Somehow, I think their is an intermediary, most likely with links to the Yakuza....

Yeah, well, if it has the 223 cu.in. 6, that thing will still be running 50 years after you’re gone!

The Tarpan Super Honker? I always assumed it was named after the sound a goose makes....

I’m interested to see how charging this thing goes, since American electrons are at a different frequency than Chinese electrons are. Is it already 60hz compatible, or will you have to rig-up some sort of 50hz-to-60hz converter? Or does it just use your own battery charger, expecting all incoming current to already be…

I remember seeing it on film sometime back in the 1980's, at an SCCA rally meeting. Not sure who got the pirate copy (maybe Brock Yates, who I remember was at that meeting). If I remember, there was a soundtrack with the film which had us all convinced that the camera was mounted on a Ferrari V-12, certainly not a…

About 20 years ago, when I was still working for a major OTR carrier, I delivered an entire trailer-load of Bandag-recapped tires mounted onto center-pilot rims to Pines, a major trailer builder. Our company’s NEW trailers were being sent out the door with recaps.

From what I’ve read about the Austin Allegro, it was a really awful car. I have the feeling from this photo is that they are planning on torching the car, then pushing it into the canal, and then wait for the insurance settlement.

The “orange bulbs” were French regulation amber headlight bulbs. When in-town, amber lights were required, and this could be done in several ways. You could just turn your headlights off, and drive around with amber marker lights only (don’t laugh; until recently this was common). Or, if you had amber aux lights…

Two things:

Like most dystopian fantasies, it seems that non ‘car people’ have been tasked in designing the vehicles of the future. Just look at those egg-shaped things; not an inch of ground clearance, nothing in the way of aerodynamic downforce, thin seat cushions, etc.

Here’s the story on the sheep:

Congratulations, Captain Smith on your new ship.

I used to know Brock; his stories at the bar were legendary, but aside from automobiles we didn’t share much in common, and I found his writing lacking in substance. Great for a magazine that appealed towards the residual adolescence in males, but not so much on the literature spectrum. I would think that the…

2WD and the basic interior? Geez, at least get one with buckets! I used to have a 1/2 ton 1980 short bed, and it was nice, but not really special. The beds on these also rotted VERY quickly, so look for rust! Over-priced, CP

Your mea culpa has been accepted, and we will recall the GRISLY bear we sent out to teach you a spelling lesson....

You know, an LS motor would fit beautifully.....

Coming next, the story of why people LEAVE automotive engineering jobs....

Winton engine went on to build the first diesel motors for Electro Motive, the first ‘real’ manufacturer of only diesel locomotives. The 567 series of became the basis of EMD locomotive 2-stroke diesels (GM bought them out), and later Detroit Diesel designs were based on this motor as well. By the 1960's, nearly all…

I use ‘dark mode’ for one reason; to extend battery life. 

I can just imagine the scene; Christmas morning, and little Jimmy, an 8 year old junior gearhead eagerly rips open his present.........a model of a 1971 postal Jeep! “What the f*** is this s***?” he says.....