But... did he add light or allow the darkons to escape?

Lotus was building cars with a backbone chassis around this time. So it might not be as flimsy one might think:

What’s grammatically incorrect about Armstrong’s quote?

If you want to be semantic, the best would be “simplify and reduce mass”.  But nah, adding lightness sounds best.

That is my concern as well. I have been looking for an old British autocross car because I belong to an old British car club. If this were closer to me I would take a serious look at it. While the targa would make room for my helmeted head, I am very concerned about how it affects structural integrity.

Even I might be tempted to work on it. Yet another reason for me to ND it. ;)

I like how the accessory drive is on the rear of the block. But something is driving that from the crankshaft. I’ll bet that component is delicate.

That engine bay. It’s glorious. You can change anything in there under an hour.

The oil pressure seems a bit low also; especially considering the engine doesn’t appear to be warm.

Selling after 700 miles? Sorry, friend, if you can’t live with your creation, neither can we. ND.

That’s no rock-hopper. That’s some concrete cowboy’s chrome plated cock extension.

I remember going to Wrigley Field as a kid and hanging around the players’ parking lot trying to get autographs after the game. Mark Grace had a red Lumina Z34 and I thought it was the coolest car in the world. NP just for my own nostalgia purposes.

Are aftermarket wheels a good thing?

Fifteen-five to take over some stranger’s project (whose basis needed a now “NEW(ish)“ engine at five figure mileage)? I’m grinching pretty hard on this day-after-Christmas deal, despite the seller’s dreamweaving about the kind of power it could make, but presently doesn’t. The 26 days on the market (in a metro area…

The price isn’t far off what is being asked by dealers for similar year and mile models. But I don’t soo the modifications adding any money to the equation, and this one is being sold by a private party, which usually means lower price. Find a stock one for the same money, this is not the droid you are looking for.

Too iffy to deal with a potential douchebro who might've flogged the piss out of his whip and is now trying to cover his tracks. ND

You can buy an actually nice BRZ/FRS for this money, or get a ratty/modified one for less. No reason to go for this one, so ND in the purest sense of the term.

“The ad does not provide any background explaining the impetus for the new mill.”

No it’s not.