I love the Drag Racers. Who else keeps looking for more Horsepower when you're loading 800-1000 PER CYLINDER! Road and Track stated once that if you took a Callaway Vette, gave it a couple of miles to get up to 200 mph. and had a top fueler idling at the line, and gave it (the fuelie) a green as the Vette passed at…

That damn thing could NOT get out of its' own way, eclectic looks be damned. But, as an oddity, or folk art......not so bad. Just don't quote me.

This just gives the loonies another excuse to say the Apocalypse is nigh..............Hell, come to think of it, maybe they're right?

The 93 SHO my family uses as kid-mobile is absolutely a gem. It has 220 hp, gets 20 in town and 27 on the highway, and is about to go around on the odo for the third time. Our biggest expense was a tranny at 188k, for $900. What more can anyone ask for a used car?

This makes me very sad. We, as a society, have decided that a fair playing field is not for the workers of the world. As long as a Chinese-Indian-(fill in the third world name) worker can work with no safety,minimum wage,or any vestige of dignity, then of course the costs will be lower. Use the cotton industry as a…

I was one of the originals on both cars, and let me be the first to say that the 70 would kick the @#%^&* out of the the newer one. But, having bought a new 1971 for $3475, driving it for 150k miles and selling it for $3k, I would still take the newer one today. Why? Power steering, a/c, solid state ignition, etc.…

The Riv and also the 79 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz had a door handle for the rear passengers in a 2dr. auto. That body and engine have been around in one form or another since the 60's when they used to rate the horsepower as "adequate"- nothing more. I must be getting old- I think its a timeless design that the…

Always remember the dictum- There are lies, damn lies and statistics.

These guys deserve all the credit we can give them for following through on a niche car that certainly is not going to add to the bottom line- at least in the near future. I've been in a few of the accountants vs. the car guy meetings and they aren't for the faint of heart, especially when your balance sheet is…

Shouldn't I get 10 extra points with my ashtray full of old Shermans Natural butts?

My Father was a Rambler dealer. We took those cars, put solid lifters with a mild cam, added headers and trounced every small block on Sherman or Sprague. Thanks for the memories.

I just came home from a sortie to see the damage to my hideout at the beach. My wife, being a well-trained American, drives our 7 because it has heated seats, leaving me with what was, originally, the project car for my 14 year old son. Well, today I came 130 miles over the coast range- with ice- in 3 hours, only to…

We were actually acquainted with Bobby, as we employed his brother in Coeur d'Alene. A true gentlemen under most conditions, but put some drinks in him and look out- the guy Evel would come out to play. A true one of a kind American. I mourn for the unique characters. Uniformity is here with a vengence. Our society is…

I am not usually of the vigilante ilk, but these guys both deserve the treatment Dirty Harry gave the perp in the football stadium. As the sun sets slowly on our society..........

I thought I was the only one aghast at Nissan styling efforts. Their engineering has always been first rate, but those cars look beaten by an ugly stick. I was amused by the first Q45, and after driving one for a year, it got to be better looking after every trip. However, the new homogenized styling is shocking, to…

Yeah- This happened to my brothers friends cousins girlfriend. Another urban legend brought to you by another well-meaning idiot that also pays attention the latest threat alert.

If memory serves...........these had the first balance shafts, yes? Not bad cars, overall, with the apex coming in the mid-90's Conquest Turbo and Turbo Colt DL. I have never had a bad Mitsu product, and that has been probably 20-30 if you include demos from back in the day. We actually bought an 86 Conquest TSI and a…

Having been deafened by being in the pits at Indy and at the Milwaukee mile in the early 60's, I can testify that they were screamers, and it took everything Colin Chapman and Ford could throw at it until the inherent superiority of rear/midships design and V8 power managed to consign them to the bin. But what a…

The Pacer had rack and pinion and with the 304 was a decent driver. One of my favorite demo's from the day was a 78 Pacer Limited Wagon with leather and all the goodies. It also achieved about 12 mpg., which at 1.25 was the rough equivalent of today's gas price. I, unfortunately, was one of the overseers of the demise…

The funny thing is when they were actively traded and current models- we called them "Back-a-bookas"' to clarify, it meant whatever Bluebook said, deduct 25%.