I bought a hard top for my M Roadster. I bought some attaching hardware separately, because I had to. The top was the right color, but the seller didn't have the attaching hardware. Then had to also buy a couple bolts and mod them a bit to make them fit, as the attaching hardware kit was not quite complete.

All in all pretty happy with the outcome. Convinced my son to come donate a few hours of help. You have to do a bit of alignment work to get the car, the top, and the attaching hardware to all work together.

He collects model cars and then takes photos of them in full scale scenes.

Here's his website. https://anthonyryanschmidt.com/

It includes this video with an interview of him:

I just ordered small canvas prints of the two pictures I posted here. I want to reward this sort of behavior.

If he's creating these at 13 I really look forward to what he will be doing in 10 years. I have great hope for our automotive future.

Here is a conversation with Wifey from earlier this week:

If I wasn’t kidding, what would I buy? My son has 5 cars, so there isn’t room in the driveway, even with one in offsite storage. But maybe if housing prices come back down to earth soon and he pulls the trigger I can get some space back.
I have three cars:

• 2000 BMW M Roadster daily
• 2004 GTO with minor drift car mods
• 2013 RAM tow vehicle, for towing said drift car, and occasional truck stuff, and occasional daily

I could use a reasonable cost 60’s / 70’s muscle car for car meets, or a cheap track car for track days.

Go ahead, make my day, what’s your recommendation? I’ll give you/me a $20 – 30k budget. If it needs work, we better make it fit within $20k.

Current inventory:

... Which do you want to see, the BMW's, the Corvettes, the Mustangs, the Porsches, the Nissan/Datsuns, or everything else?

Here's an Alfa from the last category.

and a Datsun, from the penultimate category.

Edit:

So I forget I captured these for @ttyymmnn.

It was for sale!

If only they had a manual.

It was driving by near my neighborhood. I happened to have the camera as I was out for a walk to the mountain bike trail to take some pictures and I had been taking pictures of some clouds along the walk.

@nickhasanexocet

Went to my local small car meet this morning and I took some photos.

@Roadkilled

... what your 6 year old friends say after they ask your 6 year old self what makes you so cool and hear about your artwork.

https://us.motorsport.com/imsa/news/era-rolex-livery-designed-by-six-year-old/5103563/

Update: Owen's car won their LMP2 Class at Rolex 24

I'd rather have a 427 with a 4 speed but this undoubtedly will sell for quite a bit less.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-chevrolet-caprice/

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Update 1/21/2021 at 9:41 eastern

SOLD FOR $16,850 ON 1/21/22

I have this looping in my home office; as I do every year.

It might annoy my family, but it's not too loud.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

@ash78 said in Caption this photo:

So tell me, Colonel,

I'm guessing with those 3 stars on his shoulder he's a 3 star general.

@HUGZ

So this is what my daughter did to me when she borrowed my truck. Bought a solar powered dancing robot and stuck it on the dash. If it was just her I probably would have pulled it off immediately. But she cleverly spun the story, "Wait until you see the gift your granddaughter and I bought for you. Thanks for loaning us the truck." That was probably 10 years ago. It's still there.

The dancing hula girl is probably a better one. But any will do. They are about 3 or 4 inches tall and available at most bad mini-marts. Two sided tape on the bottom.

@Bandit said in Angry Boomer Noises:

this Ruby Red dream car

So when these showed up on dealer lots new, and I heard the name of the color, I thought to myself, self, that's not red. I don't want a purple car.

Truth be told, the color has grown on me since then.

@Gabriella

Bristol, Tennessee, on dirt.

@ttyymmnn said in Posted Without Comment:

"Where did it all go so wrong?"

Gosh you're right. How did it get so rusty?

@CB

@Just-Jeepin said in Welp, the school year is coming to an end.:

I’ve been out for the summer for about 25 years now

38 years since last day of college. Of course I've likely got quite a few less summers left in me. So there's that on the side of the OP, and others.

@Snakesm13

I better get this out there before the pitchforks and torches arrive.

That Lambo did have a little bit of the DeLorean look to it. So I'll go with this baby, with a little bit of the Marty McFly look.

This is a $16,000 truck, even without the full Marty McFly equipment and paint.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-toyota-pickup-16/

I bought an 1989 Toyota PU brand new. Sold it in the 90's. Never ever sell your cars.

@ash78 said in Good Morning, Oppo:

I can't abide uneven beltlines in the C/D pillar zone. It's always been most common on cars where a wagon was adapted from a sedan, but IMO no excuse.

Counterpoint. That's not a beltline aft of the c pillar. That's the wide body Checker kit.

@pip-bip

She won a ribbon though!