1986 Ford E350 Centurion Van Truck: Regular Car Reviews

It's a van, and a truck. We review a Ford E350 Centurion. It's a luxury tow vehicle from the 80's
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[@andynixon2820]

After more than 30 years , can you imagine the amount of DNA that's soaked into the velour upholstery .

[@feelx92ger]

Imagine the inner struggle the truck had to go through in order to have so many abortions...

[@bplzizcool]

Sculpted velour at that

[@georgecabrera9834]

Ultimately a1 q

[@Schmidt54]

Women might get pregnant by only sitting down.

[@shenanigansam201]

Honestly, I can, and I gag at the thought of it. Your entire vehicle is cushioned by more cellular buildup then actual foam.

[@KattKirsch]

"Maybe the 2020s can be the new '80s." That's the most hopeful thing I've heard all year.

[@JohnLee-ue6gy]

Wait a minute Doc, . . . are you telling me you made a time machine, . . . out of a CENTURION?!?!?!

[@dookiebooger9967]

It's really shaping up to be that way

[@scowler92]

@@dookiebooger9967 Yeah. That's a good thing, honestly.

[@dantemonterey1507]

Jarrod Acquistapace I'm putting that quote on a wall goddammit

[@RetroMotiveAdventures]

@Blake Belladonna lol if that's what you think I'm sorry 🤣

[@henryrodgers7386]

While both of these are beat up, have you BEEN in one that's like new? In the late 80s, these things were LOADED. A friend has an '88, white, with a newer Powerstroke. Gets about 14 mpg. On vegetable oil, of course. He pulls his racing lawnmowers around with it, I sh-t you not.

[@johnhfox9213]

Dude, I live in hillbilly heaven, otherwise known as Arkansas, and I ain't even seen that !! That almost made me snort my Miller Light. Thanks for that picture in my head. 👍

[@fordsquared537]

Racing lawn mowers in a van truck with a diesel up front. I regret missing the age of trailer park taste combined with a middle class budget

[@tordy]

*Wilderness man smile and nod*

[@themanwithoutaplan]

Fuck yeah. Agreed

[@deancarr4507]

I love this country

[@Spencer481]

Doug DeMuro just climaxed

[@fishkings423]

Eli Spencer yes lol. This definitely is something Doug would review.

[@Aroncare]

Doug is to busy reviewing tablets withs weels

[@KidJaeProductions]

"I've never seen so many corks and features" *Orgasm*

[@rosiehawtrey]

I did not need that image, that Gollumesque dweeb getting laid should be a crime against the gene pool (or in his case, puddle).

[@Bonno95]

Deep Lore: Uncle Pull-Tab was arrested in 2004 for trying to lure too many young women into this very Centurion Van

[@chrispoland3637]

Uncle Pull Tab is about to be one of the greatest characters to come from RCR

[@trashrabbit69]

Even Deeper Lore: Uncle also got this thing from trading his Ford Tempo and a case of *_FOUR LOKO_*

[@BigWheel.]

D E E P L O R E

[@hizman2]

@@chrispoland3637 does no one remember *Harold Slovinski*!?

[@Bonno95]

Nolan Wright I bought this car from DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN ARNITZ

[@Mcali1984]

*If a Mullet was a Vehicle!* It'd be this... SERIOUSLY!!!

[@moparmanicgarage]

It would be a brown 1973 Plymouth Roadrunner

[@michaellorah9051]

This vehicle isn't a mullet. It's a greasy perm with a bald spot and a thinning moustache with stubble.

[@Patchuchan]

That would be an El Camino.

[@HIDHIFDB]

That whould be the iroc camaro

[@RingoYote]

@@moparmanicgarage No that car is a cutoff vest and long hair with a moustache and reeks of cheep beer and cigarettes

[@KenAshcorp]

You're getting real close to me calling the police for insinuating you don't safely eject your USB drives. ALWAYS safely eject. Regardless of how long after the transfer finished. Always. Don't you make me pick up that phone, Mr Regular.

[@theLuigiFan0007Productions]

Lol. I agree. Fat formatted drives corrupt way too easily. Wait... Ken Ashcorp? I never knew you watched RegularCars. Cool. Broken quite a few repeat buttons listening to your music.

[@Skig543]

Ken Ashcorp?! What the hell are you doing here?! Arent you supposed to making songs about sc2 casters or porn?

[@Saviliana]

Always buy those automatic lock and eject port of USB dock. I love them, they can be eject like a toaster without worrying of break the damn files on them.

[@ThinJizzy]

Didn't expect to see Ken here tbh.

[@natedunn51]

well this is an odd siting, also we finally know why it takes so long for new songs to come out. edit: also I now know why this made it into my recommendations.

