Project HMX – better bracket brouhaha

One thing that’s bothered me ever since I first built the stroker 4.6L engine for Project HMX was the serpentine belt routing. Recall that I got the engine out of a 1993 Jeep Cherokee and that I’ve decided to forgo air conditioning, along with any sort of mechanical fan. I’ve also installed a 1999-up Grand […]

Class of ’85: Jeep Cherokee

Image via oldcarbrochures.com You knew this was coming, especially after the Jeep ad insert scan I posted last month. Yes, SUVs have been with us in highway-clogging numbers for a quarter-century now, and the model that many auto historians hold responsible for popularizing the compact SUV is the Jeep Cherokee, known to its fans as […]

That early ’90s SUV nostalgia feeling

Last week, in the discussion regarding the Volkswagen Thing that appeared at Hershey, I argued that SUVs will become collectible in the coming decades as today’s youth start to become nostalgic for the cars their parents drove and for the cars they themselves first owned. Just as the vehicles themselves will become collectible, so will […]