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

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

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

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

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

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