andyfrobig
Andy Frobig
andyfrobig

That’s like entry level project money for a Ferrari, and pretty cheap for a nice Duesenberg.

No love for the Cadillac 331? I see lots of comments about how advanced the SBC was when it came out, but it was standing on the shoulders of Cadillac and Oldsmobile engines that had already been out for several years. Every OHV V8 owes a huge debt to the Caddy 331. Meanwhile, the various Bugatti straight 8s and the

Sterling Archer remembers.

Though some tried! Paul Weller called him an influence and you can really hear it on the "In the City" LP.

When I was a kid in Guilderland, NY, I often saw a red Pantera parked outside the Price Chopper supermarket. It always had the driver's window down and keys in the ignition. I never knew whether the owner was saying "I dare you" or "please." Still, somehow it seems cooler to me than a Ferrari 308. If I had the money,

I can relate: 25 years ago I crashed my Triumph Tiger into a Mercedes, and when somebody asked me how I felt, lying in the road like I was, I said, “I hate to be an asshole, but how’s my bike?”

It could take years for White Steamers to get over the stigma.

I know I was wondering.

I had a car nobody remembers: a Mazda RX-4. The RX-2 and 3 were small and light, so they still get raced and drifted, but the 4 was big and expensive, and by the time it hit the US, nobody trusted the rotary. With good reason. Then the 7 came along and wiped all the rotaries with back seats out of our memory.

I read recently that you can't get a new Civic for under $25k now.  For this money I might prefer a Vincent basket case, but this is a NP.

I guess being gorgeous inside and out and going like a bat out of hell don't factor into it.

Big Healeys go for more now, and pretty as they are, they can't stay with an Interceptor and aren't half as hospitable in bad weather.

And the induction noise from them sounds like the theme from "The Pink Panther."

If they're not 3D printing safety glass yet, how much longer could it be?

It sounds like they had a hard enough time getting two pedals in there, otherwise I'd prefer a stick too.

My mom has a great retinologist, you want her number?

You could care less, so you don’t care as little as you could. Which makes sense, because who can look at a Jensen Interceptor and not be impressed? This car makes a '69 Charger look like it didn't deserve to catch Bullitt.

The boiler makes a great crumple zone, as long as you don't mind dying slowly from 3rd degree burns.

For me it’s almost the opposite—trikes that you sit on seem like "I want to ride a motorcycle but they're not safe enough" and the ones you sit in are more "I want to drive a car but they're not dangerous enough." I prefer two wheels myself.

I’ve had a ‘65 Cadillac and a ‘76 Olds 98; cars haven’t come that big in decades. I think they both were about 19 feet long, and I parked them on the street in one of the oldest urban neighborhoods in the USA. It didn’t bother me. I especially miss the Cadillac. I’ve also had an ‘05 and ‘06 Scion xB; 4-doors hardly