two plus two in Blue ('s mine). Like the white top here tho. Kid wrked at the local Sunoco hada fastback in the day. Back seat was never up. We puta 8 track in that deck so it pointed toward driver's right shoulder, easy to change a tape'n get back to drivin. These notch backs all ways seemed more sedate... ... View more

see some coming in from s. Greece too (least the model I want - not in this list). ... View more

who cares, they still don't have the Raptor underneath a 2 dor 90, 95 inch WB. ... View more

don't most of us want the models w/low volitility - that's what makes them so. You have given us a circularity. Not much use - unless U are out of your regular territory and doing a buy (rare? yes, now the auction of cars, the net sales occur, much more so). Prices are so sky hi (compaired for when wages were more inline with goods) that I may have to buy something out of my typical wheelhouse (different than the 2 of the 'big 3' I use, different era is not so difficult, different model, car instead of truck, or 'sports rather than muscle, etc). On the other hand, just bein a car guy can tell me much of this. "Yes" the 123W MB wagon will work out if certain prts (the most expensive ones in the rig) are OK on a reasonably priced one (leveling system, etc). Bird cage on a vette, etc. These are not my usual "buy low, drive/restore, have a free ride for awhile." ... View more

@ the beginning of the Mini's sales I don't think that phrase was in use ("bigger") but only toward the end. I can remember when the same ppl used "Mine's smaller than yours" as a put down / personal aggrandizement. Telephones had just switched from analogue (bag phone) to digital and I kept loosing mine as it was TOO small (3 inch by 1 inch by 1/2 inch?). UTac Motorola flip was out then too. When was that anyway? ... View more

Thank you. History and its effect is important. Well done Mr McAleer. As an aside (another us ofa connection outside of chrysler) it spawned the falcon - 1 of the attempts to stem the tide of our own auto manufacturing decline. We know how that 1 vehicle created the SUV (bronk) & muscle (stang) eras we still live in somewhat today. The KG s a great car (I see the corvair reflect its lines) and like the word 'Kleenex' used for facial tissue I use it as referent (The "chevy karmen giha" - corvair, chevy II; ford - EXP, probe; fiat - 850 spyder, etc). Long may the idea live (easy expansion for manufacturers of models offered). Show more pic of it's variations when possible K-310, Type 3, 14, 34, and even the Chrysler d' Elegance. That's the nice thing bout the net/digital. You don't have to worry bout length (like hard copy). ... View more

I like the treatment front, back and in the side view (for one of my least fav 'eras'. I call them bulge mobiles - the '50s rounded 4 wheel figures). Europe did it so much better (feminine rather then 'just a big hulk'). The opposite of what the standard net and auction market seeks. Yes, that was my era (according to birth year/teen yrs etc) but attraction outside my gen. The nxt style (early 60's to pre 'muscle' /and/ the one after 'muscle - 1980s) are what looks good to me. Those nice straight lines, square corners OR a 20, 30 yr 'jump back' to the mid '30s usa (thru very early 50s) and europe late 50s - late 60s. The writing is good again, a story to imagine. ... View more

Like Porsche 928 (1978-1995), Porsche 944 (1982-1991), Porsche 968 (1992-1995), the 240Z is the one to have. Not abt money in my world~ ... View more

all 'd B OK (cept w/the gremlin) as anything to catch up/surpass the others in a world car EV is good to me. We might have it on autonomous but need support to market a world beater EV. Here's hoping the fed, 'big 3', colleges, etc realize this and begin to collaborate. Can Uncle Joe get it goin? ... View more

I see the genesis for John's frnt end over at ICON in these grills. Also see nothing wrong w/a continuously produced bronk (they went onto 2nd gen & B II, Y not keep going after '96?). I guess I'm not corporate when I say there should be continually produced small niche market vehicles (hi loyalty, hi R&D, customer driven) funded by other endeavors (not even automotive - we saw GM change to a financial co) such as - huge production of fleet, affordable, general market vehicles (inc EVs). Ford needs to cont the ol "halo" production as chebby did w/up-level cadillac (challenged beemer, MB, etc) & the vette. ... View more

