Tag: Cars

…by a beautiful little Alfa Duetto 1750 Spider.  And why not?  Is he going to buy it?

…and three years later, Mr. Metcalfe drives the Mille Miglia  course in it.  The bastard.  Why is he a bastard?

Because driving the MM corsa  is very much on Ye Olde Buckette Lyst (as I discussed here, its extension here, and a discussion on a “pairing” here), and I envy Harry.  A lot.

I would humbly suggest that watching the videos and reading (or re-reading) these posts is not the worst way to spend a couple hours on a Saturday.  Enjoy the adventure.

…which brings this series to a close.

See yesterday’s important amendment.

Update:  Okay, I screwed up.  I should have posted the 1963 Lancia Flaminia instead:

Satisfied?

And seeing as it’s July 4th, why not look back at a time when we made manly American cars?

I can’t help but think that once Paul Revere had got over the “No horses?”  shock, he’d have approved, mightily.

And I think all the Founding Fathers would have approved of this farming implement:

…and they would have been quite familiar with the word “Gladiator”.