Just picked up a whole bunch of these yesterday. Sweet!

Nah. Looks like a Hillbilly Hearse, plus TPI and automatic trans means that this thing needs that big 'ol 406 to outpace your average econobox.

That is absolutely fantastic. Gold star.

Holy shit! That's a story to tell the grandkids.

I was once driving a company car, a purple - yes, PURPLE - Dodge Stratus. I referred to it as Grimace. Anyway, pulled out of a gas station and completely failed to avoid a pothole approximately the size of Rhode Island. Huge bang, but otherwise all seemed fine.

Cars leave a puddle of fluid on the ground when they see me coming, because I'm like the Beater Grim Reaper. The most tragic end befell a '94 Cavalier - in ultra-nineties teal, natch - from the automotive equivalent of water-boarding. There had been a torrential downpour while I was driving home, and the intersection…

Rallycar don't care 'bout no dents.

Like a couple others, my legacy project has just 2 wheels, a 1982 Yamaha Seca Turbo. It's been sitting in my Dad's garage for about 10 years, just waiting for me to load it on a trailer and drag it home. Someday soon...

Oh boy, do I have some Aerostar stories. Inherited my '93 - in ultra-90's teal-green - from my dad when he upgraded to an Econoline. *pours shot of whiskey on ground* First and foremost, ran the damn thing into a huge brick mailbox in my neighborhood. I did so because my portable CD player - hooked up to the stereo…

Very interesting story. I especially appreciate the cautionary aspect for all professional athletes - not just racing drivers - whose singular focus on their physical talents often results in little to no formal education and no "plan B" when their driving/playing career ends.

So, took a somewhat unique car (props to you) and then made it just like every other cookie-cutter derp-mobile. Shame.

Seconded...a little more heads up would be *greatly* appreciated!

Couldn't agree more. That's not to say that I haven't had a few fuck-ups. My best and most recent was getting the oil filter housing on my Mazda 5 cross-threaded and dumping five brand new quarts of oil onto the blacktop. I promptly crawled under the car, double checked my work, poured in another five quarts...and did…

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

I'd like to see the size of the goose that laid this golden egg!

Yes, but can he narrate the race - while throwing in a few endearing Britishisms - while battling for the lead?

For everyone that chose the Hudson Hornet over the Studebaker Silver Hawk, put your head down in shame. And stick your well-viewed copy of Cars up your tailpipe. That is all.

HOLD IT SENNA!!

G'day mate! I hear you lot don't think there's a way to get downforce on a production-based racecar?

G'day mate! What's this I hear about production cars not being able to generate downforce?