Thanks for the chuckles! ... View more

I have no PROOF of this but what I have observed over the years is that when a new, exciting, provocative or effective deviation from the norm... that may prove to be a "winner", the sanctioning bodies generally find a way of smothering it. I cite, turbine engines, multi-wheeled vehicles, racism, and sexism as a few examples... ... View more

... golf carts! ... View more

NEVER!!!   I even try to open it while the delivery guy is still there!   I do enjoy clicking on a part and having it show up within 12 hours but part of that sequence is having the correct part and arriving in good condition.  Returns and refunds are generally a hassle and infuriating.  Some do it right though, I cite Summit and ZORO.  There are others though that have caused me lots of problems even with core refunds not being in the original boxes. (They advertise a lot on TV with a jingle and great prices, but have cost me hundreds of $$$ in returns!)    BEWARE of these “policies”.., ... View more

... and I thought I was too old for this sort of thing. Until one actually gets in and drives one of these BEASTS, they should reserve judgment. I too enjoy Sailboat racing... the kind where Catamarans reach 65 mph in 25 mph of wind... Not that exciting to watch from ashore, but with the cameras, knowledge of the rules and technology... it can be extremely exciting. It does require one to step up to another level though... My REAL delight... 9 - 10 second Altereds and Gassers... giving my old eyes and mind a few more seconds to take in the action. I guess a true Luddite I am not! ... View more

Soooo... Ya launch the boat and leave the immovable car chassis blocking the launch ramp? I bet after 10 minutes the chassis would be rolled into the water and sunk by the others waiting to launch! ... View more

HA! What a different take on retro-mod-ding... a reinterpretation! I personally love the nixie-tubes as they remind me of a functional cut-away revealing how they function... as they function. I would have liked to see more of this sort of thing throughout the car in the "engine bay" as well... similar to the "Flux-Capacitor" in another favorite of mine... Back to reality for a moment. In 1990 there was a low point in my life where two cars of mine were stolen from my kids and one wasn't insured for theft, just liability. I took my wife and daughter to the Hyundai dealer and for less than $20K, bought a top-o-the-line Sonata with dealer add-ons and an almost bottom of the line Excel for my daughter. We're in SoCal so there wasn't a rust issue and both cars were now fuel-injected. The Sonata's V-6 (Thank you Mitsubishi!) was an excellent runner but we couldn't keep refrigerant in the A/C, and just the lack of metallurgical quality was missing from the otherwise excellent design. Overall, it became a real P.O.S. in just a few years. What saved Hyundai was their 100K mile warranty, but one needed to decide if they actually wanted to DRIVE the car... or have it in the SHOP for most of that time. My daughter's Excel... it completed 3 years of high school, 3 years of college and another 3 years of law school when my daughter decided she just deserved another car. That car proved to be a real champ! Now... in the new millennium, Hyundai and Kia are reaping accolades from all over! From what I have read so far in longer term testing, apparently the reality of their warranty program hasn't changed that much! ... View more

Did I miss something, like the cost of a new, lighter and portable machine... and how and where to get the dry ice media... and its general cost? ... View more

Good on you guys for this article... I almost feel like I can be part of this hobby now~! ... View more

I just love the little boat as a side car... I think he had at least ONE good idea~~ ... View more

The 10 high cost, 10 low cost, how bout the ten BEST BOUGHT and the ten BEST SOLD also? Thanks Hagerty for the publishing theses results... ... View more

I agree with most of the other's comments but we all must remember that cars like this are a "work of art". Think of them as a wall painting by Van Gogh where they are so expensive and must be carefully displayed and cared for. They are also considered an "investment" that will hopefully bring additional financial rewards in the near future. So these cars would need to be in a museum much like one of Van Gogh's painting and if you think of it in that light, then they begin to make some sense. Not something I would wanna do even if I could and I dunno if even Hagerty would insure it... this appears to be in the "Lloyd's of London" category. To each his/her own! ... View more

