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project car hell

Project Car Hell, Arc-Weld Your Soul Edition: Electric 911 or Electric Spitfire?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw the triple-'49-Mercury deal obliterate the six-four by what may be the biggest-ever margin in Choose Your Eternity Poll history: 80-20 for the Mercuries in the Low And Slow Edition poll. Today we've become so excited over the possibility that the $30,000 $40,000 Chevy Volt will be on the street in the not-so-distant future that we're going electric, and we're not talking about golf carts or even AMCs here- no, we mean electric vintage European sports cars!
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5:20 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,561 views, 49 comments

Latest by dulcamara: 911 The project here is to put a real 911 motor back in that thing. more »

novelties

If It Runs, Sell It: More British Car Jokes!

You know what's always good to cut through the oppressive miasma of a typical Monday in The Man's salt mines? British car jokes! Sure, fish in a barrel, but the jokes wouldn't be funny if we didn't all secretly love the cars. Leylandnügen: The Joy Of Towing! You'll see that and much more when you visit Trevor Boicey's Utterly Obscure British Car Humour site. [Utterly Obscure British Car Humour]

3:20 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,006 views, 31 comments

classic ad watch

Insert British Leyland Joke Here: 1976 Triumph TR7

There's really not much we can add to the Legend Of The British Leyland Wedge here. American car buyers looking for a little car that weaves maniacally among mid-60s Galaxies and gets air cresting hills knew exactly where to go: follow the wedge-shaped British Leyland truck to the nearest dealer!

11:00 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,747 views, 33 comments

classic ad watch

The Triumph TR6: Built For Hoonage!

If your typical drive involves jumping through fiery hoops and playing chicken with walls of hay bales, British Leyland had the car for you! With a six-cylinder engine and legendary UK Malaise build quality, the TR6 sold pretty well in North America (though smog, bumper, and headlight-height regulations made it perform at a level a few notches lower than its British counterpart).

11:00 AM on Thu May 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,554 views, 26 comments

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Big-Bumper Spitfire Saves The Day!

Try to imagine a not-so-hot pursuit between a Malaise Triumph Spitfire and a smog-motored mid-70s cop Mopar Ford. Will the single-digit gas mileage of the police car result in a drained fuel tank before the British Leyland build quality of the Spitfire sends it coughing to a halt on the shoulder in a cloud of wire-insulation smoke? We'll never know, because it turns out the Triumph wasn't running from the cops after all. Whew!

11:20 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,427 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: Two MG Midgets in the garage, neither runs, of course. Thinking of transplanting my Toyota 22RE into it, a la that PCH a while back. more »

down on the street bonus edition

British Steel Screaming For Vengeance In Denver

We need more Judas Priest references here, and Denver's EJacops has given us the opportunity to drop a couple by finding and photographing these three British machines in his neighborhood. We've got a shockingly rust-free TR6, a Land Rover that seems ready to claw its way straight up the nearest 14,000-foot mountain, and when was the last time you saw a TR3 parked on the street in a manner that suggests it actually runs regularly? Good work, EJacobs! Make the jump for a second gallery.

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3:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
942 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: the guy across the street from me has a TR6, and he pulled it out for the first time this year yesterday. it's old, it's battered, the interior is a mess, it's got not top and it takes four or more »

classic ad watch

Malaise? What Malaise? British Leyland Has Just What America Needs!

You'll have fun in the sun, "motoring tops-down" in a spiffy new late-70s MGB, TR6, or Spitfire. Note how the horrifyingly ugly bumpers of the Spitfire are barely glimpsed as we see happy Americans driving hundreds of yards with no apparent electrical malfunctions. Sure, British Leyland gave up on the idea of selling MGs and Triumphs in the US just a year or two after this ad, but can't you feel the optimism here?

11:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,885 views, 31 comments

Latest by Armand Bengle: @eastaboga: The Weber 32/36 DGV is a gift from heaven. more »

classic ad watch

Marital Infidelity Prompts All-Triumph Car Chase

When you're caught in flagrante delicto by your special lady's husband and have to flee on foot while dressed in a towel, you might breathe a sigh of relief when you discover he plans to chase you in a Triumph Stag; after all, the timing chains probably won't hold out as long as your legs. But then, in one of those cruel twists of fate that seemed all too common in Malaise Britain, you find yourself in the waking nightmare of being forced to choose another Triumph in which to make your getaway!

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Murilee Martin
11,189 views, 33 comments

Latest by n/a: I just loved that Hyundai ad even though all I know is that power seats are included. more »

michael schumacher

Schumacher Falls Off Triumph Motorcycle In France, Goes Boom

With Schumi taking up riding around on two wheels, we knew it had to happen to Michael Schumacher eventually, especially after one of us got himself into a bit of a motorcycle accident. But really, we'd hoped we could have been there to see it ourselves in person. That's right, Michael Schumacher, the F1 champ-of-champs, crashed his Triumph Daytona 675 on the French track of Bresse. It looks like what happened was...

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11:00 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Wes Siler
10,622 views, 41 comments

Latest by ccc40821: @camp6ell: Most motorcyclists, maybe. As for the rest, we go silently off. more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Great Rusty North Edition: Triumph GT6 or Porsche 914?

It looks like Italy has been knocked off the PCH Superpower throne by the UK, according to the results of yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. That means that PCH SuperGigaPower France awaits the chance to take on its historical PCH rival from across the Channel. But first, let's see how Britain fares against a rival that, though falling somewhat short of true PCH Superpower status due to the stubborn reliability of so many of its vehicles, still puts forward some strong Hell Project competition. And, just to make things interesting, let's get our contestants from Canada, where an iron atom never found an oxygen atom it didn't want to establish a caring, lifelong relationship with. We can thank HoserDave for these tips, and of course a Project Car Hell Tipster T-shirt will soon be thrown into a dogsled and mushed all the way up to his igloo.
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5:15 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,045 views, 46 comments

Latest by CEman: "British Leyland can kiss my chocolat-ey starfish!"@russell_s: That is an image I really did not need thank you very much... more »

down on the street bonus edition

San Diego Serenade: Triumph Stag and Buick LeSabre


The Bonus Edition DOTS cars just keep coming in. Today we're heading down to San Diego, where Brian B captured a very Jalopnik-centric pair of vintage cars: a 1968 Buick LeSabre and a 1972 Triumph Stag. One is a vast sedan with styling that may have been aimed at old people, but at least they were hip old people (like retired mobsters, etc). The other is a sporty British V8 machine with a reputation for unreliability so awe-inspiring that you can't help but admire its owner. Good finds! Make the jump to read Brian's descriptions.

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2:30 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,007 views, 43 comments

Latest by Stoatmaster: @No star for Bento: You say that, but Aston Martin did produce one or two examples of the 'Bulldog'. True. The Stag has cropped up here a few times, as one would expect. Now, did any examples of its spirtiual cousin, the Jensen Healey, more »

art

Car Paintings By Robert Bechtle


When you're talking about painters who get the Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™, the Two Roberts come to mind immediately. You got your Robert Williams, of course, and then you got your Robert Bechtle... and what more could you need? I've got a print of Alameda Gran Torino hanging on my living-room wall, and it serves as inspiration every time I head out the door on a DOTS photo expedition (especially when I see a car like today's '65 Comet). I've gathered up a few of Bechtle's many car-themed paintings for our enjoyment on this fine Tuesday. [The New Yorker, SFMOMA]

1:30 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,347 views, 45 comments