[@baker2niner]

This was the reward. You slid through WWII in the supply depot, survived decades in a pointless Federal job and when your parents died, you bought a pasture in BFE WV or PA and put up a pre-fab house to leave Barbara watching Jim & Tammy. The E350 with a 5th and trailer was your chariot to drag your mothy fox trotters to the next gathering of other short, cranky, pot-bellied 65 year olds.

[@ztm454]

Wow and youd be in about your sixties lmao

[@82abn34]

Jesus Christ!

[@ariel_kirkwood]

KZbin’s closed captioning interpreted “the Alabama slammer” as “the unbearable swearable”

[@mzaite]

Is it fucked up or amazing that it still managed to rhyme while being so impossibly wrong?

[@PritchardCraftFTW]

no swearing in the Christian Car Review tm

[@wozlaser]

great writing going from bleak existentialism to crisp stoic description, the contrast made me chuckle +1

[@Joe-cs8jf]

It’s my mission to work that phrase into a conversation today!

[@hollowsephiroth]

I think KZbin just made the joke even funnier.

[@91rngr]

If Mr Regular were a vehicle, I imagine he would look something like this

[@christianallen3757]

I can see that!!!

[@deadinside7600]

Carsona. Lmfao

[@ussindianapolis9137]

Lol probs

[@Kneefoil]

Kind of. I don't think his behind is that big, but people do often exaggerate their features.

[@LUNCHMONEY4numbers]

No, he would be a Chrysler K car

[@bullhorn143]

"maybe the 2020s will be like the 80s" 2020s: RONA, FIRE AND DEATH HORNETS

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

Will Richardson don't forget America basically turning into the 4th Reich

[@firenado4295]

@@HeavyTanker-vx4oq yeah more like the quality control reject 4th reich tho

[@a-10warthog90]

it's a single year not an entire decade

[@firenado4295]

@@a-10warthog90 i know but it feels like a decade at this point and what if 2021 is worce than this year

[@clearsky9066]

rona is my favourite hardware store too

[@nyx7255]

"Someday will have a decade like the 80's, maybe the 2020's" That hasn't aged well at all.

[@bcubed72]

Well, 2020 already has a pandemic that makes casual hookups wishful thinking, so...

[@AllonKirtchik]

@@bcubed72 2020 was like the HIV crisis and Chernobyl rolled into one

[@SlicerVorzakh]

FINALLY SOMETHING IN WHICH I CAN PORK IN THE BED *AND THE BACK*

[@bigredauto6774]

You missed why these things existed. Crew cab HD trucks were rare and very utilitarian. These trucks were made to haul campers in a time when vans were comfortable and trucks were not. A lot of these were owned by transportation drivers who hauled brand new campers from Indiana to points unknown to be sold at dealerships. Now they use Mega Cab Rams for the same purpose. Most retirement campground when I was a kid, also saw these things a plenty.

[@joshuaecht]

That makes sense! I remember going to dog shows and seeing Winnebagos, non-dually -350s and these things once in a while :)

[@castirondude]

This. I used to have a 1977 crew cab truck and those were very rare, mostly sold into the logging industry. They were so bare bones they didn't even have a radio. The only time I've actually seen an official factory Ford blockoff plate in lieu of a radio. You didn't really see them at regular dealerships. The back doors were smaller than normal doors and the bed was a paltry 7'. The main reason the Centurion vans went away is because crew cab trucks are all over the place now with lots of room in the back so you can basically get this from the factory. Centurion also made 4-door Bronco's and you could later also get these from the factory (Ford Expedition/Excursion)

[@TruckerMike089]

I haul those campers from Indiana and would like to find one of these and modernize the drivetrain.

[@The_YammerHammer]

Ha! My dad and 2 of my cousins haul campers from Indiana. I didn’t think other people really knew about that.

[@sejembalm]

The '80s: having a sudden moment of clarity and seeing yourself waxing your Trans Am at 2 o' clock in the morning while out of your mind on blow.

[@deddogoon]

i bought an '84 z28 and i keep waking up in a cold sweat NEEDING to detail clean the interior. it's like a curse.

[@sejembalm]

@@deddogoon The clarion cocaine call of the 1980s car?

[@andrewstewart1464]

The FUCKING vinyl pleats KEEP GETTING GOD_DAMN DIRTY!

