A Horse With No Name

Trivia #1- This was a very ambitious father son project...and it has been used by every made of auto, from Ford to Ferrari. Father died at the beginning of the project, son was almost killed by the project....but yet every type of auto uses this THING they developed together. If your thinking along the lines of Piston, you are wrong, as the Mazda RX-7 and RX-8 use this, and they don't have pistons...if your thinking steering wheel the 1903 Curved dash Olds used a tiller and used this..so steering wheel and windshield fail. This was used by the 1962 Grand Prix and 64 Bonneville of Balthazars fantasy, the SS El Camino of Camino's fantasy, the GMC truck in Rogers fantasy, the Toranado in Olds fantasy, if your dreaming of a car...it has probably used this THING. Oh, and one off hand built cars frequently use this THING also....so the assembly line is out... A few hints....the son wanted to donate his home to the state of New Jersey as a governors mansion, but the house was torn down instead. The son had a nephew that helped develop one of the most successful racing cars of the Brass Era. Nephew was lost on the Titanic in 1912, which is a huge hint.... Name the THING, the father, the son, and the nephew...and also the racing car. Racing car was the S2000/Solstice/Miata/Boxster of it's day....a very sought after roadster. Also explain how the father lost his life and the son almost lost his with this "thing". Other huge hint.....there is a race track that the SCCA uses that bears the family surname. Tell what state that race track is in while your at it...google is your friend....

...and Arkus is the one dog on the planet strong enough to hang his head out the window at two hundred miles an hour... anyway, done with the sarcasm, keep us posted Camino.

Interesting none the less!

Do a youtube sarch for Flaco's truck, Texas mile...sarcastic, yes I know you will never go this fast in the Tahoe...but cool!

'blu...65 Vw is cool, agree that the new Beetle with the spanked down roof is cool....

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvrUG2T7kSQ&feature=relmfu Your goal with the Tahoe. ...and that's a small block, BTW...and street legal....

I hear ya, buddy....

One last thought...old BMW's are cheap, and fun....provided you get a good one.

Or try something European...saw the little Alfa project car....these are available dirt cheap, and are astonishingly fun. Ask me about small roadsters some time when you've got three hours to kill....

this 'Bird...runs on the strip an auto crosses...you could have way to much fun with this thing...or something like it. This thing is way to far gone....but find an old VW and fix it up...parts are cheap...you work in a bodyshop....the VW guys are a great group of guys...half the fun of anything automotive is making new friends... Or find an interesting 80's car and continue to preserve it...this Shelby showed up at our last autocross, but a c4 Corvette or a Fiero would be cheap and right up your alley, I think.

Or find a two door, wagon or convertible version of this old Olds and make it a weekend cruiser.... ...or make some new friends and get involved in competition...this rollbar... is in...

Biggest thing Blu is that I've always thought you had some un used automotive creativity that could be brought out...these numbers are on the side of my friend Chucks car....but creatively done. I've always wondered what you would do given a little creative licence....

What NOT to do!

This GTO made me think of Balthazar also...a guy was out enjoying it with his sons on a day off...wanted to get a better pic but couldn't get to the car fast enough... Sorry, couldn't get the image of the GP to rotate in my computer for some odd reason.

Dirty little wants should be dirty little cheap, my friend. My wife's cousin put a bunch of money into a Mustang, drag raced it, and decided that eleven seconds of yee haw wasn't very fun. He bought an inexpensive Cherokee, modded it lightly, and wheels the piss out of it every weekend. Total investment in the Jeep is less than $3500 including tires, it doubles as a daily driver for him, and he's had wicked fun with it.

Old Pontiac made me think of Balthazar.... Always liked this color on the Mustang...looks good on a Factory Five replica also....

They built eleventy billion of them...find one that hasn't been trashed.

Road runner I saw outside of a business on the east side.... Thought of Olds...personal luxury coupe...when I saw this.... Neat old Buick on the south end...

LMAO...yes it does!

I think Cash or small loan, paid for, and truck for weekend camping would suit your life style really well...and get you out of the constant cycle of buying cars. Now if GM only built something half car, half truck, sold it through Chevrolet and kept it inexpensive, and gave it a cool sounding name to make it sound like it came from California...El Camino Maybe....

Or get a convertible and modify it slightly...this showed up at the last autocross, guy is changing it into an Opel clone...

Or ever thought of doing a full resto?

Chevy thrown in just for fun....

Hot hatch...apparently...according to Car and Driver logic...saw this in a parking lot the other day, haven't seen one in forever...

Why don't you do a project car as opposed to buying something "new" for you vehicle with the greater "mechanical" feel...? I always think of you for some reason when I think of this thing. Not usually into lowered trucks but I like this one for some odd reason.... Of course, you could always roll with something more old skool...wid de rims... Or here is an old Hilux truck I saw in a historical neighborhood in Columbus the other day....