90 - 96 inch WB? @ or under 1.5 ton? the Raptor underneath? low rev tq power (1.5 - 2.5K RPM). Y not bring back an i6 w/modern technology? ... View more

we re-power w/the 12v at every opportunity. F*^K the 'puters. Now tranny's? a lill more decisions. But like every automotive choice it's asnwred by the APPLICATION Q. ... View more

nuttin ! yep, most places 'back east' have really gone corporate (in my area anyway). 10 y/o or older? gone (to the crusher).  No admittance.  Everything stacked on shelves 30 ft hi, puter catalogued, 'street signs' for the hi lift forks to navigate'n make a run from where the computer directed them.  Rear ends - over there, ford? this section only, chebby ta da left! Charkas/shell? by yr, make, model may B (again) 30 ft up. Y I even gota tranny from my guy (delivered like new prts) that he dealt w/nother yard just to fill my order. Wonder what kinda deal that wuz? Sit in the office'n wait like the doc's or dentist (no tools needed). CB or cellie back to the fork crew he has double duty disassembly "Bring up X, customer, now.".  No business? hop on a car in the garage & fix that. If they don't go go go like this they're out of business. The maroon waggy in the pic? I'd start w/that'n build from there~ aahahahaaaa ... View more

nota truck, a jeep. Highly modified eh? Super provenance no? Hope it went to someone w/a unmodified one. This one? donate toa museum & geta big tax write off, do a public service! 8^ 0 - -Chad ... View more

when they go over the top (my wild generalizationed personal opinion) I just shrug and pretty much slink off into the shadows. I should say "good on ya mate" but it just seems so obsessive to me. After 40 yrs I've seen alot of them and do pretty well stayin away. Sneak into the 'shows', stay under the radar. Wrks good for me. Much more interested in safe, durable DD and use as an income generator than a rec vehicle. "Race cars"and lotsa 'bolt ons' just seems garish, odd, wrong. More interested in stock w/a few (again) enhancements for safety, performance (that's MPGs & a lill pep) and utility (as a worker). Only "restored" 3 or 5 (the 3 or 4 to snag prts for the 5th I have had wrkin the woods for 39 yrs) and each of those were sold after completing my own (back early 80s - early 90s) just made inspectable, accouterments for strict wheelin, minimal rd-drives (but still legal). Most have stayed in the area. Clamor for my join @ the trails. I say "yes", 3, 4 X a yr "If U don't break down the banks, stay on the trails, leave only tire tracks." That's fun as we catch a sun set from on hi, have a beer'n a bonfire, strum/beat out a tune and talk bout "the fools who do all that weird stuff to the good ol bronks." ... View more

And I like the MID4-II as it still looks like a car (the earlier is too much like'n RX or the ol Z). ... View more

I remember the ol GMC 23/6 Motorhome w/455 out of the Toranado, TH-426 or whatever the Turbo-Hydro was called (ford guy here) w/the project name "TVS". Didn't I C the 'space men" get out'n climb into the gantry fora ride to the top? That frnt wheel /frnt motor wuz pretty cool. Could get the same bennies as the car, low entry, no DS takin up space, some traction improvements. A garage door on the back would suit this solo guy to haul off rd goodies'n use as my base camp ! ... View more

I remember all the burned legs from those hi pipes... ... View more

Ted Nugent & his stable of bronks (like the cars not the musician). - -Chad ... View more

did not define the lill guy who had his own tv show in the 60s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6PqrTZsho0 Asa life long car guy (enthusiast, tinker, purchase, sell) I say it's some1 who seeks out a very low priced desirable vehicle and does almost no thing to it but sells hi in a short time. It is more often done since auctioning cars (trucks, bikes, boats) & internet listings have come about. No longer a supply and demand market it's 'deepest pockets often in an international theater'. To avoid the label one needs more than money in mind for their short term ownership. Time, money and parts should be involved between sales. Some of the time is involved in research (unless a one model, era, or make specialist. Knowing the peculiarities of specific components, work-a-rounds for specific anomalies, etc is all prt of the 'real car guy' job). Flippers don't really care - just the profit. I see them unable to answer questions about the vehicle "Here it is, just gimme some (more than I paid) money. Take it or leave it." I never did purchase or sale w/that in mind. Purchase wuz due to an intense interest in that specific model. An undeniable attraction. I wanted a free car (buy, assure safety, get back to near original condition ie stop/go, comfort) to drive around. Much of the research wuz done pre-purchase (so I could see if affordable to me in rehab). Recoup investment an after thought as I was onto what attracted the eye of sensibility. A driving piece of art (as a young man 50s/60s Italian'n a few other europeans ) and now more of the interesting (gota bent4 motor, any of the midsize wagons, all the i6 equipped, a free wheel model, certain transaxles, etc). Still about a form of curation rather than a means of income (& how that income is made, we might say "w/o respect"). ... View more