[@CaptOrbit]

I'd just like to add a little bit of information. Although the Centurion was certainly capable of pulling a livestock or horse trailer (and many of them did) its primary use was pulling 5th wheel travel trailers. It was often even sold at RV dealerships. The idea was if you are going to purchase a large and expensive 5th wheel travel trailer why would you want to ride in a cramped utilitarian pickup truck? As you stated in the video pickup trucks since this era have gotten progressively much nicer without the need for any aftermarket upgrades rendering trucks like the Centurion redundant. A fairly consistent distinguishing feature between a truck that is designed to pull a fifth wheel travel trailer and a truck that is designed to pull a livestock or horse trailer is the type of hitch. Unless it is a bumper pull, a travel trailer will usually have a fifth wheel mount whereas most livestock / horse trailers that pull from the bed utilize a gooseneck hitch. That is a hitch that resembles a traditional-style ball hitch except mounted directly in the center of the truck bed. Other than that, good video

[@CaptOrbit]

Also some Centurions were equipped with both a CB and a separate radio to communicate with whoever might be riding in the trailer. In some states that was (and still is) a legal requirement to allow someone to ride in the trailer.

[@1978garfield]

By definition a travel trailer has a bumper pull hitch. A fifth wheel camper has a fifth wheel hitch. Don't believe me? Go to Camping World's web page and look. The categories are travel trailers, fifth wheels and motor homes. You are correct most farmers use goose neck hitches. They take up much less space in the bed.

[@CaptOrbit]

1978Garfield- I know you're right. I just don't think most people are that aware of the distinctions between the three or what makes them distinct.

[@FirebirdCamaro1220]

There were two different Bronco variations of the Centurion as well, one based off the F150 and one based off the F350

[@PPGIRL420]

This thing probably reeks of skoal, Icehouse, and infected basement tattoos. I also imagine the button labeled "sex light" isn't used very often.

[@Alejandro-vb2fx]

Yea that light is used quite often unfortunately... It depends on which play ground it's parked next to though 😂😂

[@okamifan1productions458]

Nah it depends on where Charles's or Ovehaul's body pillow is.

[@mrg2176]

@@okamifan1productions458 😞

[@dantemonterey1507]

Lol it depends on where the lotion and tissues got left

[@gtx-808]

It depends of the blue Asian found a new bf 🤣

[@thetetons744]

BUT MR REGULAR THERE ARE OTHER CENTURIANS AS WELL THERE WAS THE *BRONCO CENTURION* IT WAS LIKE A 90S EXCURSION AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL

[@unclefungus7395]

Majestic Gabe my neighbor had one with a turbo diesel and it was a huuge truck

[@mrgw98]

4 Door Bronco.

[@ThierryTheuns]

Nice, a Ford Suburban

[@unclefungus7395]

ThierryTheuns with a removable top :)))

[@ThierryTheuns]

@@unclefungus7395 That was a nice addition, I have to admit

[@sandwich1997]

"Maybe the 2020s will be the new 80s." 2020: Cybertruck

[@jimdye7431]

was literally checking the comments before I commented on the cyber tuck, yes agree the cyber truck

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Cybertruck: powered by the Super FX Chip, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

[@tecc9999]

yes.

[@ishanpahwa1179]

@@RobCamp-rmc_0 Plays the original Star Fox, in all of its glory

[@IASEAGLE5]

no No NO That is all I needed to know.

[@cellphonelightsaber]

no: You really shouldn't. Maybe if you have to for like, 30 seconds you probably won't break shit. No: You hear that? You're paying for it when we get to the next town. NO: GREAT. You have a hot rod now, and I mean HOT OUT THE SIDE OF THE FRIGGIN' ENGINE BLOCK

[@L00PdeL00P]

That’s all you needed to *NO*

[@Catboy.]

The official car of “when we get there we’re going to have FUN”

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Replace "when" with "if" and you are spot on.

[@alyssablackwell9042]

OF COURSE Charles Guan's van has a button labeled "sex light", I don't know what I expected.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Alyssa Blackwell ironically he's never had to turn them on

[@teamtestbot]

I totally did for Regs!!!

[@christophero1969]

Yeah, but his "sex lights" were RGB, so cool... Wouldn't you have "sex lights" in your van or bedroom, since you are a chic?

[@cadetrenew]

"....but here are fans of that very vehicle." And they are exactly who I expected lmao

[@Mi_Fa_Volare]

Even the Hatsune Miku fan?

[@tecc9999]

@@Mi_Fa_Volare this is the one thing country boys and hatsune miku fans have in common

[@disappointednep-nep2430]

That man with the hatsune miku shirt Absolute legend

[@smokedporkboi3329]

He was in Battlebots. He was on the team for Overhaul

[@ThndrstrStudios]

smokedporkboi I WAS WONDERING WHY HE LOOKED SO FAMILIAR

[@Jrez]

@@smokedporkboi3329 of course he was lmao

[@thecheezoftheweek1370]

Let's not ignore the fact that there was a guy with Patrick star but as a traffic cone

[@shane2ikaros]

im sure that is weaboo jones that filthy frank was warning us about.

