Unless Brosnan was a producer what did he have to do with all of this? It’s common these days, known as product placement and companies pay to have their products in the movie.

I think this is the most ridiculous project I’ve ever seen. Makes putting a 9 cylinder radial engine on a bike look downright sensible and conservative. Or a J58 jet engine.

Unless you were alive in 1964 with a good memory, it’s hard to convey the excitement that was building culminating with the introduction at the 64 World’s Fair. I have never seen anything like it since.

That picture above with the 300SLR is probably Fangios. They were numbered by their starting time and Moss was 722. I saw him a few times at the Monterey Historics. One time Daimler flew out 722 and with Jay Leno they took a drive around the track,

Well, I tried repeatedly to upload a picture and it wouldn’t do it.…

I had a 1st gen for 27 years (1986) and every time I drove it it put a smile on my face. Like a big go kart. Only reason I sold it parts were really getting hard to get and I inherited another car.

The 2nd gen is a completely different personality. They too are getting rare and I was looking at that one pic - really,…

You remind me of a friend of mine. He loves a certain marque. Condition is secondary. In his back yard a tree is growing through one of them.

Yeah but yours is running. It is pretty common with me to find the parts car has lower mileage.

I don’t think that is unusual - 11 parts. I had a W124 Mercedes 300E - I’ll bet it had 50 - from the tachometer to the taillight assembly.

I don’t think that is unusual - 11 parts. I had a W124 Mercedes 300E - I’ll bet it had 50 - from the tachometer to the taillight assembly.

I had a George Carlin moment the other day. Saw a couple of AMG-GTs at the dealer - 200 mph cars or close to it - and realized that as our roads get crappier our cars get faster. 

Like just about anything, if you have no respect for it it can bite you.

So why is this car favored by the “rich and fabulous” other than it cures “every problem”.

Should have left ‘63 alone. Why fix something that isn’t broken?

OK, both of these would be completely passed up by anyone not really up on VW or Porsche lineage. If Tarantino was trying to make a statement don’t you think he would have had a more glaring car? Trying to think of an example. How about a Citroen-Maserati?

I think the seller is pretty ballsy even putting this on the market. There is nothing of use even to a wrecking yard other than the drive train.

You all have a healthy way of combatting that vile stuff. In reality if they don’t like what they are reading they should cancel their jalopnik subscription and request a refund.

I’m reading these - all nice suggestions - and the thought came to me that sports cars are really of 2 kinds - big and brutal or small and nimble. Lotus - small and nimble, Viper - big and brutal.

Who’s dying to hear Carlos Ghosn’s story? Not me. The Japanese must have had a basis for arresting him, and I doubt that will be in the movie.

You are right - I had forgotten the 62. Daimler had such big plans for the Maybach - all forgotten now I suspect (other than the LWB S Class with the Maybach name)

at 10,000 mile oil changes I’d think he’d be using a synthetic - but whatever he has done seems to work