@SagarikaLumos: but, if I read the California smog laws right it only needs to be smogged one more time and the demons inside it can be set free. Free of the miles of useless vacuum lines that do nothing but leak, Free of the possible smog pump (which is in effect an anti-supercharger), and free of its stock intake…

@Maymar: And what make it even better is the steady supply of WRX engines and transmissions coming out of Japan (and local WRXs who's owners didn't realize that all wheel drive cars can't stop any better than 2 wd cars). I know much about this as I own an old vanilla Impreza and frequently fantasize about turning my…

I have been missing the PCH feature for a while now.

My first derby all i did was paint the block of wood orange and apply a Confederate flag sticker (early '80s). Somehow came in third.

@petersterncan: It is a 68. as long as you don't sell it it is smog exempt. Gigity

I wish this post had pictures of I am sure are fairly awful cars.

I had a white '85 and I loved it. It is only the rampant oxidization ant the 275k miles that finally did it in.

@econobiker: I voted crack pipe, as I will for most insane engine swaps. If it can't pass smog in CA, I can't drive it to work. If I can't drive it to work it isn't worth the scrap price.

When I look at these sort of polls I have to ask, "Could I get this thing registered in California?" and "If I could would it be any fun to drive" or alternately "After scrounging the unobtainable and unreliable original emissions control devices would this car be drivable?"

@brc is never late, because of his v8: And real ones can be had for less money. At a car show on Sunday I saw a 1990 for $25k

is just me or at 13 seconds do we have a new car belching so much smoke that the motorcycles in chase are forced to stop and shake their fist in anger?

I don't see the connection between the trucks. The only thing I see is the KC daylighters on the roll bar.

@SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R): Losing rental cars is one of personal paranoia's. I rent cars about once a month and stay in hotels with lots of other rental car drivers. I now take pictures with my cell phone of my rental car whenever I park in a big garage.

@TampaRon: I loved the look of the outside of the Magnum, but I got inside the beast and it looked like a special at Rubbermaid factory outlet. Combine that with craptastic transmissions that Mopar has been installing for the last 20+ years and you have a car I won't buy.

This is another car that would be a kick in the ass to own, but the killjoys at the much lamented CARB would never let me get it on the road for the hoonage I desire.

@Jeb_Hoge: If we are counting half assed fixes. How about my giant key ring hung on the shifter of an old f250 to keep it from popping up out of gear. There must have been a hundred keys to provide the needed weight.

@anaxomander: I shop at Ralph's to this day but I am still a little disappointed that they long ago changed the labels on the generic food. Right now I colld use a "beer".

@Motor_Yakuza: I figure it is to go against the current horrible trend of high belt lines.

@Dhillaz 2.0: Hummer does not make the HMMV the H1s were taken from AM General and given an interior and extra crap. The H2-H3 have nothing to do with the military truck.

My roof top oil cooler on my baja bug. I used the wrong size line (routed through the back of the bug) and I got a hot oil shower while driving down the road.