Yep!   Kinda like learning a second language... one usually translates what you hear into one's native language first, before it becomes familiar and common in your mind.  I.E. "amigo" = "friend", and after awhile when the word amigo is said you no longer need to translate.   I too started with Erector Sets, Lionel Trains, bike, cars, then electronics (where I finally understood "electron flow" to be like ping-pong balls in a pipe...) construction, HVAC, boilers, commercial systems, computerized call processing and finally support system computers.   I was privileged to work as a developer and leader in providing support systems for the telephone industry with one being automatic call tracing.  I would use "car analogies" to help others understand just what we were trying to do and how we need to do it.   This backfired on me once when a programmer came back at me with... "Another car analogy... I'll give you a car analogy.  My uncle worked on a Ford assembly line and found that a standard transmission was installed in a car set up for an automatic.  Even one link was installed on the 2-3 shift rod... and there was no clutch!  This is what this project of yours sounds like!   HA!... I had to laugh... but he was right!  We made it work anyway and the bottom line was we could trace a call BEFORE the line rang at the end!   "Mechanics" are MY native language... and throughout my life I have translated almost everything I have done back to it in order for me to understand.  I've never seen a downside and feel good and privileged to have been brought up that way.   ... View more

More wild and wacky cars... when in Nashville, The Lane Motor Museum! https://www.lanemotormuseum.org/ ... View more

AMEN... and a good chuckle. Capacity would definitely suffer though... ... View more

Thinking back many years and comparing the basics of circle track racing to drag racing, the primary difference beyond the obvious is that one contests one driver against another and the other contests a driver against a clock. I'm fairly sure that is one reason that drivers are relatively so supportive of each other. I'm sure there was/is racism and sexist problems in drag racing as anywhere else, but from my experience, this sport appears to be generally racist and sexually neutral. The movie "Heart like a Wheel" depicts Shirley Muldowney's acceptance into the sport and I'm sure she didn't have the magnitude of problems that Wendall faced, but they too were overcome. I for one appreciate the differences in cultures and all the diversity that God gave to us humans... and hope to see a time when we are all just considered to be people, without any other definition. ... View more

The "thing" just forward of the engines appears to be a 6 hole cupholder and also acts as a handrail or a "guard" so people don't fall between the engines. Just past the platform going forward there just might a cooler or BBQ on the starboard side and possibly another rear facing seat on the port side. If you save the foto to your laptop and expand it I think you will agree. ... View more

As Tim K. said... I'm just too old for this kinda nonsense. ... View more

Really? In a crate? I was gonna say, what a "shame..." but it appears to me to be more of a "sham..." ... View more

It's a GREAT DEAL... especially for the seller! ... View more

Hannibal 8 all right... it just needs a spinning spear and nose-cone to burrow through high drifts! One thing not mentioned in the article was the amount of time and tools it took to convert the car. Thinking a bit more and being from SoCal... I imagine since the winters are long in the upper Northeast, once converted they stayed that way. Maybe just drop the skis and remove the tracks during the summer months. It appears the entire differential is different and relocated as well. ... View more

I gotta agree with SharkGuy to a point. I love everything about this car except for the designer's even considering adding a back seat. A shelf of sorts woulda been just fine. HA! ... View more

Looks like a Michael Paul Smith of "Elgin Park" fame re-incarnated! Once again I have been fooled! Michael's real emphasis though was on building and furnishing the structures... tuned to the scale of 1:25 to match the collector series of model cars that came already assembled and true to form. This artist is just wonderful in his own right... I could have sworn it was an aerial shot of a real junkyard! Congrats and thanks! ... View more

I saw these "bikes" for the first time a year ago at a Hot Wheels Car Show. Really cute! ... View more

Robert... How does one post a photo here? I've tried to copy, paste and move photos to the comment box but have not been successful. Thanks, Tony ... View more

