I'm just surprised that it took you 8 years to get to 100,000 miles. Hell, where I do most of my driving, the thing is a brand new car! ... View more

BMW, for the love of god, do something about that front end, PLEASE. It just gets worse. ... View more

Agreed FloridaBoy. It's also not even a 300SL, but a 190SL. Not all 300SL's were gullwings, only the coupes of which the photo is not. ... View more

So many different design cues on this car that were borrowed or found their way into/from other vehicles about that time. Clearly, a Pontiac Fiero, Ford Probe, Nissan 300 ZX-Z32 and Corvette C4 approached a 4 way stop at the same time, and none of them stopped. When the smoked cleared, voila! ... View more

Small quibble Rob, and yes I realize I'm splitting hairs here, but your statement "In addition to being put in Rovers, the engine found its way into a variety of factory British cars including the MGC and the Morgan Plus 8," is not entirely accurate. The "MGC" was not equipped with the Rover V-8. It was equipped with the Austin-Healey 3000 in-line 6 of 2912 cc's and was not available with a V8, although there was much discussion and some engineering work done to attempt it. The Rover V8 would eventually find its way into a small number of "MGB GT V8s" and all production versions of that car were GT's. No production roadsters were made that way, although many roadsters have been modified with the motor. Good luck with your search for a new project, whatever you decided! ... View more

"Power was increased to 475 hp at 7000 rpm and torque turned up to 312 lb-ft at 55000." "Atkinson’s Zagato is believed to be the only example fitted with such a beast of a motor, says the selling dealer, Dylan Miles." Not trying to be pedantic, but if that engine turns 55,000 RPM, it is one hell of a beast alright!!! ... View more

And yet, FCA or Stellantis or whatever it is that they are calling themselves these days continues to sell as many different variations on the Challenger, a "modern" interpretation of a 50 yr. old design as they can churn out, notwithstanding the sad news on this same website this week and Ford's only car available any longer is the Mustang, another modern interpretation that looks just like an evolution of the original. I don't believe that it is inevitable to have the same cookie cutter look for all manufacturers just to meet CAFE and safety regulations. I think its more that they have lost the desire to be imaginative and don't feel the need or necessity to be different with the coming forced changes to EV's, autonomy or whatever trash transit they will be forced to create. ... View more

I'm not even sure that it's that. It's great that Cadillac would would go out on a limb and spend the capital to produce something so obviously questionable/exciting in this day and age, knowing full well that it wont sell in huge numbers. But as I look at it, I cant help but think, that it just looks like any other Camry, Maxima, Accord, Stinger, you name itmobile on the road today. Cadillacs used to be distinctive, "the standard of the world", now just another origami folded paper look with an ugly blacked out gaping maw of a front end. If I could afford to drop 85 large on any new car, I would certainly want it to look special and recognizable for what it was. ... View more

Interesting design, but having moved the headlights outboard from the original design, just remove the grill and the front end looks like the rear end of a '52-'54 Ford. Picture #8 above especially bears this out, looks like its going away from you. I agree with Bob, lots of Kaiser Darrin there as well. ... View more

It's always interesting to see these one off Zagato designs that come out of the woodwork, their design language at the time carried over from one manufacturer that they did work for to many others and is usually easily recognizable. This Bristol, although unique, comes across as a mashup between a Lancia Flaminia and an MGB GT, except this car predated both of those designs apparently. Uniquely different.. ... View more

Kyle, your smile in the opening photo for this article says everything anyone needs to know about your ambitions and experiences on this weekend! Good luck and personal success to you in your goals for "Six ways to Sunday". Spent a couple of years blasting around forests and through mud on a Husqvarna 250CR many years ago as a much younger guy and can appreciate your enthusiasm. ... View more

Interesting article if not terrifying for Sam. I'd be interested to know what the tire pressure differential was between the front and rear tires both before and after the bump in rear pressures, I assume to help control the oversteer. I recall that when Corvairs were new and suffered a similar condition that Chevrolet recommended a 12lb. difference in cold pressures from the front tires to the rears, of course tire material and construction being far removed nowadays from what it was then. Obviously, the Tatra was carrying far more weight in the rear with a much higher center of gravity than a Corvair as well. Pigs in heels.... ... View more

