Wow; can I take door number three? Like that spiffy bubble-topped coupe thingy behind the Merc in photos 2 and 4 of. Anybody know what that is? Cuz that would be the project that would do me in.

@franzouse: @mechimike: That helps, but five more words make it heaps more comfy; "Keep it running all winter". With a well-tuned diesel, leaving it run all night uses surprisingly little extra fuel.

Was this a test drive or something? "Yeah, fits me like a glove! I'll take it!"

Much as I like the LeSabre... hey, back up a minute; why wasn't that one of the choices in the poll?

Bah! Paddle shifters are for woosies. Give me the "rolling chassis" that doesn't. If I'm spending $40k on a project, I don't want to be dealing with bent/broken metal.

@smalleyxb122: Exactly. Some cele-brat will end up killing himself/herself (or some innocent passerby) with one after receiving it as a birthday gift from moviestar mommy or daddy buys. The rules don't apply when there is celebrity or money involved.

These are nice, but I still prefer the '59-'61 body style. The wings and the classy wraparound windshield are hard to beat.

@jduffy13: How did this not get COTD?

@theeastbaykid: "... but how entertaining is that compared to coon urine and bear hunting?"

So I guess this is a sign that the judges lean a little to the left... Or is there maybe an alternate punishment just to balance things out? Maybe the Obamination would involve an Al Jolson getup, and the offender having to run around the pits trying to organize a "community", while stealing all the good spare parts…

The question is, does it dog-track as most rodded Novas do?

Wow; 276 comments so far!

I better dance with the girl I brung, so Muntz it is.

@NovaloadMissesPolar makes an excellent point; look at other offerings from the same era, and this thing was no standout. Sure, it was a little on the quirky side, but... Compare it to a Chevy Impala from the same year;

I'm all for historic preservation, but $9k for this? Maybe if you took this example, wrapped it in a hermetically sealed bag and put it in dry storage for another fifty years or so... maybe it'd be worth that much. But definitely not today.

@west-coaster: "I can't imagine having to cobble some of the plumbing together and then pleading with a smog referee every two years."

Wow; scary that I actually remember seeing that commercial, way too many times on Saturday mornings & afternoons after school. Interesting how far typography in package design has come since that commercial was aired; when was the last time you remember seeing a kid's cereal box with the title in unadorned block…

"One owner, only mowed church lawn on Sundays."

The timing of this is a bit humorous too; just this morning I bought a 2-cycle gas-powered leaf blower/vacuum. It'll replace my aging corded electric.

@tonyola: And don't forget warning labels. Lots of them, with fun and informative pictograms.