I had this exact fight with my wife not long ago about a non-running orange BGT that was for sale nearby. I lost.

I don’t even know what that is, but it sounds like it sucks.

If my kids bought me this, it would actually be what I want.

My dad’s dream car is a Gullwing 300SL, so yeah... I love the man to death, but it’s not happening.

Nice! I dailied a ‘66 Fairlane for most of last year, but what I really want is a Galaxie.

The answer is Ford Galaxie:

Monster V8 Supercup. I’m serious.

It was meant as an example of your exception, because there is standing water and flooding nearly everywhere within minutes of a hard rain, and most drivers are ill-equipped to deal with it, good tires or not.

The drainage on many Southern California freeways is horrible. I’ve hit 6" deep pools up against K-walls and had to countersteer to keep the car on the road, then been doused by a blinding wall of water from oncoming traffic facing the same thing on the other side.

The Bay is Hella NorCal, between CenCal and real NorCal.

Wonder how many of these are going to show up at Thunderhill next year.

That was 12 years ago, and he raced the following weekend.

Dale, welcome back! I hope he considers coming (back) to sports car/endurance racing. He’s good at it, it’s as safe as motorsport can be, and the world would love it.  

We call them Parshes in the shop for fun. Fun Fact: Parsh Baxters always have an adjustable strap hat in them somewhere, guaranteed.

Eh, it’ll get fixed. First world problems, right?

Ford: Have a seat, Mr. Trump, the boys would like a word with you...

Yep. My kids are why I don’t work in racing full time, I’d be away for weeks at a time. I keep a foot in the door there, at least, but full time racing and being the dad I want to be are incompatible for now. I’m thankful my dad was around as much as he was, and I want that for my kids.

Being a good dad means being there. I get that.

I’ll have what he’s having.

I think Bill Caswell should build a really half-assed 928 trophy truck mashup for it, at the last minute, with a license plate that only  Argentinians will find meaning in, just to see what happens. What could possibly go wrong?