I’m not in Michigan yet.

Shouldn’t you be wrenching on the stuff in your yard instead of commenting on Torch’s sleep deprivation articles? :-)

“ and you know the misery of commuting on steaming-hot DC Beltway pavement an hour a day in August.”

No.

I can see this seat pairing nicely with a cooling vest. I miss my vest almost as much as I miss my motorcycle. 

Meanwhile, Ducati continues to miss the opportunity to market its line of Ball Warming Scramblers ;-).

Saw this just a week ago:

I have 2 memories about concept cars to share.

That is actually a very good point.

I can’t read Japanese, but I wonder if the tiger and dragon are used as metaphors....

Nissan reinvigorated it and took it in a fresher direction, but retro styling had been a thing for awhile. The ‘66 Oldsmobile Toronado was intended to be a revival of the 1930s Cord 810/812, the ‘71 Buick Riviera was a callback to the boat tailed sports cars of the interwar period, the 1980 Cadillac Seville was a…

Even better is how the Japanese see America. This is from a Japanese book published in 1861 by Kanagaki Robun and Utagawa Yoshitora, written shortly after Commodore Perry’s uninvited visit. To explain to Japanese students about American history.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of the ~4.0 ratio on V8s (vs the common 5-7L variants).  I never knew it was used in indy.  Makes it far more obvious.

Poor guy. Most people don’t even think of concussion being a problem in racing. They might think of it with Dale. Jr. but everyone else is regarded as not being in that cohort. Dick Trickle had a lot of crashes in all this (2200+ races!); he ought to be the poster boy of high speed concussions.

It made some sense. The Aurora engine at the time was actually used in indy cars at the time. Also endurance racing. Due to the smaller bore the 4.0 is less prone to blowing head gaskets than the 4.6. Not immune but less prone. 

Weird, I swear I saw a full test drive of one in C&D back in the day.

They never happened. A few late stage prototypes is as far as they got

What ever happened to those Shelby 1's?  Weirdest choice of a block I’ve ever seen, Olds Aurora.

Don’t forget Dick Trickle

Fun fact:  the chief power engineer for the first Viper V10 was named Dick Winkles.