This had better be on the list!

If I had to guess, I would say two reasons: size and mass of the actuator. I remember an article about this in Racecar Engineering back in the mid-'90s. BMW (I think) had prototype engines running electric solenoids to actuate the valves, but there were serious limitations due to the required size of the actuators. …

Yeah...and like I said, a radiator appears to separate the front engine from the rear, so the crankshafts can't simply be connected together, since any kind of shaft doing that would have to run right through the radiator. Also, the angle of the front engine appears to be such that the rear of its crankshaft would…

This is fantastic but confusing...how does the power from the front engine get routed to the rear end, given that a radiator appears to separate the front engine from the rear, which is presumably the one with a transmission connected to it.

Foxes were available in the States with a five-speed. But you could also grab one from an Audi 4000 or VW Quantum and swap it in. It's been done many, many times.

I lusted after TR6s for a long time (it was second only to the TR3 on my Triumph-lust continuum, see earlier post). Finally bought one a few years back—total project car—and sold it before ever getting it on the road. Then I drove my buddy's dad's TR250 and instantly regretted selling the 6. It is definitely back…

Yeah, well, in hindsight it wouldn't have been a very good idea to try and drive a TR3 year round in Michigan. But the 15-year-old me was unencumbered by any such practical considerations!

Yes! I remember looking at the ads for Speedster kits in the back of Hot VWs and VW Trends as a teenager, thinking how cool it would be to have a "Porsche" on the cheap. I'm guessing the reality was that they weren't that cheap if you really wanted it to look like a Porsche.

As a not-quite-driving-aged teenager in the mid-'80s, I had a monthly ritual of riding my bike to the local bookstore to pick up the latest issue of the monthly "Old Car Trader," which provided ample fuel for my project-car fantasies. For those too young to have enjoyed this publication, it was the pre-internet…

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I disagree. This is a car that has *not* lived in a bubble for the past 48 years, but rather has been used as God and Walter P. Chrysler intended, and has been extremely well cared for. If I had the spare cash lying around to buy this (and sadly, I do not), I would carry on that tradition. Take the kids to school,…

So much win. Grandpa took really, really good care of that car.

The first two questions sound like they could've come from my Volkswagen Scirocco Buyer's Checklist, circa 1988. Except the magazine was Creem.

Ahem.

Amateurs...

"If it looks good, it is good. Myth confirmed."

The relentless pursuit of perfection, indeed. Boring, to be sure, but higher quality while undercutting on price is just so quintessentially Japanese, isn't it?

These stepped-nose F1 cars are Multipla-ying out of control...

Nice price...probably. This thing looked like such a rust-free no-brainer that I was ready to whip out my checkbook, fly out to Palm Springs and drive this thing home cross-country.