Don't pick up  Junior at school.  Let him walk.  Don't take Junior out to eat, the store, or any other event where he would have to be exposed to a car.  Let Junior walk.  Agree with Junior that car's are no good, then let him walk some more.    ... View more

Sure wish one could buy a car like this today, but with modern brakes, handling, and MPG.  Now, all we seem to be getting are mostly- amorphous  crossovers, and huge four-door pickups ill-suited to the tasks they are assigned. ... View more

All great stories!  I didn’t hear anyone try this test.  After making sure the points open and close turn the engine to close the points, turn on the ignition, now manually open and close the points (careful you might get a shock), you should see a spark jump across the points, this will tell you the points are working and that your condenser is good. I was at a local cruise night and was leaving to go home after staying a bit later than usual.  I went to start my WW II Jeep and all I got was crank and no start.  I know there was plenty of fuel so I popped the distributor cap off and checked the points.  They looked fine.  I turned the engine to close them and performed the above procedure.  It turned out my condenser failed.  I had spare points and plenty of tools but no spare condenser.  Now I went around the parking lot asking the other guys if they had a spare condenser (didn’t care from what I would have made it work and most had already left for the night).  One guy had one still attached to a set of points from a 53 Dodge. It was a different value but it worked and I got home fine. I knew the Jeep was a bit harder to start for the past few days. I should have checked it out before leaving home.  Lesson learned! If you had a condenser from a vehicle that wouldn’t fit in your distributor you could attach the condenser wire on the outside of the distributor where it gets fed from the coil neg. wire and somehow ground the body of the condenser and your good to go!  Another thing we tend to forget with a points system, we turn the key on without running the engine.  Do this enough times and you’re sure to burn out the points (that is if they’re closed) or burn up a an ignition coil.  I love my old school points and condenser because I’m an old school guy that learned when old school was in session.    ... View more

I'll throw one of my rides in the ring. I believe someone else has mentioned thus one as well. The '65 Galaxue 500xl. Plenty of room for whatever you decide to throw at it powerplantwise. And handles well to be such a big car. My second would have to be my first ride: 1977 Ford LTDII. Mine was a stripper two door with the only power options being power steering and power disc brakes. The 400 Cleveland (The 400 was never a "modified". Only the 351m which shared the block and heads) really came to life with some port work, a little milling to get compression up, a mild cam, low rise intake, 4bbl, and dual exhaust. Made for a great sleeper, and showed many a more muscular car my tail lights in that one.  Also any Cbody mopar. See the reasons for the 65 Galaxie for my reasons.   ... 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

You are right! That is a turbo convertible, but Buick never added the T-type's unique bits before sending those examples off tp ASC. I will edit the article to reflect this. ... View more

And a light car at that ! ... View more

A friend of a friend in high school had one back in the early 80's. It was a 455 car and I believe it was a Stage I as well, Blue with gold lettering/side stripe. For some reason, he had it repainted by Earl Scheib, who painted over all the decals and stripes. It was just terrible.  ... View more

Forgot the Chevy 454 and the 400 also used in Pontiac firebird ... View more

Ditto on the article I have a 66 L72 [425hp] Nassau Blue coupe for about 20 years my Dad owned it since 71 [prior he had a 63 triple black 300HP roadster ]the motor has been balanced and blueprinted these are awesome engines able to run around at relatively low speeds but you better be pointed in a straight line when you nail it. A few  minor suspension mods really help these cars ,Ive had mine at speed on Road Atlanta  and am totally awed by anyone who raced these monsters back in the day they are a handful. That said they are very reliable and there is tremendous parts support ,I removed the turbine wheels and added 7" rallies with the short caps as I like that look better. My car was McGuyvers side kick Jack's car for a couple of episodes lots of fun. Keep up the good work . ... View more

New Vette looks great, however, to me it isn't Corvette enough in it's look.  I think my '87' was/is the best looking, not only Corvette, but the best looking of all autos. Bill  ... View more

I admire the optimism of this article and its assumption anyone might still be interested in IC vehicles in 20 years.  ... View more

Thanks for the story, Jan!! It's awesome to read about another woman who is a "car guy"!! You are an inspiration to me!  I should get wrenching on my '66 LeMans!!  ... View more

it's time for Honda to redo the Opel GT, full Japanese style..... ... View more

I think your car's VIN ended in 319 Eddie and not 391? ... View more

Cars named after animals can never be complete, if you leave out The luxurious Jaguar.  ... View more

I have re-written the article to reflect the fact there's mixed messages on these hood louvers for SS models. ... View more

My dad sold Fords in the Birmingham, Royal Oak, Ferndale , Michigan for over 50 years. Of all the cars he brought home, I only Joy Rided one. A 1964 Galaxy 500 XL Convertible, 427 4 Speed.  After my 67 Fairlane GT is finished, and I’m not divorced over it. I would like to work on a 64  Convert  Terry 67 GT ... View more