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Hello everyone, welcome to chapter nine of The List. Of course, I finally update this story and it's pure car nerdery, sorry :P
Though, on the other hand, I'm kind of glad I posted this story when I did. Since the last chapter was posted the car world has lost the great Carroll Shelby, the man behind the craziest Mustang's, some pissed off Dodge Omni's and of course the almighty Cobra. Which makes me glad that this chapter features his other Cobra, the lovely Sunbeam Tiger. The other pretty British ragtop with a heart transplant to the tune of a Ford V8.
Inuhime- Yes, it is quite the visual isn't it :P Thanks for the review!
SplendentGoddess- Sesshomaru keeping Inuyasha hostage? Insert Stockholm Syndrome joke here :P Thanks for the review!
Vyperbites- Kouga might be jealous, but then Sesshomaru might be as well. After all, the wolf obviously had no business screwing someone Sesshomaru might have potentially laid sometime in the future :P Thanks for the review!
graypheonix85- I actually wrote a good bit and couldn't get it to feel right, thus the long wait. Thanks for the review!
Thank you all for reading, and please review!
~~~~~~The List~~~~~~
“Inuyasha, where the hell have you been? You disappeared after dropping off that Jag and you haven’t returned my calls since. We have some serious problems going on, what the hell?”
“Sorry, I was…busy, let’s just leave it at that. Now what’s going on?”
“For one, Kouga just picked up a group of nine old sedans from a collector, though I will say eight of them are in very nice condition. The other one he wants to Frankenstein together with my big problem, the red Mustang we had coming in today.”
“What about it?” Inuyasha was walking with Kagome, trying to escape her wrath, as they rounded the corner of the building.
“Holy shit!”
“That’s what I’ve been calling you about. Apparently the delivery driver tried to man check an overpass with our new five liter. I bought it from the insurance company, you weren’t here to check it or decide.”
“Alright, that’s fine. It happens, unfortunately, but hey, relax you know how to make decisions, and I would have had you buy them out of the car anyway. Is that Comet over there one of Kouga’s pickups?”
“Yeah, head gasket just went apparently, he was talking about swapping the Coyote 5.0 in for race wars or something, I wanted nothing to do with it.”
“That’s not a bad idea actually. It’s already rear wheel drive, and really just a stretched Mustang II underneath, would be kind of cool to make a Mustang II that doesn’t need to feel ashamed of itself.”
“You support this? How is this business afloat?”
“Because you’re such a patient and wonderful woman Kagome.” Inuyasha gave the human his best Cheshire cat grin and walked away before she could find something to hit him with.
~~~~~~A Little While Later~~~~~~
“Performance Unlimited, Inuyasha speaking.”
“Hi Inuyasha, my name is Mitch Daniels, I’m led to believe you guys buy older cars?”
“We certainly do, buy and sell. Is there anything you’re looking to part with?”
“I think so. I’m a bit of a collector and serial tinkerer and I’m kind of always looking for a new project or two. Before I take anything else on I really do need to part with a few of the cars I have now, I figured I’d test the waters and see if anyone was looking to buy.”
“Well, we’re always looking for a variety of models, is there anything specific you collect, or are looking to sell today?”
“It’s a bit of everything really, some British, American, Japanese, German, Italian. Pretty much every decade from the turn of the century onward. I’m not really sure what I’d be parting with first, I figured if you care to make the trip you could tell me, most everything I have is up for sale if the price is right I suppose.”
“I can take a ride, any chance you could show me what you have today?”
“Certainly, when are you available?”
Inuyasha agreed on a time and got the address, and agreed to meet up with the man. Hanging up the phone, Inuyasha stretched his frame out as he stood from the office chair. The man had actually dealt with them before, he’d purchased parts for a couple of different cars, or so the computer told him. And while there were cases in which one man’s collection was just a bunch of junk, there could be a hidden gem or two that his shop could benefit from.
Walking through the rows of used cars, Inuyasha picked a clean BMW Z3, dropped the top, and hopped in. He knew the area the man was located in, and so pointed the German convertible towards the highway, enjoying the warm sun on what would be about a half hour drive.
