This was the last year for the old-school 5.0. I blame Vanilla Ice. Read more

I like the cut of your jib! Read more

I don’t think the top hydraulics can be disconnected, but I could be wrong. You are correct, though, about the rebuild being a big pain in the wallet. Read more

This car is plum-full of little easter eggs. Read more

Sadly true. Read more

Sorry! That was a fat-fingered typo. I’ve corrected it to the proper 256. I need more coffee. Read more

Holy cow. The seller updated the ad with the salvage title notification AFTER I had posted the car. What a sneaky Pete.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Also, where are this trucks cats? Read more

There were aftermarket chop jobs, most notably by ASC, but this was an official Cadillac offering for the 1984 and 1985 model years. It only came in Biarritz trim, if memory serves. Read more

The HPE is a beautiful car. Yeah they rusted if you breathed on them funny, but what a way to go! Read more

We can dream. Read more

Excellent choice of an X1/9. One of my all-time favorite cars. Read more

The move is just to 9:00 am east coast time. We had some juggling this week that postponed one posting to 10:00 am, but that was an outlier. I hope the time shift doesn’t mess up everyone’s morning-poop reading regiment. Read more

By the way, I believe that the Fox Body Mustang and its SN95 offspring are the only ones in the model’s history to wear the Ford Blue Oval badge. All prior versions used the FORD block letter badge and every one since (including the electric five-door Mustang-in-name-only) has used Mustang badging solely. Read more

Just as long as we can still get some more “James May, Our Man In...” shows, I’ll be satisfied. Read more

Is that a dent? I vacillated over mentioning that anomaly near the fuel filler door but left it alone since I couldn’t decide if it was a dent or a reflection. Read more

I wonder what percentage of car owners actually document the work on their cars and keep the maintenance receipts versus how many simply shrug off the effort, expecting that “the dealer will keep those records.” Read more

Couldn’t get past the glaring continuity error with the gloves. Read more

Six minutes in and we’re at 100% No Dice. Read more

I know, right? I’m really interested in knowing the story here. Read more