I desperately need a spare tire with a SPARESPARESPARESPARESPARESPARE tread pattern.

50hp is plenty, you just have to drive like it’s the last stage of a rally and you’re two seconds behind Walter Röhrl. All the time.

Self-adjusting! Pish-posh!

‘67 Saab 96. (Two stroke.) Five years older than my ‘72 daily driver, a V4. Very different driving experiences.

Luxurious fourth lug bolt!

Neat.

I hope it’s made in three to five different countries like the original.

Seems like a delightful amount of visibility out of that greenhouse, at least for a supercar. Overhead shot is outstanding

What a dumb headline.

Audi TT with nostrils and a backwards baseball cap.

Nice Nissan, did you move to the US from Japan?

I don’t know, I’d pick the Eta engine over its contemporary M10 any day. The M20B27 is a wonderful 300k mile workhorse with a beautiful torque curve from the bottom to a top that it reaches about 2000 rpm early.

Yeah, I meant in rallying in general. I don’t think they ever saw a podium in WRC.

Yeah! The T-Body was everywhere. Great info too. The US just didn’t get good versions of any car in the 1970s. Better off that the Isuzu brand wasn’t tainted by the “Buick Opel”.

It always make me smile when I see one fly by in the vintage rally videos. It also makes me sad because I used a own a ‘76 coupe.

Not that it really matters, but the “Buick Opels” offered stateside in the mid-1970s were actually abysmal Isuzu Geminis.

Tom’s a bit of a legend!

V4! It’s totally capable in modern traffic, just very easily blown about. I’ve driven a two-stroke and it’s a completely different beast, I will take one across the country some day. Nightmare difficulty!!

Haha, oh God. *cries*

There’s nothing that tests grip strength quite like driving a tiny old car at highway speeds. You do not relax on the highway. It is a butt-clenching death-defying act that requires 110% of your attention and driving abilities.