Duck-brand tape on Amazon, in a 12-pack, is $67.99. That works out to $113.32 for 20 rolls; considerably more costly than an $80 tire.

We’ve got one of each at Lane Motor Museum!

The new Allard J2X

SO Fast between T7 and 10a/b! Damn.

There are no “little hand cranks” for the windows and sunroof in an E30 M3, but there is an “S”-shaped hex key that fits into the motor shafts, accessed by removing a plastic button on the door or roof panels.

1961 von Dutch Rocket Car FTW!

Why all the hubbub, bub? Not even close to the rumored price for a very low-mile Evo in August of 2016. A handful of cars are going into 6 figures; sadly, my 265K mile daily driver ‘90 is not one of them - but then again, I am not afraid to drive it anywhere!

After I stuffed my ‘86 Civic Si (RIP) under a Jeep in a storm, I had a rental Neon. Not an ACR, just a plain ol’ Neon. It just so happened our local SCCA “August Heat” 2-day Solo 2 event happened at the same time. We used that Neon as the “spec” car to set up the courses, and to let people take “fun runs” in over the…

As a 22-year member of the CCA, let me just say, that’s awful. OTOH, the 8-Series and Z4 Concepts I saw at Pebble last month were pretty nice.

That Abarth badge is a dead end - it’s the only Abarth thing on the car. There is not another nor evidence there ever was one on the other side, shifter, instruments, steering wheel, head, exhaust, etc. that Abarth was involved. Those badges are <$8 on eBay. Abarth, like Alpina, would have had a secondary VIN plate on…

1967 Gyro-X, by Summers and Tremulis. One-of-one, at Lane Motor Museum in Nashville.

Tennessee has an “open container law” that allows, yep, open alcohol in the passenger vehicle, as long as it’s in the possession of a passenger.

Your fave...

Of course - weird cars in their natural habitat may occur only rarely. But I keep a DSLR on the seat when I commute, and squeeze off several shots, hoping to catch the target. Sometimes yes, sometimes no...

Cue Frederik Pohl’s 1976 Nebula winner, Man Plus.

In order...

If only Donna Mae Mims had lived a few more years...

1926 Hanomag 2/10. 4-stroke single, water cooled, lever start, one door. It’s crude, but fun to drive, as long as you don’t think about the 90 year-old wooden artillery wheels coming apart in a corner. I don’t count the replica of Henry Ford’s 1896 Quadracycle, since it’s a 1980's replica. And terrifying.

Those are 2nd gen. See above for 1st gen Fairlady. I’ve always liked ‘em; one uncle had a white one, another had a silver one. Rustbuckets, though.

Many years ago, I saw a white Lamborghini LM002 in front of Nashville’s full-size replica of the Parthenon. Kinda surreal. Rumor around town was that it belonged to a hotshot Vanderbilt doctor.