"Iraq has become the horrific nightmare that many predicted it would be once we invaded in 2003" was what you meant to type, I think.

Hey, he even said "sports utility" right in that spot! BRONCO: take the doors off and drive!

Yeah, and a driver as inexperienced as Stewart would have no idea a 600-hp sprint car on a slick dirt track might kick a bit sideways when he nailed the throttle while passing very close to someone on foot.

Too early for a Torino, right? And I wonder if that "spoiler" on the roof isn't actually a windscreen for a flying-bridge-type arrangement? Which of course would've been awesome. Great find, regardless.

You had me at "plywood chassis."

Of course this was before internet, so I really didn't know much about the LeMans win until about a month later when I could buy an English magazine at a Minneapolis newsstand. But it took just a cursory read to know how/why they won: 7-liter V-12, and rear-wheel spats.

Happen to be reading this post while watching Kubrik's 2001 on TMC. Vector just totally ripped off the pods' interior.

Well, isn't that how British cars are at their best? As furniture, I mean.

Oh hells yeah. Loved it when Sid and his crew would hand off the call as the leaders made their way around the track...."Foyt's down into Turn 1, how's he look, (name)?...Mel Kenyon making a move into the short chute, take it away, (name)...Foyt overtakes Art Pollard through Two and doooooown the backstraight...

From BBC: When it was suggested the two drivers would have to sit down and discuss the incident, Hamilton said: "I don't know if Senna and Prost sat down and talked it out. I quite like the way Senna dealt with it, so I'm going to take a page out of his book."

Oh, man. Buddy of mine who knew/cared NOTHING about cars bought one new "because it's cheap, and it'll be reliable being new, right?" Within a year he had to take it back to dealer with brake issues - had to pump it for pressure, etc. Dealer "replaced the brakes," he said, and it was more than just pads/rotors. They…

6.) 1987 Pontiac Le Mans

Kim can't even be bothered to throw a half-ass salute? 'cause his salutes are barely even quarter-ass.

Yep.

Yeah, same here in eastern Iowa (about 2 hrs from Rockford). Worst is following in traffic over railroad tracks or smallish bumps - they can't exceed 20 mph w/o losing control from the rear-end jounce.

Can you do the 'ring in a rented car? 'cause that's the only way I'd do it. My car looks pretty much identical to this one, minus the deployed airbags and missing bits.

Completely agree re ScenicCruiser. However, there was a better/faster/more comfortable option for overland travel in the 1950s (and '60s). Plus it had a bar.

Neil Young's built a couple cool ones that I know of.

A '96 might be a bit late, but I fully predict first-gen Chrysler minivans will be a thing within 10 years.

Exactly. I like to snoop around junk/antique shops, and anyone in the business will tell you anything that was sold with a "collectable" label is worthless.