Loved seeing this car featured on your site.  My dad had one of these and I was also a child of the eighties.  Dad had lots of LTDs: a his and hers pair of 1972’s, a 1978 and then an 1981.  I remember his ‘78 LTD well though.  It was not as nice as this white beauty.  I went with dad to the car dealerships every chance I got.  I remember loving the looks of those hideaway headlights - - very classy!  I even collected a bunch of the brochures in the showroom.  Boy was I disappointed that the silver-grey one we took home had the base, fixed-quad headlights and roll-up (manual) windows.  It took us until the 1981 LTD to finally get some of those creature comfort power accessories.  (I got that well-worn ‘81 LTD from dad by about my senior year of college.)     I never got to drive our 1978 LTD, my first car was the surviving 1972 LTD, after it was handed down from mom, to sis and finally to me.  In retrospect my 1972 LTD was quite the ugly duckling; Fire engine red over red vinyl, white vinyl roof, matching red, steel wheels with poverty caps and sadly, 4 doors (of course the other ‘72 LTD my dad got rid of first was a hardtop coupe!).  My only chance at looking cool was that I had a 351 Cleveland and could hope that other people had seen the Burt Reynolds movie White Lightening! (In fact, I think every single car in that movie was a ‘71-‘72 LTD)  At 16, I was still short enough to lay across the expansive back seat and my head and feet wouldn’t touch the armrests!  Although since that ugly ‘72 LTD I’ve had proper muscle cars, a convertible, Jeep CJ, a modern pony-car, pre-wars, an antique truck, etc, but I’ve never forgotten that big-olde red, land-yacht.  In fact, just had a dream I was driving it the other night.  ... View more

I think it’s the coolest kooky car of the bunch. I also like the look of the Maverick Grabber. ... View more

The Glas 1300 GT Coupe kinda  looks like the product of a one night stand between a Ferrari Lusso and a Ford Maverick.   ... View more

I’m 53 and I been a gearhead long before I got my license the day I turned 16.  I have never been to a drive-in theatre nor have I seen one that was operational anywhere I have lived in PA, DE, NYC and now NJ.  I’ve seen a closed one from outside the gates when I was high school.  I would love to take my classic car to one of these things (or anywhere else at this point).  Where do I sign up?!  To me it would be like getting to participate in cruise night on American Graffiti or going to the Woodward Dream cruise.  Perhaps I’m glorifying it too much from car movies but it seems like fun.  I don’t really care about the ticket prices since I paid $20 for just about every car show I went to last year on Saturdays and Sundays. ... View more

I have to agree with Pagan_Wizard in certain cases, such as our Lemans ->GTO example know that you are devaluing that numbers matching Lemans and lowering its value.  It used to be that the performance (or threat thereof) with the GTO badges or V8 swap made it worth the effort, but subsequently resulted in one less Lemans survivor out there to share and preserve for automotive history.  However, nowadays, a 6 cyl LeMans will draw quite a crowd at a car show as people flock past all the tribute cars to examine your strange “LeMans” like its some of Canadian version of our more familiar Pontiacs.  So by preserving the stock Lemans you’ve helped your bank account, helped preserve automotive history and made yourself more popular, but what about the other consideration - performance or the treat thereof with the GTO badges?  That’s also now a no brainer.  No one at the stoplight is scared of the performance of a real GTO anymore, no even even a Judge.  The non-traction control, 0-6 times of the heavy, steel, legendary muscle arms of the 60’s and early 70’s can be embarrassed by a new V6 Camry so why bother!  Car folks will still love and respect the classic cars and you will enjoy the novel experience of driving them as they were made back then.    However, as others here have pointed out: What if you found it with the engine & drivetrain long-gone? (Like me 90% of the time) Then I agree with the other camp - go nuts with the mods YOU like!  In that scenario, you are only increasing performance and usability.  I actually DO like that that these new “retro parts” make the engine look more traditional.  It’s kind of like a “tribute treatment” for the engine compartment! I like the look of cloth wire surrounds over modern, insulated wires in my engine bay.  Hey, lots of folks were fine with the “tribute treatment” of the exterior! (SS badges on every single Malibu & Chevelle grill)  How is this any different?     If you think these parts are silly now, wait till they are only making these parts to make an electric MOTOR look like an old-school combustion ENGINE!  You will have to explain to your young-ins at the car show at the drive-thru joint, that vehicles used to run on fossil fuel combustion engines (illegal on public roads) powered by things that looked “kind of like that fake carburetor/air cleaner assembly” - and point at those “silly” fake parts.  ... View more

Wow!  Impressive feat with 1941 technology.  1,225,000 perfectly machined parts assembled in 55 minutes.  So why can’t we now mass produce PPE such as simple plastic face shields, paper masks, gloves, gowns and even respirators at a speed and quantity that the world has never seen before?  And if we are why isn’t it making the 6 O’clock news?   ... View more