Whoops... Hopefully the entire link appears here... https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AVFC_enUS754US755&sxsrf=ALeKk03lSCn-uc70bGvuUl1QTRYW38eTjw:1611259178278&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=blastolene+brothers+motorcycle&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie4NiX6K3uAhUXHDQIHXkpCXYQjJkEegQIBBAB&cshid=1611259258615644&biw=1161&bih=540 ... View more

Well... That's pretty cool but IMHO the rear end doesn't seem to "flow" with the front end. Almost as if the guy who designed the rear didn't know the guy who designed the nose. (A bigger issue is/was, it's apparently the same guy.) Perhaps he might wanna take a peek at what the Blastolene Brothers are doing and offer up mating attire and helmets as well! Here' s a link: https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1AVFC_enUS754US755&sxsrf=ALeKk03lSCn-uc70bGvuUl1QTRYW38eTjw:1611259178278&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=blastolene+brothers+motorcycle&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie4NiX6K3uAhUXHDQIHXkpCXYQjJkEegQIBBAB&cshid=1611259258615644&biw=1161&bih=540 ... View more

Well... One day, grabbing the wrong bottle, I accidently sprayed Meguire's HOT SHINE Tire Dressing on my dashboard. I wiped it off... and it of course made part of the dash "shinier" than the rest, so I wiped down the entire dash with it... hoping it wouldn't destroy anything. It didn't, and inside the car it lasts for many months over any other similar type interior "detailer". I've been doing this for at least a decade now... and use it on everything, including the tires! (I have found that all of Meguire's products tend to do exactly what they say they will do, and more!) I will also clean up the engine bay with soap and water, let it dry and then spray the entire compartment with it. Keeps all the rubber soft and looking NEW... and it has become my ONE single cleaning, preserving and detailing spray. I suggest you try it, you might like it as well! ... View more

Fine... just *$#^$*#@ FINE! The good, the bad, and the ugly... what I just can't get my arms around it WHY anyone would want to name this SUV a MUSTANG Mach-E? INMO it only degrades the real Mustang... which I never was a real fan of in the first place... and I mean since 1964! I did own a "real" Mustang I'd be insulted... kinda like renaming a Chevy Bolt a CORVETTE ZR1-E! Jeez! ... View more

Wow! Yes, very inspiring... I haveta admit I'm not really found of the aesthetics but the speed, mpg, and agility of this machine are what really shows McKinley's talent. Especially considering this was in the late 60's when none of these attributes were really given much thought. If we take "race" out of the equation, it probably still was a good business decision at the time not to produce this car. Now might be a good time though! I would have been honored to meet this man. ... View more

Demon?  How 'bout Duster... especially the Duster 340!  I know its not an "emblem", more of a "sticker"... but still one of my favorite Tasmanian Devils. ... View more

Well...    In my humble OPINION and EXPERIENCE whilst growing up in the 50's, a HOT ROD was always a ROADSTER... usually powered by a Flathead V8.  That engine was easily swapped into Model A roadsters as well as the Deuce grill making them almost indistinguishable at first glance... especially for kids my age.   Alas, the  quintessential hot rod back then and even today was always a "hopped-up" Ford roadster of sorts, and were generally not depicted as coupes or sedans.   My .02 Lire ... View more

Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship.  I just can't figure out just what its supposed to be though.  It has elements of extreme elegance, the utility of a sport wagon, with a wooden bed and dash feature, tons of chrome, pastel pink in color... and my mind keeps swinging from left to right.   Each detail is perfectly executed in its own right, I'm not sure that it all really "fits together" though.  But as one writer said, I too could sit and look at this car for hours. ... View more

