The next car started life was a 1994 Mazda Miata, but the normal front-engine roadster layout has been thrown out in favor of a mid-mounted 2004 Yamaha RX-1 snowmobile engine. With a 1000cc Yamaha 4-cylinder motorcycle engine mounted in the passenger seat, this thing brings more chaos to your daily drive than a van full […]
This next feature appears to be a 1937 Ford-style Legends coupe body, not a 1928 Ford, despite the listing title. Legends cars are 5/8-scale replicas of 1930s coupes and sedans, commonly styled after early Ford, Chevy, and Dodge bodies and powered by motorcycle engines. The Yamaha 1200 engine, one-seat layout, race-style chassis, no reverse, and […]
I have to admit that I don’t know much about motorcycles…but I do know a few things about awesome stuff from the 80s and this thing checks many boxes. There is a great combination of metal and that old rugged plastic that they don’t make anymore (it probably ruins the environment or something)…AND it has […]
The Ferrari Dino 206GT was a road-going Ferrari designed by Pininfarina, but it was powered by (of all horrible things) a V6. The idea of a V6 powering a Ferrari was so concerning for Enzo Ferrari that the Dino left the factory without Ferrari badges. But today, we’ve got an interesting place for the Dino […]
Everyone agrees that the Marvel Multiverse is an abject dumpster fire, but so is this next car, so I’m gonna just run with it. Welcome to the another reboot of Batman in a distant dimension that begins with the tragic orphaning of a young Bruce Wayne. In this realm, his parents’ fortune swiftly dwindled due […]
I saw this next car and light up with the possibility of a Yamaha R1 powered Mini, at least until I took a peek at the underhood photos. Yup. Stock Austin 4-cylinder in installed in the vehicle and the Yamaha engine (with custom subframe) is offered on the side. Find this 1976 Austin Mini offered […]
I was watching some James Bond movie the other day and his Aston Martin had machine guns hidden behind the headlamps…which was cool, but only when he pressed some hidden button and popped up those Gatling barrels to smoke some baddies. If you want the experience of having twin rotating machine guns exposed all the […]
Berkeley Cars Ltd out of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England had a short run of low-priced sporty microcars starting back in 1956 and ultimately ending in bankruptcy in 1960. Unfortunately, the company was just starting to get their formula of front-wheel-drive motorcycle powered fiberglass things with cars like the Sports SE492 when their main business (building Glass-reinforced […]
The typical vintage T-Bucket replica goes like this; off-the-shelf tube axle front end kit, bucket of fiberglass, Ford 9-inch rear end, TH350 slushbox, Chevy 350 small bloc—whoa…who put that Chebby part in my Ford? Thems’ fightin’ words. The only non Ford power I’ll put in a T-Bucket is something from a long-time Ford partner…like Lincoln, […]
The Taurus SHO (Super High Output) was a limited edition sports sedan built by Ford’s Special Vehicle Team, yup the same guys who developed the SVO Mustang, Mustang Cobra, etc. A first generation SHO may feel slow in comparison to today’s big DOHC V6s mounted in every economy sedan (or the twin turbo 3.5 V6 […]