The Datsun B210 and 210 (B310). Hear me out... they’re cheap. They’re front engine, rear drive. The drivetrain is anvil simple and robust. Rust aside, they can go forever. They’re light, tossable, and if you happen to crinkle one up, it isn’t a big deal to repair, nor will you get upset about it, because, hey, it’s…

I’ve lusted after that RV-2 for a long, long time, and I want to build one. Was it based on a Supra, or any type of production car? I know the front half doesn’t look like their then-current offerings, either, but underneath, does anyone know what it came from? I have this (dream? goal? delusion?) to make something…

In all sincerity, thank you for posting this; I was planning on welding a crossbar from side to side, just over the driveshaft tunnel behind my front seat, and having shoulder straps run down and connecting there, like old hot rods. You may have saved my life with this post, and hopefully many others. COTD for sure.

Hi Raphael,

With this video evidence, there should be no issue in convicting her. She will be a con. This video is nothing but Con Fusion.

I love these because the placement is a 100% throwback. They’re harder to see down there, but Chevy put them there just because they’re on the older ones. (And I know the whole car is “retro” in a way, but this takes it a bit further in my mind...)

Okay, for my real comment. Those “extenders” for the upper A-arm. I’d think they could package the A-arms under the hood, so are they up there merely to see them through the windshield?

That gauge is clearly meant to indicate that you’re coming up on a Harley Davidson.

When the insurance company says, “No one is to ride in the back seats”, someone with the correct level of BRATitude would simply say, “You’re not the boss of me!”, then storm out of the office with a pout and fists clenched. It’s all a test to see if you’re suitably BRATional enough to own one. Then they BRATify the…

Grindgate?

I know, but it was literally the first thing she said to me face to face. We talked online, agreed to meet at a pizza place. I told her I’d be in the gold Beetle. I pull in, she sees me, gets out of her car and starts walking over as I get out. No hi, no “nice to meet you”, no “oh wow, this is an old Bug”, just “Isn’t…

Oh my God, you guys and gals, I’m not kidding when I say this is a dream come true. I’ve been on Jalopnik for years and have never, ever had a comment garner as many likes and support(?) as this one. Even thought about auditioning to write, except Jason Torchinsky seems to have the same brain as I do, only with more…

Mr. Torchinsky, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Loving Beetles since I was a kid, I’ve been scared, then dismissive, apologetic, then bored by the whole connection. Unfortunately it seems anyone who says this stuff isn’t the type to share Small Wonder or another “history of” with, or even my hackeneyed…

Isn’t this *kind of* what the Aztek was supposed to be? A lower, wider, cross between a Wrangler and a Trans Am? Why couldn’t they have made this, instead? I would DD this so, so hard.

Mr. Torchinsky, sir,

Really!! I had no idea- I mean, it makes perfect sense that multiple colors could confuse other drivers, but I guess I’d never realized there was legislation in place. Thank you!

So, I’m not sure if this is the time or place for this, as Mazda (at least) had this idea like 45 years ago on their RX500... but why haven’t automakers followed through with a series of lights on the back to tell whoever’s behind whether the car is accelerating or coasting, with brake lights of increasing brightness…

I’m so torn about this; The Excalibur seemed to have kickstarted the whole horrible retro-30s thing so I agree, but I think the 60’s SS, with cycle fenders and Brooks Stevens design, could’ve been the American version of a Caterham. Just a light(ish), low(ish), sports car; unfortunately it then grew more ‘30s fenders,…

Mmmm... Hi, girl. It’s been awhile. How’ve you been?

So, so many fantastic suggestions already, but I’d like to throw in the Glassic. They don’t look like like a Model A with that front overhang, and it’s not like Model A prices in the ‘70s were so high you couldn’t just get an original. I’m not sure if these are considered kits or not; I wasn’t around, but I *think*…