I like it. It looks nice and aggressive. And it actually looks like it likes to go around corners.

A CB400/CB-1 engine would be awesome for that sound.

Having seen some of the most iconic vintage cars on road and track, I have to say that a the three-pot is infinitely closer to their soundscape than a 1-cylinder lawn mower engine (though some very old cars did sound a bit similar to that one too). And above all, sounds good instead of pretty horrible.

Can I be the first to cry, “HIPSTERS!” I can hear the mustaches growing right now.

How is ~10x more expensive “not much more expensive”?

Speaking of, why is there no “aarp.jalopnik” sub-blog for the old farts?

This is awesome. Just needs a different kind of engine, something with more cylinders (but with same performance levels obviously) to be less grating and more enjoyable in the aural department.

I’ve been thinking about building something like this for a long time, just for fun. What it needs is a small racing class on local kart tracks. Add a small hoop and a harness for safety, and off you go!

Sign I’m getting old #84: The first thing I thought of when seeing this was “holy crap that’s a death trap!”

Didn’t he also make some crazy mods to his car, like putting in drums of gasoline hooked up to the tank in his backseat that effectively doubled his tank capacity?

To be fair, this was a lot more... not insanely illegal than Ed Bolian’s run. Their average driving speed was 65.4 mph, Bolian’s was 98.

Except it was designed to use helium, the US, who controlled the entire world’s helium reserves, refused to sell any to the Nazis, so they used hydrogen.

Take it back!!!!

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Hyatt Regency walkway collapse.

Does Windows Vista count?

Colin Chapman’s final masterpiece—he eliminated everything but the engine. Doubtless this was on his funeral barge with him when he sailed to Avalon, and was made an offering to the Old Ones. One day, he will return to rule over Lotus with a tiny fist and a sceptre made from an aluminium pushrod, banishing memories of…

It has what diesels crave!