~~~~~~Thirty Minutes Later~~~~~~
“Here it is. My wife and I have a pretty good arrangement going; she’s not into cars at all but tolerates it endlessly. She just demands that I at the least don’t spend my very last dime of disposable income on them, that I keep her car running well, and that I can have whatever can fit in here.”
The human male, a balding, slightly rounding middle aged guy in a Hawaiian shirt spoke as he slid the wood barn door back. The large, deep barn structure was revealed to be chock full of cars and the odd truck along with numerous tool boxes, a small lift and other tools and garage equipment and memorabilia.
“As you can see, there ain’t a whole lot else that’s gonna fit in here.”
“You got that right. Well, I have to say, you weren’t lying about the diversity of your collection, and it’s pretty much all up for negotiating?”
“Yep, keys are in them so feel free to pull anything out if you want to get a look at it in the sun or take it round the block. Most of them run, and pretty well; and yeah, they’re really all up for debate, the only one I would really be hesitant on would be my current project over here.”
The human led the hanyou into the densely populated barn, and what was in the back corner, sitting between a couple of toolboxes, was car number nine on Sesshomaru’s list, predictably the one car the ningen wasn’t looking to part with.
It was a Sunbeam Tiger, essentially the other Shelby Cobra. Like the AC Ace roadster, the Sunbeam Alpine was a two seat British roadster. And like the AC Ace, the Sunbeam Alpine, at the behest of Sunbeam, was given a Ford V8 engine by Shelby American. Thus, the more commercially successful, though slightly less track focused, version of the Shelby AC Cobra was born.
As Sesshomaru wanted, the car in the barn was a Mk. II model. This designated a number of small body changes that occurred in the standard Sunbeam Alpine’s evolution. It also designated that the 260 cubic inch small block used in Mk. I examples was swapped for a 289 cubic inch small block, the most powerful engine to be dropped into the pretty British roadster.
It was even the light blue Sesshomaru wanted, with a set of gold, period-correct Minilite alloy wheels on it. Though, Inuyasha knew from experience that going right after the car the human liked was not going to be a smart move. Putting the Tiger at the back of his mind for a minute, Inuyasha looked over at the other choices in the barn.
“Pretty Triumph you’ve got there, you do the restoration yourself?”
“Yeah, everything but the paint and chrome re-plating. What a fun little nightmare that was.” Mitch looked over the flanks of the roadster, a Triumph TR2. The bright red Brit with its wire wheels wasn’t Inuyasha’s favorite, its front was a bit abruptly shaped and its lines went a bit low for his taste, but they sold fast.
“Wow, a Nissan 240SX convertible, that’s a rare bird, that’s a nice Alfa GTV6 over there, those Triumph TR6’s always sell in a flash at my shop.”
A lot of the cars weren’t Inuyasha’s cup of tea, and some just weren’t right for the shop. A few were old trucks, wagons, four door sedans, and the like. There was an older Saab Sonnet V-4, but it was rough. An early sixties Corvette was in one corner, but it too was rough, and a small block automatic was tough to justify restoring for profit.
There were a bunch of English sedans, a rare German Opel four-door, a few pre-war thirties and forties cars, an old Chevy pickup, a rough Nash Metropolitan. A Miata was in one corner but had its front end crumpled in. Next to it, a couple of Austin Healey’s and another Triumph TR2 were in complete disassembly, parts cars to be sure.
A couple of other Alfa Romeos were present, but too far gone to consider. Similarly, a Mercury Cougar was half draped under a tarp, but it was missing too much to be worthwhile. There was even a rare Rover 3500, in nice condition to boot, but it was the less desirable three speed automatic. And, while they had some fans, the British version, the Rover SD-1, had far greater a following and much higher a value.
Looking over another row of cars, Inuyasha found a few more good picks though. There was a Fiat 1600 OSCA, a little Italian convertible powered by a race pedigree four cylinder. A 52’ Chrysler sedan, a 32’ Hudson, and a ’54 Nash were next to it. They were all pretty clean, but none of them really fell into his spectrum of car buying.
