To each his own, but are these pictures as of today/recent? Wit the story, the engine, and the back story, IF it were me I would put a little effort into the, uh, presentation, of the vehicle. Show it some love, it will be even faster when it is pretty 😉 ... View more

As usual, a phenomenal read, thank you Sam. I have had some jags in my day, and no, nothing as awesome as this, but a certain S Type R that had some additional finishing school still makes the hair on my neck stand up when I think about driving it. It is sad where Jag is at today - stuck between poor sales, cars vs. SUVs, and the general malaise of being the tag-a-long to the RR revenue stream, it is certainly in a bad way. Maybe the EV "revolution" can help Jag, but it looks less likely with each passing quarter of diminished revenue and the reality that they just don't have anything to catch anybody's eye. The F Pace got rave reviews, and they sold about 14 of them. If only Jag could bring something like this vehicle to market, something to make them matter again. ... View more

This idea isn't new by any standard, but if you have the room, and if you are "updating" a collector era vehicle, keep all the old parts so if and when you go to sell it, the next owner has the option of not only taking all the crap you ripped out to make it "original original" again, but you can appeal to more Buyers that way. I have a 1979 dodge power wagon, a macho wagon, for my most recent addition. On the dyno it pulled 150 hp with the original 360 2bbl in it. For a 4800lb rig that is simply not acceptable. The 440 block I found was from a '77 RV, and the resulting 500 hp 440 that just got dropped in (well, it took 8 months, and is almost done....) will be a huge improvement. When I sell it, the new buyer can take the 360 too, I have it on a stand and it is bagged up and waiting to come back, like Han Solo in the carbon. ... View more

roger that - I do the same thing - steam it first, then ozone generator. I got a cool ozone machine from amazon for $65 ... View more

I am actually flabbergasted at the lack of quality responses on this topic and also in the article. Why buy all that spray and junk? There is one thing and one thing only that truly un-funks the stink, and it sells for about $65 on amazon. Get an ozone GENERATOR. Now of course, if there is something dead in the car - chicken in this case - you would remove that, vacuum up rat turds, whatever is in the vehicle. But an ozone generator, running for 20 minutes with the windows rolled up, will guarantee you at least a 100% improvement. If not to your satisfaction, do it again. I have been rescuing "barn finds" for several years now (that is how I came to Hagerty to begin with) and was "used" to paying a well known detail guy around $300 to unfunk the vehicles. Well he ran into one that he couldn't fix - there was a sub woofer behind the seat of the truck that mice had been living in - for 20 years. You can only imagine how bad that smelled. He was out of town and I had to get teh rig at least non-smelly enough to show it to a buyer. Ozone generator fixed it after three attempts. Each time it got better until it was gone. It works on smoke, mouse turds/pee, mold, rot, everything. Thank me later. ... View more

What makes John Mayer cool? Well, let's start with the obvious - he has gotten more a$$ than a toilet seat, and if you actually compiled that list of talent, you could include some chicks he said were too psycho and crazy even by his standards (that would be directly referring to Ms. Swift), but the short list: Jennifer Anniston, the woman from the Verizon (or is it the At&T commercials?), Vanessa Carlton, Cameron Diaz, Katy Perry, and pretty much every other A and B list hottie in the western half of the country. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Jessica Simpson. Sure, the rock stars get money for nothing and the chicks for free, but the real reason he is cool to me is that he actually took over Jerry's spot in the GD. If you can stand in for Jerry - and he has, exceptionally well I might add - you just gotta be cool. Enjoy that new guitar, and props for Hank Moody reference, he is a gem ... View more

well at least somenody is still making cars..... ... View more

I knew I was in for a treat with this gem from the 1st paragraph: coked-up 1980s four-footers ... View more

The price this vehicle sold for is not alarming. These vehicles are incredible and much sought after. The price seems more reasonable than what people have been paying for late model SRTs and pickups from the 80s..... ... View more

The fiat 500 did awful in the states b/c it was a shoddy product, it felt unsafe at normal highway speeds, and they had a crappy marketing effort. It was not "context" that killed the fiat, it was that it sucked. Stick to talking about design, and maybe actually list some "well designed" vehicles instead of copping out wit the atztek comment. Weak. ... View more

This great shop will certainly get some run out of this piece, and they should! ... View more

A truly different world for the filthy rich. Any of the Ferraris would work for me, I am easy lol ... View more

how is a 476 horsepower EV a "beast"? ... View more

Last night before I nodded off, there was the Mecum "Top List" and they were doing the Top 10 mustangs of all time, not necessarily by what they brought at auction, and of course you know which car was the #1 mustang of all time.... ... View more

Well that did two things: 1 - it made my lunch break 2 - for several moments I was making a conscious effort to be a nicer person going forward incase somebody wanted to hand me the keys to such an incredible car, but then, thankfully, after the plot twisted, I felt comfortable going back to being the cynical, short fused jerk I am used to being ... View more

The print ads for Dodge's "Adult Line of Toys" was a travesty to leave off this list ... View more

I saw a really dirty white box truck once, and remember they used to "write" WASH ME in the dirt on the vehicles? This one said "I wish my wife was this dirty" ... View more

The Dodge "Adult Line of Toys" ads are vintage auto advertising from the 70s when you could still get away with pretty much everything. And it worked too ... View more

I am with you. Furthermore, who cares who might be buying a team for nascar? Who gives a rip about Mike Jordan? Every professional sports franchise or team that he has touched (after his time with the Bulls lol) has been a disaster or an unmitigated disappointment. PitBull wants a car? Great, yet another reason I won't be watching. ... View more

So the only question I have is is he maser engine going to be their own design or is it the last of the Ferrari engines? If it is the NEW maser engine, and they are are charging even more than they did with the Ferrari engines, this will be the end of maser. ... View more

