Yeah, at some point we’re all counting on the people around us to pay attention and not run into us. But that isn’t always how it goes. If I am doomed to be in a crash, I like my chances better in today’s equivalent of this car, even though it was surprisingly stout for its day. Absorbing and redirecting energy to…

All the stars for that “kids, don’t try this at home, unless you happen to be Bob Hoover” demo (speaking of northern California, an airshow at the former Hamilton AFB may have been where I saw it), and the reminder that a car with half decent aerodynamics doesn’t need that much horsepower for steady-state highway…

Some sage whose name escapes me at the moment once observed, “Being a hero in your own time sometimes means you don’t have much time left.”

If you want one of these, this might well be the one you want, and the price is, if anything, on the low side for apparent condition. The question is whether it runs as though Great-Grandpa drove it often enough to keep things lubed, and occasionally brought it in for a tune-up. If it languished for years under…

A point that is implied by a link in the top paragraph: the orange beast driven here by Leno is actually the second Jerrari.

A shiny but slapdash respray in an incorrect color is actually more off-putting to some than a three-speed slusher (still pretty common in those days), but it’s still a good deal for an appealing car that otherwise looks to be in pretty decent shape. I’d want a local BMW expert to independently corroborate that…

Someplace with cheaper insurance and fewer speed cameras than Phoenix?

Not surprised the ad is down. They aren’t (apologies in advance) my thing, but if (and only if) the claimed restoration was comprehensive and well done rather than just a superficial sprucing-up, this price is well below market.  

It was a way of getting around that didn’t have to be fed whether you were using it or not and didn’t randomly emit poop in the general direction of your face when in operation, so there’s that.

Substantial “very rare” premium for shifting your own gears. Normally this little kitty goes to market for less than half that price. ND for me, given that it’s not exactly in pristine condition.   I’m fine with an automatic in what’s really a luxury GT with some sports car siblings.

> most people aren’t gonna bother making their own alcohol, apart from those people with home breweries or those that make wine

Maybe if it were pristine or a low-miler. It is neither, though it appears to have been well loved.

>It looked like the ignored entry from communist Russia.

I invested a few minutes in the URL listed in the ad. It is a rebate that Pacific Gas & Electric, the power company for most of northern and central California, offers to their residential electricity customers.

I actually have the skillset for a chance at successfully fixing such a thing without reducing myself to a smoldering pair of boots. But if I wanted to spend $4000 to take on someone else’s obscure techno-hobby, I’d want a less careworn example of something more sustainable in the US and, to be brutally honest, with…

There are indications that the owner may be a local flipper not actually selling his personal cars:

Price is a bit dear for what it is, and the mileage; but with a used car you’re also buying ownership history, and if I still lived in the area and wanted such a car, I’d take a test drive and have a look at those dealer service records.

That, and “not actual miles,” and a price $2k above one in Good condition in the tough Hagerty grading scheme, all tip it to ND. A similar unit in Fair condition (“Has flaws visible to the naked eye”) only commands half that price.

Ah, yes, the glory days of “promotional consideration.” From Goldfinger introducing the Mustang through Cannon’s Lincolns and McGarrett’s Mercuries on Hawaii 5-0, nobody was as considerate as Ford.

He put all his money and effort into the engine and now wants to get it back when someone else takes over the rest of the project, which is okay as-is for a rat rod, but if restoration is your goal, needs something hard to do or hard to source everywhere you look.