Amarillo Texas
Big love for Trackers, I understand where she is coming from
We Use to rock those in the 90s lowered with American racing rims....
.
.now they are getting lifted with toy axles and kicking serious ass on the trails..
They were ahead of their time
.and not a Jeep!!!!!!!
Guy I went to HS (class of 95) with had a white tracker that was lowered with hydraulics and gold Daytons (15 inch!) And 2 10's in the trunk. He was the envy of all the guys. Best car in HS hands down
Does anyone else look around at todays cars, and reminisce about how much cooler the cars we saw driving around in our youths were? Anytime I see a 70s or 80s car in the road, they always stick out to me.
I had a 1993 Geo Tracker. Mechanically, one of the best vehicles I've ever owned. Lights and oil was all I needed to replace with over 50k miles that I put on it, 15k original. So, 65k of miles and no issues.
Also, airbags? There were hardly any vehicles in the early 90's with airbags.
Wow! I had an 89 Tracker that I loved. Removed the back seat and put in a wall that was boxed to the back. I had 2 12" Rockford Fosgate pros and 2 10" below that. In total, I had 13 speakers in that thing at 750 Watts with a 10 disk CD Changer. It was stolen one night and burned (I'm guessing the stereo was what they wanted). Miss it to this day!
The Yellow Geo Tracker was my first car back in high school. Black soft top, automatic, I think it was a 93. Had people yell at me at stop lights all the time as well. Dude in Cinci just hollered hey Bumble Bee hey Bumble Bee, then gave me his a burt cd with him rapping horribly on it haha. I would have been so jealous of your speaker set up then. And I'm jealous that you have this one now haha. Guess I'm going to have to go on the hunt.
For me it was a 93 xr7 v6 auto Mercury cougar teal green over tan interior with 60k miles. Purchased in late 96 kbb for $13.5 paid a grand sum of $8.5k. It out ran a few from lights but very few stayed close when turns happened. Sadly it lived a short 6 months with me before I launched it over a hill at 120+mph. I am not a religious person but thank God only one leg and one nose was broken between the four of us in the car
I remember I had a 1991 Acura legend bumping Miami bass ,with the kicker Solo Barics and Rockford Fosgate punch amps and Momo arrow rims..the 90s we're awesome
I had a 1994 Tracker ... I worked for a Chevy dealer at the time, so of course I got suburban badges for the back and the bowtie 1/2 ton 1500 logos for the sides. Take two suburban badges, cut the "sub" off one, stick 'em on the back and you too can have the Urban Suburban like I did :D
I managed to get a really clean example of my ultimate 90s vehicle a 94 Ford ranger splash which for now is just getting some kc lights and aggressive tires but eventually will probably get dropped onto some period correct billet wheels and it has a factory subwoofer and amp so im covered there
We had a 96 Geo Tracker ours was Barney Purple. We loved it. Drove it into the ground.
In 2012 I found a 1988 Dodge D100(pickup) 318, 3 speed auto with 90k miles on it. It was owned by an old man. The truck was perfect, cosmetically and mechanically other than the Fire Engine red paint being a little faded. It had ZERO rust and all the metal everywhere including the undercarriage was like it just came from the factory, and the interior was perfect. I paid $1,200 for the truck and drove it home from GA to NC. A few months later, I needed rent money and sold it. I actually planned on painting it orange and theming it like General Lee. If only I had it painted like that and left it in my garage. $20k all day long. More than that if the motor was swapped. Imagine a Hellcat square body Dodge pickup.
My one that got away is a white 1998 Z28 "catfish" Camaro. I was 19, and had a baby, and needed to get something more family friendly. Been lusting for 20 years now to get another and fix it up the same way.
4:32 Look, I love every Travis Bell story, and this one's no different, but the mental image of Dougie Mercury shouting "Laaaaaaaaam-bo!" and waiting for the response just made my morning.
Mine is a 1997 Suzuki Vitara (geo tracker) white with factory flairs, silver soft top roof manual, I bought it new, sold it with 80k KMs should have never sold it, I loved it
My first car was supposed to be my uncles old ran thru chevy tracker and I wanted to drive it so bad but unfortunately we had to sell it before I got my license. I had always wanted one since then so when I found what I thought was a good deal I had no choice but to fly 500 miles away from where I live and road trip home in my new 1991 geo tracker. 230k miles on the clock and it still runs like a champ. I sure am proud of that little thing
Love it Travis, I relate a lot to your taste. If I could track down my caged ae86 coupe I had when I was 19 that'd be the one. That car taught me so much about driving and drifting 🤙
I have a red one in my garage that was my moms. It has 39,000 miles and is in mint condition.
Let me guess, delivering tofu through then mountains ⛰️ 🙄 😆
My first car was a 91 Geo Tracker and I loved it!!!!
Good thing "the 1 that got away" wasn't a '78 Valiant for which the only one is a street kept, daily driver in Rochester, NY. Talk about a death trap - drum brakes, no air bags & frame just about rusted sway.
I remember my dad picking up his 92 Oldsmobile cutless Supreme at the dealership, and I was 10 sitting in the 92 yellow geo tracker in the showroom
At almost 50 years old, there are more terrible ones yet to come.
This NEEDs to be on a t-shirt. Best quote ever.
I had a 95 2wd purple Tracker when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in 1999. FUN little Island car! (my other car was a 98 Chevrolet Corvette)
For a few years I had a hard top Tracker with a small lift & Wrangler tires. I bought that way and wanted to put a VW diesel in it but just didn't have the time or money. But damn that thing was fun to drive. Got sucked into a deep snowy ditch once and it drove out just fine.
Man my buddy had early 90s tracker with a lift and hardtop and it was literally a street legal sxs. So much fun messing around on quad trails during high school lunch hour
The one that got away....when the pic of the 69 Cheverly flashed across the screen I smacked my forehead... 1982, guy I worked with sold me a maroon 69 Chevelle SS. No motor, no trans. Original 4speed car., black interior, buckets and console for a whopping $125.00. It needed a paint job and a pencil sized rust hole in one quarter panel fixed. I quickly swapped it for a 30 ton shop press which reminds me of my stupidity every time I look at it.
Would absolutely love to have one again
I’m right there with ya Mr. Bell.
I sure miss my tracker. Had my lifted badass machine long before the Jeep movement
Had a set of western on my sst javelin.. I seen a set of those Rims on old van a few months ago.. it brought me back in time. Polishing every.. .. not spokes.. like bumps separated every half inch.. what ever they were called.. they were just as nice on van as javelin sst 72'
I'm the same age, and had the same type cars. The golden days of Car Audio! Man, those were the good ol days! Seemed like money was plentiful, no worries. Its crazy to me to think I'm 50 years old and still listening to Rap and Hip Hop from those days. Crazy good times! Thanks for the story.
Watching this takes me back to my days working in a garage in the uk and one of the mechanics had one of these but what we call a wide boy, cut the springs and massive subs and to this day (12 years later) I am to see another one within my budget but the search continues🙏
these are the cutest vehicles i have ever seen too. seeing one in person let alone driving one is a treat although most people say theyre ugly, i say they have their appeal i have the original stereo and speakers in mine along with the near perfect seats and the locking lug cover for the spare tire that goes with the original ignition key its running like a top after sitting 5 years and has 180,000 miles on it i swapped the cluster for one with a tach and it runs amazing for its age