Maybe the guy liked to slum it, who knows? But I don't care who owned the capri or what they did to it, it is still a base care that does nothing for me except I want to see the green carpet in it. Good story though, I was waiting for the part - and not disappointed - when the car showed its true colors at highway speeds lol ... View more

I forgot to add: underpowered too much tech crap that only 1% will even attempt at mastering it is too boxy and heavy But my opinion is worthless, I like the outdoors, just not running it over in a vehicle - that is why we have horses lol ... View more

I agree - the power options are weak sauce ... View more

Why didn't they test it at the mall parking lot? ... View more

With or without the provenance, I would gladly pay a premium for all but the Maser - that is the weak sister in the group IMHO. I had an awesome Moving Pictures tour tee shirt - the black one, with the movers toting the masterpieces on it - one of the ex wives scooped that up when I wasn't watching. RIP N. Peart ... View more

There is a great BMW poster that shows a close up of the original engine and it states "The engine that powered an entire company for 100 years" - this is almost it, but not quite https://www.google.com/search?q=bmw+poster+of+engine+the+engine+that+powered+an+entire+company+for+100+years&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS886US886&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=DRGnVLKdSs5TFM%252C-eNFctYgZxEMoM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQPSCqRsS_EafmJCMEqATk368z1jg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjB_qbX77_xAhVHK80KHSxwBNIQ9QF6BAgLEAE#imgrc=GrRTgKgH_9of6M ... View more

A few takes since nobody asked: - how badly do you think they wanted that porker porsche Turbo to hit 3 seconds 0-60? - a 21 year old nanny in L.A. named Bianca - sounds like the beginning of some of those letters that used to be in he adult magazine section.... - the tesla has the same "steering wheel" (yoke) as this plane/car but it can't fly lol - that plane/car would be ideal for Harrison Ford, just saying ... View more

Yet another reminder of how woefully unedumacated I am on vehicles/makes that I don't lust after, but I really enjoyed the info. Thank you! ... View more

HaHa "service entrance" ... View more

Dagwood was a lucky man 😉 ... View more

Cool story ... View more

Interesting - the browser that I read the article on didn't have the link.  Thank you! ... View more

So, first that I am seeing this sale price. Meh. What would be nice if the car had some info on it - so it was a stunt car, great - what did "they" do to it? Suspension upgrades? Is it plumping out 872 hp? Is anything under the hood original? Or is it stock? Frankly, given the cult status of this car - regardless of which deceased B-list actor (RIP, btw) drove it in which (arguably) crappy film, the car is probably worth $200k on its own given the moon-shot prices people flush with covid money (not money they saved, money they got from the gubment when they didn't even need it) will pay for anything is not surprising at all. ... View more

Yes, I am with you. Just bizarre. Maybe if it was Brewster's Millions time or something, but honestly, the thought of spending that much money for this vehicle - and I don't care how much money you "have" - seems depraved. ... View more

I lost you on the $18k That is a typo right? ... View more

What about Christine? That car definitely had "trust" issues.... ... View more

GM was busy going broke for the 2nd or 3rd time, it is understandable that they were all over the place ... View more

I agree with you completely. I have a buddy who is literally scouring the USA looking for his dream javelin to restore. ... View more

mach 1s have appreciated pretty well actually ... View more

From my perspective, the numbers for the mustangs seem right only because they literally made millions of mustangs. You can shake a tree here in Virginia and three 1965s fall out. Ford sold over a million mustangs before 1968. However, the exact options that a collector (novice or otherwise) would go to the trouble of importing a vehicle for, that is the tricky part. For example, a 1966 mustang, they made 355,000 hard tops. If you want a Phoenician yellow convertible, they made maybe 500? The nissans however are in rapid ascent price wise, and I can see somebody in the US saying "I want a skyline, and I have X-dollars to spend, get me something, anything nissan from that time period". The skyline GT-R is a wicked vehicle. I was skeptical myself and then I saw a couple in person and was smitten. I could have bought one a few years ago through a mutual friend of a friend and I wimped out. It haunts me ... View more

The car that he got wrecked in - that was worth the money (to me) - this one just seems like he over payed lol ... View more

The USPS will likely be out of business before this one gets decided lol ... View more

Based on what $1m gets you today in the auction world, it DOES seem like a good deal, no doubt about it ... View more

Did the really call him the Deuce? Seems, I don't know, kind of derogatory..... ... View more

Roger that JGeske, I picked up about the same ride from my grandmother in 1990 and that car was a lot of fun - driving and other wise ... View more

and now they go for $100k! ... View more

Maybe the Mitsu 3000 GT could be on here....unless they are all gone and broken down now, which wouldn't surprise me. I guess nobody is into late 80s and early 90s nissan maximas - they looked good and were the shizzle for quite awhile. Hard to believe there is no acura on this list - from about 1986 until 1995 they were simply producing some of the coolest sports cars out there.... ... View more

I loved the look of that car when it came out, but nobody talks about it. Maybe it will go big too 🙂 ... View more

If Rally fans had a legit base, there WOULD be races in the USA, it is that simple. I also think that any race organization is not actually selling cars like NASCAR used to back in the day - race on sunday, buy on monday etc. That being said, I would watch a WRC 10X before a nascrap race ... View more

These Skylines are around much more than you would think. I went to speed shop in Richmond VA one weekend for a dyno pull on one of my trucks and this was the only place that had a 4WD dyno. I get there early and the guy who opens it up gives me a 45 second tour of the place and I see not 1 but 2 Skylines in the back. Both were in for work, and he said they normally have 2-3 in the back at all times. While the engines may be agreeable to high hp output, many have serious issues once they hit 650 hp......the two that were in the shop were there for that vague reason lol ... View more