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Comments on MetaFilter post Weirdest Stories in Car CollectingTue, 06 May 2008 07:22:56 -0800Tue, 06 May 2008 07:22:56 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Weirdest Stories in Car Collecting
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The Weirdest Stories in Car Collecting, <a href="http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1496">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1502">Part 2.</a>
<a href="http://www.sportscarmarket.com/">From Sports Car Market</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425Tue, 06 May 2008 07:13:21 -0800FloyddSportscarweirdstoriescarscollectorcarautomobilebatshitinsaneBy: hecho de la basura
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104509
Oh, thank you for the update on the "amazing barn find" story. I read about that when it was first being reported and never read any follow ups.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104509Tue, 06 May 2008 07:22:56 -0800hecho de la basuraBy: quin
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104549
<em>Incensed that comedian Bill Cosby had an affinity for European sports cars, Carroll Shelby vowed to build him a twin-supercharged custom Cobra that would go over 200 mph - faster than any car Steve McQueen owned.
The car Shelby built for Cosby, with a reputed 900 bhp was downright scary. In his comedy routine, "200 MPH" Cosby described it this way: "The car was idling, I was in neutral, I hadn't put my foot and the gas pedal, and already, the car was killing people." </em>
I find this to be an incredibly strange concept and I'm having a really difficult time wrapping my head around it.
Bill Cosby actually being funny?
<small><small>Oh, the things I could do with a 900hp Shelby <a href="http://www.sportscarmarket.com/img/weirdstuff/super-snake.jpg">Supersnake</a>.
Mainly: crash. And then die.</small></small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104549Tue, 06 May 2008 08:03:27 -0800quinBy: weapons-grade pandemonium
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104560
Interesting read. Thanks Floydd.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104560Tue, 06 May 2008 08:13:40 -0800weapons-grade pandemoniumBy: Burhanistan
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104582
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_West">Heh</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104582Tue, 06 May 2008 08:40:37 -0800BurhanistanBy: Big_B
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104636
Great follow-ups to several stories I've read over the past years. I was hoping for more info on the Belvedere though. Last I heard Foose was going to try to restore it. Or at least chop, channel, and smooth it out. Then paint it with a hideous multi-color pearl paint job.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104636Tue, 06 May 2008 09:11:49 -0800Big_BBy: Dr-Baa
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104645
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/49980/See-It-WAS-doomed">Some</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/49611/Ferrari-meets-phone-pole-at-162mph">background</a> on #6.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104645Tue, 06 May 2008 09:17:12 -0800Dr-BaaBy: unSane
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104647
When I read the title I thought, hm, that sounds interesting! I mean, how weird can a car-collecting story really be?
"Not very", it turns out.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104647Tue, 06 May 2008 09:20:10 -0800unSaneBy: dhartung
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104677
I guess you had to be square.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104677Tue, 06 May 2008 09:43:54 -0800dhartungBy: drezdn
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104733
The Mohs Ostentatienne : My new goal in life is to own one of these.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104733Tue, 06 May 2008 10:23:04 -0800drezdnBy: optovox
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2104789
<em>After appearing in just three films, promising star James Dean was killed near Salinas, California</em>
Find: Salinas
Replace with: Cholamecomment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2104789Tue, 06 May 2008 10:54:54 -0800optovoxBy: stenseng
http://www.metafilter.com/71425/Weirdest-Stories-in-Car-Collecting#2105106
<i>I guess you had to be square.</i>
That's cool... it's hip to be.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.71425-2105106Tue, 06 May 2008 14:17:53 -0800stenseng
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