[@PritchardCraftFTW]

Oh my god, when I first saw one of these I thought it was a genius one-off custom joke vehicle BUT THERE ARE MORE OF THEM AND I NEED ONE IN B R O W N

[@henrykincaid6821]

pontynex implying that there is a surplus of these that don't come in brown

[@viburnumwillow4669]

b R o W n

[@victorrand8811]

Yeah i thought that vantruck was the one i see cruising every so often.

[@oregongaper]

A genius custom one-off is the '70 Toranado / Aristocrat Lo-Liner house-car that I saw on the freeway last week. It was awesome and scary at the same time.

[@TwinleaftheDragon]

I FOUND YOU FEG

[@starscreammtfan]

Holy shit it's kid who built Overhaul on Battlebots with the blue hair. Small world.

[@DanielJMorgan]

Nice little easter egg for the Battlebots fans.

[@rasphotography]

I *knew* I recognised him from somewhere...

[@ricerocket_ed6650]

Is it actually him? I thought the same thing

[@luchaDor]

Holy crap! That's where I recognize him from!!!

[@alexbarn3841]

Too bad overhaul was a terrible bot

[@snaffu1]

8:47-9:00 "Because some guys take 'no'(for an answer) in stride, while others become bitter in ways that make money for therapists and law enforcement." Holy shit... SCALDING!

[@b.p.879]

I drove a 76 Ford Econoline which had been completely customized by my carpenter granpa and great uncle. It was kinda like these things, but done at home, and customized to my granpa's liking. It had captains chairs, bench seats that folded into bed. plus lots of storage, a working sink, toilet, CB radio, shag carpeting, and when i got it, I added a sound system featuring two 10 inch Rockford fosgate subs in a sealed enclosure, built into the storage box/bed base, plus an array of 6x9's, 4 inchers, two 8 inch Fosgate "Audiophile" mids, and Fosgate directional tweeters mounted on the A pillars. The head unit was a nice Pioneer, all powered by a Rockford fosgate 100ix for subs, and mids were powered by an additional Fosgate 60ix amp. I drove it all over the southeast in my early 20's, which was the late 90's. It was manila and brown colored. It had the horrible 351 Cleveland engine. Fun times.

[@lukethedrifter3363]

Horrible 351 Cleveland? Your kidding right?

[@SinginShooter]

2:12 Prepare for trouble *AND MAKE IT DOUBLE*

[@RingoYote]

Team Rocket but its two middle aged dudes covered in chest hair with steeley dan blasting out of a blown door speaker

[@poached_egg_on_cars]

Great all the nerds are here

[@chrisdooley6468]

They would go absolutely nuts in Japan for one of these. There’s a huge American van and truck following there. They’d lose their minds if they saw one of these lol

[@cpufreak101]

Chris Dooley *sends this video to my Japanese friend who's so obsessed with American trucks that he'd buy a Suburban over a GTR*

[@BritishCommentWriter]

How the hell would one of these fit on Japanese roads? That place is so overpopulated that in Japan a round of golf cost $12,000, you play from rooftop to rooftop, and the balls are made of rice somehow. Then when you're done ya gotta go home and sleep in a tube.

[@cpufreak101]

BritishCommentWriter surprisingly, I know that non-dually pickups can fit there, as my Japanese friend has said that some people import vehicles like Tahoe's and Suburbans and drive them around. A dually like one of these though would likely be limited to just truck routes

[@dafirnz]

Somehow, through the magic of the internet, I ended up watching a couple of videos about guys who race Dodge vans in Japan. Apparently it was started by people who needed to transport their motorcycles to the track on the weekend and went from there. They actually looked pretty cool, all lowered with just the right amount and type of Japanese style mods.

[@IHateMyAccountName]

The Dajiban crowd would love it

[@KidJaeProductions]

6:06 *Ford E-350 Centurion Windows XP.exe has stopped working.*

[@PoIapopo]

"This steering wheel is a reply-all email chain for a group project where every third reply just says, 'so... what are we doing?'" How.. does he come up with this stuff

[@greenfuzz13]

Work in IT or at a help desk for a large corporation and you will absorb wisdom like this every day.

[@crunchyeater]

Every time I eat a bunch of cherries my stool matches the exact color, consistency, and texture of Taco Bell beef, and I'm unsure what that means for my gastrointestinal health as a whole.

[@MrBarlien]

or Taco Bell beef.

[@SuperAWaC]

cherries are laxatives

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Cherries are good for you, so keep it up.

[@trashrabbit69]

Those are simply the demons your cherries are purging out of your rectum, keep it going and you may get a harp in your stool. That means you're safe.

