So horribly designed by 4 different people working on different parts of the car in different rooms who weren't aware of each other. Also they were drunk and recovering from a lobotomy. Nothing goes together, wheels are inset 6" from the fenders and too small, craptastic typical old GM interior, floppy chassis and…

Nuclear density gauge? Pah!

So, the ultimate anti-theft device would be a manual transmission car with a "secret handshake" carbureted start sequence!

That's one kind of carb, sure...

Having owned a couple of Datsun 510's in my day, I'm very familiar with the Japanese interpretation of the SU carburetor. I both miss/don't miss futzing with those things. I well tuned SU was a marvel, but the Japanese versions tended to wear the throttle butterfly valve bore and I ended up chasing vacuum leaks, At…

Just make sure not to pretend you are Albert Camus!

Yeah, I have a '67 Volvo with dual SU carbs, and after learning/figuring out how they work I was thoroughly impressed with simplicity joining with effectiveness.

Citroën SM.

Cord 810 shifter, anyone? I just read an article about this car in Automobile magazine; apparently in addition to being FWD (which I knew), they also had a pre-selector transmission, where you gently move the lever pictured here into the gear you want to go into next, THEN you step on the clutch, wait a bit until you…

My god.  Was there ever a sexier car?