DonW

The shot of the rear deck with the stairs and the used ticket box is so evocative, took me back 35 years. I never rode a bus that was that clean!

We BMW drivers used to hate used to hate it when the Jaguars were sharing the bill on race weekend. They always left a sheen of oil on the track...

The Pharoahs would've loved this! The profile reminds me in a way of the Mk1 Jag:

I agree. We were lucky enough to visit the IoM some 20 years back when I was racing in the BMW car club championship - we raced on an airfield circuit not the TT course, but we did drive round the TT circuit (all public roads) and saw the 'bikes practicing - total nutters in the best possible way! It's an awesome venue. Hope it is on for next year!

It's not an Alfa. It's an RM Riley, probably an RME (dark blue badge, full running boards). My first car was one of these. Cheers, -Don.

True enough. If I were prone to envy, I'd be green with it for your experience. But given my (lack of) proper mechanical aptitude and limited funds I'm happy enough with my BMWs as an affordable best of both worlds. Which is probably a bit off-topic...

May the spirit of Gioacchino Colombo haunt your dreams! ?

I used to have to tighten my harness after each session on track, race or practice. It's surprising how much load they have to take. But I never wear the OE belts in any vehicle unless the Bill are behind me. The Ferrari is OK but I'll have a 365GTC please: A proper Ferrari hot rod.

The earlier Midas offerings were much nicer. My dad had one for commuting and loved it.

Not bad! - I get what you mean. They do jar the eye - and it goes downhill from there for me. It doesn't look as if the bonnet louvres are open for air to pass through. And are they exhaust tailpipes I can see in front of the rear wheels?

'Lest we forget...

Ugh. Needs to lose 18 inches from between the cockpit and the rear wheels, and get the bottoms of the pontoon front fenders parallel with the ground, And what is going on with those weird 'scoops' in front of the rear fenders?

Very nice. I wish our local car rental firm offered these instead of the usual Euroboxes!

So between us we liked all of it and none of it!?

For the first half hour of 'From Dusk Till Dawn' my wife and I thought this was the worst we had seen - then the penny dropped and we got the message that it was a spoof, and ended up really enjoying it!

Well, you live and learn. Thanks Michael!

Well it couldn't be anything but a Lanc, despite the obvious inaccuracies! Not bad for $6, shame your mate paid way over that! Well done.

There's something of the Corvair in there, at least from this angle. I like it a lot but I agree about the wires - they look wrong on most cars from the fifties and sixties onwards, except some sports cars.

He was indeed the greatest Bond, but also great in other roles. RIP indeed.

Hi Carl Not sure what 'hauled my suspension off and dumped them' means but it doesn't sound very friendly. As a cat lover (we have 4, just spent £150 on them at the vet!) I know i'm not too keen on them being fed by neighbours but wtf, they're cats and can go where they like! I wouldn't fall out with them about it though. We had one neighbour years ago threaten to poison them - that did make me angry! Maybe stop feeding them and if you think they are mistreated call the US version of the RSPCA? Cheers, -Don.

Lovely model. I'm fascinated by the 'stagger' of the seats, I've only ever seen this on the pre-war racers when the regulations demanded that a riding mechanic be carried, all this unfortunate individual had to to was be very small and keep out of the way of the driver's elbows! The passenger in this Packard looks to have plenty more room but still well out of the drivers way and sight line.

Some of us didn't need a clue on this one!? I enjoy both the quizzes whether I get the answer or not - and often learn more when I don't!

Thanks Gary I didn't think you were daft! I simply had no idea that these events were held in Argentina, I only knew of the original Italian ones. After all the great Argentine Grand Prix drivers in the fifties such as Fangio were thought of as honorary Italians. and there is a great tradition of road races in the Argentine. Cheers, -Don.!

Nice combo, but what has the Argentine got to do with the Mille Miglia? Last time I looked, the original race series that ran to 1955 was in based in Italy, as were the subsequent commemorative runs. Brescia - Padua - Roma - Brescia. Please enlighten me!

Yeah. I almost reported the post to the mods to avoid this fall-out, but decided that it would be more respectful to reply to Thomas himself. I'm sure no harm was intended. I didn't actually mention racism, btw but the original comment did come over as racist, however innocently it was meant. Back to dissing Gas Monkey...