Of course, it’s Iain Tyrrell talking about Aston Martin’s DB4 and DB5, and the differences thereof. Here’s the DB4:
…and the DB5:
Along the way, you’ll also learn the difference between the SU and Weber carburetors, and why the early Sixties saw cars become more reliable and less prone to breakdown than their predecessors…
…and then there’s Iain having a Gentleman’s Moment as he gets a DB4’s engine to howl.
Delightful.
1957 Chevrolet Cameo
Connie Britton
Wait: red hair, freckles, dimples, long legs — and all that riding next to me on the bench seat of that exquisite Chevy truck?
Whichever route I chose, the trip would take me weeks…
…All-American Road Trip. (To see the actual East/West Coast route options, go here.) As for the first trip, your choices are limited to cars — in this case, of the 1950s — and women of U.S. origin.
Your car / companion choices are from the following pairings (no swaps or substitutions):
1) 1950 Hudson Hornet
Gillian Anderson
2) 1957 Willys Overland
Jennifer Morrison
3) 1957 Chevrolet Cameo
Connie Britton
4) 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk
Mariska Hargitay
5) 1950 Willys Jeepster
Emma Stone
6) 1957 Ford T-Bird
Sarah Shahi
7) 1958 Chevrolet Impala
Winona Ryder
8) 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air
Ali Larter
9) 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
Diane Neal
10) 1957 Chevrolet Corvette
Ashley Graham
There ya go. Your choice in Comments. Mine will appear on Monday.
From EPA Head Guy Lee Zeldin:
The EPA will continue to protect human health and the environment while unleashing America’s full potential. That means reconsidering the regulations that have restricted every sector of the economy, such as the illegal Clean Power Plan 2.0, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, and Particulate Matter 2.5 levels. Under President Trump guidance, the EPA also has ended the electric-vehicle mandate that threatened to destroy America’s auto industry and made cars cost more. Instead of forcing Americans to buy expensive vehicles they neither want nor can keep powered up, we are restoring choice to consumers and bringing automaking jobs back home in line with our Great American Comeback initiative. This commitment to our manufacturing base contrasts with Biden administration policies that shipped jobs overseas.
What was that? Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the sound of big American-made engines revving…
No, that’s not a silly translation of the German greeting, but a “new” Morgan model:
Yeah, it’ll cost you over a $125k, but it is hand-built, after all.
And yet I don’t know… all those smoothed contours make it look like an airbrushed A.I. creation, somehow.
Here’s an older model, just for comparison:
Am I the only one who thinks this?
Harking back to last Saturday’s post, here’s one way to “simplify” a classic car:
Looks purty, dunnit?
Of course, this E-type’s about like Washington’s axe — all that’s left is the name (in this case, the body) — but at least this new version has a cold-start percentage greater than 30% (the old E-type’s average) and the lights and windshield wipers can work simultaneously (to mention just some of the features).
The price paid for this restomod actually set a new record for nosebleed — although it’s in the same range as all other E-type restomods — but even if I had the money, I think I’d prefer something else.
I remember once thinking that the ultimate restomod would be a Dino body stretched over a Porsche Cayman, but that would probably cost less than a restored Dino, from what I’ve seen. (Nearly half a million bucks for Ferrari’s “entry level” car from the late 1960s? Are you kidding me?)
And returning to the above XKE, I have to think that I’d prefer to lose the rocket launch geegaws and stick with the original six-cylinder 3.8-liter Jag engine. But that’s just me.