Like you I got into wrenching via the Maxima community, but it was my dad’s 1967 MGB roadster, similar in color (but not equipment) to the one below.

Same as many others here. Family had a lot of sweet cars. I’ve got deep childhood memories that come up at the smell of old leather, the smell of gasoline evaporating out of a carburetor in a garage, and the distinct exhaust of old British cars.

This being in the garage since I was a year old. My Dad brought it cheaply in the oil crisis when you couldn’t give away a petrol guzzling Ferrari.

Sure, but the last mass produced straight-8's were made in the 50's. Are you saying that you don’t think with newer manufacturing tech/smaller displacement/forced induction crankshaft whip could be overcome? To prevent crankshaft whip in the early 20th century they were already making transmissions that mounted in the…

Definitely my dad. He was a diesel mechanic, and was always a big car nerd. One of his proudest accomplishments, was that at the tender age of 4, he had taught me how to identify basically every car on the road by the taillights.

I imagine a lot of commenters will respond with; My dad. Well, or their dad, or a dad, or something.

My dad (and grampa) had some awesome cars when I was growing up. So just like a politician, follow in daddy’s shoes!

Not a production car.

Looks to be about as clean-burning as a VW too.

Imagines pretty “invisible” train.

“Maybe they stole it cause the hood wouldn’t go down.”

“This is HA-larious!”

WHAAAAT?

Mine’s “ultimate response” tuning philosophy is a gospel that needs to be spread far and wide. Instead of mindlessly shooting for more and more power, they aim to make the car as responsive as possible.

True

That’s my gun!!! Seriously, I was the OPS/CSO on GTN when we installed the Block 1B mounts she currently has. I was really proud of the work my Sailors put in on getting it installed, calibrated, and getting rounds down range. It was probably the smoothest thing on that entire tour.

evil c3po + boston dynamics big dog =

Speedhunters is the reason I got into photography.