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Before you say no, just hear me out - "Dragon" vinyl and bamboo. Am I right?! 😉

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Groucho never owned a 2002 - might have changed his mind, yes? Great read, Rob!

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A friend once had a "barn find" 1957 Eldo with a padded vinyl top. When the ancient material was removed, there wasn't much of anything left to preserve above the door handles . Caveat emptor. 😉

SuperDeLuxe · ‎06-04-2022

Pickup trucks represent everything the privileged class hates about people who earn their living by sweat and skill. It's a constant reminder that they cannot live as they do without someone else doing the heavy lifting.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎16-03-2022

Wayne Carini must be the luckiest human on the planet. He buys a car, of which no more than 15 were built, drives it to a "cars and caffeine" event the next day and coincidentally meets Gary Davis' personal secretary, who then corroborated the origin of Wayne's car as none other than Gary Davis' car. Wow 🤔

SuperDeLuxe · ‎25-02-2022

Not all who would dance Waltz - you can keep your stock Corvette, I like it!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎24-02-2022

Maybe the USPS decided to get the ICE trucks that can be built now, rather than the EVs that would ultimately take a little longer (years) to get? Supply chain, anyone?

SuperDeLuxe · ‎10-02-2022

Starsky and Hutch is pretty much the only reason this lack-luster family car has anything like street cred. Still love it though.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎06-02-2022

If you have the cash to buy a $6 million car, chances are you also have a jet, yacht, private island. Unlike the rest of us working -class slobs. 🤑

SuperDeLuxe · ‎30-01-2022

Resto-mods are like art, sometimes you have to break a few eggs, no? The Cadillac Ranch comes to mind. Back when the art collective Ant Farm decided to bury a bunch of nice, clean, original cars in the ground, they really didn't care about destroying history. There's a story about how they bought a nice '49 Sedanette, but the guy hard-balled them on the price. After they bought the car they proceeded to beat the hood and fenders with a sledge hammer in front of the stunned, (previous) owner. Don't be too surprised when someone has a different vision of the way things should be than you do. Whoever sold the car got what they wanted, money, the buyer got a blank canvas. 😱

SuperDeLuxe · ‎27-01-2022

Hard to imagine a world where the Cord 810 didn't exist. Thanks for highlighting it today.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎23-01-2022

If George Bailey's Dodge is worth a half-million dollars, then this car should easily sell for $800k!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎12-01-2022

It would be a hoot to blast down the quarter > 8 seconds in a ginormous land-yacht. Stopping? Not so much. 😲

SuperDeLuxe · ‎26-12-2021

Ugliest air cleaner? 1949-50 Olds. Ack!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎23-12-2021

Great thing have small beginnings - keep on rollin' Chris!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎21-12-2021

Let the snobs eat kuchen. 😉

SuperDeLuxe · ‎11-12-2021

How I love American cars! Ford used to know a thing or two about building them, now the only car they build is the Mustang. It seems the remaining automakers who share that love are in Korea. The ironically named Genesis comes to mind.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎10-12-2021

I don't think the Gummi Bear Puma's will match double-knit. I'm partial to Weejuns, size 11 should you ever write of a track day affair, heel-toeing in a most enviable pair of "chalk and opaque charcoal" loafers. Jus' sayin' ...

SuperDeLuxe · ‎29-11-2021

Cars that use batteries to motivate are built from heavy metals and rare-earth elements. That is not fake news, that's reality. We have more than 100 million cars on the road in the US, not sure how ecologically friendly it will be to replace them all in 20 years.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎22-11-2021

In the 1980's I sincerely believed there would come a day when all the carved-from-a-bar-of-soap econo-boxes would be rusted away or recycled, never to be seen again. Now they bring '61 Impala hardtop money. Probably a good thing I didn't become a financial advisor. To each their own.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎20-11-2021

I remember when I was Lucas' age, old cars were available but far beyond my modest means. I saved up and bought a '62 Corvair when I got my drivers license, hoping to someday own a 1948 Chevy Fleetline Aerosedan. I never got the '48 but I've owned a lot of cars since then. Keep the faith Lucas!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎18-11-2021

Happy birthday Jack! "He never did win no checkered flags, but he never came in last" 😂

SuperDeLuxe · ‎16-11-2021

Hmm, did Elon Musk see this car as a kid and think - "someday I'll build an EV pickup truck!" 🤔

SuperDeLuxe · ‎12-11-2021

Perhaps Ford was ahead of its time when they introduced the Edsel? Anybody else seeing déjà vu all over again with BMW?

