I'm thankful for my '74 Wagoneer.

Good for you! :-)

-- JimG

The guy who painted it said the color was called "TransAm Red," but it is pretty orange. KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

Approximately 11/27/03 16:45, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III uttered for posterity:

Ferrari red is just red with a bit of orange in it to make it appear to be brighter than, for example, the Ford red. Rumor is that Lee Iacocca hisself got the actual color recipe as a favor from old man Ferrari during their acquaintance... and is pretty close to the Chrysler inferno red.

Now THAT's a TransAm, and it's red. But it's a lot redder than my Jeep. KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

Hey, I know it's orange. I was just telling you what the painter said the name of the color was.

KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

There were some orange Trans Ams too, maybe he got his supplies mixed up. I had a friend with an orange one about that color. I think it was even brighter orange than the link below:

KHanawalt wrote:

That looks about the same color as my Wagoneer. My picture may not be real true to the actual color. I was using a really cheap digital camera.

That's the way is sits now. I restored it in 1989-90. Here's some more pics:

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

It lives indoors, in a barn, and I ride motorcycles all summer and only drive it in foul weather or to do some off-roading.

I have an old Camaro I drive to work when it's dry. It was a daily driver for a few years, but now it only gets brought out on special occasions.

KennyH

Horsepower is cheaper than therapy.

That is one nice looking Jeep.

I guess I'm lucky in one regard. I've enjoyed cigars for about 8 years before meeting my wife, so she realized that if she wanted me, she had to accept my enjoyment of the leaf. That means, whatever car is "mine" is gonna have the aroma of fine cigars. I just wish I would've bought the silver XJ instead of the Sienna one (ashes don't show up as bad when they're blown into the side of it). If you're ever in the Pittsburgh area, drop our group a line:

Travis, don't you live in NC?

I used to live in SC, but I moved to da 'Burgh at the end of 2000. I've noticed another Travis on the group, but he spells his handle with a small "t". I posted a few times a year or so ago, but mostly lurk now. Without a garage to wrench in, I don't wheel much anymore (can't afford to break things like I used to).

I think I'll change my handle back to "Wingman" to avoid any future confusions. :)

Later, Travis of The North