jackolsen1
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More Pontiac than Pontiac.

Cadillac has always been, and will always be, an embarrassment. There's no fixing it.

Ninjas are attacking my burning car!

I can't think of the right word to describe it. It looks like the old Viper, but something is also a little bit off. It looks..

Jaguar COULD be a hugely successful sports car company. But for the cars they make. Always close, but always not quite there. At least, not for a few decades now.

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As Hemingway would say, you need a 'clean, well-lighted place.' And tools. And a lift. And compressed air. And some rawk.

I've always thought of the GT-R as a particularly homely girl who puts out so well that you have to forgive her. Or at least close your eyes. Is that wrong?

Not a FWD car, and also not Willow Springs Raceway. It's the much-cheaper-to-rent 'Streets of Willow' course, next door to the much-faster Willow Springs Raceway.

They did it because the initial design spec mandated "space for the owner's golf clubs" in the front trunk. This in a car that also had so many race- and rally-specific features seems kind of crazy — but that's the lore. Still, the 911 probably has the most competition wins of any production car in history.

Very messy right now. In the past few weeks I built a steel bed and some wooden shelving units for the house. And that was on top of doing an engine rebuild and a suspension refresh on the car. All in the garage.

Thanks. That's the nice thing about the tiles. Oil drips wipe up with a paper towel.

And while I'm at it, here's a garage that I think is cool. The owner goes by Nimrod online, although he isn't online very often. Safe to say he's in his sprawling garage complex. Here's one picture from it.

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Thanks, Jalopnik! My little 20x22 workshop gets another 15 minutes of fame. Here's the video slideshow I made about it, in case you missed it the last time.

Duplicate. Doh.

Well, then I'm boned. But I only have a rear-engined car — had it for over a decade, now.

The lights are from a 1967 911R, a lightweight, race-purpose model.

The last dyno run had me in the 250-260 range. Still pretty modest. All the real work is in the suspension.

I built it for the 911, which has a flat belly pan. But it would also work with my Jeep, with blocks. I do have blocks, but the Jeep never seems to break.

Tub is a 1972 911T (the base model — I paid $3,500 for it). The transaxle is from 1977 (last year they used magnesium). The brakes are from a 1986 Turbo. The engine is from a 1995 911 (the final OBDI air-cooled iteration).