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The other day, I sent a friend an ad for a 1979 Mazda RX7 from San Francisco Craigslist. He wondered how you ran across something like that, when there were so many venues for classifieds and no way to search across them (in this case, it was on Bring a Trailer ). I didn't have an answer. Now I do: jaXed's site mash. From the AACA forums , originally posted December 2007: A few months ago I created some scripts to help me find a new Corvair. I wanted something to search nationwide and quickly. When I shared this with other Corvair people as a web site, they loved it and I was asked to add more vehicle makes. I've added just about everything you can imagine, and I add more daily. GM, Ford, MGs, Porsche, Triumph, on and on... Fast forward to today, and I have a rather large "site mash" that goes out to Craigslist, eBay, cars.com, Hemmings, etc etc.. in search of Vehicles for sale. I've done all this for fun, and since people seem to like it I share it. Lon...

You know, I write vast volumes of stuff every month, but this paragraph from October is one of my favorites.

Another full proof spectacular extravaganza crazy thing! 1971 Porsche 914-6 (#150) vs. a 1974 Dino. Six-cylinder, mid-engine targa madness!

motoring.co.za - Who says the Brits can't make cars? Yeah yeah yeah...Alexei Sayle? Seriously?

The nice people at BBC America, in celebration of Top Gear coming to US TV (it's only been on for 30 years. Seriously), have sent me episodes one and two of last year's season, coincidentally, the first two episodes which will be seen on US TV next week (August 20). If you've never seen it, you have no idea how well written and photographed it is (very). "This...is a Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers, not that that's much to shout about. That's like saying, 'Ooh good! I've got syphilis--the best of the sexually transmitted diseases." By gum that's funny stuff.

I walked into work today; on the way I came up with this idea for a reality show for Discovery/The Learning Channel. I wrote up this treatment, registered it with the Writer's Guild and submitted it at lunch. I've always been sorry we didn't develop Welcome to Reality further; we could have been Mythbusters. AUTHOR: David Traver Adolphus TILE: Barn Finds: Uncovering America’s Lost Cars LOGLINE: BARN FINDS takes the reality car show on the road, mixing in small-town Americana with humor. The BARN FINDS team visits a new town each week, tracking down legends of forgotten and lost cars. It's every car lover's dream, and they get to live it every week when we open the doors at the end of the show. A reality-based television show aimed at the heart of America’s millions of car nuts. Writers Guild of America registration # 1218902 I. ...

You maybe remember the recent video of an English top speed test in an Evo, brought to a...screeching...halt by an errant seagull at 160kph? Well, that ain't nothin'. I don't know who this Hungarian Boxster owner is, but I do know he was hauling ass when a feathery projectile inserted itself through the glass and deep into the upholstery. And from the look of the feathers, I'm going to say it was a chicken. Related: Keith hits a deer Via: A5

I can only hope that someday, Mark Mroz's '72 Polara CHP makes it into print. Cause it's, you know, awesome. I hate shooting things and then having them hang around forever.

I got a nice letter today from Ken Gluckman, a DaimlerChrysler Associate General Counsel and vice president, who's been following my exclusive series on the Christie's Auto Union . His email followed by a matter of minutes an off-the-record conversation with Christie's...I'm feeling like a bigshot today: I have been reading your blog for a while and have followed the story of the Auto Union car with great interest. Last year I was lucky enough to visit the Riga auto museum. While there I saw the original Auto Union racer, which I immediately recognized from the photos in the blog. I was told that this original car was sent to Audi some years ago and they helped restore it (and displayed it in their museum for a while). The original restored car was eventually returned to the museum, but while Audi had it, they made a copy, which is the vehicle now on display in their museum. I am attaching a photo of the car -- sorry it isn't better, but we weren't tryin...