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If you are apologizing, you are losing

If you are apologizing, you are losing

Published by Marty Milligan on January 5, 2021

I didn’t want to be on the phone. It was a call I had tried to avoid, mostly through willing other people into action with positive thoughts. It didn’t work, and now I was about to have an unpleasant conversation. I navigated the response tree and made the nonsensical selections that could only have been created by a programmer looking at an org chart and eventually reached someone that couldn’t avoid helping me. The unfortunate woman that answered was about to solve my problem because she had to; we were out of time. She apologized. Everybody I spoke to apologized. What…

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Zero to Start

Zero to Start

Published by Marty Milligan on January 1, 2021

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” George S. Patton. The longer that we are in business, the more this proves to be true. Just having creative ideas does not improve our business. We have to execute on them. The sooner that we act on implementing an idea, the more likely we are to try it and see if it works. The faster we complete the implementation, the more likely we are to iterate on the idea to improve it. Success is dependent on our activity, so getting into the habit of acting…

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Automotive Lust of the Day, It’s Good to be Rich Edition: Rivolta GTZ, Zagato Reveals Spiritual Descendant of Iso Grifo A3/C

Automotive Lust of the Day, It’s Good to be Rich Edition: Rivolta GTZ, Zagato Reveals Spiritual Descendant of Iso Grifo A3/C

Published by Marty Milligan on November 11, 2020

The Iso Grifo is in the top five on my all-time most beautiful car list. Italian styling powerhouse Zagato makes good use of a last-generation Corvette in creating a modern interpretation of the race version of the Grifo. A limited run is planned and about half are already spoken for. Christmas is coming so if you are looking for a stocking stuffer for me…

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Automotive Lust of the Day, the Dumbest Thing You Will See Today Edition: 1973 Volkswagen Super Bugger RV
Automotive Lust of the Day, Muscle Wagon Edition: 1968 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser
Automotive Lust of the Day, British/American/Italian Hybrid Edition: 1954 Nash-Healey Le Mans Coupe
Automotive Lust of the Day, Terra Cotta Edition: 1960 Chrysler 300F

Automotive Lust of the Day, Terra Cotta Edition: 1960 Chrysler 300F

Published by Marty Milligan on October 25, 2019

The Chrysler letter cars moved to a unit-body chassis/body design in 1960. The cars retained their RB engines with short and long ram versions. 1960-61 Chryslers have the most interesting instrument clusters in automotive history. This example is painted in one of the most unique colors available that year, ZZ1 Terra Cotta. It also features a long ram 413 (the runner separation seam runs the length of each intake port. This should be a strong showing. I can’t wait to see what this auction brings.

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Automotive Lust of the Day, It Really Should Have a Parachute Edition: Twin Turbo 1971 Dodge Demon

Automotive Lust of the Day, It Really Should Have a Parachute Edition: Twin Turbo 1971 Dodge Demon

Published by Marty Milligan on October 1, 2019

I don’t really go in for the pro-street style build as they tend to be cartoonish and prone to self-destruction. This Demon is a completely new take on the street drag car theme. Twin turbos keep the hood flat and the wheels and paintwork are reminiscent of the drag racing era just before pro-street became fashionable. On top of looking the business, this thing is really fast. The car was listed for sale on Craigslist at a reasonable price and sold quickly.

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Automotive Lust of the Day, Tru-Coat Edition: 1947 Fargo FL2-33

Automotive Lust of the Day, Tru-Coat Edition: 1947 Fargo FL2-33

Published by Marty Milligan on May 14, 2019

To cut to the chase, Fargo was the brand name of Dodge trucks in Canada and other foreign countries. This truck was from the last year of the Job Rated line. Despite having only 228 cubic inches of displacement, Fargo sixes were based on Chrysler’s big 25-inch engine ( the valve cover is 25″ long compared to the 23″ small six). This example has been refurbished but not improved to the point that it can’t be driven. I expect that it will bring strong money.

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Two Wheel Lust of the Day, Kit Bike Edition: 1974 Rickman Honda CR750

Two Wheel Lust of the Day, Kit Bike Edition: 1974 Rickman Honda CR750

Published by Marty Milligan on May 14, 2019

The beauty of the Internet is that you can own an unrestored example of an ultra-rare bespoke sport motorcycle from 45 years ago and someone will point out that the fairing screws are wrong. This is an excellent survivor of a really rare specialist bike. Rickman’s were not exactly rare back then but they did have to be assembled from components so they were not a casual purchase. I expect that this one is going for a lot of cash.

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