@skulldriveshaft

I lived in Northern California for nine years, until this past July...so I know what a clusterfuck that state is.

DIck Cheney has nothing to do with the underlying principle (Regulation of Interstate Commerce) which the Feds are citing here, one that a newspaper that is not published in the USA (like The Guardian) wouldn't know anythng about.

You guys (Jonny & Murilee) will probably have the best time of anyone...you're going to the races, you'll meet up with a bunch of like-minded car people during your travels, and you'll likely swap all kinds of stories—or make up a bunch of new ones—while consuming mass quantities of adult beverages.

Per a look thru my nearsighted eyes, that's a '64, thanks to the shaved-by-the-factory-trunk and the logo medallion in the center of the grille.

IIRC, the "Mystery Shifter" was a then-new 3-speed floor-shift conversion that Hurst had a contest to re-name in around '63 or '64....memories derived from full-page ads from old Car Craft and Hot Rod Magazines I bought for a dime each when I was in middle school.

@stephdumas:

Driving this will make me as happy as a bull in a cow pasture.

Actually, the full name of it should be Personal Heathrow Airport Rapid Transit (PHART).

Looks like a family truckster for those with more money than sense.

@notacoolguy

@ranwhenparked

Fuck.

@petejayhawk:

New York's got its advantages over other large cities...like relatively-flat topography (unlike San Francisco).

Wonder if the chimp(s) playing Chimchim is/are descendants of the Marquis Chimps, who did a bunch of nutso commercials for Red Rose Tea that the station in Detroit (Windsor, Ontario, as it was) sometimes aired during "Speed Racer."

Ford's going to have competition on its hands before it knows it, so it better be ready.

@udman

Ford should re-name the Flex the Fuck.

The '78 Magnum was so magical that, midway thru the NASCAR Winston Cup Series season that year, Richard Petty junked his, switching to GM products (Olds Cutlass for the superspeedways, Chevy Monte Carlo for the short tracks), as NASCAR permitted both to run smallblock CHevy engines) which he drove for the next decade…