find original call out for octane that motor. Then its just math and a lill pipette w/markings on it. Get a 5 gal bucket to hold 'throw aways" (there is no 'away') and mix @ the cup level. Start w/tryin to target the correct ratio (octane) at a qt amount. The pipet is avail at summitt or elsewhere https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qft-36-e85qft?seid=srese1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4v2EBhCtARIsACan3nxtIdE6eR0vZmBaQCCtAmM87WHIHKwVfaHoebipuOlY56pAIl-waTcaApIoEALw_wcB (Two ounces will raise the octane of one gallon of gasoline four full octane numbers.) ... View more

I like the one on wheels U roll under while on the lift. Slid up the catcher to elbow hight. Filter goes on 1 side to drain on its way to the recycle, bung from pan goes on the edge to wait. No splash no spills, roll back to its usual corner when done. Drain into the 55 after dozens more changes or now... ... View more

size, looks'n driving? the '68 & '71. Maintenance & to work on? what i got now aahahahaa ... View more

What does "cheat" mean? is the 1st way to look at it. Sail powered ocean racing? bicycles? soap box derby they all 'cheat' but Smokey was the king. The rest of us? the proverbial "close the door (new rule/law) after the horse's left". Life lessons from the left turn circle ! - -Chad ... View more

like the very 1st ones thru 1980s. When we went muscle (bent8) in '60's the fordOz stayed i6. The 2V iron head changing to X-flow on thru alu and last the Barra. The styles we missed w/some of the shorter WBs, or a fav of mine a late 60s lookin chevy (there Holden) station wagon all beefed up for Oz outback right from the factory https://www.google.com/search?q=1972+holden+station+wagon&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=xG7XbbBJgnUgPM%252CFYRJ7PzN3w5-qM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQXQU6IhO3S3h3YqGyfFj937EOggQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRsM7goLjwAhW7UhUIHRrhAVQQ9QF6BAgOEAE&biw=1140&bih=697#imgrc=xG7XbbBJgnUgPM&imgdii=mntsstcbKwgL2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZRn1vZM68 ... View more

yup, w/rhino here, when the dads'n bros open up a lill its great to see the women wrenchin &/or drivin. Here (often a team or team of 1) some great comradeships form even in the competition as we're in "the way back". ANY difference is greatly appreciated (race, gender, age, ability, income) as it makes for stronger community, at least for this wheeler~ ... View more

martin squires ... View more

now there's somebody who can draw! ... View more

trans ams? nah... ... View more

Y not go 190Ecosworth (2.3/16) & beemer M? Did Audi have a match? There's be 3 to read on... ... View more

ford seems to have done it two or 3 times now? The vedub invasion desimating the usa car industry was trounced by the falcon, morphed into the stang & brought on the muscle (other falcon - a Bronco brought on the SUV we seem to still be in) era. Nobody here stemed the Japanese wave (the next onslaught @ fuel crisis). Then Tarus threw a tripple play on the world mid 80s. Cars still look like a coke bottle. Later the Explorer's home run we can see in the Japanese wontabe the Korean Expi-look-a-like Kia. Glad we never engineered any like the european but I sure wish we did the Japanese. Durable, low maintainence. Add good looks and functionality and we'd havea world beater. Hopin the last Bronco has the Raptor underneath. Now that's a short WB 2 dor I'd buy... ... View more

I like it, wanna C it, more of it. Love if it helped the US co.s beat the foreign jobies at this. They R ahead right now. I think we R on the autonomous (self drive). Let's go! Let's go! More tracks, more compression plez! (as I age I need it too, can't take the fumes & noise). Hope we have some tire shreddin tho. Will hafta put up w/that, don't mind~ ... View more

I like the 'wipe yer nose' thumbs on the glove. We didn't trust those 'full face' in the day. Being under the chin like that some guys said 'could snap ur neck". There was an even punnier helmet that just covered the top/back of the head but most wore the kind covered the ears. (I did, still hasa snap on bill like the cops). No face shields in my era either...glasses (or a a very few googles). Stephen rode out west. Didn't see these Back East till the higher influx of the Japanese bikes ("meet the nicest ppl...") mid/late 70's, may B a lill earlier. ... View more