Just wanna say Rob, I too have had horrible balance issues with 13" tires on my Fiat X1/9.   13's are difficult to find except for some very expensive high end race tires that would not last a month on the road.  I also like the staggered look as well as for the performance they offer, especially in mid and rear mounted sporty-cars.   I run a 175/60x13 up front and a 205/60x13 in the rear when I can find them and this last "set" I purchased will also be my last... because they probably won't ever be available again.   I'll need to go to 15's which still can look great, offer me a plethora of tires and wheels, but will probably need to add adapters as well.  But, all this would cost really no more than purchasing some high-end race tires.   Alas, like you witnessed, even the Road Force balancer's require some skill along with the computer based balancing... mostly recognizing the trueness of both the tire and wheels.  A few years back the only reasonably priced 13" tires were Federal's and Achilles' and many of my friends found that the Federal's were mostly junk like you found with your Achilles.  My experience has basically shown me that the smaller the tire's diameter the more critical the balance need to be.  I use to balance larger tires on Hunter floor balancers and never encountered the issues I have like these smaller ones.   Alas, I have smooth running, vibration free tires (up to 85 mph or so) and am extremely happy with the Achilles 175/60's up front and the Pro-Meter 205/60's in the rear.   Don't ask me where these are made though... as I have no idea.  Just lucked out on a few decent tires! ... View more

First we had horses and the like, then predominantly steam power, next was diesel and gas engines... now we are leaning towards using electricity as our major method of moving around.  I can only imagine the discussions that came about during those transitions in the past.  ... View more

Yeah... great, now try and execute a turn... ... View more

YES!   Please send me one of those highly attainable '61 Chevy Bubble-Tops.  Prefer a 4-Speed, 409 with Posi, Red in Red...   Thank you! ... View more

"Looks like a Corvette from one angle..."    Actually, from several angles IMHO!   Indeed, I wonder which came first, the chicken or the egg? ... View more

Hey Sam...   You remind me of ME when I was about your age.  I was building models mostly and learned a lot about cars assembling those, especially the highly detailed kits.   When I was about 12 and my brother was 11 our Dad had us replace the clutch in his '46 Chevy "enclosed driveline" P/U truck.  Took us all week over Easter Vacation (Spring Break) with Dad checking our progress every day after he came home from work.   I gotta say, at the time it didn't seem like WORK at all, it was an adventure of sorts and ended up being a win-win situation for all involved.  He got his new clutch and my brother and I taught ourselves how to drive...   (Dad spent some years looking for a gas leak that he could never find... we started refilling it with lawnmower gas...)   Alas... I have some simple recommendations for you that are rather general in nature.   1.  Congrats on your Bar Mitzvah and becoming a man.  Good men make good choices and try to be wise and discretionary.  DO NOT SPEND your Mitzvah dollars on a car.  That money was given to help you move into adulthood and should be saved and spent for an education at a college or technical school.  When I say "move", I'm speaking figuratively, literally you can take a bus, bum a ride, ride a bike or purchase a car with what OTHER money YOU earn.  The money they gave you is kinda sacred, respect it and them by spending it appropriately.   ( I can just hear you now... "Look Aunt Sadie, I spent the money you gave me on a '66 Turbocharged Covair that doesn't run..."   Or... I can hear Aunt Sadie say...  "Look at my nephew Samual, he's such a mensch and is saving his Mitzvah money for college..."  Your choice, Sam!)   2.  Flipping burgers for minimum wage?  For minimum wage you could sweep, clean, wash cars, detail them, assist in maintenance, do oil changes and minor tune-ups and the like at a dealership, used car lot, a repair shop, body shop, vintage gas stations or even at your school's Auto Shop if they still have those.  If they like your work, your passion and ambition, they would most likely want to move you into a higher paying field than to hire another.   I was extremely fortunate to attend a GM Cooperative Work Training program right out of high school.  I would attend classes, do bookwork, pass tests, actually did hands-on work like R&R-ing transmissions and the like, disassembling them and then reinstalling them into brand new 1966 Cadillacs so the instructor could drive one home!  Two or three weeks in class, two or three weeks at the dealership.  It was an amazing program and after working two years at the dealership, as well as the draft for the Viet Nam war, I enlisted in the Navy and became an Electronics Technician and that became my new field of endeavor.  That, along with computers, degrees, and middle management positions became my WORK, leaving autos (Sports Cars, Hot Rods, Tractors, etc.) to be my HOBBY to enjoy!   3.  If and when you do settle on a car you REALLY want like the Corvair, find and JOIN a car club where the Corvair is their primary or exclusive focus, and in person if practical.  With enough passion, you won't necessarily need a car to join, but getting a car... well, what better venue is there.  You'll probably walk away with one of another member's car he/she no longer needs in their fleet.  Join online if a club is not available nearby, but these folks will still have the experience, parts, contacts, knowledge, etc. etc. PLUS the same passion for the same car and...   Most likely their hobby and specific cars and owners are fading from the hobby as well as this planet... and MOST will welcome youth into their midst to keep the passion going.   They also usually have events or get-togethers and can/will actually offer to assist you with your project.   Unfortunately, there are some clubs and types of folks that are snooty and can be offensive, mostly online... but that's OK, they don't deserve your friendship, there are plenty of there sites to explore.   Hope this helps, good luck, mozel tov... and Ciao!     Tony Natoli ... View more

