Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Gary said:

Hey, I've driven one of those.  My father's friend started collecting exotics back in the '70s when it was a lot more grassroots than it is now.  There were not as many specialty mechanics on the East Coast as there are now, so he had my father work on them.

My dad's friend bought it used from Jamie Wyeth, Andrew's son, who at the time was about 30.  It was pale metallic blue, and looked subtle, but good.  It had definitely been driven like cars are supposed to be driven.

It was later restored to concours condition and painted Ferrari Red.  Of course, it looked great, but maybe not as interesting as it did in the offbeat blue color.

Actually, it was this very car.  Looks like it's been returned to the original color.  And apparently my father's friend was the third owner, not the second.  I knew the two guys that picked it up from Jamie, as well.  It doesn't seem they kept it very long.

Never heard of a whipcord tire.

In reply to fanfoy :

I don't care who you are, that right thar is funny. 

Seen on the book of faces this morning.

Everybody knows who That girl is, but do you know who that guy is?

George Carlin

Gary said:

Here’s the back story on this Alfa

In reply to Gary :

Thought that was one of these.  My mistake!

In reply to fasted58 :

Oh shoot, I think they might have lost a piece down the drain. 

914Driver said:

Never heard of a whipcord tire.

Huh. Those look like ancestors of all terrain tires. I wonder how good they worked on muddy, rutted up roads. 

Better than the Armour-All sidewalls of 4X4 posers out there.

;~  )

Sooooo... Motor Trend is unironically using a picture from Randy Pobst's Pike's Peak accident as the splash for a clickbait article about America's best and worst drivers:

This should be about two feet shorter to be perfect.

Gary said:

This should be about two feet shorter to be perfect.

More airspace for your Aston Fartin?

Gary said:

This should be about two feet shorter to be perfect.

Something weird about the proportions. Too bobtailed. Needs more space between the door jamb and back wheel, and more rear overhang.  I'd say it needs to be 2 feet longer, all of it aft of the door handles.