In praise of a "throw away car." 1996 Mustang GT SN95,

This nice. clean example sports a chromed set of original 17 in. wheels.
There are still lots of cars like this out there.

I never really thought of it as a throw away car, but it seemed that way when I tried to sell it a couple of years ago. I guess that the car was too old for a young guy with a decent job, but not old enough for a guy looking for a classic Mustang project.

Dress for Success? 1977 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

Portrait of the blogger as a Young Man.

MBAs, Condos, designer clothing.
The YUPPIE dream. Welcome to the 1980's

She set the bar pretty high.

This was the period of my life that reflected my greatest era of optimism.

Route 66, What this television show meant to me.

Route 66 premiered October 7th, 1960. I would have been six years old. It ran until March 20th 1964 with a total of 116 episodes. It was created by Herbert B. Leonard and Stirling Silliphant who also had developed the ABC television drama series "The Naked City." No wonder the stories were so compelling.

Time for the Mustang to get a little love. There's been a little too many of my memories, musings, and ramblings. Not enough work being done. Not enough progress reports.

Just call it the "Plastic Fantastic."

My car hobby doesn't exist in a vacuum, sometimes Life has more immediate concerns for me to deal with. I even managed to get quite sick. I thought it was just a cold and that I would power through it. That's what I usually try to do. It didn't work this time, I ended up with a walking pneumonia. Luckily I did go to the doctor for treatment, but the delay caused my illness to continue for at least another week.

Super Cars, What do they tell us about ourselves? (Besides reminding us how poor we are?)

2,998,000.00 Base price for this Bugatti Chiron.
I'll take two!

This Rorschach test blot serves much the same function of that Bugatti pictured above.

The Rorschach test requires us to project our thoughts about an ambiguous ink blot that can reveal deep insights into our psychological functioning. It can help reveal what is important to us. The things that motivate, frighten, and disturb us. We can see what we want to see, which is the whole basis of projection.

Replicas, kit cars and tributes, Oh My!

Is it real or is it Memorex?
( notice that it is parked next to a VW bug)

Do you think that this Lazer will fool anyone into thinking that it's legit? Is imitation the greatest form of flattery?

You can go your own way,  1964 Cadillac convertible.

Not my actual car but a doppleganger.

As Fleetwood Mac sung in 1977, I decided to follow my own automotive path.