[@NoBrakes23]

Beet juice leads to some visually interesting results as well.

[@AdraTheGhost]

Finally I get to know the answer to the question from that jalopnik car show video: what the hell is that?

[@MakingandBreaking]

Ron White it's the same one.

[@mcearl8073]

What video was that? I know I’ve seen this same one with the white bed in another video, I assumed it was an RCR video but maybe it was a jalopnik vid

[@crazjtk]

"Jalopnik Car Show: RCR Goes To"

[@mcearl8073]

crazjtk Oh ok, that’s right, I thought it was an RCR video

[@MrSonicfan23]

Ron White just rewatched That video and noticed it. I was like OH MY GOD!!!

[@tomk2010]

Is the owner of the van truck (the one with blue hair) Charles Guan from Battlebots, builder of Overhaul?!?!

[@jakearmstrong6993]

Volkmar Yes it is.

[@joebeastyg5686]

My uncle actually made one of these when my cousins and I were pre-teens. We called it the Vruck. I also remember how scared I was to get in that thing and go anywhere. All-in-all it pretty cool and different than anything I'd ever seen back then. Scary or not, my uncle loved it and drove it everywhere.

[@PatRick-kk9wg]

Love the AvE shirt the one dude is wearing. Skookum as frig.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Pat Rick drivin a real choocher like that, yeah, you know it

[@lemursven9195]

I have no clue what any of that means but yeah

[@dopey473]

@@lemursven9195 I agree I'm too European for this comment

[@thomas316]

@@lemursven9195 Neither do most if the people who watch the AvE KZbin channel so. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

@@lemursven9195 Skookum means top shelf quality, son. Built like a brick shithouse.

[@VulpesHilarianus]

I saw that same exact brown one sit around in the former parking long of a long-destroyed grocery store for a while where I lived. It disappeared one day, and for reasons I couldn't fathom I was sort of distressed over that. It's such an interesting vehicle, I'm glad it didn't get destroyed.

[@chooseymomschoose]

"It stinks like something crawled up and died in something that was already dead." HARSH

[@woop4628]

Reviewing a Ford van truck with an Asian guy with blue hair and a Hatsune Miku shirt

[@CP110]

I thought I was a automotive enthusiast... clearly not! Had no idea these were a thing, its like an ugly unicorn. Also this is more like windows NT and floppy disks

[@wadeguidry6675]

I want one with an airbrushed unicorn muralon it.

[@wizardmix]

The 80's. When getting the TV strapped to the wheeled metal cart, as opposed to the film projector, meant it was going to be a good day. The 80's, when exotic cars were beautiful, unwieldy, uncomfortable pieces of trash but we all had posters of them on our bedroom walls anyway because Doug wasn't born yet. The 80's, the decade I didn't know was one day going to be sold back to me as pop-culture insider trivia now that I'm supposed to be toting around a couple of 10-year-olds. The 80's, because even though I lived it, I wouldn't mind rewinding it and watching it again with a few more notches of clarity. As I now command this wafer thin iPad pro (a device that could have run NASA in 83) to look up the latest fart video on KZbin, I have to pause and remind my Fred Savage watching 8-year-old self just how insane it's gotten. How I once thought a few CRTs and light up buttons in the dash of a shitty jet-black talking trans-am was high art. Now the Model X really will come get me if I need help while reading my emails back to me in Mandarin. I have the luxury of being now well into adulthood staring at a device that once represented the 24th century on Star Trek TNG. There are even some days I miss the old cigarette saturated late 70's GM interiors with Hall and Oats high-passing though the 6x9 center dash paper cone special. Because if the metal seatbelt buckle is too hot, you can always lay down in the notchback shelf.

[@wadeguidry6675]

This comment is soooooooo true it's scary.

[@Frikadellah]

i really enjoyed reading this. Thank you!

[@brokenacoustic]

As a child of 1980, I must agree.

[@stagg6439]

Pretty much sums up my 80's experience. Thanks Evan J :-)

[@me3333]

That was beautiful. I'm getting misty-eyed just reminiscing

[@GY9944]

"Maybe the 2020s can be the new '80s." That aged well so far.

[@nickspurdo5503]

"Porks you through his Levi's" People do that?

[@mridoit1701]

You don't?

[@nemo5335]

it's worth pointing out that when these were built, luxury trim trucks did not exist from the factory. if you wanted a nice, comfortable truck, this was it. these days you can get a truck loaded out with so many gizmos and options you don't need these things anymore. a top trim F-350 or Silverado 3500 could do everything this does, and do it considerably better.

[@jameslandon4126]

Except a new truck will never be this cool.