Good info Matt. I too have a been a user of nothing but traditional clay bars for some time. I've seen the pad in Griot's catalog as well as the towels at a local parts store and was always a little skeptical. Have you tried either of them on non-clear coated paint or acrylic lacquer? May have to give them a try... ... View more

Looks like an aquarium..... I feel like I'm looking into an exhibit at SeaWorld. It's reminiscent of the Pacer. Can't imagine that would be comfortable for the driver. ... View more

Certainly does spoomin, I knew what you meant, but "placing a bet" makes it sound like there's some element of chance in the game, when we know that's not the case here. Take care. ... View more

It's not even placing bets on the winners. It's more like stacking the deck in their favor to reach their desired outcome, the rest of you be damned. ... View more

Thanks for making my point Jake, yet California is the poster child for telling the rest of the country how they should live. ... View more

Joe, Have you ever been to any 3rd world countries? I've lived in a number of them in my lifetime and can tell you that EV's will NEVER replace the ICE in those places. Governments in these countries can't even provide electricity to most peoples homes, much less rebuild their entire infrastructure to accommodate a rich man's toy that is charged and created using good ole fossil fuels. I've been on this orb for 60 years and can't remember a time when there wasn't someone peddling the "we've got to clean up the....." (insert cause of choice), or we're all going to die. The air & water have never been cleaner in my lifetime than they are now. To me, the whole EV thing is nothing more than elitist push to force people to change the way they live (if you can afford to) to meet some global panic agenda and make themselves feel like they've done something for the betterment of mankind, meanwhile flying around the globe in their jets to pick up Nobel prizes...Hypocrisy at it's highest level. ... View more

Love these kinds of stories, the what if's from our youth.   Now, I grew up a Mopar kid. Dad was devoutly a Chrysler man and we had up to that time had a constant stream of Chryslers (Newports, New Yorkers) and Plymouths or Dodges  (Barracuda, Darts, Valiants) passing through our driveway and I didn't think there was any car that was more cool than a Hemi 'Cuda or GTX at that time. It's 1976 and I'm a 15 yr. old kid riding the bus to school and back each day. My trek to get me to the bus stop included passing through a newly constructed neighborhood that was quite a bit more "upper crust" than the area I lived in. Each day, I would walk past a certain house that always had their garage door open a few inches at the bottom so you could see that cars were parked inside, but couldn't tell what they were. One afternoon on my way home, the door was open enough to see the lower fender of a car unmistakably painted with hemi orange paint. I walked home and made the determination that I would knock on the door the next day, which I did.  I was greeted by a 20 something blonde who must have been quite amused by my awkward stammering as I tried to explain why I was on her front porch. When I finally got why I was there, she replied "Oh, that's my boyfriends car, would you like to see it?"  WOULD I?    We walked to the garage and she flung the door open to reveal the most beautiful, pristine 1970 Plymouth Superbird I have ever seen. As I gawked and walked around the car, I asked "Do you think he would ever sell it?" , somehow thinking that my part time $3.00 an hour job would get me within striking distance. She laughed and said "Sure, for $10,000"........................   Might as well have been a million to me back then.   ... View more

Incredible. Mike's realism is "unreal"! I've seen other people doing this same thing, but none of them I've seen were this good. I had to look at the picture of the '66 Fairlane gasser in the garage multiple times to figure out that the car and garage were not the real deal. Can't imagine the patience that goes into doing these. ... View more

Spot on Jack! From the video: "I provide natural and emotional interaction with a characteristic attractive visualization" Am I driving a car or hanging out in some digital, futuristic brothel? "I know everything, I'm always online!" Tells me everything I need to know about this "car" and the people who will be "driving" it. I'll stick with my old E21, whatever happened to the Ultimate Driving Machine? ... View more

Rosemeyer was an interesting case study. He had tremendous talent and was by far the most successful racer in the horribly handling Type-C. He had no preconceived notions about how the car was supposed to handle, having next to zero experience driving a car prior to racing for the Auto Union team, so he just adapted and figured that was normal. He was the only German driver to win the Vanderbilt Cup, in 1937 at the old Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. Unfortunately, his career was forever tainted by being a member of the NSKK as were most German drivers at the time and later the SS, which used him and his wife as show ponies for the Nazi party. ... View more

