FAKE NEWS. Mergio would have accepted a half-eaten burrito.

On the contrary, I think weight savings are even more important when you’re working with a heavy vehicle.

Any Events in CT? I’d love to bring my 68 Cougar and check out yours close up.

I didn’t know this feature existed. Build of the week is now my favorite thing on Jalopnik!

We revel in bad but fun cars. Last year we had a 1964 Mercedes with a 302 Ford run with us. And the Mad Max. And whatever Liam builds. You’ll be on the same page in the wallowing + tire smoke department.

Oh fuck yeah, I love everything about this.

He used to have a layer of black plastidip on the bottom for “the awful looking Chip Foose two tone effect,”

Wow someone actually knows how to size a carb. Awesome build!

Mad props. I wish I had the space and to build something this silly. Like he said, it’s all about the fun he has driving it. Sure, something more focused would be better, but he never leaves this thing without a smile. And you can’t put a price on that.

Now i feel ashamed for not driving my cars harder.

Truly. I can’t think of a better way of honoring dead dinosaurs than by converting their carbon residue into motive force in decidedly inefficient ways.

Call the Holy See; this man is a saint.

Fantastic work man, Love me some old Mercury.

This car is fantastic

If you can watch that first autocross video and not giggle like a child I don’t know why you’re on this website.

Peak Jalop

Everyone else can resume bitching about stanced.

I don’t know, I kind of dig the two tone. All orange kind of gives it a general lee vibe. Either way, great job on the build and driving the hell out of it!

Honest to god... in my opinion... this should be a 40k car new...

Are you kidding me ? The answer to the Alfa Romeo 4C is always going to be LOTUS. For the sake of daily drive ability, I recommend a used Lotus Evora 2+2 with a proper manual gearbox instead. There’s many for sale under $45,000 like the link below:

This except Cayman!