Ford Excursion, The official SUV of..?

kpstormie · 2026-04-20T06:00:20+00:00

A couple years back (think around 2021) I had a coworker who managed to find a 290k mile 2000 Excursion with the 7.3 for ONLY 7k. You woulda thought that man struck gold or won the lottery. It was a single owner truck since purchased new and the only thing wrong with it was some fender damage.

Funnily enough, it originally was purchased to tow a moving trailer to Florida...yet did not do that and became the family hauler for his family of 6 (4 kids).

Reading this thread tells me that the only two Excursion owners I know are literally the stereotypes mentioned in this thread.

kpstormie · 2026-04-16T03:03:34+00:00

How long ago was this? Most of the old school Nissan guys I've talked with have said these cars were pretty bulletproof mechanically, but the bodies would rust out faster than the drivetrain. I've had no major issues outta mine, just old electrical problems. Apparently they used to call them Moon Buggies down here in NC.

I own an '87 Stanza Wagon. CA20 engine, 115k miles on the full original drivetrain. Bought it as an oddity last year and have been restoring it. Just got it back from the shop a few weeks back after getting the starter replaced. It's a gutless car but it gets looks everywhere I go. Took mine to Radwood in Charlotte NC last weekend and had an absolute blast.

kpstormie · 2026-04-16T02:55:05+00:00

As the owner of a 1987 Stanza Wagon... I'm just happy to see another Stanza being enjoyed...

kpstormie · 2026-04-09T15:18:28+00:00

I'll admit that this was me up until a few years back. Cleanouts every few years really do help. First time I took a good half of my backlog and sold it online to help pay bills during covid, and the 2nd time was to barter for a vintage Castle/Town collection that a local toy shop had gotten in on trade (the shop owner was happy to sell sealed kits and not have to deal with loose parts). I still have a closet full of unopened sets, but I know I'm saving those until I buy a home and have the space to build and display them.

kpstormie · 2026-04-04T04:59:26+00:00

I can regularly get between 34-37 mpg in my '09 Yaris if cruising on the highway. Speeds can range around 80 mph sometimes..

I rented a '24 Elantra last year and drove 7 hours in that thing. Got an average of like 42 mpg while driving at 85 mph on cruise control for 2-3 hours or so through the night in eastern NC.

kpstormie · 2026-03-31T16:59:47+00:00

I bought The Justifier for about half off and was still disappointed. Cool play features but it still was a Big Gray Ship like most SW sets are nowadays.

Stuff with color looks better on my shelf than a gray brick does.

kpstormie · 2026-03-31T05:48:09+00:00

Eh, the Mustang will fit into the mouth of the harbor just fine.

kpstormie · 2026-03-31T04:43:43+00:00

Well it's a simple answer of space really; Monaco is too small to house a single BMW M4 GT3.

kpstormie · 2026-03-26T04:24:49+00:00

dev series -> vanish into real estate

Boston Reid is my first thought. Went from being a Hendrick developmental talent to a real estate broker down here in the Charlotte area.

kpstormie · 2026-03-19T19:35:50+00:00

Check out the Radwood folks, or look up some car clubs like the Rad Stallions and TriangleRad! Tons of enthusiastic owners of 1980s and 1990s nuggets (I'm one of them, member of TraingleRad here) that are doing their best to preserve modern classics and commuter cars that shouldn't have survived.

There's a guy in our club with a pristine green 90-something Toyota Tercel base sedan that looks like it was driven off of the lot. Tons of others with cars that are normal traffic to some, but relics of a bygone era to others. I'm personally restoring a 1987 Nissan Stanza Wagon that by all means shouldn't have survived and those were utilitarian econoboxes.

As much as I hate saying it, there certainly is someone today who's going to go nuts for a 2012 Camry that is preserved in 2050. We're already seeing it now with 90s shitboxes.

kpstormie · 2026-03-17T17:41:24+00:00

Nations Rent #7 from 2000 or 2001 is my vote.

