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Unfortunately not! Oregon state law requires it to be mounted on the front of the vehicle, unobscured! Because the car is not a classic car it requires the front license plate.

@@Everyday2Exotic I understand, it is actually classic Car as they don’t produce that particular model anymore.

True! But the state of Oregon won't allow a classic registration unless the car is 30 years old. So we'll have to wait a bit longer until it'll qualify!

Probably better to have a mostly empty frunk in a front-end collision than having a whole engine get shoved into your legs! 😅

Three in one place! That's amazing.

They really are a pretty cool Alfa and quite unique compared to the other Alfas of the era!

@@Everyday2Exotic apparently last year they had a DeTomaso Pantera that used to belong to Frank Sinatra!

That's incredible!

Bet that’s a blast to drive!

@@Everyday2Exotic Yep, huge pretty shiney chrome 21 inch front spoked wheel like a chopper, but not a chopper. Super pretty but for me, 750cc is about the biggest I ever want to ride. Polishing chrome and keeping a pretty vehicle clean though is an extra PITA, no matter what collectible thing you have. Oddly, the smaller the motorcycle you have, the more fun it is to drive. A 250cc bike is lightweight, flicable and highly manueverable and controllable like a Sopwith Camel, where as the bigger bike you get, the more it's like you're sitting at top a freight train or driving a car. Like an MG Midget for example versus a Cadilac Impala, for example. The small Midget, even though it has way less horse power, is a whole lot more fun, and it's the same for motorcycles. People go as high as 1300cc, and then, you might as well be driving a car...

I paid $1900 for mine, which looks like this, with 8K miles, and time to do it's first service interval and change the tires which I've already bought: th-cam.com/video/2uEyntGkUBc/w-d-xo.html Poor girls sports car :-) Been driving motorcycles for 20 years as my daily drivers, was about time I finally upgraded from something circa 1980's. Get you any motorbike, any at all, they are a blast to ride. th-cam.com/video/ixYNTB-t6LA/w-d-xo.html

I'm allowed to own motorcycles but unfortunately not allowed to ride them. or so says Amy... It's less about my ability than the other people on the road. That said, Our MG TC isn't necessarily much safer! There have been a few bikes that have tempted me, mostly in the line of old British classic bikes, but it doesn't make much sense to me to own them if I can't ride them. The rules go both ways, however, as it also means Amy can't have a Vespa, which she would love.

Taller means more surface area which increases drag which does not improve aerodynamics!

@@Everyday2Exotic oh, thanks

Zagato designed double bubbles were intended to lower the roofline without imposing on the drivers head.

Giving the moving air a concentrated channel to run through significantly decreases drag versus having a large sloping roof that causes areas of high and low pressure, creating a vortex that pushes back on the incoming air, which equals drag. When you're racing, reducing drag is paramount. This is something that Abarth and Zagato engineers figured out, which is what made these cars nearly unbeatable for their time.

To be honest with where the rollbar is it would take one heck of a whiplash for me to hit it with my head, especially with a street driven car. If I had it on the track, however, I would certainly add padding to it, but at least locally, for the vintage racing I do with the various organizations that run them, I'd have to rebuild it into a full cage as well, add a fuel cell, fire suppression, etc., so I'm reluctant to do so.

Absolutely! It's remarkable how iconic and fun the cars from this era were. Thanks for watching!

I enjoyed your video very much!

We love hearing stories like this! Thanks for watching and sharing!

Absolutely! Unfortunately, being younger, I missed most of the era that the cars in the collection date from. I do tend to prefer the cars of the 50's through the 70's, as they came from an era of innovation, and diversity where most more modern cars just feel the same. I do have another significantly rarer race car in the collection that raced to podium wins at Watkins Glen and Bridgehampton in 1953-1954. Its definitely a cool car, but pretty obscure from a small British Manufacturer. It would make a very cool episode but probably in a couple of seasons when the channel is more established.

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There are 21 Fiats, 10 Abarths, and 8 Zagato bodied cars in the collection and they don't all intersect, so there's definitely more to see at some point in the future if those are your primary interests, but there's a lot of other very cool cars as well! We're trying to mix up the range of cars in the collection rather than focusing on anything specific so it may be a while before we get around to another but I definitely want to do episodes on more of them. The hard part will be deciding which ones to do first!

@@ahaugland1 Thank you for the background info, its very much appreciated. My passion is italian cars, Alfa Romeo's in particular , but I like cool and interesting cars from all manufacturers . It sounds like you're spoilt for choice there ! I look forward to seeing the rest of the collection

There are 14 Alfas in the collection, two of which are Zagato bodies, so there should be lots of good content in that direction as well, not counting several other Italian cars!

Haha. Yeah, I guess it does.

We love learning about the cars and passing on the knowledge!

That's really great to hear! We really want people to be able to feel like they're a part of the experience in a way. So glad that you're able to join us.

Ha! We thought that was a fun way to settle things

Thank you!

