Tempting Fate Tours

The Tale of the Treetle, a Volkswagen Like No Other - Hagerty Media This Hagerty member took on a custom VW so quirky, he's still not sure what it is, but it gets attention everywhere he goes.

This is a remarkable story + kind of a wonderful car.

Gotta wonder if the author is related to Tyson ...

Well, daily it in the non-winter months ... and pick a Lemons Rally in the clement months!

Your mission, Ms. Phelps, should you choose to accept it, is to find this vehicle, acquire this vehicle, and daily this vehicle until the ultimate culmination of a Lemons Rally. Good luck, Stef. This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

[puff of smoke]

1979 oldsmobile cutlass supreme diesel for sale by owner - Antioch, CA - craigslist Hello for sale is are beloved 1979 Oldsmobile Calais Cutless and here’s everything I would love to tell you’s all about it first off this is a very low production optioned car it has the 261 cubic...

Ohhhhhh, this is tempting. A *mint* Cutlass Supreme coupe. From California. With only 49K miles. With a V8 ... a #diesel V8! With a 5-speed stick from the factory !!

OK, #carbluesky + #weirdcarbs ... do your thang.

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours BEST gear-reduction starter for an MGB: Here's why! #mgb #britishcars #starter

What are these? They're 3 versions of an MGB starter motor. Bottom is the original; the top is a 'Lucas' replacement; but the middle one is the one you want to use.

Our Tom Rymes explains why in our latest YouTube short video. He's owned several MGBs + knows whereof he speaks. Give it a watch!

YouTube video by idriveaclassic 1970s Chevrolet C20 (Chevy C/K) - the best classic American pick up truck?

"This is it. I've finally found the girnormous American car for me!"
— Steph from I Drive A Classic

Another video from our U.K. friends visiting the Catskills: Steph drives Tom's 1972 Chevrolet C20 with the Highlander package.

Among all the cars, this was the one the Brits all fell in love with.

5 Great Car Documentaries You Can Watch Right Now on PBS - Hagerty Media If you're anything like us, you love a good deep dive into the world of cars. Here are five documentaries that are well worth your time.

A great rundown of auto documentaries worth watching, NONE of which we'd previously heard of.

The tempting of fate is clearly the cross-country car trip from San Francisco to New York City ... in 1903 ... as the result of a bet ... in a 20-hp Winton touring car ... with a bulldog wearing goggles.

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours We rented the cheapest Turo: How bad was it? #automobile #rentalcar #temptingfate

New Video !! We tempted fate a little differently: We rented the absolutely cheapest Turo on the list, the one at the very bottom of a few hundred cars.

It was 10 years old, with 114K miles. Also body damage. Stained seat covers. Garbage wipers. And a perplexing floor mat. How bad WAS it? Et voila!

Between the Lines: Restoration Ruminations - The Online Automotive Marketplace - Hemmings, The World's Largest Collector Car Marketplace Restoring a car or truck can take a massive amount of effort, but it's an odyssey that will be remembered forever.

"YouTube is an amazing resource, if you’re replacing the timing-belt tensioner on your 2015 Generica EX Active-Lifestyle Crossover.

"But in my experience, YouTube searches for repairs on old vehicles bring up a lot of hackery inflicted on previous acts of butchery."

Hmmmm. We can argue both sides.

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours John drives a 1929 Ford Model A woody ... for the first time ever! #automobile #oldcars #fordmodela

Courtesy of a slew of new followers who subscribed after we met up with Steph from I Drive A Classic, our YouTube short on @johnvoelcker.bsky.social learning to drive a 1929 Ford Model A woody wagon has absolutely blown up.

Here's your 3 minutes on how to drive, shift + brake a 96-year-old Model A.

YouTube video by idriveaclassic Isuzu Stylus (Gemini) - a rare 90s JDM sedan saloon never sold in the UK!

We are beyond excited that Steph from YouTube's popular 'I Drive A Classic' channel in the U.K. came over to the States + drove a handful of our own cars.

Her first video is the 1991 Isuzu Stylus that Scott's had for more than 20 years. (He IS @thestylusguy.bsky.social, after all ...) Have a look!

1974 vw super beetle for sale by owner - Grand Isle, VT - craigslist 1974 Super Beetle Engine is 1962 rebuilt 283 Chevy, 2-barrel carb Transmission is TH350 Front Frame is from 2003 Mazda pick-up Rear Frame is homemade See pictures Call with questions: published...

