If you don’t, you’ll spend the rest of your life asking “what if?”

The wildest engine swap I know is Peugeot 4 cylinder diesel into Ferrari 308/GT4. But rotary into Citroen sounds awesome and could only be topped by gas turbine, or small nuclear reactor, as the power plant of the future.

Your Nissan example checks out; modern Lincolns are just too different.

I think you’ve got that backwards - as prices have gone up because of things like OBDII (which effectively mandates a minimum engine life of 150,000 miles) manufacturers add “luxery” features like AC and power doors/windows/seats etc to take some of the sting off. But you can do this yourself: Google the price of ‘68…

The original Bentley Continental “R” was massively plagiarized from the ‘48 Coupe DeVille, so there’s an ironic justice here.

The late 50s Eldorado was every bit as well crafted as a Rolls, and had ultra luxury touches like a perfume atomizer in the glove compartment. Given the right budget, they absolutely can do it.

The Catera was the first Caddy based on an Opel architecture. Wasn’t a success, but set the pattern for all the great Caddies since.

Sooner or later, passenger cars are going the way of film cameras.

And a ‘68 Corvette would sticker for $33,000. It’s not just inflation making cars more expensive - it’s making it safe, fuel efficient, and non-polluting.

The problem with your scenario is that people tend to think their OWN congressperson is OK. Republicans officeholders live in fear of being primary’d by someone even further right than they are.

I keep being told pigs are going to fly, but so far....

Why not? As long as they’re in “safe” districts, what’s stopping them? And if Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes (god forbid) the court goes back to 4-3 conservative, and they win. Also, these guys are terrified of getting primaried on their right.

The Republicans already know they’re not getting a president. They’re happy with both houses of congress and a majority of state governments.

Why will they confirm anybody, even after the election? Any Republican who votes for a Dem nominee is getting primary’d. Better to have some decisions deadlock 4-4 (which leaves the appeals court verdict in place) than set a new precedent.

Unless Democrats control the senate I don’t think the seat’s getting filled, even after the election.

I honestly think if they retain a majority they’ll just leave the seat vacant and hope RBG dies next.

“Swimming birds?” I’ve always heard penguins taste disgusting, so good choice.

That’s a tougher one to do apples vs oranges, but at the very least, most of us are not doing better; family income peaked in 1973, IIRC.

4th gear: I posted this yesterday, but a ‘68 Corvette, adjusted for inflation, would cost $33,000 today. Modern cars are just too expensive to be purchased whimsically.

Regulation killed “enthusiast” cars. Not by banning them outright, but by making the costs of compliance so high it no longer makes economic sense. Because of inflation, a 1968 Jaguar E-type that cost $5800 in 1968 would cost 40,467 today. That’s a lot - but compare it to the F-type - it’s only half as much. That’s…