Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Shadeux said:

Much like not pitting for tires, this is often considered a "short term gain long term loss"

I mean no disrespect, but Jimmy Carter can get bent. 

NickD said:

It's weird to see Chris in an SRT-4.

In reply to Knurled. :

Looks like a Neon to me. 

2nd overall, 1st 2wd. 

EvanB said:

In reply to Knurled. :

Looks like a Neon to me.

In reply to EvanB :

SRT4 is to Neon as Neon is to SRT4.

barefootskater said:

I mean no disrespect, but Jimmy Carter can get bent. 

barefootskater said:

I mean no disrespect, but Jimmy Carter can get bent. 

Knurled. said:

NickD said:

It's weird to see Chris in an SRT-4.

Spent a weekend with Chris, but never saw his SRT-4. Got to drive his Sprinter though, which then I wanted one of those. Wally and I crewed for Rob Russo with his Jetta 3 (4?) years ago at ESPR with Chris as the co-driver. That was an interesting weekend.

Appleseed said:

In reply to EvanB :

SRT4 is to Neon as Neon is to SRT4.

My above comment was in jest since Greenhouse was previously seen in a Neon and the SRT-4 is just a Neon as well...

In reply to EvanB :

Ah but the SRT-4 is not a Neon as far as Dodge is concerned. It's a separate model, not a trim level.  (Kind of like Buick Regals and Centurys, which for some years the only difference was the grille)

This means huge things if you do motorsport things.  I can't speak for the autocross or club racers, but if you put an SRT-4 bumper on a Neon, you could be protested out of a rallycross entirely, because in no class are you allowed to make your car look like a different model than it's entered as.

bigdaddylee82 said:

Shadeux said:

I really love 1930s era Austin 7 specials. But what is this one? Looks too small for the real thing. The front suspension looks authentic. But it looks too small to be the real thing. Is it a new-age cycle car "go-cart?" Seems to be going too fast for that. Is a puzzlement. But really nice nevertheless!

barefootskater said:

I mean no disrespect, but Jimmy Carter can get bent. 

I actually preferred the 85mph speedometer in my '80 RX-7.  If you're going over 85, your actual speed is kind of academic and you have other things to be thinking about, so who cares?

Rare picture from those days.  The funny is, THAT is where the needle stopped.  And by RPM, it was at around 77mph actual.  I used to see 115 every day on the way to work, and touched 124 once.

Anyway, this is why when I picked up my '81, I was thrilled that it has the correct speedometer.  You see, 1980 and 1981 were the only years for the 85mph speedo in RX-7land, and a lot of people swapped '79 speedos into '80s and '82-83 speedos into '81s because they like having a gauge that has a lot of wasted dial space I guess.

Professor_Brap said:

Gary said:

bigdaddylee82 said:

Shadeux said:

I really love 1930s era Austin 7 specials. But what is this one? Looks too small for the real thing. The front suspension looks authentic. But it looks too small to be the real thing. Is it a new-age cycle car "go-cart?" Seems to be going too fast for that. Is a puzzlement. But really nice nevertheless!

Well, I've done a bit of research and found this, so Shadeux's post looks to be an authentic Austin Seven.

As I said, I love Austin Seven Specials. And Big Daddy's post is spectacular.

And I'll add "Bloody Mary" to this. It's a great British hill climb car from the twenties and thirties (not Austin Seven-based) with a great history:

And here is original builder John Bolster in Bloody Mary at Shelsley Walsh (impressive mustache):

(I paid dearly for a copy of this vintage out-of-print book. It was written about 70 years ago by engineer and writer John Bolster, a real car guy. I'm a car guy and love all things vintage. So I think this book, and this car, is great).

Could've made these individual pics separate posts, but decided to keep them together in one post to make a story.

XS-650. 

Single Person Midget Submarines: Japan, 1946.

JoeyM said:

 

 

Owner's last name Flintstone by chance?