The Little Truck That Could, 1995 Ford Ranger A plain Jane little short bed two wheel drive Ford Ranger bought in April, 1995, in El Paso, Texas from Shamaley Ford. It was a replacement for a beautiful 1985 Ford T-Bird that was ruined by a mechanic whose reach exceeded his grasp. We will have...
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Folks, Everyday I go for a walk around downtown Phoenix during my lunch hour. I do not often, actually never, talk to anybody I see. I just walk and look at the cars and all the construction going on around me. But not yesterday....
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The worst vehicle I ever owned was not a car. It was not a truck either. What was it? It was a van. A Ford van. A 1978 Ford Club Wagon (Econoline) van. But it was not a delivery van. It was a passenger...
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Listener Challenges Radio Blowhard On May 14, 2008, Mando reported the following incident which we take to be an honest and accurate description of events: Saturday morning I was working in the garage listening to some local (Phoenix, Arizona) talk radio station. I was...
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The Lion of El Paso Tech One day I asked Mando how it was that he ended up attending El Paso Technical High School rather than my alma mater, El Paso High School. He gave the matter some thought and responded as follows: The...
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SOMEWHERE WEST of LARAMIE RAM and the 1995 BMW 325is he drove to Texas. The car had recently been detailed, thus the brilliant sheen. Despite its age, the car has an on board computer that some say may have malfunctioned during the trip. Balderdash!...
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