@Sloop_John_B: Thanks! My brothers put a lot of work into it (and I contributed a bit too). We'll probably be hanging out at Nor-Cal Billetproof again in September. Stop by and say hello if you're there.
pedal to the mettle
jark
I don't remember where my brother got the frame/rolling chassis. The '26 (I think) Ford Doctor's Coupe body came from a farm in South Dakota (found on eBay). I think the Chevy 350 and slushbox came from a co-worker. Various other parts were picked up at Goodguys swap meets in Pleasanton. Picked up the headers at a…
The designer of that wing needs to add "rectilinear" to his/her vocabulary.
The only thing that bugs me about this is the salvage title. If my brother/mechanic (notice I didn't put mechanic/brother…feel the love) gave it the OK I would say nice price. Sure the mods are silly looking but I wouldn't care since it would be a great commuter for cruising the freeways here in the Golden State.
This isn't hard to understand. Apple is obsessed with controlling user experience. They want the App Store to feel like a safe and fun place for people to download cool stuff. An app with a high disparity between price and perceived value is bound to piss off the people who buy it (i.e. they will have a negative user…
@sectachrome: Station wagons are for hauling the brats to the mall. Shooting brakes are for transporting your hounds and your rifles to the fox hunt. Tally ho!
@Versprung: I think the 250 GTE was the first 2+2 Ferrari made in series production but the 1951 340 America Ghia Coupe could be considered the first Ferrari 2+2.
@therealdealjohnnyscarecrow: If you're somebody like, say, the Sultan of Brunei, you could always commission Pininfarina to build you a shooting brake.
two noses better than one?
@YouGotNOTHIN: I like the unpainted carbon fiber just fine
@WOT: what wins races isn't stupid
@parkave231: I saw a Panamera cruising down CA-24 through Berkeley on Sunday and I didn't want to gouge my eyes out.
It seems my photo linking privileges have been revoked.
@Arkham: image upload failed. I was going to post a Jensen-Healey Interceptor
@Tomsk is bringing snarkyback: This will never be lame to me.
@Fat Tire: Herr Porsche agrees.
@Master P wonders when he can pre-order an FT-86: In other words, there will be no future of sports cars for Honda
To paraphrase The Simpsons,
@sskkiilleeff: As a graphic artist, I wish more people understood that concept.