AIUI, the original Grasshopper (this is a recreation) was bought as a semi complete drag car and was supposed to race. Somewhere along the line it became a show car (hence all the chrome and the weird seat and the lack of floor), but it did make a few passes down the track. The chassis did flex (the car would go right…

I’m just going to say it, but the interior that’s pictured looks like an art installation, the sort of thing where someone builds a small dining room, paints everything off-gray, except for one thing, like a single red apple or a sign that says “Love Once Sat Here” or a Barbie doll wearing bright neon colored 80's…

A pillar mounted gauges always make me think twice about the quality of the modifications. They get slapped into so many questionable cars “because racecar” (or more likely “because The Fast And The Furious”) that I imagine that the owner just threw parts at the car. 

You know that, and I know that, but I’ve read threads on various fora where people are debating taking their cars on a road trip because the forecast calls for possible rain, and they don’t want their cars to get wet. I’m not even talking things like vintage cars that might leak or break down because the electrics get…

I don’t know, but I would guess it’s real based on two completely unscientific things.

Robert Mapplethorpe, but yeah, a relatively famous photo.

I rather liked the Patti Smith bumper. It was probably photoshopped but I wonder if there’s some outtakes of Mulaney dressed as Smith.

1.) I should probably also say the Corvette and Miata fora.

What are the odds that there are like ten threads going on at the Ferrari boards about how all of those cars are RUINED!

It’s so bad, the cheese rotted off!

That’s some pretty advanced corrosion - I can’t tell if it’s twenty year’s worth, though. I wonder if they just started with a shit heap Pacer*, puttied over the rough bits, and threw some cheap blue paint on it before adding the foam burger and fry bumper.

*I loved Shit Heap…

I got mugged while watching a Cubs game in a hotel room in Nashville. 

Truth. I myself was murdered three times last time I visited the city. 

Well, it’s not necessarily about the numbers either. I own two cars - a Mazda Miata, and an MGB. The Mazda runs rings around the MG in every conceivable performance metric. And I generally would rather drive the MG - it’s far more fun and engaging. It makes the Miata feel like a boat full of water. (For the record,…

Interesting! I am familiar with the Fire Truck, but I didn’t know it was reusing the mechanical bits of a previous car. I bet it was easier to drive with a round wheel instead of the tiller in the FT.

I did a quick internet search but didn’t find anything conclusive on whether the body of the Truck was fabricated or a…

ISTR that Old Fashioneds got super hot again when Mad Men was popular, because that’s what Don drank, then it tapered off again. Except around here, obvs. 

Where did the Strip And Go Naked end up on this list?

You do not.

Wacky show rods like this weren’t usually made from real Model Ts or whatever. The chassis might be from out of the junkyard, but a lot of times the suspension was made from spares or custom bits (maybe even the chassis rails, I forget if you could buy repop stuff like that at the time). The bodies were often made of…

I will sometimes give the “WHAT? YOU DON’T WATCH BOWLING FOR MEATLOAF?” answer when I find out someone doesn’t watch whatever it is I’m talking about, but I’m really careful to make sure it’s obvious I’m joking when I say it. I’ve found that obviously fake outrage/shock followed by a calmer “But really, you might like…

Lots of brass era cars only had rear brakes, and maybe a transmission band.