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Wow that is interesting. A family I was very good friends with back home (even tried to date the daughter.. haha!) had an original WWII Jeep and also a full size truck for a while. They were interesting to drive.. haha!

That elite....75hp engine? I tell you what, British cars would be huge money over here if they had put some bigger engines in them. Love the styling of all of them and always sad to see the power.

Why the mitsu jeeps so expensive? Jeeps in general people have lost their minds over but older mitsu jeeps bringing that sort of money? Crazy people!


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[quote=""DCIV""]That elite....75hp engine? I tell you what, British cars would be huge money over here if they had put some bigger engines in them. Love the styling of all of them and always sad to see the power.


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Thats statement proves Carroll Shelby was a genius for modifying the AC Ace into the Shelby Cobra.

Exactly. Look what he accomplished with that as well. All they had to do was put in some real power.


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1959 Lotus Elite.. 176 hp and 1116 lbs. 6.3 lbs/hp.
1959 Corvette with optional 283 V8.. 290 hp and 3020 lbs. 10.4 lbs/hp.
1965 AC Cobra.. 425 hp and 2355 lbs. 5.5 lbs/hp.

Just throwing those numbers out there...

we sure the race cobras were that heavy and made that power? Or are those the pruductuon numbers? Would also love to see lbs/tq numbers.


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Those are the street models. I wont compare a track car to a road car, that is silly.

Emilie just sent me this. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-m ... -benz-r63/

Not bad. That'd be a bad ass runabout.

I looked at those before buying the CTS wagon.

Finding one for sale is the hardest part.

I was outbid on this guy.

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-toyota-celica-3/

-John

Damn. That looks like it needs nothing at all. Damn shame, but I'm not surprised it went higher.

I have a friend with a celica, I think a 78, hatch back that his parents bought brand new. Its mint, and very very fun.


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1990 Toyota Master Ace Surf - http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-t ... -ace-surf/
This would make for an excellent tri gear hauler!

1962 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 4-Speed - http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-c ... orvette-2/
As a Corvette guy I couldn't let this one go by without posting it..

1984 Westfield XI - http://bringatrailer.com/2016/10/27/fin ... tfield-xi/
Stellar price for this one and should be a heck of a fun car to drive.

1958 Mercedes-Benz 220S Ponton - http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1958-m ... benz-220s/
I have no idea why I like this but I do hah!

350/Muncie 4-Speed 1962 Austin Healey 3000 - http://bringatrailer.com/2016/10/27/goo ... aley-3000/
Somebody asked for a V8 swapped British car...

1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 - http://bringatrailer.com/2016/10/26/sha ... 50sel-6-9/
These always make me think of cold war era Russian "diplomats".

1973 DeTomaso Pantera - http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-d ... pantera-3/
I so want to drive one of these. And I expect I'd be extremely disappointed. But still want to!

1986 Ford C8000 Race Hauler - http://bringatrailer.com/2016/10/26/ex- ... ce-hauler/
This is friggin cool!

Frode wrote:I so want to drive one of these. And I expect I'd be extremely disappointed. But still want to!

I feel the same way.

There were two interesting Panteras on Fast N Loud recently. Richard Rawlings bought this for himself for $330,000.

http://ringbrothers.com/1971_pantera_adrnln

I've seen a couple other Ringbrothers cars and the work they do is indescribable. They're beautifully built without any of the over the top gaudiness that other customizers fall victim to.

The other Pantera was still cool, but not nearly at this level. Gas Monkey Garage built one with a twin turbo EcoBoost.

There's hardly any decent photos of it on the internet. But it turned out pretty interesting.

The Pantera is hands-down my favorite car.

Holy shit that Ringbrothers one... OMG! Drooool! And actually the white one is very nice as well in a more understated way.

A lot of people goof on Gas Monkey because they're the center of a reality show, but they really do make nice looking cars.

Yeah not a huge fan of the show but seen some nice cars..