1973 Alfa Spider. Still in the garage, in pieces, after 20 years. But I’m working on it!

Colin, great article. This reminds me of every 10 years or so when Popular Science or Popular Mechanics would print another article about some guy who came up with a new design for a blimp, and a new era of luxury air travel was just around the corner!

Very cool, but does anybody know what happened to the Triumph he rode in “The Wild One”?

“Turn your head and cough” is for a hernia exam, not prostate. I hope it at least teaches the doctor to say, “just relax, now” before, well, you know.

My dad was stationed in Germany in 1958 when I was 10. I saw a lot of these. The Americans called them “machts nichts sticks”, pronounced “mox nix sticks”. Machts nichts is German for “makes no difference”. They got this nickname for obvious reasons.

My first bike was a 1982 Harley FXR. And I never got bored with it!

“You don’t see suicide knobs very often in cars (they are sometimes used in boats and tractors) and I’m not sure why you’d want one.”

Fast Five-A bus slides sideways into a stopped car and the CAR DOES NOT MOVE! The bus tumbles over the car. That violated the laws of physics so much I didn’t watch any more of that one, or any one. Too much.

Reminds me of the Visible V8 and Visible Chassis I had in high school. The visible V8 was a 1/4 scale model of a Chevy Small Block, and mounted into the Chassis which had a 3-speed trans which shifted. The clutch disc was a 2" dia disc of sandpaper. Clutch had springs and a foot pedal and everything. Front a-arm…

"Granted with a starting price of $13,805 you could almost buy two Mirages for the same price of a base four-door GTI at $26,205."

Triumph TR3

Nope. That's just you, bro.

I got a couple of Webers out in the garage that I decided not to use on the Alfa, that have just been crying out for a place to go. This project would be perfect! NP

If it was one of the four remaining roadsters, it would be a $7 million car today, but since chassis number 1055 was supposedly taken to Le Mans in 1966 as a back-up car, it's still no ordinary ride despite lacking the period racing pedigree. Edsel Ford himself kept it in his collection and it stayed with the Fords…

I think you mean "Ascoopadoor".

For all who wanted a V8 swap:

I had a TR3 as my DD back in the '60's & '70's. Best toy I ever had. Worst car, but best toy.

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My dad bought a new Catalina in 1962, the first year of the Grand Prix. I still remember it as one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen. I've been a Pontiac man ever since. 43 years later, I bought a used 2004 Grand Prix that is still my daily driver. So far, it's been the most reliable car I've ever owned.…

So you want a diesel?