Many dream cars. Here are a few that I have actually owned and some that I have loved: 1) 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 with Webers. How I learned that driving a slow car fast is much preferred over driving a fast car slow. 2) 1965 Austin Cooper S 1275. Almost a go-cart and a complete blast in the twisties. 3) 1969 BMW 1600. I loved it and regret selling it to this day. 4) 1993 BMW M5. An almost 4.0 liter stroker motor with a Dinan Stage 3 Suspension. Fast, and many tickets taught me how tough it is to drive such a car slow. 5) 2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Supercharged and Intercooled. Much faster than the M5 but a real under the radar ride because it doesn't shout 'Boy Racer' at all. 6) A few Corvettes but they are ticket getters personified, at least for me ;>) ... View more

I thought BMW gave Chris Bangle the boot long ago. The front of that car is simply fugly. ... View more

Looks a bit like a miniature Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage to me. Oh, and wouldn't that be a 997 Cubic Centimeter BMC motor/transmission setup? Not cubic inches ;>) ... View more

I made a mistake in my post. The L79 350 horse motor was actually a 327. The L46 was the 350 horse 350. ... View more

You forgot one of the best - the L79 350 horsepower 350 cubic inch motor. A real runner that could turn some high rpm's without the maintenance hassles of solid lifters. General Motors produced the L79 from 1965 to 1968. The engine was available in the Corvette, Chevelle, Malibu, and El Camino. Made for some great sleepers that would give many a big block muscle car a run for the money. ... View more

Jay, about the 1966 4-4-2 horsepower ratings as opposed to the SS-396 Chevelle. There were three RPO's in the SS-396: L35 4bbl was the 325 bhp; L34 4bbl was the 360 bhp in 1966 only. Starting in 1967 the rating dropped to 350 bhp for the same L34 4bbl 396. Top of the heap was RPO L78 4bbl rated at 375 bhp. BTW, this motor was available in the 1965 Corvette where it was rated at 425 bhp. There was also a Z16 396 rated at 375 horsepower in, iirc, 201 1965 SS-396 Chevelles. That motor had a hydraulic lifter camshaft and was nowhere near as radical as the L78 motor. ... View more

I was in San Francisco the summer of 1968. Stopped in at S&C Ford on Market Street. They had two or three 1966 Cobra 427 S/C's for sale. The MSRP window sticker at $7,000, iirc, was crossed out and $12,000 was penciled in. I'm sure that they sold easily at that price. ... View more

In 1971 I bought an H1 Kawasaki 500 Triple through PACEX that darn near killed me. Next bike was a BSA A10 which I built into a beautiful little hardtail chopper. Sold it and bought a 1951 Harley Panhead which is still in the family to this day. Seems that I graduated backwards from very fast to slower to very slow... ... View more

Most definitely not a kit, but a Flyin' Miata does it for me! ... View more