How about The Cars’ drummer David Robinson‘s DeTomaso Mangusta? His teenager dream car come true now he’s finishing the restoration. Back in the ‘80 I used to play bass in several minor local rock bands but that never bought me much more than beers. Anyway it was good fun. I bought my cars by more mundane jobs. But of course I often dreamed of becoming some sort of rock star and spending my money buying as many classic cars I could. ... View more

Cadillac 1st OHV V8 and Chrysler 1st Hemi were both 331. ... View more

Your last sentence just nails it. Totally agree! ... View more

Some people drive so slow that need a rear windshield to avoid mosquitos hitting their back. ... View more

Alvis, AL for aluminium and VIS for strength, force or power in Latin, produced some of the most memorable British cars although it remains a somewhat unknown name to many car diehards. I was sad to learn about the demise of Bristol some time ago. I am very glad to hear about the “resurrection” of Alvis. In fact it never totally disappeared thanks to people like Red Triangle and others. That is, apart from the tank division that soldiered on. As a curiosity, some Alvis light tanks were powered by an army adapted version of Jaguar XK engine, the same used in the E-Type! ... View more

Some years ago there used to be a company (I think it wa called Challenger) that produced a quite acceptable (at least aesthetically speaking) fibreglass replica of a series 1 E-type. I’m not sure if C4 chassis dimensions would make it easy to get a fibreglass E-type body on it that looked right. But if that was possible the idea would be very tempting for many of us with lust for E-type beauty but too small pockets for its present prices. ... View more

Tiger (Sunbeam), Viper, Roadrunner (a desert bird), Ginetta, Stingray... ... View more

Jensen CV8, Jensen FF (4 wheel drive), De Tomaso Mangusta, Pantera and Deauville, Ginetta G10, all Bristols since 407, Gordon Keeble, some TVR... And off course soooo many Rovers and derivatives (Range Rovers, Land Rovers, Morgans, several TVR's et al) since Solihull adapted and adopted the wonderful Buick 215 lightweight V8. The list is longer than one would think. Long live pushrod V8!  ... View more