There were truly thousands of different cars that were collectible, restorable, modifiable, or saleable. But, diverse a lot of cars as Inuyasha worked on and sold, they simply couldn’t take everything in. And, some things just weren’t pursuing, as much as they loved to revive and breathe new life into tired or beaten cars, business meant that some things were too far gone.
Similarly, some just fell outside the spectrum of performance. It was a subjective term really, the Triumph TR3 sitting on his showroom floor wasn’t even in same galaxy as the Porsche Carrera GT that also weighed down the white and black marble with its four, fat sticky tires, not in any spec sheet comparison.
The Carrera could be running on three cylinders and still muster more power from its mid-mounted V10 than the Triumph’s little front-mounted four cylinder. Brakes bigger than the Triumph’s wheels slowed the carbon-fiber missile down, six forward, precise gears routed power over the Brit’s four. Yet, despite that massive performance gap, both deserved every inch of space they occupied on the showroom floor.
At the end of the day, the Porsche was a missile, a crazy, hyper active time bomb that was as addictive as it was frightening to drive. It was in Inuyasha’s opinion one of the greatest supercars ever built. The Triumph was driving purified, a simple engine, four-speed manual, rear wheel drive and not much else. It was a joy to drive, small engine and willing chassis demanding the driver throttle it to the max, a masochistic little car that just begged more the harder you wailed on it.
Both then, were really performance cars in their own right. Both cars any enthusiast would love to drive, and be glad to throttle around the track. Unfortunately, many cars missed the mark there, both lacking in real power, and less than a pleasure to drive. Which was why the hanyou passed on a number of somewhat collectible, fairly valuable classic cars.
Turning his attention back to the cars he did consider performance oriented, Inuyasha approached the end of the row, noting a couple of last finds. At the end of the row, there was a surprisingly clean, yellow Honda CRX Si-R hatchback, and one of Inuyasha’s personal favorites, a Pontiac Lemans.
Ruby red, the base car for the legendary Pontiac GTO had a 326 cubic inch V8 under hood, fitted as he discovered with the desirable four-barrel carb and a four-speed manual. The trim, hubcaps, and matching red interior all looked original, and well-maintained.
Next to it, there was actually another Pontiac, the later Pontiac T37, which in its top iteration continued on as the GTO. Unfortunately, it was the smaller double-barrel motor and an automatic, and given that Kouga had just taken in a good number of small-block, automatic sedans, Inuyasha put the later Pontiac out of his mind. His list formulated in his head, Inuyasha decided to test the waters.
“Well, I like the three Triumph’s you’ve got there, would you be willing to part with the lot of them?”
“Sure, I’d definitely want a bit for the TR2, but the TR6’s are both survivors. What are you looking to pay for the trio?”
“Well, the TR2 is worth about twenty-five thousand in its condition at auction. The green TR6 there is really nice, the blue one needs a good deal of work. I’m thinking about twenty for the TR2; balance out ten a piece for the TR6’s, so forty for the trio.”
“Forty? That’s not too bad, I’ve got less in the TR2 and the TR6’s were cheap pickups. Forty it is.”
“Excellent. I was also thinking of the 240 convertible and the Alfa GTV6 if you’re looking for more space.”
“Sure, I know the 240’s are popular with the tuner crowd and all these days, and the Alfa’s been a fun drive, but I’ve got my mileage out of it.”
“Yeah, the 240SX I’d probably modify, the Alfa I’d probably turn right out through an Alfa club. I’m probably gonna hold firm on the Alfa at about eight in the store, I’d like to pay five for it. The 240SX I’d like to keep for the shop, how about five for that, make an even fifty for the lot of them?”
“Ten for those two, can you come up to fifteen for the two, the Alfa is low mileage still.”
“Fifteen for the pair, yeah, I can do that.”
“Excellent, anything else you have your eye on?” The human asked, glad to have a few of his projects moving on, and space opening for a few new ones.
“Yeah actually. In that back corner, the ’65 LeMans and the CRX, attached to either of them?”
“Sure, actually to tell you the truth I’ve had both those Pontiac’s for a while, I’d cut you a deal on the T37 if you want it. I know it isn’t in quite as good a shape as the LeMans.” While he hadn’t planned on it, he wasn’t going to turn the human down if it could be made worth his while, and it could get him closer to his ultimate goal.
