Ace and comedian Christopher Titus discuss who builds a better sport car, the Europeans or the Americans. Titus also tells us about how he wrecked his Viper, and of course Ace and the Professor take Skype Calls and talk about investor cars. Then we take a trip down memory lane in Cheryl Hines’ very first car.
Cars Mentioned in this CarCast…
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- Triumph TR3
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- Solex Carburetors
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- 1963 Corvette Split Window
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- Corvette Split Window
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- Bizzarrini
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- Bizzarrini Engine
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- Sunbeam Tiger Engine
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- Sunbeam Tiger MkII
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- Nissan 350z
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- Nissan 370z
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- Investment – Giuletta Convertable
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- Investment – Wonderful Giuletta 1300cc
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- Investment – M3 E30
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- Investment – E30 M3
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- Investment – E30 M3 Engine
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- Investment – Big Block Galaxie
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- Investment – Galaxie Interior
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- Galaxie – Badge Says it all
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- Investment – Galaxy 427 Engine
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- Investment – Sweet Yellow Pantera
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- Investment – Ass End of the Pantera
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- Investment – Pantera Interior
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- Investment – Pantera Engine
First off, love the Car Cast at least as much as I love the daily podcast. Keep it up!. Got a question about the DeTomaso Pantera. I fell in love with these cars when I was a kid. Some relative gave me a plastic model kit of a Pantera GT5 (GTS? The kit was by some company I’d never heard of, & the box art was so stylized it was hard to tell if it was a 5 or an S.), & it looked like a Countach, only cooler. My question is, when Adam mentions how people ruin their Panteras with wings & such, does that include the GT5? Didn’t those come with a wing to begin with? I know my model kit came with a wing, & I got that sometime in the early ’80s. What I hate are the cars that have the name of the car painted on the side almost as big as the car. So, did they come with wings, or was that something people were adding right from the start? Thanks.
Dave
No we were not talking about the GT5 or GTS (I think their were 2 models) as being rigged’ It’s the guys that do lots of custom stuff like chrome NOS tanks, odd looking dashboards, strange air cleaners, billet looking Boyd Coddington rims and a host of other things that make the cars look bad (IMO). Hey to each their own, but like you, I like the more stock look. The wings were factory on one of them likely the GT5.
Why no pictures of Titus’ car? It sounds awesome, but I want to see it for myself. Maybe he has pictures of his car on a website somewhere? Thanks for the awesome podcast!
http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2009/07/24/christopher-titus-foose-56-chevy/
Or look under the ‘Guest Rides’ section that is where you will find them.
Good work, boys. Dare I say it? The Lord’s work. Keep it up. They will come.
And my special thanks goes out that guy that does the thinkin’ around there: the tale of the DB9 made my summer. Isn’t that what summer’s are supposed to be all about?
Thanks for the e30 m3 love. Do you have some pictures of yours? What have you done to it? Info please! As you can see [from my blog] I’ve been lovingly bringing an M3 back to life with my two hands. One day I’ll be in Ace’s status – just tinkering for fun not necessity!