I don’t think I’d take the opinion of a car dealer over the (de)merits of flipping. ... View more

Mom needs to relax. Not being a car person, she would have no way of knowing but any kid as car-crazed as this boy is going to be extremely cognizant of everything going on relating to driving and cars. He already sounds like an old soul. I was exactly the same. My own mother asked me how I knew how to drive a 4speed manual at 16, and well, I just knew. plus watching many many TV shows/movies (no videos then) with driving sequences, and practicing/playing on any of my dad's various Fiats from really age 6 on up. ... View more

a peak at the fender tag would be fun...to see the build code for export, as well as the other options ... View more

well, that's just peak muscle car, ain't it? although technically its a pony car, but any pony car with a big block, esp of this caliber, kinda crosses a few boundaries. I cannot begin to imagine how expensive this must have been to drive in France, but what a presence it must have had. ... View more

I have always preferred hardtop coupes over convertibles for the additional style of the rooflines...a lot more opportunity to make a car stylish when you don't have to worry about making a top go down. I really like the mid-60's full size GM coupes with their concave rear windows, like the '65-66 Grand Prix. Also the '68-'69 Mopar B-bodies with their wild rear window with hardly a straight line on them ... View more

have not watched the show, but hoping that this was a basket case for a starting point. with a Chev engine its a big nope...probably gave up the Columbo to make another Ferrari live...maybe? ... View more

super controversial project, where a rare, significant, and beautiful car is cut up and lost forever.  past Ridler winners have been much the same...I won't partake and didn't even really look at the pix in this post.  Its possible that the 1-of-99 Eldo's was a basket case...have never seen the starting point.  But a $2m budget would have surely fixed up the car, even if they had to jack up the VIN and drive a new car under it.  It seems to be a current trend, where builders say 'look at this rare and exceptionally clean original car, and then watch us cut it up'. ... View more

amazing firebird, but that elky sure captures the hot wheels ethos 100% ... View more

wow...if I was in the market for a high end lux car, one that would be a sunny day driver only, an Alvis would surely transcend any of the Ferrari's and Lambo's usually one usually sees as this type of thing.  Beautiful, unique, and actually kinda reasonably priced, considering. ... View more

It's cars like this that entrenched a certain perspective of the C3 Corvette that it has taken years to escape.  OTH, this is one of the best examples of that perspective I've ever seen, so dang it would be fun to have to relive that time period.  and cannot deny a 454 backed up by a stick is all kinds of awesome.  just needs a little finishing to restore (?) it to its former glory. ... View more

nothing more expensive than a cheap Porsche, or Benz...or RR.  but sometimes its the journey that's fun, not so much the destination.  I would enjoy looking at it in my garage, esp if I knew I was the one who fixed it. ... View more

a few guys on YouTube have done unibody re-body's...where the rotten bottom is cut away and the upper superstructure welded up to a clean bottom...usually an upscale trim 2 door onto a 4 door floor.  probably hard to find a junky 2 door 2002 with a clean floor that doesn't warrant restoration in its own right, tho. ... View more

I'm glad I'm near retirement age...open air office space is highly overrated and encourages everyone to tune out to keep sane, and unfortunately that carries into the personal life.  I don't want to go through life with the default mode of blocking everything out.  If the pandemic ever ends, I can't see corporations not wanting to save money by ridding themselves of office square footage expenses and pushing/keeping office work to remote connectivity.  I'm employed in the data center operations field and my employer has worked for years towards a 'lights out' operation, and the pandemic worker accommodations have only supported this model.   Bottom line its not clear that Ford will make great use of these new office construction, after bulldozing some beautiful mid-century architecture.   ... View more

The Live and Let Die sequence is one of the most hilarious ever...even as a 13 year old I said 'wow look at all the Impalas!'.  everything, literally everything is a '73 full size Chev, other than the very few Eldo's, both stock and Dunham-modified. ... View more

I have a modified '70 Mach 1...built Cleveland, top loader, no p/s.  I love how engaged you have to be to drive the thing...there are no computers or sensors or monitors...you are it.  but I don't drive it everyday...my DD has everything the Mach doesn't...but when I need to escape, that Holley 4 barrel to the 9" rear is...every...thing ... View more

that sure looks like a cleveland sitting in there...my fav ford mill. ... View more

clearly a different hearse went over the cliff instead of the LaSalle...still not sure what it was.   ... View more

And the Miura! ... View more

1968 Caprice...I could watch them all day long.  the 1st Gen Camaro RS's pretty cool too.  and the '66-'67 Rivera.  But def the Caprice first. ... View more

I felt my anxiety rise as I read further into the story...been there many times where the job just keeps going and going.  You have a skill and want to help, but the people who ask you to help with their car, because typically they know nothing about cars, know nothing about the amount of work and stress that it can take...and may not even care, esp if you're their dad!  'Is it done yet?'  Fortunately the problem here revealed itself fairly early in the job...looks like someone tried a cheap RTV fix after calling the dealer and hearing the extra special happy friend price. ... View more

Maybe.  Cars of today are fatally dependent on the technology of *today*, that once technology inevitably advances in a couple years, today's cars will be obsolete.  Maybe they could become part of a museum diorama once they are no longer operable.  I have a new Charger, and it freaks me out that everything is controlled by the center stack touchscreen...once that this goes out, and if there isn't a replacement available, then that's it.  I don't have this problem with my 30, 40, 50, and even 60 year old cars ... View more

also, besides the shaker, and despite what you see at car shows, most '69-'70 Mach's did not come with spoilers or slats, and Magnums were never offered on the Mach for those years.  I have a '70 M code...like the vast majority it originally did not have shaker, slats, spoilers, or magnums, but like the vast majority now, it has all of that (except the shaker).  I have had kids ask me 'why does that have the wrong scoop?', not realizing what they are asking...lol ... View more

Most Mach 1's of the era did not come with shakers...in fact the majority came with the 351 2v engine.  I believe in '69 only the R code had it, and then in '70 you could also order it with the M code.  So a shaker-less hood is more true to the heritage than a shaker-equipped, notwithstanding the fun factor of having a shaker. ... View more