I had a ‘74 Beetle that got up over 70 when I wasn’t paying attention, but my Microbus gave me 65 on flat ground if it had been tuned up recently. I think a Ghia that maxes out at 65 needs some maintenance, or an engine upgrade.

Lots of stuff from the mid ‘50s on will stay with modern traffic just fine. I think it’s nice that new cars are safer, but think about all the old people there are in the world, and remember we all survived years of lap belts, drum front brakes and no airbags. In the late ‘80s my daily driver was a ‘66 microbus where…

I’m an American on the internet. It’s my job to say whatever the hell I want with nothing to back it up. If it makes you mad, well, that’s just a sweet, sweet bonus.

Meatloaf is like kids and dogs: anyone who doesn't like them just hasn't had them cooked right.

I grew up in the ‘70s with broke parents. They had Type 1, 2 and 3 VWs and a few Corollas. My dad also had a really crappy Chevelle and, for a little while, an AMC of a model I don’t remember. None of these cars had AC or power windows and if they had automatics, it was an accident. Armrests? Please. In other words,…

Timing chains are usually great but I had a Toyota pickup with a 22RE and apparently you can count on the tensioner wearing out, allowing the chain to cut through the timing cover so your coolant and oil can get to know each other. And it doesn't wait until 200k. It didn't for me, anyway.

Something tells me there was some kind of intercession short of the crusher, and it's in your yard now.

Of course this is an idea that goes back almost as far as motorcycles, and it’s kind of neat because it seems to be done pretty well. But this much power is on showroom floors in much lighter, street legal, factory stock bikes from several makers. I guess the CB750K engine is popular because they’re so dependable, but…

I'd say yes, you'd have overheating problems if you rode around on a bike like this, but in a drag race or speed record run you're done before it's much of an issue. This was also a problem with longitudinal 4's like Ace, Henderson, Excelsior and the Indian Four, and the Nimbus, and even Vincent cautioned against long…

I expect the SOHC CBs were carbureted very differently than a DOHC like yours. They first hit the street when fuel economy and especially smog control weren’t on bike makers’ minds. Even so, this carb setup and the whole project looks very sketchy just to get horsepower that you can get from half a dozen new-bike…

I see shifter knobs here & there, but to be specific, it has to be an 8 ball or a chrome skull. Anything else and you might as well just get an Uber.

All my cars came with tires.

Ok, first of all, if you really hated this stuff you wouldn’t keep doing it, voluntarily, over and over again, so just admit you’re a Jeep masochist and seek out your community. Second, why is everybody wasting all this time swapping out flat springs? Just find an abandoned dockyard with some solid gantries, flip the…

Or for an example everyone can picture in their heads, the Munster Koach.

I once saw a Nissan Stanza with a blue canvas roof. I had to leave a note on the windshield.

Like tires...coincidence?

Imagine doing a Cannonball and having to stop in Barstow for tires.

A French VW, so like a VW squared.

Hey, the guy’s got an aesthetic! Not one that works in an ad, but you can’t have everything.

I lived in Manhattan for eight years and happily drove 1st gen xBs the whole time (I needed one for work). An iQ would just about make sense there, if you can find a parking spot that even a Fiat had to give up on, but you’d still probably have to walk ten minutes back to your apartment, so it doesn’t have much…