[@fishkings423]

Jim Garrison almost any truck is cooler than that lol.

[@calvinnickel9995]

And this wasn’t from the factory, either. You certainly could buy an crew cab dually or a cutaway HD chassis and have it customized to be as luxurious as you wanted it to be. Truth is you didn’t need to, because rather than towing a 5th wheel-which back then weren’t exactly luxurious, either-you could just buy a motorhome. That’s what I have. ‘87 Triple-E 28’ on a Ford E-350 chassis. Super comfortable without the need to tow a fifth wheel. And for getting around when I’m there, that’s what a car dolly is for.

[@HoldandModify]

Still have not gotten used to....2018. The year RCG got DRONED.

[@kabj06]

nah they used drones all the way back in '14

[@MacquarieRidge]

1986 ford centurion. The official car of owning a boat that, for some reason, you *can't* live in.

[@nataytaydoesgames2708]

That was...... poetic. I'm......lost for words. Needless to say, this is my first video of yours.

[@nester318]

Needs a cummins swap would be an amazing tow vehicle

[@joetheman357]

Exactly what I was thinking. And a six speed.

[@Cliffdog01]

Personally, I'd prefer it to be a Power Stroke just because my favourite restos are ones that use modern factory parts.

[@jacksilver8475]

Nah mate big Cumm all the way

[@joannaatkins822]

The moment I saw this video, I knew that someone in the comments would suggest a cummins swap, because that's what I would do ;p

[@wizardmix]

Needs to not be an 80's Ford with sheet metal that rusts if you give it a salty stare.

[@Mr6Sinner]

I would totally watch a The Adventures of Uncle Pulltab show...

[@paulrippcord506]

It's called: To Catch a Predator

[@Patchuchan]

I think it would be kinda like Uncle grandpa but much more adult.

[@FlymanMS]

He goes to jail at the end of every episode and at the begining of the next episode he is miraculously out with some ridiculously entertaining explaination.

[@Bartonovich52]

*UBHUBHUBTHUBHTH.... I’M UNCLE PULL TAAAAAAAB*

[@elektrokinesis4150]

dropping a comment for that awesome hatsune miku shirt

[@joshuaecht]

A great point at 10:33 about cars being so different at the time: You could say the same thing for the radio station industry--stations would play New Wave and oldies NEXT TO EACH OTHER!

[@wingp.7127]

If I ever get in a car with a button labeled “sex light”, I’m opening the door and practicing my Superman flying.

[@aaronbays4]

I think you all are forgetting who bought these things originally. The moneyed horse people. I'm talking about people who had horses worth more than your house type of people/$$$$ were the ones who drove these back in the 80's. Perfect for pulling your 5th wheel horse trailer, luxury trucks weren't really a thing in the 1980's. This was the F350 dually Platnium or King Ranch of 1986, it was kind of fuck you money to buy one of these when they were new.

[@cdodge2996]

Thank both you for a more accurate review of the vehicles than the content producer. Was excited to show my son, thankfully I watched the first minute and couldn't stomach any more. Crisis averted.

[@MrSomnix]

@@cdodge2996 eh that's how the regular reviews are. Less about the cars themselves and more about the culture surrounding them either current or original. Keep in mind he usually brings it around at the end to show respect for the current owners or for the legacy the car left.

[@SunnyV-0]

Hmm bought a horse for more than the average home...being that its an animal, they tend to die eventually...doesn't seem like a smart decision.

[@crashstitches79]

LOL but what is an investment doe?

[@ts89540]

Almost correct. Much like the F350 of today, this was actually usable day to day and was the, dare I say it, cheap way to go? Like today, one can have that F350 that costs a bunch, is used to haul horses and hay and that nice John Deere, if the need should arise, but could also take your family to the mall. Before these things were a thing, one would have to drop similar coin on a heavily used day cab to haul stuff around, and have money set aside for a kid hauler/grocery getter. Pickup van and F350 are what less affluent farmers and ranchers use!

[@jakezubrod7906]

I remember seeing one of these in my Elementary School parking lot when I was in the First grade. My brother and I were so amazed by it.

[@cacline72]

I just saw one of these today in a parking lot, thing looked brand spankin' new!

[@teamtestbot]

Where was it. If it's in eastern Mass near Boston, it might be this thing. It was restored this summer.

[@desmondmoonbear4143]

If Uncle pull tabs was a car This would be it

[@MichaelD8393]

If the Centurion is Uncle Pulltab now, the IROC-Z Camero was him in his 20s 😂

[@weiwu1442]

this truck is the embodiment of date rape

[@speciosa146]

My favorite...

[@mikeypops73]

Date? Hunt-stalk-kidnap-rape-repeat.

