Once again, the answer is Miata. I have several clients and know a few members of my local club with enough liquidity to buy whatever they want in cash. They all have or had a Miata in their garage.

We had the 455 Rocket V8 in our Olds Custom Cruiser. Loads to torque for towing. Any of these clamshell gate monsters would be a great restomod. In my state, if the car doesn’t have OBD2, it’s exempt from screening. It’d be fun to have a fuel injected 455 with a modern exhaust system and airbag suspension.

Cars were a lot cheaper then. They may have become more expensive, but you’re getting a lot more car and utility for your dollar.

Americans loved their big powerful cars and would have continued buying them if we didn’t have an oil crisis. That and CAFE standards killed the highway cruiser. Americans had to re-think their car budgets. People started buying Honda, Toyota and Datsun - brands everyone made fun of in the late 60s - and discovered…

This article is only 50% universal. Unless there’s a lady out there willing to superglue a shewee into place. (shudder)

This design is not a huge departure from the column shifter we all know from back in the day. They just changed how you put it in park. Pull down for drive, push up for reverse. Turn off the traction control and you can rock your way out of a snowed in parking spot.

Boom.

Where I live (Chicago), some of this is a complete load of bullshit. If you know what's good for you, do not attempt to drive with an expired registration, city sticker or emissions test. Chicago and the state of Illinois have a vehicular form of SCMODS. If you're not paid up, the fines can be crippling. Fail to…

Maybe you'll consider it the next time we fly over this city in our jets.

I hear he's teaming up with other artists for a new edge.

Lots of young artists have talent, but don't prosper into adulthood. There's usually a moment where the public perception of that artist changes and opens a new door for them. For JT, it was Omletteville and the Barry Gibb show. He gave people a laugh, but more importantly he showed his fans (along with a much…

Chicago's byzantine parking rules have only gotten worse with the goddamn LAZ parking deal for the next 90+ years. If you don't pay the ticket, the fees double in 30 days. And then double again in another 30. Let it go long enough and you can't renew your vehicle registration or driver's license.

When the bad folks all get together at night, you know they all call Big Jim "Boss". Just because.

My father recounted a wonderful story about my rabbi at a gathering not long ago. Our rabbi was older and had been recently diagnosed with cancer, but he wanted to continue working for the congregation for as long as possible. The congregation hired a younger rabbi to assist the elder in his duties.

I'm having a flash back to my college days. Grew up attending a reform synagogue, but it was apparently much more conservative than my roommates. I was far from home, so his family took me in for the Passover holiday. My roommate's mom converted when she married his dad. The woman served HAM at passover.

Did you get a piece of the sale of those books? Of course not. I worked clothing retail for the Limited for a few years (Structure) and my manager was always pushing me to "suggest sell" accessories and accompanying articles to complete an outfit. I was helpful and didn't mind making suggestions when asked. I…

Not a fan of Walmart, but the food drive you mentioned was local decision. One store in Oklahoma wound up tarring the entire corporate brand. (Walmart deserves much of the bad PR they've been getting, but this food drive was an ill-conceived idea from a local manager. #RaceTogether is the brainchild of Starbucks CEO…

This is something I've always wanted to try. I already have some of the tools. I bought an air compressor with a tank for airbrush work. The tank lets me charge up a nights worth of air so I can work in silence. Turns out it's powerful enough for pneumatic tools and spray guns. Now all I need is a garage...

Don't worry Marge. I'll get us out of this. It's just gonna take a whooooole lotta floorin'!