I’m morbidly curious to time travel and be in the room as they devised this scheme. Was it “Mwahahaha” or was it sterile, coded corporatespeak about retention and friction and such? Fascinating to contemplate.

We all know how this works. The buyer doesn’t compensate the seller for the work put into the truck. The seller, on the other hand, accounts for the cost of sourcing a new tailgate when (or before) the existing one devolves into reddish dust. ND.

Sometimes. I keep some around for those rare cash-only situations, and when I have a fresh $20, I try to break it so I have smaller denominations.

Unfortunately, today most cashiers just hand you a wad of moist bills with your coins in the middle of the pile. Arrrgh!!

Like a lot of GM designs from this era, the Reatta feels like a good idea that was rushed to production before it had time to fully ripen. Still, it’s unique and pretty nice, and you might be hard pressed to find a better example. NP.

It’s a runner, NP. I’m not sure I completely trust the seller’s stewardship of it, but I’ve learned from experience that a car well maintained early in life can often survive some missteps by a later owner and still be a solid citizen.

As a lifelong NJ resident until 4 months ago, I only recently had self-service become the default method of filling up. My vote goes to the people who leave their car at the pump while they do a 10-minute shopping expedition in the Kwik-E-Mart. It happens occasionally even in NJ, but seems more common in the self-serve…

Note that there’s not a single unadulterated American flag.

I’m conflicted. It has some of the rough edges and odd details you might expect in a prototype, but it doesn’t look like a backyard hack job. Still, how hard could it be to confirm? Were there any kits like this? I gave it a highly contingent NP, because if the story is true, this would be a very cool piece of history…

I've never been sold on this design, but I appreciate the love for it. This one looks pretty well sorted, so NP. 

This feels sketchier than a da Vinci notebook. The map in the ad centers roughly on a major hospital, which you may need after you wake up missing a kidney. Do I need to say ND?

I went pretend crazy with my pretend money. Couldn’t this be a future collectible? The style has aged well, it’s an objectively good car, and it would be a modest investment to bring it back to fully original if you’re fussed about that. Contrarian NP.

Is it just me, or did we hear what might be the sound of body panels flexing? 

This would remind me too much of my ‘86 Chevette, which was also white with the same color interior, and also had ‘80s GM build quality. ND. 

The bones might be good, but by the time you do/undo everything necessary to make it livable and not embarrassing to be seen in...nah. ND.

Sure, it would need a lot of work. But it’s handsome, it’s unmolested, and it’s complete. That has to be the most charming dash I’ve seen in a while. And something about the intact headliner tells me this has life in it yet. NP.

I feel like 99% of possible second owners for cars like this are the foolhardy and unsuspecting. If you’re rich enough to both buy and maintain one, you probably want it new. Somewhere there might be one wealthy buyer who considers it shrewd to keep the $100K, enjoy the luxury and accept the remaining cost of…

I’m a little suspicious of the mods. Did they really work out all that well if it’s for sale within 5,000 miles of the work being done? ND.

For my sister’s wedding, my brother was deputized to pick up some flowers in his ’70 Monte Carlo. He got to the florist, flipped the driver’s seat forward, loaded the flowers in the back, and...it wouldn’t start. A second vehicle was sent to rescue the flowers. Flipped the seat forward, transferred the flowers, flipped…

The seller has three choices at this point: