Sixty8panther

Wow... 1st time for me! Very cool, a lot of European models there. When was this (not) released?

Happy day of the anniversary of your birth.

I was only born 60 years too late.

GOALS 5 years old - Become a firefighter. No wait, a policeman... or race car driver... - Have the ultimate collection of Legos - Own a Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911 Turbo or a Jaguar XJS V12 (I was still living in Slovakia... I had NEVER even seen a GM car) 10 years old - Be a fighter pilot for the USAF - Own a Classic GM car like a 1st gen. Camaro or GTO - Become an automotive designer for General Motors 15 years old - Become an automotive designer for General Motors - Own a 4th gen. F-body T-top with 6-speed - Own a German GT car... BMW M3 or perhaps a Porsche 911 20 years old - Become an automotive designer for General Motors - Own a 1969 Camaro with a 4-speed - Own a big RWD Cadillac or some other huge GM land yacht Today (27yo) - Own home wiht Marcia in the next 5 years - Own a 1959 Buick Electra 225 Riviera (4dr bubbletop hardtop) - Own a 1930-32 Cadillac Dual Cowl Phaeton V16 before I did

I'd like to have Kelly Ripa put her hand on something of mine.

Supercharging is nice but there's no replacement for displacement... I'll just take sixteen natrually aspirated cylinders thank you. Duesenberg is the official "High Rev Tuner" of the T!GH+ W#1P$ car club. DOHC, high HP/weight ratio thank to supercharging and some early '30s Duesenbergs were said to be capable of 160pmh. That's like 250mph today! Most 1930s cars could not even come close to reaching tripple digits.

Vicky

Youssa funny guy Quad-A.

Agreed, if he was at the top of his game he wouldl have been able to single out the heckler and make fun of him. Perhaps if it was me I'd just stand there and stare off into space & wait there in complete silence (except for the heckler) for the audience to be like "WTF contiue with your act!" and I'd say to them I think this guy up here in the balcony has something more important to say, HE should geet the mike... put HIM on the spot and make him look like a prick. Also: Why was the heckler not thrown out before it got to that point... the fact that no one interjected (esp. once M.R. went off like a bomb) makes the Laugh Factory look like some two-bit $h!-show that has no control of their own theatre. The heckler should have gotten thrown on his ass to the curb, and once M.R. said what he did he should have been escorted off stage too, no one was in control there!

When I was 17 I would have said something like twin-turbo H-6 out of a 996 Porsche, or perhaps the Small Block Chevrolet. When I was 22 I would have absolutly said SBC! Now I'm 27 & while I recognize the tremendously broad appeal of the 265/289/327/350/400.... etc. I can not pick it as my favorite engine of all time. It's by far the best bang for the buck in all of automotive history, no contest, go home it's over. But here's my favorite top three engines of all time. 1. Cadillac's 452 cu. in. 45* V-16 (1930-1937) 2. This modern "4-8-16" V-16 (2003 SIXTEEN concept car) is not in production yet but needs to be ASAP to show the world GM is back! 3. Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp R2800 aircraft motor 18-cylinders (two rows of 9) radial, air-cooled 2,804 cu. in. [46 liters!!!] It powered many aircraft in WWII including the Grumman F6F Hellcat, P-47 Thunderbolt, B26 Marauder, B-61 Black Widow & one of the greatest aircraft ever, F4U "bent-wing" Corsair.

Ouch, burn... oh it's a DEEP BURN!!! And don't forget it's a UNIBODY truck based on a fu*king minivan! ...did I mention the floorboards are "reinforced" with balsawood? I wish Honda would just concentrate on making ATV, Generators motorcycles and lawnmowers. Leave cars & trucks to the adults.

Never-ending

I was so excited about the prospect of a $18,000 BMW sedan when this idea surfaced like 8 damn years ago... but Bangle doesn not do small cars well and I'm afraid these cars will end up overpriced and lame. BMW has started to loose my favor since I went on my ANTI-timing-belt crusaide. Who the f@#k has a rubber band do the job a metal chain should be? That's just lame and if I make fun of Honda & Toyota for it then I'm going to stick to my guns about it even with BMW. I hope a RWD compact sedan/coupe/wagon along the lines of the 1968-72 Datsun/Nissan Bluebird/510 will be a reality soon! Just a spartan, scion-level (in terms of $) back to the basics lineup of cars available wiht 5/6 speed manual transmissions and peppy 4-bangers. (Ecotec)

Yes... Opie & Anothony said it best. They were strangers and so he could not pick out specifics to rip them appart... if a friend pisses you off you can say "Listen you necrophiliac, unemployed f@#k who still reads comic books and lives in his mother's basement, STFU, your opinion in this case is worthless!" ...or something to that effect. But when we're left to rage out against an anonymous human being we get dirty and say things which are not only horrible but somethimes can not be made OK, ever, after a million apologies. Weather it's Gimp, Nerd, Redneck, Fuzzy Foreigner or whatever. That being said the man apologized in a way that seemed genuinelly sincere, he did NOT make excuses and said his peace and then retracted away from the limelight. Here's what f@#kign BUGS me big time, why do we only see this back and forth confrontation with the hecklers only AFTER he looses his cool. What he said was innapropriate in any circumstance but I can not judge him fairly without seeing what racial slurs may have been yelled at him before hand. This is in a lot of ways like the Rodney King tape... all we see is the afternmath.

I knew that was coming... I'm sure your flathead powered COE could rip a house off it's foundation with that kind of gearing! Holy hell that's cool. Dog damnit Balthazar ever since I visited you last Nov. and saw your COE in person you've got me into COEs BIG TIME! About two weeks ago I was banging on the door to a farmhouse asking if the 1941? Chevrolet COE steakbed in their gravel driveway was for sale. Some Asian lady told me politely that I was barking up the wrong tree and that it was a 1937 which it so was NOT. I'lll post some photos soon.

HAPPY B-DAY! Submited for your approval is a picture of the coolest Aurora ever made. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Keep Scrolling... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is sooooo much cooleer than a "Final 500" Oldsmobile! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You ready? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yes, it's the 1957 Aurora Safetycar! Hey it's still much better looking than a Ridgeline or Element!

We have a winner... although I'm going to just say F*** it and give BOTH of you a point. I make the rules based on the inteligence given to me only by T.W.C.C. members in the highest levels of power. And I'm giving serious thought to how we'll deal with the inevitable tie breakers. There will probably be a couple people tied for 2nd and possibly 1st place.

New tie-breaker... name the manufacturer of this car, that's it.

Nope. Ocnblu got the closest of anyome. It is a 1960 Mercury... but not just any Mercury.

Hmmm... well I want this to be fair. The Balls-to-the-wall term is from the Steam era referance. It popped inot my head because of the video on the net of Jay Lenos' 1860s era steam engine. Just tell us the year & make then... the model name is very obscure. It's not a Mopar BTW.

Since I'm always looking for the next edge I have decided that since my co-workers at the office here have gotten used to me driving a 1964 Oldsmobile to work day in & day out and they don't even flinch anymore it's time for the next step... either a 1959 Buick in the spring or, maybe, perhaps I'll just go for the throat & buy an early 1930s car and daily drive that to work! I've been giving serious thought to this, I'm very much in love w/ the idea, just not sure if I'll follow through on this one. I'd love to park something like a 31 Chevrolet Rat Rod next to all the Camrys, Corollas & Accrods at work. Modern Brakes and perhaps a very mild SBC 350 would be practical but otherwise keep it looking like it drove out of the dustbowl.

This guy works at one of my companies' sister offices. DEEPAK DIXIT I'm going to bite my tongue now...

TIE BREAKER: Name the car make, year & model. (only for WMJ and 79-Z06)

Hopefully we'll drive out there in a 1933 Chevrolet master Sedan.

wow....