[@Legotruck82]

nah. too many windows.

[@NoBrakes23]

Sponsored by abDuct Tape™

[@Mikol_Billy]

If it wasn’t for date rape, I’d never get laid

[@MrJoshuaAtwood]

This guy is my favorite fucking KZbinr. I’m 34 and this guy can my be much older than me, his sense of humor and knowledge in certain topics tells me he was born in the 80s or maybe late 70’s, and grew up in the 80’s and 90’s.... Man I love this channel.

[@YetAnotherGeorgeth]

“Maybe the 2020s can be the new 80s” You had WAY too much hope when this video came out!

[@pukipie]

Oh,its that car from that jalopnik car meet

[@RingoYote]

Same one, its where Mr Regular met the owner actually

[@terryroraus]

h

[@michaelopnv634]

It's about time you reviewed this thing.

[@Chamtechie]

Ah, so that's the story of centurions. I've seen one a few times in my area; an F350 with a stretched six door cab. It also smells like death.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Both of these vantrucks look like the polo shirts my uncle used to wear, off-white with blue or brown horizontal stripes of varying thickness, always unbuttoned, straining mightily to keep their elasticity against his keg-like frame. He smoked like an industrial capital of the rust belt before it became the rust belt. He did, actually, make carrying his belly around his post-retirement hobby. He unironically loved _Walker, Texas Ranger,_ and I felt kinda bad when he thought I liked it, when I was just being a sneering, sarcastic late-adolescent jerk. He died fifteen years ago, give or take, from his third heart attack. Give or take. He looked like Kenny Rogers, if Kenny Rogers did Just For Men commercials. I kinda want one of these. And I want Kenny Rogers’ scowling face airbrushed on it, somewhere. I’d keep the CB transmit button taped down, and just cackle madly, endlessly, barreling down the highway until I cough blood.

[@TBustah]

Centurion also built something that a family I knew had: the Classic. They would basically take an F-Series crew cab and attach the removable top from a Bronco, creating a sort of proto-Expedition. Ford didn't have a big four-door SUV yet (hell, they didn't even have a SMALL four-door SUV yet, the Explorer wasn't introduced until a full decade after the Centurion Classic), so this was really your only option if the Suburban, Wagoneer, and Land Cruiser didn't do it for you.

[@meleepinata]

I've seen one of those Fronco monsters on eBay once. It was beautiful.

[@HIDHIFDB]

In latin america ford had the B150.

[@TBustah]

Yeah, you guys actually got a number of odd variations on our trucks that we didn't. The Ramcharger, for example, got a Latin America-exclusive third generation based on the second generation Ram. I think it's pretty damn cool, it looks like a second gen Durango on steroids. I won't be surprised if people start bringing them up here in a few years, when they're old enough for grey import. There was also Brazil's Chevrolet C-10 and Chevrolet Veraneio. For whatever reason, instead of simply selling the C/K and Suburban there, they built their own versions basically from scratch, utilizing only the drivetrain, chassis, and instrument clusters from the American trucks.

[@HIDHIFDB]

TBustah and dont forget the Ranger Crewcab

[@RingoYote]

1:58 HERES MY TOY VAN IN THE BACK OF MY REAL VAN *TRUCK*

[@ThndrstrStudios]

If you look really closely the toy van has Hatsune Miku painted on its side

[@Badnik96]

it's called chibi miku van and he used to race it

[@lSd3d]

I recently bought a 1984 e350 camper and it has the 460 with a c6. I put a holley 600cfm carb, motorcraft plugs, new dist/rotorhad to set up an aux fuel pump with a pressure regulator but I got up to 75 on the interstate with it begging for more. it was sketchy to say the least. 63k original miles. good motor but a damn gas hog

[@jaydub5515]

When I was in High school, Sarah Palin's son Track had a dope 1991 Centurion 4 door Ford Bronco. It was on a F250 frame, so it was a quad cab, with the removable roof over the cargo area and rear seats. That thing was clean as Fukk. All gloss black and chrome... I've never seen another one like it

[@stephendeben1590]

I woke up up to regular car reviews and a wake n bake. Best Monday ever.

[@Mrthebluemonkey]

“Maybe the 2020s will be the new 80” yes.

[@HIDHIFDB]

Again, you 'mericans need to let the 80's go away, its becoming sad its like watching an old friend who had a great youth just being nostalgic for the old times just because his reality sucks.

[@mzaite]

HIDHIFDB I thought that was what we all watched RCR for? I mean, it's mostly what he does when he forgets to be smart and literate in reviews.

[@Caledon91]

If anything I'd say we need a new 90s. The 90s was one of the few decades where the economy was decent and we weren't at war.

