You get a hell of a discount on Rolex watches if you buy them at the factory. And I bet the chocolate is amazing.

That was a BL thing - a bunch of cars used the same part.

Yeah, the 2+2 was nicely done - sure it’s a little bulkier than the 2 seater but it doesn’t look awkward like the E-Type 2+2, with it’s higher windscreen.

I feel that the Corvette in the article would’ve looked better with a different roofline instead of the fastback - a notchback or something like the Mustang’s…

Yeah, if I were to do something like that I’d need an actual project car, since you have to re-do everything anyway (or a retired racer). The one I have now, while far from perfect, is still too nice to really mess with. Best to just fix the things that really need fixing and keep driving it.

I know I’ve gotten old…

Thank you.

If I had third car money I’d get another B and autocross it. I’d really like to get an old BP racing car and autocross that, and because I’m heavily Roadkill influenced I’d try and get it road registered again. 

That must be regional. The vast majority of Jeeps around here are driven by suburban soccer parents. The vast majority of Miatas around here are barely driven at all, but when they are they are driven by old people.

Naw, Corvette guys will defend any Corvette to the death. What you need to do is buy a Corvette then drive it in the rain or something, and forget to clean it. Then go to the show with dirt and maybe a couple of bird turds on it. They’ll go ballistic.

Lucky! I’ve always wanted to see the BAT cars. I can’t remember if I ate at Hattie B’s or not - I was in town for like three days and I’d picked out lunch and dinner options for most of the meals, but I know I had at least one second lunch somewhere.

One thing I didn’t do - even though I said I would - was eat at…

When planning my own trip, I try to make either the out or return trip one without major highways, and I try and research whatever towns I’ll be passing through or nearby. Architecture photography is a hobby of mine, so I’ll often stop on the main street of whatever town I’m passing through, park up, and walk up and…

My dad and I go to Road America a few times a year (we live near Chicago), and there’s a specific truck stop near Kenosha we usually stop at - gas up the car and use the restroom, grab a donut at the Danish Bakery inside and be on our way. Old place, probably from the 70's or 80's, with kind of a cramped convenience…

I have one of those too, and while it’s not my primary music source anymore it often comes with as a backup (I leave it at work most of the time). The battery is toast, so it needs to be plugged in most of the time, but it still ticks along.

I just noticed that Yellow is one as well. No shame - if I had space and money I’d probably have an interesting older camper and something interesting and older to tow it with!

Good eye! I thought the wood trim on the steering wheel was odd for a Lumina but damned if that isn’t a Buick logo in the center.

This really doesn’t look like a well cared for vehicle - just one that was cheap enough to keep running that the owner did just that. 

Hold the phone. Is that a legit Centurion? 

Ha!

Way back in the day, I read an interesting article by the late, great, Russell Bulgin, probably in CAR magazine. For those who aren’t familiar with him, Bulgin was very aware of the importance of design, image, and culture as it related to automobiles, and was and remains one of my favorite automotive writers. In any…

I say this to everyone who has kids and can’t decide what to get. Bonus with the van - you can easily haul motorcycles or engine blocks in them, and there’s way more room to work on the next kid as well.

Number 3 speaks to me. I’ve spent a lot of time loading large, bulky items into people’s cars, and it’s always the same thing - there’s no place to tie anything down, or to tie down the trunklid/hatch. If you’re lucky you can find a towing hook under the bumper (this is never guaranteed), but there is never anything…

They dry rot quite fast. Same with the Corvair, which had the spare in the engine compartment (this was considered to be part of the ‘Vair’s handling problems, cause you’d put the spare on and the air pressure would be way high from the engine heat).