I believe public opinion smeared from the "80's malaise" into the 90s. I'm not interested in the above specific models but asa 'car guy' I see plenty to like abt BOTH decades. Am seeking models currently. Yes, a lill more on the "mod" than the "rest0" but still 'sleeper style' all the way. Look a lill deeper, I bet you'll agree~ ... View more

just the syncro plez, double clutch or force/correct revs isa pain. Heck gimmie the auto transmis. Ahma us.a-er & use the car like a house (living rm, dinning rm, etc). ... View more

wacky? wacky? the Jolly is the only wacky ta me. What's that make me? 8^0 ... View more

same thing on this as the 'lill guy': what abt the weight of the batteries ? U can't get em down so sit up fulcrum like. The EV, by itself has innumerable advantages tho. ... View more

all that's great (even a few advantages). I just wanna know abt increased tippy-ness w/all that battery weight (good they spread it around, but U can't get it any lower, it's still a strong fulcrum). ... View more

legislation (& court president) are one way. They are idle w/o the follow up. Conditions apply the force, not laws. They just come into reen"force". Governors R telling the Fed "Let's get goin on what we need" infrastructure, manufacturers - "Let's compete on the world wide stage not fall behind". Conditions now are requiring it. My 50+ y/o bronk'n I will be 4WD parting the nxt 30 yrs, just like the last 40. I just wanna C usa compete, make a EV I can DD. ... View more

Y not ! I say. They brought back the others. Just gotta have the drk hair, sideburns, jeans, cowboy hat etc to drive it, eh? I don't mind it 21st Centurized (the others were) even if a ford guy. Y not do it w/the corvair MrChevy (3.5 seater vert w/flat 4, air cooled turbo)? We did the bronk ! ... View more

some of which are offa lill in terms of facts, but fairly miner, only noticeable w/the enthusiast... Thnx for featuring this Y/M/M ! ('chrome grill' rather than chrome 'garnish' or 'surround', hi back buckets, etc). ... View more

museum piece, but please - run it up to speed yearly (or more). Needs to stay in public awareness... ... View more

weird'n odd ball? sorry, I go 'the other way' & like it. Gotta coupla ideas on a removable hrdtop for it too. ... View more

one of the last 2 ... View more

liken the 80ish wagonie thing myself...writer's voice too. Both - a good'un~ ... View more

none are the mini p/u of old. Y not bring in what the foriegn market has, they're close... Wonder if those dodge "convertable" p/u would have sold if the vert fell into the space btwn the back of the seat and head-board would have had a 'hard top' to drop on. Kinda like my '66 bronk? ... View more

some times satisfied can B better den happy ( dats usually when U get over 50) ... View more

like that you vary the list. I'd say even more of the same into "trucks" (and if willing, bikes). Some vehicles we know are 'classics' (my wrd for some '50s/60s european & late '30s - very early 50s u.s. of a cars/trucks) as soon as made. We laughed at the Viper, but still 'knew' when it was submitted... OK, 'modern' classics. That like 'door card' might come into more use. For me? if just muddies the waters. Cord, Auburn, Dalahaye can't B compared to miata, typhoon or S2000. ... View more

WoW 1962. Not out till the '80s? Boy, it fit right into the 'square' style of the other 1980s stuff. Funny how that all worked out~ I have a feeling, like music, car styles flow w/what the industry (wishes to?) promotes. Look at the evolving flow of u.s of a car styles ie bulge-mobile of the 50s, square lines of early 60s, 'humps over the wheels' of the late 60s into the mid 70s, angles of the 80s, coke bottle of the Taurus that we are still under the influence of somewhat. I see it in popular music-of-the-radio. A 'gimmick' one uses that sets them apart, sells - the rest copy it, it sells (for awhile, till the nxt change). THAT is actually what an A&R guy does in the music industry. ... View more

"...and I'll still B watin..." and thats an uncle's job, no? Love it. So you can identify with him as a younger you. Good on ya mate ! Glad we got "the puter age" now as you can be there for him, thousands of miles away...Hope for the day you can 'do' an actual car together but realize that might not happen. See how you can do other things as close to that as you might. Thanks for sharin~ ... View more