Oh, lucky it was just a dent! The radiator definitely sits very low, but it makes sense on a racetrack. Just not great for everyday driving!

I'm glad you've been enjoying it and comments like this make it all worthwhile! The radiator location is definitely a reason for concern and the radiator on our double bubble has seen better days, though it currently still holds pressure. There are reproduction radiators available, though expensive. We also do have a Lotus Seven Series 2 in the collection and are hoping to film it some time soon, though we have some somewhat elaborate plans for that episode which will take a it of time to put together!

@@ahaugland1 Wow. Look forward to seeing that one. I've had 3 Lotus Sevens and one Caterham. My current car is a Series 2 with some Series 3 upgrades. I've owned it three times!😀

It’s so distinctive and would be a ton of fun on a track day.

It would be a lot of fun to drive at speed on a track, but without a Mini or other small displacement car to race against, the only thing I'd be able to do is race against my own lap times, which isn't as much fun. I have thought it would be fun to take it to a local autocross, however, which could be a blast, especially if I can keep the momentum up! Unfortunately, locally no one is racing anything with truly small displacement in vintage, so there really isn't a good group to run with.

With 200 cars, it might take a while!

There are currently exactly 200 cars in the collection. This is the 12th episode, so that leaves 188 cars to go. At the current rate, it will take 564 more weeks to get through them all, so the answer is theoretically late April 2035? Assuming that we don't add any more cars between now and then, that is. That said, the collection is split between six different buildings, and some cars are either in active restoration or awaiting restoration. The vast majority, however, are running, driving cars,. As a result, it would be tricky to do a full walkthrough of the collection. We've been working on trying to get the website (www.hauglandcollection.com) moving forward again, as the intent of it is to be a virtual tour of the collection, but due to a number of issues, including moving the turntable to the new studio, and sorting out a redesign of the site overall, we haven't updated it for several months. there are several cars up but there's a lot that are still missing.

@@ahaugland1 not a full review of each, but your fans would love a sneak peek at the full collection… the huge response may surprise you. 😊

Certainly! There are Morgans in the collection that pre-date our MG TC as well as a few that are newer. The TC fits in a special place, however, because of the role it played in bringing the idea of European style sports cars to the United States. Morgan certainly followed that lead and was selling cars in the United States by the early 1950s.

We can't wait for you to see it! What a car!

It does. Just the flip of the switch!

@@Everyday2Exotic 👍. May I suggest if you haven't, change the gearbox oil and clean filter asap ... as owner of MG Rescue Miami and an incurable Britcar lover I'm always concerned for those that may have sat unused for 100 yrs. My 72 MGB GT has the 6 speed type LH od, rebuilt 9 yrs ago and perfect ... I change oil once a yr. best wishes to you!

You're right, we have to take special care of these amazing cars! The Stag went through a full restoration, including engine work and tuning so it's all ready for many more years on the road!

Glad you enjoyed it! The Evora is such a cool car!

Thank you so much! It really is a pretty car!

It really is!

It's just too bad we can't fit a case of wine in the trunk!

There is definitely a Citroen in the collection. And someday we will make a video about it!

We have two Citroens in the collection but neither of them is a DS or CX, so filming one would require either buying one or borrowing one from another owner who is amenable, which is something we haven't done yet but have discussed doing some time in the future. The two Citroens we have are a Traction Avant and a 2CV, both of which are significant cars in the history of the automobile and would be worth doing an episode on. I'm hoping to get to one of them this season!

Thanks for watching! So glad the passion translates through the screen!

Ha! What a good teaching moment. The Swedish steel was iconic.

When those emissions standards stack on top of other issues with the car, it really created a perfect storm for failure.

If you watch the full video, there is more context! It wasn’t simply the emissions issue. There were many factors.

B4 I served 29 years in Dodge Dealerships Tune Dept's I had a healthy Career as an independent Tune Up Mechanic. In March of 1983 the Smog Check Program started in the LA Basin while the rest of the area was still under the original A1 program... Regardless of that, when U adjust the A/F Mixture with an infrared U R going to try & achive the highest CO2% U can so U have optimum efficiency. So your theory of 'too lean' is BS. My whole career <Strickly doing professional Tune Up Related Diagnosis & Repair> was from 1977 to 2015 was in So Cal.,,,, any questions?

1 think I saw maybe 3 Triumphs come in for a Smog Check from 1983 to 1996 < I was in Dealerships by 1986... BTW I had a 1974 Spitfire in the late 1980's

😔 but here in the states…

The triumph was a great car.. I live in the Midwest and we didn’t have those emissions then but what a great car..

That's such a cool memory! Car parts really are like the battle scars of the car lover.

Lucky for us, our garage is also a shop!

Yeah, but VINYL!

Wish we could hear the hypothetical version!

Could still be possible with a lot of work. I know heads still survives I don’t know if anyone has the inlet manifold. But with modern technology could be possible to.

It’s a hypothetical, but also, I’m sure there are people who daily drive these bad boys