I picked up a Hillman Avenger Tiger rally car last year. With dual Webers and other mods, this model didn't get any sportier. The Tiger moniker was still pretty ambitious, though...
When my daughter was very young, Schumacher was one of her heroes. Now she's going to want a G-Wagen more than ever.
Actually, all Porsches were fantastic snow cars until they started equipping them with fat tires in the mid-'70's. Unfortunately, they didn't discover galvanized steel until about the same time.
I started building the Tamiya model of this car in 1970. I'm almost done.
@redriot: It also put NSU out of business.
It wasn't very good but I'll watch again next week. I saw flashes of OK.
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The Lambo segment images are fantastic. The dialogue is still like fingernails on chalkboard.
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The Auto Trader commercial has been the highlight so far.
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The dialogue is killing me. Just tried the mute button to see if it would help.
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Great story and very well told.
I had a similar experience when I sold my '65 Porsche 356C Cabriolet in 1979 for a down payment on my first house. I told the buyer I wanted first rights on the car if he ever decided to sell. Of course, I never expected to hear from him again.
Flash forward almost ten years, two job transfers and four states away. The phone rang on a sunny autumn Sunday and it was the guy who bought the C cab. As promised, he tracked me down (in the pre-internet world) and told me that he was buying a summer home and wanted to know if I wanted the car back! After getting over my shock, we struck a deal and he insisted on personally delivering it.
Even though my purchase price was several times what I had sold it to him for, he had significantly improved the car and it was still a very fair price considering the super-heated late '80's collector car market. It renewed my faith on what a great hobby this is and we've retained our friendship over the years. Needless to say, the car is still in my garage.
I had a similar experience when I sold my '65 Porsche 356C Cabriolet in 1979 for a down payment on my first house. I told the buyer I wanted first rights on the car if he ever decided to sell. Of course, I never expected to hear from him again.
Flash forward almost ten years, two job transfers and four states away. The phone rang on a sunny autumn Sunday and it was the guy who bought the C cab. As promised, he tracked me down (in the pre-internet world) and told me that he was buying a summer home and wanted to know if I wanted the car back! After getting over my shock, we struck a deal and he insisted on personally delivering it.
Even though my purchase price was several times what I had sold it to him for, he had significantly improved the car and it was still a very fair price considering the super-heated late '80's collector car market. It renewed my faith on what a great hobby this is and we've retained our friendship over the years. Needless to say, the car is still in my garage.
@Murph: OK, they're neck and neck for timing but when it comes to cool, Ford wins with the Grabber Blue Maverick.
I would go after this if it didn't violate my personal policy of refusing to own an autographed car. Unfortunately, every Shelby and Barris Custom is already off-limits for this reason.
I just saw Goldenrod at the Henry Ford Museum. I think it's time to get it out of mothballs for a good, old-fashioned grudge match. I miss the glory days of the great Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove land speed record battles.
This made me think back to our family's fleet in '76; a bright orange '75 Pinto hatchback with ET slotted mags and the fattest BFG radials I could afford and a '63 Porsche 356B Coupe with a new backyard red paint job over a bondo-encrusted body. The Pinto was totalled in '79 but the 356 is still in my garage.
Mr. Douglas writes a great column because it evokes emotion. Having said that, there is very little basis in fact. If he really wanted a car, he would have one, especially in the automotive mecca which is Detroit.
Blaming a generation of owners for his inability to buy a car is great copy but that's about it. I'm pretty solidly in the age group he targets but my strategy in collecting cars is no different than it was when I bought my first collector car (which I still have), as an eighteen year old thirty seven years ago. Unreasonable sellers existed just as much back then, not just for old cars, but houses, appliances, just about any commodity. If anything, it's easier to access good buys today through the internet.
I have shown cars at the major concours events around the country but I'm just as comfortable at the local pick-a-part. I've acquired cars this year which ranged in price from $1000 to six figures and I was equally excited about each of them. If anyone of any age expresses interest when seeing any of my old cars, I go out of my way to show them and, at times, even let them drive them. Most importantly, all of my friends who I consider true enthusiasts, share these same traits.
Thom, I don't live far from Detroit and will be happy to find a car for you if the search is too frustrating. Just give me your budget and realistic preferences and it won't be long until you become an active part of this great hobby.
Blaming a generation of owners for his inability to buy a car is great copy but that's about it. I'm pretty solidly in the age group he targets but my strategy in collecting cars is no different than it was when I bought my first collector car (which I still have), as an eighteen year old thirty seven years ago. Unreasonable sellers existed just as much back then, not just for old cars, but houses, appliances, just about any commodity. If anything, it's easier to access good buys today through the internet.
I have shown cars at the major concours events around the country but I'm just as comfortable at the local pick-a-part. I've acquired cars this year which ranged in price from $1000 to six figures and I was equally excited about each of them. If anyone of any age expresses interest when seeing any of my old cars, I go out of my way to show them and, at times, even let them drive them. Most importantly, all of my friends who I consider true enthusiasts, share these same traits.
Thom, I don't live far from Detroit and will be happy to find a car for you if the search is too frustrating. Just give me your budget and realistic preferences and it won't be long until you become an active part of this great hobby.
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Hey; that's my Powell Sport Wagon sitting in the number two position! Funny thing is, it's not even the second most obscure car sitting in my garage...
It only took GM twenty years to copy the reversible seat cushions from the Packard Caribbean and the swivel seats from the DeSoto/Fiat 1100TV. They were forty years behind the Studebaker Wagonaire in copying the forward sliding station wagon roof panel. They're slipping....
We've been a little light on PCH entries this year but this one sure makes up for it. I wonder if the seller will deliver to Ohio...
I'll bet Mongoose Motorsports would be happy to quickly whip up some replicas, umm, I mean replacements for just a little consideration...