Underappreciated?     Not by me... When I was a poor Sailor and needed another car for my family I purchased a Duster 340 (without even carpeting...) for about $2650 out the door in Oregon.   Relative good economy, great fun and loved the looks.  I called it the "true" Barracuda for 1970 as the dash and most of the innards and all reflected what was in the year before.  Loved the new 'Cuda and Challenger as well, but $500+ dollars more was $20% more for basically the "same" car and drivetrain.  PLUS... that trunk!  HA! ... View more

Just like mine, only smaller... ... View more

I'm afraid I'll have to agree with what every one else said... and more! ... View more

MORE PLEASE!   We need more events like this all over the country... especially on the LEFT coast.  With all I know about California though, it probably won't happen... ... View more

Well done article... and yes, I too would have liked to see a SHORT video of the process too.   I was also astounded to read about the number of steps taken to produce a relatively "simple" part like an intake manifold.  I "assumed" they were sand cast, popped out, drilled and machined.  Done!     Another key learning and thanks for posting ... View more

As Shelby said, one beautiful lady... but the scene editing, sound, engine sounds, and a CVT (?) transmission???  HA!  Terrible, and actually frustrating to watch.     ... View more

Cockshutt Tractor grille huh...   Don't try to say that three times real fast.  Google says that the original name of the manufacturer was the Brantford Plow Co. but it appears James G Cockshutt wanted his name out there...  HA!   I must sat though, I LUST after 33/34 Ford 3-window coupes and 2-door sedans and one of my favorite design features is the heart-shaped grille.  I've never seen any other mod that was better but this Cockshutt grille comes real close.   Well done! ... View more

Great stuff Ryan... and congrats!  Also, your remarks are right on as well... kinda sad state we are in, huh.   I gotta ask though a... as I have been following you a bit but can't find an explanation as to what the hell is on top of that car?  Looks like a garage door on a roof rack...  (We see a lot of that around here when they are replaced.)   If and when you are heading home... going east on CA State Hwy 14, love to have you drop by for a soda or whatever.  Reply here!   Tony ... View more

BLASPHEME!    I'm even a Chevy fan but I'd never do that.  If anything, this car deserved a 6.whatever Hemi and they can be found as easily as any LT-whatever Chevy. ... View more

Kyle...   I wrote this before... I WANT that Corvair!   HA!   Alas, everything else you wrote was right on the money! ... View more

Yeah... In this "age" where insurance companies, oil embargoes and governments essentially squelched performance, manufacturers struggled to come up with something new and attractive, especially for the younger folk.   MOPAR was successful with its cartoon characters and its "Rapid Transit District" fleet of cars in the later 60's and early 70's... and "kids", like myself back then, gobbled them up!   All I had was the Duster 340 stickers on my car and the power to back it up... which caused me to shy away from the later cars with a 190 hp and "speed graphics" or murals all over their rides.    Geez-Loueez!  Was this the NEW ERA of "performance"... stickers!   HA! ... View more