And extremely rare because of that. Wish it had the Dauntless instead of the Chebby. I drove a CJ5 for a few months with the cloth top and doors - called it the “flapper”. It was a 4 liter or 256 straight six. Driving the thing was “hell on wheels” but it was a lot of fun too. I’d rather have a CJ7 with a hardtop and…

Flat spotted or not, the tires go - 27 year old rubber has too many chances of being bad - even if there are no cracks showing. Anything over 10 years old is just for show.

If the car was stored in a climate controlled garage out of the sun the rubber parts should be fine. Clean the fuel system, replace engine oil, put on new tires and 99 chances out of 100 you could start that car and drive it across country without it turning into an episode of “Road Kill”, I’d check the brake surfaces…

It’s a bulletproof INLINE six with gobs of torque. Referred to as “the poor man’s diesel”. Like the venerable Chevy 292 it will handily outpull the 5 liter and even 5.7 liter V8s - just won’t run as fast. Single cab 8 footers are not in high demand, but try to find one in decent shape when you need one. Just like a 7…

You’d have to pry it out of his cold dead hands!!!

Actually not bad tires - a lot better than the early Hankooks. Their quality control is as good or better than some “American” brands.

The biggest problem with the Chevette (Shovette) was they didn’t put dual exhaust on it - and it’s hard to push a one handled wheelbarrow. As for the Vega Nomad I’d be REAL temped if it was closer to home - it was a rare car and as the “hated stepchild” there are VERY few left in existence that have not been turned…

The 5.4 liter “hi-fi stereo” is what gets the looks. Nothing sounds like a free-breathing V12

The log book pretty much doubles the value - missing the log cuts it in half for basically ANY Ferarri -particularly the v12s

I wish I would have been able to afford to bring my ‘49 VW split window bug back from Zambia.

6'2" isn’t a problem if you weigh 185 lbs and wear 32 inch long pants. If you wear a 46 inch belt and a size 48 jacket and stand 5'8" you may have a problem - - -

You buy it (any car) to enjoy it. If you can get your money back after a few years of enjoyment it’s a bonus. If you can make money after enjoying the heck out of it for a few years you hit the jackpot. I’ve never bought a car looking at what I’ll get for it when I get rid of it - and have only sent two to the scrappy…

The s2000 is kinda comparable to A Miata with an aluminum block 302 shoehorned in - - -

A friend had an S2000 and traded it for an M3 or M5 (not sure which) BMW Roadster and  is kicking himself. Not that he can’t AFFORD the upkeep on the BMW - but it’s money and irritation that were not in the picture with the Honda.

A dealer empire REALLY SERIOUS about internet marketing has all their inventory in a database, and the database drives the web page. As soon as a car is sold it comes off the web page (or gets flagged as “sold”) and when a new vehicle gets put in inventory it is put on the web page - (sometimes even a “coming soon” ad…

I worked for a Mazda dealer back in 1972, and I can tell you if you think Mazda dealers were bad, be glad you didn’t have to deal with Mazda Corporate (particularly Mazda Canada back then!!!) Made Canadian Motor Sales (Toyota Canada) look like absolute SAINTS.

As for Mazda and MSRP - a lot of companies have a policy that you CAN NOT “ADVERTISE” a price other than MSRP. You CAN sell below cost if you want to - but you can’t “advertise” it - and stating the price on the phone is construed by some dealers as “advertising” it. (Sanctioned sales excepted)

I had a car that didn’t embarrass me at all but embarrassed my wife. It was a 1973 Ambassador SST 9 passenger wagon painted bright corvette yellow. It was referred to as “big bird” or “the banana boat” or “old yeller” by various friends. It was a local landmark sitting on our driveway. I finally sold it after starting…

In ‘76 I headed for the Tulsa street rod Nats from Waterloo Ontario in my ‘57 Fargo with it’s 246 inch flathead six at 250000 miles. Original except the cyl head - which had cracked and I replaced with a used one off an old combine engine- not even a valve job or rings as far as I know - My Dad had it for 5 years…

Believe it. If maintained REASONABLY well they will go across the USA (or from Bulawayo to Capetown) without anything failing or falling off with 400,000 miles on them if they are no from the “rust states”. They beat those critters across the Australian outback where a 500 mile drive is a “short trip” all the time.