The question isn't "was it good enough for Senna to cash a fat check to endorse while picking up his free one?", it's "would it be good enough for Senna to spend his own money on"? Stock, in 2013? No, don't think so.

I think there is plenty of honor in turning an appliance into something more - in fact, isn't modding a DD the very backbone of hot-rodding in America? Isn't that what Initial D taught us made a driver/garage awesome? Isn't that what made early NASCAR amazing and modern NASCAR a snooze-fest? It is.

That is seriously bad-ass. I would drive that all over Chicago!

I'd shave the bumpers and door-handles and go straight to the GS look. Every time.

COTD.

I agree, but that's the concept. The production version needs to be shaved down to that!

60s racing was loud, dirty, dangerous, and slow by today's standards. I'm all in for loud, dirty, and dangerous (have you met my wife?) ... but slow is unforgivable. Modern wheel/tires, modern brakes, and modern suspension - you know, all the things the car's designers would have used if only they could.

I never liked the coupes. I'd chop the roof about 2 inches, then rake the windshield back so it's not so cartoonish-ly upright.

Love it.

I'd want to change what is surely a floppy period suspension, the fade-heavy period brakes, the not-grippy or all-season-y season tires, and I'd probably go for something more durable than (what looks to be) magnesium wheels - not too different, but aluminum and forged, for sure. Next I'd tuck that weird "stinger"…

In the interest of this, I am going to tell everyone how I would mod my own example of their car. It will be annoying, but possibly cool.

The cargo space in the back is pretty useless (that is said as someone who drove 400 miles in the back of one in college). This needs a Car and Driver/Mosler twin-engine conversion badly.

Change the wheels to something like the Rolls, where the logo stays vertical regardless of orientation. That, then add another 250-300 hp and either take the gloss off the wood or replace it with turned aluminum like in the Turbo Rs from the 90s.

Also: bonus points for reinforcing a bunch of negative TX stereotypes. I'm sure the ghost of Houston is proud.

Your right to enjoy yourself ends when it hurts others. That diesel smoke bullshit is lethal poison.

Has anyone asked if that was the fiberglass shell that ended up as a "barn find" on build-threads a while back? This explains *SO* much!

Not sure if this came up, but could this be the fiberglass "barn find" Procar body that turned up on build-threads?

I am 100% on-board with this. I want one badly, and it is fueling a desire for a 5.0L V8 conversion on a 240 wagon or maybe an 850 GLT.

I hate the new Cherokee, so I'll get that out of the way first.

Please relay the following message to whoever owns that truck:  Sorry about your tiny penis.