The real problem can be surmised with this:

I’ve been tempted to do that with my Corvair. But my numbers would be 200HP less, because it made 80HP....gross...at the crank...five and a half decades ago.

Inspired by Jalopnik’s Hellcat preview:

Yeah, it was one of the reasons I stopped watching. Talladega and Daytona was just a matter of watching and hoping your driver didn’t get in a wreck. They were just big demo derbies mixed with a roulette wheel. Not even racing anymore.

They had to get creative in the 60s

Close enough to be recognizable. Far enough away to be WTFable.

Ash tray.

The Mitsubishi Triton/Raider can be seen during this series of test drives:

They don’t tell you when your tire is more worn out than a dad joke though.

For checking lights:

Corvair with a 993 drivetrain in the rear and a 964 in the front for AWD:

I traveled light once, as in “small half filled backpack” light. I had a seat at the back where the safety gear takes up the already small amount of bin space, I could tell other people appreciated when I got to my seat and just tossed the bag under the one in front and was down in a few seconds. They knew it was one…

And just for you:

That’s nothing compared to the foresight at GM in the ‘60s. They even included a smartphone docking receptacle on the Corvair.

The 80's has you covered, bro.

I miss the early 60's...

As soon as they figure out how to make them out of something other than plastics which typically use oil as a base, right? OPEC killed the 12" GI Joe.

This post needs this song:

Did 65 in a 55. Saw a cop on the side of the road with a radar pointed straight down the road. Kept doing 65. He pulled over the white T-Bird an eighth mile behind me.