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54dan · #6 04-10-2013, 08:55 AM

I think it depends on what you're used to. If you're used to old vehicles with essentially no suspension it would be no big deal if you looked at the expedition as an adventure and took lots of tools and smiled every time something broke.

My first car was a 1954 3/4-ton chevy truck with stuck king pins, and so it was a real bugger to keep in a lane. Ridiculous in hindsight, but it sure did make driving any other vehicle a breeze in comparison.

If I needed the parts and had time to make an adventure out of it, I'd do it in a skinny minute. That's the stuff that makes for an interesting life. That, however, is probably not a practical viewpoint, and may not be what you're looking for. It also seems by other's responses that you may already be finding the parts you need without having to embark on too much of an adventure.

Have fun in any case -- that's why most of us mess with these old things anyways.

-Dan