[@Simouneo]

1991 war for oil

[@Caledon91]

Okay *most* of the decade we weren't at war.

[@voraciousreader357]

"Maybe the 2020's can be the new 80's." Oh, how hopeful, and naive we were those two short years ago.

[@AllonKirtchik]

We got all the crappy stuff from the 80s, times a million. And throwback music, so that’s that

[@cr.inthewoods66]

i use to work at a gas station in medfield Massachusetts and there was a guy who drove one of these every day. looked just like the blue one in this video. only saw him tow a trailer once and it was a tiny car trailer with an mx5 on it. i love these things. one of the most 80s vehicles ever

[@ghp0518]

08:27 "..Phrases that sounded as if they were written by a Hemingway who survived the shotgun blast.. " that really made me laugh :))

[@FalbereChan]

Gotta admire the Hatsune Miku sittin in a van t-shirt, where can I get one

[@ricerocket_ed6650]

Look on Redbubble

[@Patchuchan]

Same here I want one.

[@frvits]

They also have that Miku van on the towing/bed thing.

[@cpufreak101]

If you find out let me know too plz lol

[@teamtestbot]

That was a custom design made for the Miku-themed racing go-kart in the back. I should do another run....

[@Affalterbach1967]

10:45. The 2020s are off to a roaring start, prophetic !

[@bogger25]

BEST AUTOMOTIVE CHANNEL EVER!

[@stereoroid]

Damn, those things are hilarious. You gotta love a speedo that's marked 45 55 65 no No NO ...

[@crunchyeater]

The production value really got a bump up with the drone, awesome stuff guys!

[@shavono8402]

the intro: *walk like an Egyptian* me: oh cool the ending: *last train home* me: you did not just do that

[@thebestofbass]

Once upon a time an English major walked into a mechanic shop. 9 months later, rcr was born.

[@TilmanBaumann]

Funny your characterisation of Vantruck drivers, while the current drivers are just nerds.

[@Sincopare]

Tilman Baumann With blue effing hair

[@plumbawl5977]

Jackalope on wheels=Centurion =Van-truck=Farm Show=Chicks! Pat Metheny parody music at the conclusion=breathless!

[@OsborneCox.69.420]

i got chills! RCR resonates on an even deeper level now.

[@CynderPCTech]

I love the thumb drive bit. Very good.

[@toddmillerjr99]

Had one of these my senior year of high school............IN 2016/17. Drove it everyday

[@TheChris1299100]

Centurian F-350's are pretty legit. These vans are something else altogether...in an awesome way. This was probably the best toy-hauler/road-trip truck of the day without getting a Winnebago.

[@radioboys8986]

if Hemingway survived the shotgun blast

[@MrNavyman53]

Love the AvE shirt!!!!!

[@zosxavius]

"THE ALABAMA SLAMMER" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@GeoStreber]

Correction: Windows XP had no problems with pulling USB sticks out. Those problems stopped after Windows 2000.

[@aidansullivan5703]

this is one of the most metaphor rich reviews in in a while.

[@thedankgentlemann]

Not gonna lie I want one.

[@thedukeofarchibauld]

1984 Ford E350/F350 Centurion/Western Hauler - $3000 Dayton Craigslist

[@boxvango9021]

Wow, you really threw it all in on this one. Great job with the writing, and the narration.

[@milespannell6266]

El Camino is best crossover

[@michaellorah9051]

Ford: "Hold my beer"

[@Bartonovich52]

Not to mention that Ford was the first out of the gate with the Ranchero.

[@milespannell6266]

@@michaellorah9051 Ford is wasting alcohol. Party foul

[@milespannell6266]

@@Bartonovich52 being first doesn't make you better

[@jacobfleming565]

@@Bartonovich52 the el camino never went full malaise

[@AaronMk91]

Also: "Maybe the Twenty twenties can be the new eighties." Why would we want to be more haunted?

[@rhodycars6058]

Aaron MK maybe rock will make a come back?

[@RealDudes]

randomly found this video. Isnt that blue haired kid the lead from the MIT team on battlebots? what is he doing here.

[@teamtestbot]

carefully

[@musewolfman]

The old guy that ran the ice cream stand in my town hauled lemonade stand trailers to the local fairs with one of these. I have been in love with them since I was 6.

[@njc1230]

Last time I was this early, the Toyota Echo was running around Kutztown...

[@stefanwinter1377]

Someone has to make an A Team Van Truck thing!

[@mrg2176]

This is good stuff. Some of your best work imo.

[@KoolKyurem25]

Over a year later and I don't see many people having mentioned the brilliant use of white something with black printed text in Arial(I think) font that describes everything. From the speedometer to the lights to the OD. Perfect.