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I hope the gas station doesn’t feel too bad. Plenty of gas stations go off prematurely like that. 

1968 4-4-2 clone. Hard to guess for a few reasons..
Fresh paint, could use some love in a few areas.
Maybe $15,000?
If you parted it out, maybe more?
Bottom line, I WILL NEVER SELL THIS CAR.

If cops want to be able to deploy spike strips, they better have police department credit cards at the ready to pay for new (exact match) tires plus an inconvenience fee right on the spot. It’s ridiculous that an innocent person would have to pay out of pocket for a set of tires because of a car chase tactic that’s

Yep. You win, new car fans. New cars are safer.

Bloody-glove toting, slow-driving fugitives from justice drive Ford Broncos.

I know, right? I’m still salty that I couldn’t get a 1991 Buick Roadmaster as a convertible with a straight-8 engine and Rain Man in the front seat telling me he’s an excellent driver.

Remove and discard the front and rear bumper covers and any quarter panels if possible. A bad car is so much better when it becomes a dystopian guessing game.

When I was in Israel I kept geeking out over the sheer number of roadworthy, clean early 1980's Subaru Leone’s. My first car was a 1984 Subaru GL 4x4 and there are now mostly extinct, usually cannibalized for Brat parts. I didn’t appreciate that Subaru when I had it in high school, and seeing them all over Israel made

I’m disappointed that the launch didn’t sound like a gigantic slide whistle.

Bought a 1988 Bronco off a friend with a blown engine for $250. It was not a particularly special Bronco. Tan on tan with tan interior. Almost zero options. Not even a tape deck. Got a second-hand 5.0 engine from an LTD wagon and spent way too much money moving over all the Bronco accessories so the engine would fit

Living in the Virginia Beach area where there are constant traffic jams due toe people’s inability to drive through a tunnel and maintain the speed limit makes me want a Lotus that turns into a Submarine.

You might want to go find that electric Fiat soon. I’ve seen this before. It starts with “Eh, the Wrangler ain’t so bad...” which quickly becomes “The Gladiator is a beautiful truck...”

Under-appreciated? Yes.
Ahead of its time? Yes.
Outdoing other cars in terms of “Will to live”? Hell yes.
Thanks to the whole Avanti II thing, this car lived way longer than Studebaker. This thing had more will to live than David Rockefeller and his 7 heart transplants.

It looks like the firewall just doesn’t have enough space for the big round part of the booster. Whatever that box-shaped bit is seems to be taking it up. The washer fluid can be closer to the firewall without taking up as much direct space on it. The booster probably got moved that far forward because the radiator

A Camry is more powerful than 1960's muscle.

The nostrils are a bit much. I think the Firebirds looked better from ‘98-02. I had the earlier Trans Am with the beak. Also an acquired taste, but the ‘93-07 Trans Ams looked better than the Firebirds.

That was “How to Avoid Becoming a Car Hoarder” by David Tracy.

Ran over something on the interstate in my ‘89 Firebird and after I parked, a tire went flat. Pulled out the original spare, jack and lug wrench and the factory lug wrench/lugnut key ends up being worthless. Could not loosen the keyed lug nuts at all or even get leverage. Had to call AAA. The tow truck driver couldn’t

Must be the first prototype for the Johnny Cab.

Dude! A horn ring! How come China gets to have a new car with a horn ring?!