“Yeah. Think you do, maybe twenty for the three of them?”
“Twenty, that isn’t too bad, the T37 is really just average, the CRX runs alright but it’s in need of some TLC. You got a deal.”
“How about the Fiat 1600 over there, and how about, Rover parts are picking up, would you part with the 3500 over there?”
“Yeah. The Rover I got cheap, the Fiat is fully restored, I’d probably need twenty five for the pair.”
“Done.”
“Man, you’re great to do business with. Anything else you have your eye on?”
“Well, I hate to ask, but would you talk about that Sunbeam?”
“Ugh, I might, if it’s really worth my while. To be honest I’ve put a lot of time and money into it without having really driven it at all.”
“I can make it worth your while. To be honest, the reason I ask is I have a client asking for a list of cars that he wishes to have procured. And one of them is the Sunbeam Tiger, and a Mk. II like you have, and he wanted it blue, like yours is.
Assuming yours is really a Tiger, and not a cloned Alpine, I would love to get my hands on an example that’s already so far along in its restoration. Do you have any confirmation that it is a real Tiger, not just an Alpine with a Ford small-block dropped in?”
“Yep, the car came with certification that its VIN matched a real Tiger, the motor and trans are original to the car, it’s good.”
“Excellent. Well, prices have been climbing for these as they’ve become more appreciated. We can talk a price out, or how about this; you’re looking for new projects right?”
“Always, you know how it is.” The human threw out, which Inuyasha certainly could identify with. Being a car guy had a certain masochism to it, kind of like throwing yourself in front of a bullet, or a moving train. Multiple times, and with a smile to boot.
“Sure do. How about this, I’ll throw another twenty grand up, right off the bat. Bring you to a hundred and twenty grand, and I’ll throw in a couple of nice pieces. For one, I just had a beautiful 63’ Ford Galaxie 500 come in today. Three speed manual, four-door, deep ruby red. It’s a survivor, all original, low mileage, beautiful condition.”
“That sounds nice, I’ve never had a Galaxie before.”
“Alright, I’ll throw the Galaxie at you, and for another project; I’ve kind of hit you hard for British convertibles. You ever have a Rolls?”
“No, can’t say that I have.”
“Well, I’ve got a mechanically sound, two owner 1968 Rolls Corniche convertible. The paint is faded, and some of the interior needs work. But, twenty grand will get you a fine re-spray, and most of the interior components. What do you think?”
“That…that sounds good. Actually, do you have any old bikes?”
“A couple yeah, what are you thinking?”
“Well, I’ve had the urge for something two wheeled, and I kind of figure it may be a plus for me. I can have whatever fits in the barn, so the more compact it is the more I can fit in right?”
At that, Inuyasha had to laugh a bit, the ningen was certainly inventive he had to admit. And, it could actually work to his advantage, he may well be able to trade a bike off for less than he was looking to pay out in cash if that was the ningen’s goal.
“Alright, what did you have in mind?”
“How about this, the Galaxie and the Rolls, ten grand in cash, and throw in one of your older bikes. British would be preferable, running good, barely running even better.”
“Well, I’ve got an old Triumph Tiger, a 1970 I think. It’s pretty decent, runs alright, could definitely use a few hours of tinkering. Would that fit the bill?”
“That would, call it a deal?”
“Deal.”
Inuyasha grabbed the briefcase he’d gotten from Sesshomaru and counted out a hundred and ten thousand. He dialed for a group from the shop to come out, bringing the bike, the Rolls, the Galaxie, and trailers, and bodies to drive his picks home.
~~~~~~Two Hours Later~~~~~~
Paperwork handled for the day, the Galaxie, Rolls, and Triumph bike were gone, and a whole host of cars was taking up space in his lot and holding garage. The Triumph TR2 and Fiat he had inspected, detailed, and went right out onto the showroom floor, the TR6’s would be soon following once they were refreshed.
The Sunbeam was marked and parked in the garage where it would stay until Inuyasha could finish it off and deliver it. At the moment, he had the Audi torn down, the Mustang almost finished and the Charger he’d bought nearing completion.
Not a bad day all and all.
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