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I agree with you on FIAT and Alfa Romeo. Neither of them should have been brought to the USA in the first place, but Sergio answers to Italians on the boot, not shareholders. Stellantis should ditch FIAT and Alfa Romeo as soon as possible. Why? Simple: Stellantis is NOT VW, nor should they aspire to be VW. Don't believe me? Ask Ford and their plans to become another GM in the 1950s with the Continental and especially the Edsel.

In time, yes. Through my efforts with the Ohio BMV website I now have the VINs for everything except two Cougars that were probably in my Mom’s name and not registered in years. I have a spreadsheet I’m filling out, a project plan and a set of tasks….per the BMV, the red BMW is a 1999 1100RS. There is also a 2004 BMW R1150RT. The BMW sedan is a black 2000 740iL like in the movie ‘The Transporter’.. The newest bike is a 2015 Triumph Scrambler.

That BMW is a 1998 or 1999. 1997 or 1998 I'm assuming some of this stuff is getting sold... so maybe.

Well within range of me if you don't mind a visitor

Thanks, I had posted in the thread below with a rather cryptic title..my sister and I have a lot of work ahead of us. The farm is 90 miles south of where I live outside Cleveland, it's been neglected for a long time and he tried his darnedest to destroy our parents' 1859 home. The property has been in the family since 1968. Knowing we would have to deal with him and the property sooner or later is part of why I moved from Arizona back to Ohio in 2017. Alas, I was only able to visit once after our Mom died in 2016, and one of his feral dogs bit me and he chased me off...being that he had 45 guns and was mentally ill, I didn't feel safe visiting my own family property while he was alive. My sister and I had restraining orders against him the last 4 years, he spent time in and out of jail and a mental hospital, didn't do any good. Too. Much. Drama. You can't choose your family, unfortunately. We've been working on the weekends at cleaning up the house, trimming tree branches, looking for family heirlooms, etc. I've made a spreadsheet of his 12 cars and 8 motorcycles, been trying to find keys and any paperwork...because he was schitzophrenic, nothing was particularly organized. 2 Ford Ranger pickups, 2 Ford Explorers, a Bronco II, 2 Fox body Mustangs ('79 Indy Pace Car, '82 GT), 2 '68 Mercury Cougars, a '69 Ford Fairlane, an '01 BMW 740iL, a couple BMW motorcycles, a couple Honda motorcycles, a couple Yamahas, a couple Kawasakis. It was in the barn until a few years ago, when my idiot brother dragged it out w/ the tractor and parked it blocking the driveway. The left side is in mud almost up to the rockers. I put a new car cover on it yesterday. My Dad bought that car new, 351 Windsor 4bbl, automatic. My sister learned to drive in it. She wants to restore it, has a lot of family sentimental value. I last drove it maybe 30 years ago. In the 80s, my Dad and I restored it--replaced the rusted out floorpans, rockers, doors, rear quarters, had the shock towers rebuilt and welded up (a common rust out area in Mustangs). It has a little over 100k miles. In contrast, the photo below is how the property looked 32 years ago. The white '69 Mustang is now sitting to the left of where the '87 is in this photo.

@Robert Hall Very cool pics of the auto's on your farm, look forward to seeing more. Guess you have your own Barn Finds! Amazing how good your dads 69 Mustang looks, was it also in the barn covered like your GT?

I'm sorry to hear that @Robert Hall. And I'm sorry I wasn't around to be aware of it.

Yes you did and I think they were posted in the Random channel if memory serves me correct as Roberts brother died and he is cleaning up the family farm. @Robert Hall can better update you. I want to get my posse of auto's but with the constant rain and they need a bath, they are sitting in the Garage.

Fiat in particular was a mistake to bring back to the US, a very niche product that I do not see ever really taking off here even with the big surge in gas prices. Alfa was a personal live in the past project of the late CEO and the brand should have been left dead as it robbed billions from the US brands just to resurrect that POS of a product line. Those billions should have gone into the US brands from which they were generated, and they would be better today. Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler and Ram due to part shortages, I think this will slowly work itself out unless what is sitting there is just not desirable by the buyers and then they need to throw cash on the hood to get them moved. I think Stellantis will have a bigger issue with the Fiat/Alfa mess as the few niche buyers they had I feel are people that wish they lived in Europe or living in their past travels to Europe. Again, the quality and size of those auto's does not fit here in America. My take on it.

I feel like I missed a couple episodes somewhere...

FIAT Chrysler products are still sitting on the lot these days. I wonder how Stellantis will solve this problem.

As I had posted in the past about Ford moving to a Build to order process in China and that I could see it doing it globally. It seems that reduced options and yes more build to order is the future. Ford F-Series May Drop Cab Configurations Under New Plan (fordauthority.com) Seems Dealer inventory is continuing to drop as Ford had only 40-day inventory on dealer lots at the end of 2021 compared to the industry average of 35 days. While they had more than many rivals, it has stayed at that pace. Ford New Vehicle Inventory Expanded In December, Beating Most Rivals (fordauthority.com) Average transaction prices continue to go up, Ford hit a new record with $48K. Ford Average Transaction Prices Now Up To Record $48K Per Vehicle (fordauthority.com) Interesting read on how Ford is telling the Dealers they will have to specialize and choose what they want. Ford Dealers Will Be Asked To Specialize As Part Of Reorganization (fordauthority.com) Seems Fixed pricing based on the changes with the reorganization could be the standard in the future as Ford looks to beat Tesla.

Not all in one frame, but all on the mud farm this afternoon. The Jeep, my Dad's '69 Mustang I inherited and my '87 Mustang GT. Hope to get the Mustangs back on the road later this year after sitting for a long time. I have a lot of work ahead of me in this mess I've inherited... also an old Ford tractor outside the barn. I have a dozen cars/trucks/SUVs and 8 motorcycles that belonged to my brother that I need get titled, registered and sold eventually. Have to find keys for them first...

F Seibel 1859 M B A MAURER carved into the sandstone over the door...

This looks like my TourX on steroids I wish they made a new version of my buick built on the CT6 chassis (larger than the Regal) and with the styling pumped up and aggressive like this Audi looks sweet https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39450788/audi-a6-avant-etron-concept-revealed/?utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=socialflowFBCD&utm_source=facebook&src=socialflowFBCAD&fbclid=IwAR2Myv7dnQpSr_GvTVJg-pFKrEom9yM91ttNK3loaZbVKdFXSbFNCnrLh5k

Saw this today in the Safeway parking lot as they show the cost of an equal amount of electricity to a gallon of gas.