Thanks for the feedback about the road trip book idea. I don't think we can claim to write something that reads like HST, nor should we, but hopefully it will be interesting anyway.
If anything does come of it, it will show up on my site somewhere:
[www.te-motorworks.com]
And you're probably right - it's more of a jalopnik crowd pleaser than the world at large.
Thanks again for the feedback.
-vin