SuperDeLuxe · ‎11-11-2021

Has anybody looked at the cost of labor? Seems modifications of this degree might run into hundreds of hours of custom fab, at something like $125/hr it wouldn't take long to cross the $100k mark - without the donor car, engine, transaxle, etc. I don't think the seller made a fortune here.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎10-11-2021

The only car I ever hated was my '76 Corvette. A perfectly awful DD - 10 mpg, no matter if on the highway or in town, impossibly hot in the summer, impossible to drive in the winter, uncomfortable and impractical. Cashing the check when I sold it was a joy I cannot describe!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎08-11-2021

Accusing someone of being a racist is pretty unkind. People make mistakes, I can't say what Kyle's intent was, but shutting down dialog with angry words doesn't accomplish anything. Peace.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎05-11-2021

Cool! Time and money, lots of both is what it takes.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎04-11-2021

My first car through high school was a '62 Monza 900. Great in the snow, not so great in the cold - I should have replaced those pushrod tube o-rings, the song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" takes on a whole new meaning ! 😂

SuperDeLuxe · ‎02-11-2021

A Porsche will always outclass a Ford when it comes to conspicuous consumption. People of a certain generation will think of a Mustang as a cheap set of wheels, ultimately disposable. Setting the price of admission high means even those who can afford the base Porsche will not be rubbing elbows with the kid who can conversely buy a base Mustang. Wealth has its privileges. 🤑

SuperDeLuxe · ‎01-11-2021

A friend of mine remarked at the time how much it had in common with his 1962 Studebaker Champ. Size, payload, HP, so on.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎28-10-2021

A jewel of unappreciated greatness, from an era when well heeled Americans able to afford such a car would have turned up their noses. Now only the trust-fund elite with a penchant for the unusual and unlimited wealth can afford one. Irony anyone?

SuperDeLuxe · ‎25-10-2021

And now we know why the hapless Spaniel is such a lousy test driver. Like father, like son. 🤕

SuperDeLuxe · ‎22-10-2021

Wish there were more V-12s and 16s being built. What a shame to see the ICE age coming to an end!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎15-10-2021

I couldn't have glass walls in my garage unless they were able to withstand the impact of a 1/2 inch ratchet wrench. That and I don't think anyone wants to see me in my skivvies bent over the fender of my wife's Optima.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎08-10-2021

Math fascinates me, however evasive it seems to be. Forgive me if I postulate how a car, which cost $18,000 in 1962 (roughly $163,000 in 2021 dollars) is now worth $70 million? If Enzo made $650,000 (gross) on 36 cars way back when, is it logical to assume it didn't cost 10x that amount to build them? Which begs another question: if it's "just a car", why not invest $70 million to build a few dozen copies for yourself and sell one or two to indulge your passion? Perhaps I'm not seeing the forest here, but I'm a little vexed over this one.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎07-10-2021

Communism's greatest hits: Food shortages Energy shortages Despotism Gulags I guess if you didn't live through history, it didn't really happen.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎05-10-2021

Great idea, now let's do this all over the U.S.! Kids are being told that having an education is to have only one set of skills - relegating manual labor to the lowest of pursuits. Since when is earning a good living with your hands less respectable than earning a poverty-level income with an advanced degree?

SuperDeLuxe · ‎04-10-2021

Adverse possession! I say the squirrel has earned that Avalanche, time to sign over the title and move on. 🐿

SuperDeLuxe · ‎27-09-2021

Mine is chipped and obscured by mishandling over the years.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎27-09-2021

Beautiful drawings Mr. Squires! http://sketchbooktravels.com/stockmotorcycles/

SuperDeLuxe · ‎25-09-2021

In ten years, enthusiasts will look back and lament good surviving examples selling for 2x what they sold for new. $12k that was better spent on new adventures will seem like youthful folly in the rearview - wink, wink. 😉

SuperDeLuxe · ‎21-09-2021

Ferrari's are like any other expensive toy for rich kids; once it breaks it's time to buy a new toy. People with the wherewithal to fix expensive toys never had the money to buy a new one. A noble pursuit, hopefully it will be profitable in the end, either as a true labor of love or a BAT brag. Best of luck!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎16-09-2021

300 horse flattie! That's like trying to re-engineer a longbow to launch an arrow at >400 fps! If it's possible, some people are determined to try, no matter the cost.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎10-09-2021

Chariots from antiquity were driven standing. "High-rise" seating is standing height. Perhaps consumers have not evolved yet? I jest, now it's time to put some ointment on my knuckles ...

SuperDeLuxe · ‎06-09-2021

Well played, sir. Well played.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎04-09-2021

Maybe my sons will buy me a 2001 Explorer Sport when I'm 83? Actually no, I hope they find cars built before 1970 they can really enjoy for themselves. Times have changed, but not for the better. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

SuperDeLuxe · ‎02-09-2021

I want to do the same thing, but with a 1930- something Harley or Indian. Yikes!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎30-07-2021

Great idea! Let's go back to 1963 and start stamping the "all new 2+2" out of steel to make it easier (cheaper) to build. Ahead of the Toro and Eldo, this beauty would have killed sales for Olds and Cadillac. Chevrolet would have sold 100k a year until the well dried up around 1981. Whomp whomp!

SuperDeLuxe · ‎26-07-2021

Where's the R-spec Windstar? I want ground effects, blown 3.0, 6-speed, 280hp, jellybean-shaped nirvana!! Oh yeah, nearly forgot the second row racing seats and 5-point harnesses.