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In the late '90s, my father bought a beater '79 Ford cube van (think uhaul type). It was three tone yellow with a brown hood and a 460 underneath.

Dual axle in the rears, wooden deck, and poly-fiber junk plastic for the box.

Every other day or so, I'd have to add about a quart of 10w40 to the engine and every couple of weeks a half gallon of water to the radiator.

I drove that thing like a sports car. It was obviously high mileage, but could take a beating like a female protagonist in a Lifetime made-for-tv movie and never had any major issues.

I came out one morning and checked the radiator, only to find it was frozen (by this point there was only ever water in it - no antifreeze). I added a little bit of cold water and started her up and let it idle for about 15-20 minutes, still ran like a top after that.