I own left coast Datsun in long beach cal. Iam sick of being the bad guy. ... View more

California is now a SOCIALIST state so the more companies that leave, the better! Even Musk pulled out of there and if Amazon is smart they will leave too! Best state for my money is Florida. ... View more

The original XKE was a better design ... View more

I feel like the cart is before the horse on this one. I'm not opposed to electric cars but batteries are an issue. My '97 Supra holds approximately 18 gallons of gas, same as when it was brand new. Same for any of my other gas powered cars the tank doesn't shrink. Being my least fuel-efficient car I can still beat a Tesla to Chicago by about 7 hours because fuel-up is quicker than charging. I can take a 6 hour nap and still beat the Tesla. But electric car batteries are not like my gas tank, they lose capacity over time and even the best charging is still much slower than refueling a gas powered car. Also can our electrical grid handle millions of cars charging? The evidence is that no it cannot. Fuel-cell is probably the only way at the moment to get past the battery and charging issue. Ultimately this is politics getting into your life and wallet for the purpose of control. ... View more

Interesting that the guy who lamented “foreman said these jobs are goin’ boys, and they ain’t comin’ back” (your home town)  supported the president (Obama) who said the same thing... ...and hated the president who brought many of them back.  ... View more

Right on Jack. I've had personal experience with 3 Cadillacs: A 1931 V-16 that I took some good images of at a car show, My Dad's 79 coupe de Ville and my 2006 CTS-V. I've looked several times at new Caddys to see if there were any I would consider but nawwww... for the reasons you state, they don't measure up. That being said, my '06 V series (except for a lousy Differential) is the best car I've ever had. It's. still beautiful and balanced and lots of fun. The second generation was spoiled in styling and an overkill drive train. If I was a Cadillac dealer, I would take the money, cry a little, and run too. ... View more

What a great story – and one I would be happy to emulate when my time comes to an end. Driving a Seven of any vintage is certainly life-affirming and an event every time. Here in the UK the roads may not be quite as glorious as the Sea to Sky Highway, but the drive remains the same: https://youtu.be/hd8h6JrHiu4 ... View more

Yeah the Georgia summers combined with stoplights programmed to stay one color WAY too long make for being able to smell your undercarriage cooking before the light changes. I have two that need AC. ... View more

Every one, Fight Back to controlled Gov. BS ... View more

What an in-depth, documented and well thought out response. Good job! ... View more

It is often said that "it's only original once" and the right patina can make a car even more interesting. You're right Wayne, you can always change your mind later, but going back to the current stage would be very difficult to recreate. The car itself will tell you what to do. I think you made the right choice. ... View more

Put your seat belt on Jay. ... View more

Makes me wish I had unlimited resources because aside from the fact that it's a piece of automotive history, it's also a thing of beauty.  ... View more

I was walking down a street in Berlin in 2000 when I came across a parked Proteus C-Type.  It really was a stunning car and given that you will pretty much never see a real one on the road it was nice that someone was out and actually enjoying it.  Just in the way that Cobra replicas have not hurt the prices of the authentic cars, I am sure that the Proteus cars and the factory continuation ones will not harm prices of these very rare Jaguars. ... View more

My friends mom had the Eagle coupe. It was red with the black stripes. I STILL like how those cars look. ... View more

You are very welcome.   ... View more

You following me? You know what would be fun, you drive and review my senna in napa valley and we verbally abuse each other locked inside the car. We recant stories about you prank calling my house and being banned repeatedly in TCL. A short love affair follows. xxxooo Anothercar ... View more

It seems that the $112K ones are already spoken for. ... View more

Thanks for recommending the book, Jay. I picked up a copy and it's wonderful. My Dad was a Tool and Die Maker, and I grew up in a machine shop. I've always been fascinated by "How We Got Here", and this book is a treat!   - Jim ... View more

Life is a series of choices. I sold my beloved 57 CJ5 that I personally restored between my Junior and Senior year of high school and traded my hot rod F100 for a substantial down payment for my wife's first car ever to be in her name; her car, not a shared with Mom ride or one of mine that I gave her to drive. Yes, I regret selling my Willys and I still dream of embarrassing cars from red lights with my old truck, but my wife loved that little car. Happy wife, happy life. Sharing memories, and mistakes enriches others. Happy collecting all.... ... View more

Foose I have a Classic Mini in Miami waiting for you to take your first Mini .. I am in , are you IN? ... View more

Hmmm, I didn't think I was a member of the 0.000000000000001%, I enjoyed the article... ... View more

My first car was a 68 Dodge Charger.  The headlamp doors didn't work when I bought it used in 1974, but I would manually open and close them by hand because I thought the car looked so much better with the covers down.  Wasn't smart enough of a mechanic at 16 years old to actually know how to fix them to work properly.  I do remember a few nights driving home from work with people flashing their lights at me because I forgot to flip the doors open.  Still one of my favorite looking cars.  Wish people would have read the beginning of this article so they would not be commenting about vehicles with pop up headlamps instead of fixed covered headlamps.  Save the pop ups for a future article.   ... View more

Another home run by Chip.    I'd love to see him do an early 50's Mercury. Don't know that he's ever done one. There are so many Merc customs nowadays, most of which I don't care for. Either the chop is too extreme or they just repeat customizing tricks that have been way overdone, and yes I'm looking at you DeSoto grilles.  ... View more

You're right, all of the looking for 1973 parts (4 spd manual V6 2600 GT) in the junkyards taught me a lesson in the differences between different years of the Capri.  It does look like '72 or older Tail lights.  The bumpers are not original plastic bumper of the '74 either.    The overall best Capri in my opinion was the '73 V6 with 4 speed manual.  The only thing it needed was to upgrade to '74 rear passenger popout windows.  The '73' were glued onto the hardware and would fly off if glue was too old.  The 74's had a hole in the glass for securely mounting hardware. ... View more

Don't really care what it looks like. A square box that bolts up to common motor mount configurations and transmissions might be the way to go. Just leave the hood closed 😉 ... View more

I'm guessing the Hanlons don't have any involvement in this 😉 ... View more

The only shock here is that not all 100 have been pre-sold. But then when I consider the type of person who typically buys hypercars, it's not really a good fit for them. Things are better than when the McLaren F1 struggled to find buyers, but "pure analog driving pleasure" and "hypercar buyer" just don't often share the same headspace. They'd have to slap on a few giant spoilers, big flares, and paint it in peach and lime green, and automatic only. ... View more

Late 50s at the local drag strip on a Sunday afternoon.  This cat (precursor to "dude") pulls into starting position in a '58 Chevy, dechromed and painted matte black, with Lakes pipes and cut-outs initiated.  It made a lovely sound going off down the strip, but what I remember best was the sound of the idle.  It seemed to be idling in slomo, with the pistons firing one at a time, a second apart.  It was a rough beast.  It slouched up to the gate. I wanted nothing more than to have it for myself.  To paraphrase Scott Fitzgerald, everything I have done since then, no matter how fulfilling, has been "a poor substitute at best."    Thanks for "Stuff is happening on the rock."  Would it be ok if I substituted something stronger for "stuff"?  I was thinking that that was what Frank did. ... View more

Jay can afford to simply take his supercar to the dealer and have it fixed, but he doesn't. Yep, that's a car guy. ... View more

this particular motor will 'burn-up' _ starters in below "zero" temps. Ha, imagine that. ... View more