OK, what are the damn rocker panels, Joe?

I am glad my initiation to riding was on back country logging roads and hiking trails of the 1960's. It taught basic balance at low speed while reinforcing a respect for large immovable objects. Nothing, however, prepares you for laying down a 900 pound Harley and being unable to pick it up. Good on you for being…

This is too cool. My Father, born 1916, was the definition of chauvinist, but believed in his sisters (a family of 15) and his daughters and sons being able to do anything either one was capable of doing. Ergo, I can sew (marginally) and my sisters can all change not only a tire but also their oil or an oxygen sensor…

Groupthink, writ large.

The nest of snakes intimidated me when they were new and had factory warranty. Why would anyone volunteer to be abused by this vehicle?

I can’t believe that there is such a lack of imagination here. Its 50 years old, folks. Caution is called for and this will not be a buy by phone project, but it is fiscally sensible. All in, it will be about $28-35,000. Sale price of a power steered, fuel injected rebuilt HLS-30? Easy $40k. Especially a slicktop.

Sinclair is the reason the FCC regs against multiple media ownership were originally instituted. Their entire agenda is conservative politics mixed with righteous religious indignation. With a dose of do what I say.......or else. Where do these people come from?

That Neon was a helluva car. 150 honest horses and cheap to track. There was a reason that there was Neon only race series. Didn’t Baruth have one he pulled around the country before going with Mazda? 

I had no idea a rear diffuser could alter the aerodynamics of a brick. Or is it just for looks?

I want Jalop to do my taxes, because I have tried to deduct my loss of potential profits in the fiscal year and been repeatedly denied and finally threatened with prosecution. I couldn’t care less that Bezos lost $7.6 billion, but on a $1.3 billion investment the numbers challenge my pea brain.

I went every year of my childhood. The infield was my education of actual anatomy. I guess tradition is hard to break. But having the turbines and the Novi cars with Offenhausers that were Miller designed in the 1920's to go with the Ford V8's was an engineering lab. Even Penske had a pushrod car that promptly got…

I bought a EurRail pass and went to everything I could find - sleeping in a berth on the train while travelling between events. Monaco was true culture shock for a backwards 18 year old from the sticks. I was watching them essentially drift through turns while those Ford DFV V8's and various V12's screamed. Brands…

Didn’t Rod Millan pump one up to 11 and cruise LA looking for hotshoes with money to lose back in the day?

Forgive me for being late to respond.  I bought a Super V8, a Mark VIII and an XK8 during the shutdown. Who know how this turns out. I am quickly realizing my masochistic tendencies.

This goes to show how personal any automotive experience really is. The journalists disliked this car from the get and they were bombed for various reasons by all. Yet here is a person who I respect, especially with a wrench, digging it from the jump. I have been driving since 1962 and have enjoyed some cars that were…

Contrary to popular belief, Jeeps were not flying off anyone’s lot in 1977 - or 78, either. However, this is the best mishmash of AMC concepts I’ve seen. I wonder if Teague had seen Hal Sperlich’s ideas from the late ‘60's?

I haven’t been south of the Mason-Dixon line since 1979. Insert joke about teeth and IQ and single digits here. Why any rational human would desire to live in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas or Louisiana is baffling. These are the fiercely independent self-made people who take more government…

College is the obstacle course employers want you to complete to show you’re qualified for the training they really want you to have. 

I traded a Soundesign 8-track stereo (home edition) for a ‘63 (‘64?) Valiant. I expected it to last the winter. Push button automatic with the slant six. Weasels had ripped its seat. When I last saw it, four years later, it was still running only now with a Datsun bench installed. I believe only rust could kill those…

Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Contour?