Latest by n/a: I am amazed that only one previous comment even knew that the car in the pic was a Rambler and then wasn't sure of the year. It is a 1958 Rambler. The difference between the 58 & 59 was in more »

offbeat news

Schumacher Wins First Motorcycle Race, Prompting Rumors Of New Career

Former F1 driver Michael Schumacher has won his first ever motorcycle race. The ex-Ferrari driver has successfully completed tests on board Ducati's MotoGP bike and raced a Honda CBR1000RR. With the addition of this win, on board a Triumph Daytona 675, the motorcycle world is rife with rumors that he will compete professionally in a major racing class next season. More »

10:30 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Wes Siler
3,454 views, 28 comments

junkyard find

Malaise Spitfire Attempts To Hide Embarrassing Bumpers In Junkyard, Fails

We don't hold with those who hate all Triumph Spitfires across the board, although their unreliability was legendary even by British Leyland standards. No, the only ones that really deserve the "Shitfire" label are the ones hauling around 900 pounds of Malaise crash bumpers with an engine rated at... well, it's too depressing to get into. I found this fairly complete example located a few rows down from the '76 Peugeot 504, and the sight of those horrible bumpers- even more horrible than those on the 1975 BMW 2002- made me feel like Jimmy Carter still negotiating to get the hostages out of Iran even as Reagan took the oath.

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3:45 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,681 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: I was a long-time British fanatic for years. But when I saw those rubber bumpers, I knew the ride was over. Personally, I miss the old oil-leakers. more »

engine swap

Buick V6-Powered TR7 Gets Ready For LeMons Action!


I felt certain that Team Black Metal V8olvo would have the only car at the Altamont with a ridiculous engine swap... but I thought wrong! Scratchy Bottom Racing has outdone the Lunacy Factor of our Ford 302-powered Volvo 244 by grabbing a $149 1976 Triumph TR7 and stuffing the 231-cube Buick V6 out of a '77 Pontiac Ventura into its engine compartment. The important question here (other than "can a Triumph survive being one of 90 cars on a one-mile road course?") is whether the influence of the Prince of Darkness can ever be completely expunged from a Malaise Era British Leyland machine. [Scratchy Bottom Racing]

3:00 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,860 views, 40 comments

Latest by Mark Miller: @chrystlubitshi: It was the great Giorgetto Giugiaro. Geneva Motor Show, 1975. Allegedly on viewing the the TR7 for the first time and looking perplexed by the heavily curved sculpting in the side, the designer walked around the car and famously more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Italy Versus Britain Redux: 1963 Alfa Romeo or 1946 Triumph?

Since the hanging chads hosed the polling mechanism in our previous attempt to determine whether Britain or Italy should challenge France in the Project Car Hell Superpower Showdown, we had to do an all-French Choose Your Eternity poll (which the Panhard won handily) on Friday. Today we're going to take another shot at the Britain-Italy matchup, with another Alfa for the Italians and a Triumph from the Brits.
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5:30 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,502 views, 37 comments

down on the street bonus edition

Cars From The House Of The Rising Sun

We all loved the New Orleans Impala, so A Strolling Player took it upon himself to photograph six Down On The New Orleans Street cars for us (I couldn't help but use a HOTRS reference in the post title, having just read an interesting book about the history of the song; otherwise you'd probably be getting a bunch of Algrenesque Big Stingaree jokes). Make the jump to see the entire collection and read Strolling's descriptions.

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1:00 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Murilee Martin
986 views, 29 comments

Latest by cq: @A strolling player: That Mercedes, the gray/silver one with all the chrome in really good shape? It's there pretty much every day, I usually see it on my way home. You can probably catch it if you more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Faster Pussycat Edition: TR3, MGA, or 356?

The Repo Man Edition PCH was fun, so we're returning to the movie-themed Choose Your Eternity concept once again. Today we're having a 3-way vote, but that's OK because we've seen one of the cars before and the idea of doing a PCH with the three machines driven by the homicidal go-go dancers from Russ Meyer drive-in classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! seems ideal for this quasi-holiday afternoon.
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5:00 PM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,272 views, 18 comments

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