Brings back memories. We had a neighbor on our street when I was growing up back about '73 or '74 that had both a 360 and the little ramp side pick up at the same time. The guy that owned them was about 6'4" and skinny as a rail, they also had 6 kids. I remember watching him drive down the street each morning in that little truck, literally stuffed inside, looking like Ichabod Crane, all knees up around his chest, couldn't have been very comfortable. He would drive around the neighborhood with a bunch of his kids in the back of that little truck with their arms dangling over the edge of the bed nearly dragging their hands as the bed was no more than 2 feet off the ground. We kids always thought the family was a little strange. Never would have thought then that Subaru would ever become what it has now, or that these little cars would ever be worth such amounts. ... View more

So much aftermarket stuff nowadays is just plain junk. I try to be very selective about where parts are made for my vehicles now. It's extremely frustrating to order stuff online and then have to wait for it and pay for all the shipping, only to get it and have it not fit or be unusable for whatever reason, (usually poorly manufactured or engineered) meanwhile your car languishes in the garage....  ... View more

Why is it that I find myself having to spend so much time these days defending the things that I enjoy and that bring me happiness and worrying so much about the "witch hunters" and the self righteous who are trying to take it all away? Is it just because they can't find happiness in their own pathetic, meaningless lives and have therefore determined that if they cant make their own lives better, they'll just make everyone's else's miserable? To what end........ ... View more

1.Radar Love...pick any lyric.   2. "Well the Ferrari couldn't catch her, no, no, the Maserati couldn't take her, the Lotus couldn't shake her, she's a GT Ford.   Jackie & the Giants-Ford GT   3. " Movin' fast, doin' ninety five, I h it top speed but I'm still movin' much too slow... I feel so good, I'm so alive,  I hear my song playin' on the radio.   Kiss-Detroit Rock City. ... View more

Your English is better than many people here in the US. A well done presentation of the "piece of crap" 125p Nice job. ... View more

It looks like any number of cars that raced at LeMans in the 40's and 50's. Very much like those that participated in the World Sportscar Championship and other endurance events. Could have been a copy of those types of cars or one that someone was building for such events. I'm with Jim on the  two humps at the rear of the cockpit that were definitely head rests ala Mercedes 300SLR. The faired in rear wheel coverings look similar to something that Aston Martin used on the early DBR1, however those were removable spats. These look to be permanent, would have made changing tires very difficult. There is a hole on the passenger side rocker area that certainly could have been for side exhaust..... Going down the rabbit hole now.. ... View more

@WRLotus  Ah, no harm intended, all in good fun. In any event, it looks like you had a great time and isn't that really what it was all about? Beautiful Europa and Esprit. Love the pictures. ... View more

Torino........it's Italian.....as is Torino. ... View more

Sure am amico, Torino. ... View more

@WRLotus, Being pedantic myself, but if you're in Canada touring, isn't all that Detroit iron travelling with you "foreign"? ... View more

I thought I was the only person who noticed these things.......My wife absolutely hates it when I call BS on every movie we are watching with a car scene where there is racing, driving or chase scenes on dirt roads with tires chirping or squealing. So stupid..   ... View more

Well, I'll throw one in here that I miss and in a small way has taken something away from the sport of racing and that is the "running start" for the drivers at places like Le Mans. It was a small opportunity for some drivers & teams that maybe had not qualified so well to gain a couple of seconds at the start of the race. I understand the accompanying risks from the mayhem that usually ensued and why it was changed, that and Jacky Ickx protest to the start of the 1969 race by simply walking across the track at the start, only to end up winning the race from the back of the field, proving his point, were some of the primary reasons it was discontinued. But there are some things that continue to this day that came about as a result of the running start, including Porsche having engineered their cars ignition key switch on the left hand side of the steering wheel, which made it easily fall to hand as a driver jumped in the car thus saving a second or two. ... View more

I just finished reading Bascomb's book this week. As a student of 30's-50's Grand Prix and SportsCar racing, it is an intriguing and very interesting human interest story. I think many of us could relate to Rene Dreyfus' career, feeling you've reached the highest point in your life only to have it taken away. And then being able to overcome your most doubtful and worst critic (yourself) with support from friends and family to be able to find tremendous success again, exorcising your own ghosts. A good story. ... View more

