These are fairly common even in the Rustopia of New England.

The color doesn't look quite right. It must be because I'm accustomed to the faded-rusted look these acquire suffering a minimum twenty winters in Cambridge, MA.

Could it have a trunk full of decomposing mob victims? Bales of banknotes? No doubt the reality is less romantic

@Graverobber: I knew the sequential signals were motor driven but not the specifics. Neither did I know that it was ever replaced by an electronic unit. Thank you for that illuminating bit of history.

They can't rust all that fast. I found a near spotless KG on the rainy streets of Cambridge (the one where they drive on the wrong side of the road) just last year.

Ah yes, the old coffin dragster, for when you don't want trouble anyone with a funeral. You keep rolling into the graveyard and they just keep on racin'. Now THAT is dedication.

@Foozy Ploosh Room: So that's where all the Fox-bodies went.

Satan's Phallus from Coop's Model A. [bp0.blogger.com]

Sure, that hood ornament is cool, but its not Phallic Satan from a 19th century French whorehouse.

They forgot the original, most important Tesla:

Sure they'll probably win the race, but they have no shot at the Index of Effluency award.

@discontinuuity: I had already voted Buick but that thing sounds like an offensive lineman snorting in preparation of yakkin' up a massive loogie. I love it.

@wkiernan: For a summer in college I worked for the USPS and drove the Grumman LLV. What a piece of shit. At 45 mph it felt like the whole thing would shake itself apart.

@damnelantra™: Well its actually off the Island, so its alright for rust to remember.

Makiato vanity plate? Is the owner a Japanese barrista?

@pauljones: Count me in for the beer drinking. Is ok if I bring my chocolate oak aged homebrew?

@Mad_Science: Thanks for digging that up. This post combined with Murilee's "promotion" conjured up the memory of that comment. Help yourself to a nighttime Breakfast Scotch.

@blogenfreude: Ask and ye shall receive. I cannot imagine how this one didn't make the top 25. [jalopnik.com]

@beta.rogan:

1948 IHC KB-2. Still my favorite despite the addition of a Traction Avant since the last milestone.