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On this episode of Throwin’ Wrenches… Blue Cruise News, Rivian has fat stacks of cash to burn, Bezo’s and Elon are in a measuring contest, and somebody bought the Porsche from risky business… I’m not sure I would have paid that much unless it came with Rebecca De Mornay!
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RACE DAILY KILL is back for another fun round of spirited debate! 1990 Golf GTI vs a 2005 and a 2020! Who comes up with this stuff?
Projects:
Eric:
I think I had a panic attack on Saturday before racing… I tell the story of a racing heart on Saturday during AutoX in Pekin.
No Southern Cruiser Crawl this year for Eric… Homecoming for his senior!
Bought a camper! Riverside Retro 166 in teal blue. It’s a cutie and needs a name!
Daryl:
Got the ‘55 Plymouth back on the road. The new radiator is perfect, fuel pump works great.
Took it to Cars & Coffee just in time to make sure the wipers still worked. Great to have it back in action.
Next up: Winterizing and then digging into the windows & inner doors on the ‘58 Plymouth.
TWISM This week in social media
Risky Business Porsche Sells… For a LOT! We wonder out loud who would pay millions of dollars for a showroom fresh Porsche 928 (Did the new owner say “Sometimes you just have to say… WTF”?)
We did the math so you don’t have to… That’s 5.5 million a day… for 182 days this year. 228,000 and hour. 3800 a minute and 63.00 a second. I mean really… To have a factory and lots of people walking around working on a new car company… 63.00 a second is not bad? I could pay for a couple of seconds of owning a company like that!
“I’m sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2′ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal,” Musk told Forbes upon being asked for comment on becoming the third person ever to amass a $200 billion fortune.
And there you have it… Rich dorks. I wonder if the ego strokes were the same for folks during the industrial revolution. Vanderbilts and Rothschild send each other childish western unions whenever one had an accomplishment?
GRINDING the GEARS
Motorcycle dude, who felt it is his duty to shoot me the miles per hour? Flashed 5-5 at me with his left hand as I passed him on the left. Are you the citizen guard?
Super clean piece of nostalgia. 302 V-8 with fuel injection, zero rust on a dark steel blue body with charcoal velour interior, everything works, and documentation of service records. Runs strong and drives well and is in nearby Galesburg. This is the second year of the “Aero” T-bird/Cougar designs by Ford designer Jack Telnack, which also included the Tempo and the Taurus. There weren’t may other US cars in 1984 that looked this good. Pull up an 84 Monte Carlo or a 1984 Dodge Mirada… not even close. A good buy for the money.
Eric: 1996 Toyota HiAce Van
This beauty is online and still for sale in Chicago… The HiAce has underpinnings of a Toyota Truck underneath… But can hold 3 or 4 rows of passengers. It’s got me written all over it! Oh, it’s probably a scam… The owner is in Kansas City… and this van is covered in Japanese decals.
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