I have a BMW E46 M3 CSL which fits into the lightening model. The car is available fully spec’d with air con etc to which you are then offered delete options to save weight and become more track focused. Thus they have hit on the clever strategy of charging the same price but supplying less whilst at the same time appearing to tailor the car specifically to you. If they had chosen to offer it as base with ad ons they would have made less profit and the buyer would have got a cheaper car. Marketing eh! ... View more

Unless the spelling is different in the US surely the car’s name is Mabel? ... View more

I remember the 787B at Le Mans and it was a truly awe inspiring beast. The noise as it passed by was wonderful as a spectator but I dread to think what is was like for the poor souls in the cockpit. I would imagine winning at the Sarthe was some degree of consolation though. ... View more

Another method using masking tape or similar is to put the bolt in the socket and then wrap tape round the socket with enough overhang to wrap gently round the bolt and pinch the end loosely under the bolt head. Once you have the bolt started you just pull up and the tape should come up with the socket and you remove it and finish tightening. ... View more

Not a straight answer in the whole piece, I wonder why a grown man talks that way?  ... View more

Sorry just noticed your comment after posting an almost identical one myself. What’s interesting is that I’m in the U.K. so minds across the ocean! ... View more

I made a simple tool for this purpose over forty years ago merely by knocking out the ceramic part of the spark plug itself and adapting a suitable rod to go through the centre. Screw it in and off you go. ... View more

I agree. It’s rather like when they remake a classic movie, they have alter it just to show they’ve been there but it’s seldom an improvement and I cannot see much in Chip Foose’s adaption that would make me want his version over the original. ... View more

I live in the U.K. but my wife and I visit the U.S. as often as possible and there is an old family owned Drive-in called Silver Moon near Plant City, Florida not far off I-4 which we love to visit. You can either use the old-fashioned speaker on door post or tune in your radio. For the authentic feel we usually use the door speaker but regretted it one night as there was a swarm of some kind of vicious bugs and we got eaten alive and itched for days after. ... View more

MG land speed record car at Benneville. ... View more

I too met Stirling both on the racetrack in historic racing and professionally when I had an idea back in 1980 to produce a limited edition print by getting selected drivers to nominate their own choice of favourite race. I drew up a list of drivers that would interest me and I thought the public. Top of that list; Stirling Moss but how to contact him? On a guess I looked in the phone book and there he was! A short telephone call later to propose the idea to him and he invited me up to his high tech house in Curzon Street to discuss it further. I went there with the preconception that he would choose the 1955 Mille Miglia in which, he along with pace note reading co-driver Denis Jenkinson, the famed, DSJ, Continental Correspondent of MotorSport magazine, set a never to be beaten winning record time. However to my surprise he chose the 1961 Monaco Gran Prix. When I asked him why that was his preference his answer was that in the Mille Miglia the Mercedes 300 SLR he was driving was certainly one of the best cars whereas at Monaco his Rob Walker Lotus was outdated and outclassed by the Ferraris he was up against and thus the win was entirely due to his own driving talent. He said he had never driven so hard for so long in any other race in his career and that was why it stood out for him. They often say you should never meet your heroes but I’m glad I met mine. ... View more