I’ve always liked the Modial and it’s not just because it’s the only Ferrari I’ve driven (and oddly enough the only one I’ve raced, at least in autocross). A friend of mine had one (1989 Mondial T cabriolet) back in the ‘90s and let me drive it a few times and it was grand. Not knock-your-pants off fast or anything…

The French got the future though!

Lol, true! In just 6 years my Essex will be 100 years old, crazy!

In truth the only things ’14 about my dad’s speedster were the frame and the radiator, beyond that it was made up of a mishmash of parts from different years including an electric starter so I didn’t hand-crank it much. I did get plenty of practice on the Locomobile though!

My friend John ran a SAAB 96 at the last Group B rally, the 1986 Olympus WRC Rally. It was the last time the car was eligible and he wanted to give it a good sendoff. So there we were with a primer and flames Blazer as our support rig while other teams had tons and tons of support vehicles. It was a blast working…

IMHO the hardest part of driving a T is starting the darn thing. If you don’t have one new enough to have an electric starter or your battery is low you’re going to have to start it with the crank which is not as easy as it looks as T’s love to snap the lever back which has broken many an arm over the years. In…

Blue/Purple - 2014 Ford Fiesta ST

So if you run out of juice 19 miles from home and there’s no available charger you’re going to have to pay Tesla $3250 to get home? :-)

None of those people must have to deal with Seattle traffic on a daily basis. I’m a firm believer in the manual transmission and love to drive but even I would be more than happy to have a car drive me to work rather than having to deal with 60-70 minutes of stop and go traffic a day just to go 20 miles.

Can’t be as crazy as the 4-tip ANSA exhaust I had on my 1978 MG Midget (not mine pictured, it was sold back in 1984).

Fake grilles aren’t exactly a new thing, witness my air-cooled 1928 Franklin’s “radiator” including a fake radiator cap and mascot.

You’d think but just recently I heard that only 10,000 of the 1.9 million Corvairs produced are still on the road so it can happen (yes I have one of those too). So despite the NA being in no shortage at the moment I suspect in another 10-15 years it will be a whole different story as cars gradually wear out, are…

Try it with the Triumph engine sometime. To change the starter you need to lie prone on top of the engine and changing the backup light switch requires a cold chisel to cut a hole in the transmission tunnel.

I’m 5’ 11” ahe the best way to describe the Midget (1978 in my case) is it’s the automotive equivilent of skinny jeans.

I went from a Midget to a Miata back in ’89 and it was like upgrading to a limo by comparison.

I wonder how many of those are still on the road? At the rate I see (sometimes perfectly good) NA’s being parted out these days I’m beginning to wonder if so I’ll have the only one. Come on guys, let’s keep the NAs on the road!

My dad’s ’32 Packard had that hood ornament, it’s always been one of my favorites.

I’m happy to see that they are looking at restlying the ugly nose. I was all ready to order one but when I saw the reveal I thought that the nose ruined what was otherwise a good design. The issue now is it’s probably going to be 2020 or 2021 before I could get a car if I ordered today and I’m not sure if I am willing…

Well first of all I don’t agree with your statement that kids today don’t want the jobs or aren’t I tested in the skills needed for a manufacturing job. The real problem is that unions have been broken up or sidelined and as a result hourly wages have dropped. If these sorts of jobs still paid $30 an hour rather than…

I can’t stand Trump but in this one issue I think he has a point, we can’t keep letting our manufacturing jobs leave the country if wages are ever going to go up again. As to whether a President can stop it probably not directly but no US company wants the President to complain about them regularly on tv which should…