The Peel Trident, of course it would probably lose out for Best in Show to the Peel P50. ... View more

Jack, you've let the cat out of the bag.....bought my own 2018 SV  4x4 a little over 10 months ago with 6k miles on the odo, after much research. The Frontier provides exactly what I wanted, no frills truck with a history of dependability at a fraction of the price of it's competitors, without all the unnecessary gee-gaws and nannies that will only cost a small fortune to repair in the future when they break. I specifically wanted to get my hands on one of the final years of the "same old design" before the changes were made. Great truck and I couldn't be happier at this point after the first 12k miles. Added bonus for those who require it, that your forgot to mention, it's made in the US. ... View more

Know exactly what you mean Kyle, but I have to disagree with your observation " I did five hours of labor and, technically, I didn’t make the truck any better." You certainly did make the truck better and by renewing those simple things, gave yourself a little more pride and appreciation for your truck. My wife hates the level of OCD that I have about our vehicles. I just spent the last 2 weeks chasing down a small rattle in my daily driver that was coming from the rear drivers side door. Door panel off, back on, back off, tightening bolts, hinges, you know the drill. Finally found it where the door catch was being held by the striker plate. A little grease and job finally done......My wife said she couldn't ever hear it........which is why when repairs are having to be made to her car, they usually involve more costly issues because she never notices them until it's too late. ... View more

If it isn't broke, don't mess with it! I've never been able to understand the "change for the sake of change" mentality, in business or anywhere else. Nissan has taken a lot of garbage for leaving the Frontier pick up virtually unchanged in it's present generation since 2004 and yet it continues to outsell vehicles like the Honda Ridgeline and GMC Canyon and holds its own against the Ford Ranger and Chev. Colorado all with a 15 year old design. Change is coming in the upcoming redesign for next year, but they have proven that you need not mess with a good thing that meets peoples needs just for the sake of the latest, greatest and newest... ... View more

I've always liked the looks of the '55-57 GM pickups, but more the step-sides opposed to the Cameo and fleet-sides. They look a little awkward compared to what came both before and after and the front end look was ruined in my opinion in '58 with the dual headlights, but just something about that design that looked right. ... View more

@Bunka, Pantera translates to Panther, you're thinking of the Mangusta... ... View more

Ah yes....the Lynx.. And lest we forget, the Bobcat and the Puma. The early GTB was a pretty decent car and looked pretty cool and decent power, lightweight and a 4.0 straight six. ... View more

I've never seen these photos of the Mach 2. Looks like the love child of a GT40 and a Lotus Europa. The last photo is not bad looking, it may have been an interesting concept. ... View more

Well, if you consider fish as animals, I've always though that Barracuda was one of the best. Triumph Stag was pretty cool too when sorted. As for big cats, there have been Tigers, Lions, Jaguars, Cheetahs, Cougars, Panthers & Leopards. Some were more cool than others in that group. ... View more

Hello Tina, and welcome to wonderful world of old car ownership.  Regarding your issues, (the brakes at least for now as that is without doubt the most important.) Brake fluid lives in a captive environment, therefore if your fluid level is dropping, it's leaking out somewhere, usually through bad wheel cylinders, ruptured or cracked brake hoses or bad master or slave cylinder. check the area right behind each of your tires after the car has been sitting and the backsides of your tires for signs of leakage, it will appear as wet leak marks on the tires themselves or small puddles on the ground if your wheel cylinders have gone bad.  Follow each of your brake lines from the master cylinder (usually right near your steering column where it enters your engine bay) all the way to each wheel, especially the rubber lines and check for leaking, it will be evident when you see it. That should give you a good place to start on the brakes. Could be other things, but those are the quickest and easiest to fix. ... View more

Would love to see any manufacturer in the US sell mini trucks again that were actually mini and were actually trucks. I just bought a year old Nissan Frontier 4x4 that is considered to be a "mid-size" truck nowadays. It is small in comparison to 90% of the trucks I see on the road, but it's huge compared to the Datsun 620 and Mazda B2000 which I owned in years past. They were great little trucks that did a multitude of jobs and didn't require a CDL to drive..... ... View more

Does the rear wing help it to fly, thus the Sky Ranger? ... View more