A few years back I had a rolling project car, 1971 Datsun 510 wagon. I told my (ex)wife I bought it to supplement my Datsun 280z daily driver since I needed something to haul kids in. I spent a lot of time and money modifying the 510 and at the time had just put on dual side draft SU carbs with a custom 2" exhaust.

Well, I got pulled over in a small town in eastern NC for a seat belt violation. I was driving a car I had just purchased - an 81 Toyota Celica. The officer walks up to my window, tells me he pulled me over to warn me about my lack of seat belt usage, but since I was an EMS worker he wouldn't give me a ticket, but…

Originally from the sloped front and raised rear, my initial reaction was that it was white honda prelude.

Pushing down on the shifter to engage reverse. Why? Did people frequently ignore the pesky sound of a transmission exploding when trying to go from 3rd to reverse? Who says "Hey I am going 45 mph, let me see what this gear that is way over hear will do"? It is an over engineered pain in the ass that I am sure earned…