I was expecting to see Road on the list. Just watched it on Netflix and was very, very impressed with it.

Tough call. Even if I had something as valuable as a 250 GTO in the garage, I’d probably still let me brother drive it (a. he was a competitive SCCA driver for years; and, b. he’s my brother). And I can’t pick something that is just too damn dangerous to let friends and family drive, because I’d then certainly invite…

With respect to the football team:

At the corporate level there are plenty of corporations that acquired another brand and then murdered it.

CRX First or second generation.

After your first major, out-of-warranty repair. The intensity of resentment is higher the closer the repair is to the expiration of said warranty. For example, ball joint at 150K is no big deal and I doubt most would consider that outrageous wear and tear. But an engine rebuild when the car is 10K miles out of…

I was driving to help a friend move out of Lawrence, MA one Sunday morning (a not-so-good section of a not-so-good town) I turned a corner to find a Lancia Stratos rumbling by me. This was back in the early 90’s, or maybe even the late 80s. No mistaking what it was. No reason for it to be driving through there.

Germany opened WWI with an offensive strike through the Ardennes in 1914, so it wasn’t entirely outrageous to think the Germans would try it again in 1940. Don’t give Hitler too much credit for the plan, the invasion plan was called the Manstein Plan, after Eric von Manstein. Other German generals did oppose it, but…

How about the Maginot Line?

Problem solved

Something like a 1924 Miller Board Track Racer must have taken brass ones the size of cannon balls. Drive quickly? Hell, just making it a one lap must have been an adventure. Board tracks earned the nickname “murderdromes” for a reason.

The original SWB 911 was a handful, but the 930 really put Porsche on the map for snap oversteer

The vehicle is the companion

You have it right, the cannon rests in the “V” of the engine and the crank drives the prop through a gear.

This is a Hispano-Suiza HS8-Be engine. It does not have a cannon on it. The Hispano-Suiza engine that had a cannon on it (not in it) would be the HS-8Ca

Correct, the Fiat G.55 and Yak 9 had a cannons firing through the hub. as well as the 109 and the P-39/P400. Pretty sure there are other fighters/ground attack planes that had a machine gun/cannon firing through the hub.

Inspired by the RA272? With that seat hanging out there it looks like a dash of RA302 was thrown into the pot as well.

Where the heck is James Dean’s 550? The wrecked shell bounced around various exhibits, allegedly leaving a trail of pain and suffering in its wake. Somewhere along the exhibition timeline George Barris purchased it. A few years later it vanished from the back of a truck. Barris stashing it away for some reason is most…

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