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That MB hauler must be a kick to drive sitting in front of the front axle. I've had two Corvair Rampside pickups where you sit right over the front axle and the ride motions and sensations were really different. Great little truck though and with radial tires, stiff shocks and a camber compensator it made a fairly decent canyon carver in its day. Scared the crap out of a number of sports car owners taking them for rides in the canyons. The MB hauler looks to have a little bit of crush room before you die in a head on collision. In the Corvair, your knees and feet were the crush zone, just a flimsy bumper and one layer of sheet metal between you and death.

About 8 - 10 years ago I was sitting in the pits at 2nd Creek Raceway near Denver when a mid 70's GMC motorhome pulled in and parked. The sleek and low RV that had the Olds Toronado front wheel drivetrain. I wondered why he was parking it in the pits when the driver popped up the whole rear panel, pulled out a couple of aluminum ramps and fired up a Caterham 7 and backed it out. I thought this was a great idea but years later when I finally owned my own Se7en, I tracked the fellow down and he told me he gave it up as a lost cause and sold it for a song. It was unfinished on the inside but I saw potential for a small living space in front of the car and a great way to get your car to tracks near and far. He had named the GMC the Mudhen,

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/john_jurkowski_trucks2.htm Other pages have other types of trucks.

Getting their concussion counts started early.

It's also why they drink warm beer.

Spotted this one for only $3,000. Turbo and lots of extras, it's in Kansas. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?p=4201521#post4201521

Just curious, how many cars would be in a typical Dick Brink batch?

Thanks Bruce. I have the same feeling for automatics in sports cars but there are many people out there, even young ones who don't know how to drive a manual transmission and aren't willing to learn so I covered it. Had to cover all the bases ya know. Who knows, someday my left knee that was scoped in 1978 might give out on me and I will need an automatic Miata myself. :ack: The heavy duty ACT extreme clutch in two of my cars isn't helping that situation either.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/lucas/index.html

I've seen a few beaters go for $1,000 here. $2,500 - $3,000 will buy a fairly decent but high mileage early Miata. Its a good time of year to be in the market for a sports car. Check out this article on how to evaluate a used Miata: http://www.miata.net/faq/usedmx5.html and pay attention to the part on the crankshaft problem on '90 and early '91 cars.

Great bunch of car and people pictures. I hope to get there next year.

A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar ($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final exchange with the United Customer Relations Manager, he stated that he was left with no choice other than to create a music video for youtube exposing their lack of cooperation. The Manager responded : "Good luck with that one, pal". So he posted a retaliatory video on youtube. The video has since received over 6.1 million hits. United Airlines contacted the musician and attempted settlement in exchange for pulling the video. Naturally his response was: "Good luck with that one, pal". Taylor Guitars sent the musician 2 new custom guitars in appreciation for the product recognition from the video that has lead to a sharp increase in orders. Here's the video ....

I hope I'm still shopping for performance cars at 101. YouTube - 101 Year Old Man is still Living in the Fast Lane - Buys 2010 Camaro

The two speed wipers in my Caterham work well, slow and slower. They have worked every time I tried them. They haven't had much use and no smoke has leaked out of the wiring. I think I've been out in the rain 2 or 3 times in 3 years.

Not an official coast down test but I have noticed that on down hill grades in my Se7en the engine requires some throttle to maintain speed, however my Silverado picks up speed, even when the transmission is in Drive and my foot is off the throttle. I know that a Caterham has a substantially higher Cd than a brick and a lot more frontal area.

That is soooo bad. :smilielol5:

I''l bet the exhaust note will be sweeeet.

Looks like the car was hungry too.

You must have missed the last two photos. One shows the Toyota engine close up, the other from a distance with the rest of the car visible. Of course, it could all be photoshopped and there really isn't an engine in it after all.

If you believe they actually did that by themselves in that time I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn...

How much money do you have to spend?

I have towed both my Caterham and my Miata (but not at the same time) on an 18' aluminum tilt bed trailer with an '05 Subaru Legacy GT wagon with no problems. I was concerned about getting caught in stop and go traffic at high altitude construction zones and possibly burning out the clutch so I replaced the Subie with a Silverado and an enclosed trailer. Below is a picture of the rig with two Se7ens aboard.

If the car is only insured for $900k and the market value for Veyrons is much higher than that, I doubt it is a scam. Besides, its highly unlikely the car is totaled. There doesn't appear to be any body damage and the salt water can be cleaned up and maybe some interior parts replaced. Since the engine ran for quite awhile after the car went into the water it's unlikely it is internally damaged.

The red car in post #1 is an F355. The Dino he wrecked is similar to the one in my post (#6) above.