I had the pleasure of knowing Jim through the New England Region of the SCCA, when he stewarded our races and ran for elected office (Regional Director?).

“I never vote. It only encourages them.” —-some actress from Hollywood ages ago.

Fascinating! Jalopnik is well served by investigating the history of “motoring”. Great stories.

You said you were worried about body damage. How would you even know?

So, no driver on board. It went in on its own Accord, then?

“...if there’s anything we’ve learned in recent years, it’s to not underestimate China.” for leveraging western tech secrets out of mandatory partnerships. Makes sense that they’ll eventually use that tech on their own.

My dad had a dark red one, five speed, that I had access to in the late 80's. It never felt right to me. Perhaps because it had pretty well controlled body roll (which I was NOT used to) that masked the lack of traction in wet weather. I hit a curb with it in the rain once. Pushed the front wheel back a bit, but it…

I think you might call it an Incompetence of Mustangs.

Tariffs don’t kill industry. People kill industry, with tariffs!

I think you just used up all of Jalopnik’s supply of sarcasm for the week. That must have hurt!

That thing is just begging for a wing and a propeller.

How loud was the McLaren CanAm car.

The first car I was allowed to drive from the family fleet (sister ship pictured). ‘77 DL, 4 speed with “pull the lever on the floor for 4 wheel drive”. Drove like it should have had a mower deck. Open the hood and all you saw was the spare tire. Riding in the way back, as I often did, was painful: corrugated flooring…

Somewhere in your alt history, your car would have splashed though a mud puddle and gotten Ralph Nader’s new slacks all dirty. That is why, or so the alt history goes, he was so pissed at the Corvair.

Learned on this bad boy (sister ship pictured).

Have you stolen a Ford lately?

Mom had a ‘66 Ford Fairlane station wagon in red. It looked a lot like the one you show. Awesome memories.

Ford pickups have a Blue Jean color that I like. It’s only on the pickups, though, which is a waste.

When I worked at a Ford dealer a few years ago, someone did a midnight grab and took away 3 Platinum level tailgates with the cameras and steps. Even at dealer cost, it was a few grand to replace them. IIRC, to fix this they took gates off of lower trim level trucks of the same color and took a small amount off of the…

Onward! You are a fountain of inspiration for everyone who owns a project vehicle. I dedicate my tetanus shot to you, good sir.