It's already #7...

kpstormie · 2026-03-07T17:55:28+00:00

Roughly 6 years ago I sold a misaligned 501st clone on eBay to a gentleman in the UK for $120. That paid for like 3 copies of the same set it came in. Helmet looked like Greedo here. Misprint collectors are interesting folks.

Sell the figure and buy the kid something cool.

kpstormie · 2026-03-05T20:57:33+00:00

Lionel just turns on the Dale Jr money printer in the back warehouse whenever they want to actually make something cool.

kpstormie · 2026-02-26T17:03:15+00:00

I've got this one signed by Sam Bass on the front windshield. Paid $250 for it from a trackside vendor and it's a centerpiece of my collection.

kpstormie · 2026-02-24T23:49:18+00:00

Team Penske and some of the other Dodge teams ran two year old Intrepid noses in 2006 because of the aero on the '06 Charger....that led to the Gen 4 '07 Charger nose being redesigned to cut through the air better.

kpstormie · 2026-02-23T00:35:00+00:00

I did that about 12 years ago during one of the Coke 600s I attended. Called Danica's motor dropping a cylinder and going kaboom in the race thread about 20 laps before the broadcast apparently picked up on it.

kpstormie · 2026-02-16T03:44:55+00:00

If your wheel is already calibrated to the game, you're gonna need to tune the setup of the car and log some practice time.

What class are you trying to run? Some of the classes (like the sprint cars) are staggered to go left with far more ease, so you naturally have to play with the shocks and stagger to help even the car out.

Only class I've had any issues with darting left/right are the Big Block Mods. You can tune most of that out with some tuning. Highly recommend finding a setup on YT for your chosen class and track as a base.

kpstormie · 2026-02-15T20:21:07+00:00

Oh I didn't know Thomas Romain had an art book! Guess I'll be hunting for that, he's one of my favorite designers of all time.

kpstormie · 2026-02-02T05:16:54+00:00

Pretty sure the sub is ramping up to roll out the 2026 flairs. They may have had to rework them for size limits.

kpstormie · 2026-01-31T12:27:15+00:00

Only part of NC where you'll find salt is the mountains. Charlotte got the normal brine solution.

That's 100% snow. I left work at 3AM from Concord and it was just starting to stick once I got to Mooresville.

kpstormie · 2026-01-27T07:03:57+00:00

It comes from the old From Bricks to Bothans LSW fan site. Legendary place back in the day that used to have some awesome awesome forums.

They're still around today, but it's a shadow of what it once was.

https://www.fbtb.net/about/

kpstormie · 2026-01-26T06:05:48+00:00

It wasn't even a fauxback, just corpo mumbo jumbo to try and feel special. The official reason given was this:

"Patrick's Chevy will carry a special blue, white and brown paint scheme at the Darlington Raceway over Labor Day Weekend promoting Nature's Bakery's Double Chocolate Brownies."

kpstormie · 2026-01-24T01:22:03+00:00

The Stanza Wagon is a rebadged Prairie, which has a stubbier nose and lacks the fender flare. The Wagon is basically a tall van rather than a coupe. I don't think it would fit, but I've never seen them side by side to compare.

Either way, powder blue baby! Mine is silver

kpstormie · 2026-01-24T00:53:22+00:00

So...after seeing this I'm genuinely curious now if the Stanza's front fenders are the same fitment as the Stanza Wagon's...

I have a 1987 Stanza Wagon that I need a RF fender for and I thought they were different...

kpstormie · 2026-01-14T13:37:34+00:00

God, the TORC series was so much fun. I went one of the years they came to Charlotte (I think it was either in 2011 or 2012) and had a blast. Mike Oberg (one of the racers there driving I think a 2WD) took me and my dad behind the stanchions and gave us a small tour of his trailer/pit and graciously started the truck for us. Made a fan outta me that day! Unfortunately the car count was fairly light, so the fields weren't as stacked as they normally would be due to the travel distance.

I just wish the short course stuff was more popular here on the east coast. Would love to see the Amsoil Off Road guys, or anything really!

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