"It’s less a restoration and more an act of automotive defiance—a machine that looks like it should buzz, but instead barks, ready to turn every short drive into a sensory overload of noise, vibration, and absolute mechanical insanity."

Tempting fate in a Beetle with a V-8 ....

[via Daily Turismo]

Ummmm ... wow. This is tempting fate in a whole *different* drection.

A flat-EIGHT that bolts right into a 1989-94 Porsche 964. Oh. MY.

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As always, our thanks to Bryan 'Woody' Wood. He makes the video magic you watch out of the clips, images, voiceovers, and random emails + texts we toss at him.

Do you need videos? HIRE WOODY!

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours When Fate won't be tempted: Why our 1953 car won't work + WTH happened

Sometimes Fate just doesn't want to be Tempted ... and bites back. This is NOT the video we planned to make, but it's the troof.

The video explains WTH we didn't take part in the recent "Fall Fail-iage" Lemons Rally through New England. We're bummed but that's the way the oil drips. Or something.

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"When the turn signal is engaged the fuse blows."

The *perfect* $9,200 car in which to tour while tempting fate!
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A PERFECT example of Tempting Fate Tours + it ain't even ours!

Photographer Jesse Burke bought a 1966 Ford F-250 sight unseen. He was in Rhode Island; it was in Idaho. The friend who sent him the link went with Jesse to get it. (He was the more mechanically inclined of the two.)

Adventures ensued.

A Lotus Twin-Cam is Just the Beginning of this MG TC's Upgrades - The Online Automotive Marketplace - Hemmings, The World's Largest Collector Car Marketplace This 1949 MG TC has been given a sensible performance makerover with a Lotus twin-cam engine, a stronger frame and better brakes.

Oh, MAN. This is delectable. Though beyond any of our resources here at Tempting Fate Tours (it's $42.5K), it may be the only TC you could drive confidently for thousands of miles. Wow.

Woohoo, 6 new subscribers; just 45 left to go.

We'll stop begging now; new video coming in a day or three ...

1 new subscriber down, 50 to go !!

Tempting Fate Tours Road trips. In odd, unexpected cars of dubious reliability, usually decades old, often British. They run at the start of the trip. After that, anything can happen—and frequently does. What could possi...

OK, gang: Our next video is imminent—but we're just 51 subscribers short of the magic 1,000.

Amongst you all, are there 51 more people to subscribe to a YouTube channel on occasional road trips in odd, unexpected cars of dubious reliability, usually decades old, often British?

Tell your friends !!

Black dog wearing green collar, with ears back, looking at camera inside old British car with split windscreen. He is being petted by man in glasses and grey shirt sitting in (LHD) driver's seat. Interior has a grey dashboard with red seats + door panels.

We realized we'd never introduced another member of the very diverse TFT team. Please welcome Jack The Dog.

Jack enjoys road trips, even in dubious British cars of questionable reliability. He also keeps Tom's garage free of pesky squirrels. He also sleeps more than the rest of us put together.

Very battered green + multicolored 1950 Morris Minor 2-door sedan with no hood, grille, engine, or hubcaps up on a long 4-wheel trailer. The right rear tire of the Morris is flat. In the background is blue sky with clouds, and green pine trees. Other old cars can barely be seen behind the trailer.

This pic is a metaphor, kinda, for why we're not at the #fallfailiage #lemonsrally this weekend. The car Tom + John built (not this one ... that's why it's a metaphor) wasn't actually USABLE for 1,000 miles in 3 days. ☹️

And the one @thestylusguy.bsky.social planned to use ate some valve shims. ☹️

99 Problems: 2011 Mini Cooper Clubman Everyone loves to talk about “quirky charm” when it comes to Minis, but this 2011 Clubman takes that phrase, sets it on fire, and leaves you stranded on the

"The check engine light doubles as mood lighting. It overheats when it feels like it, the AC is broken + one of the doors hates humanity enough to barely open."

Also: British!

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours We road-tripped 10 1990s cars. Here's what you need for your own trip!

And we are live! Here's the second of 2 videos from our July road trip to Tennessee to run The Snake (Route 421) + hang out with fellow owners who've become friends over the years.

We include advice on how to organize your own road trip in old cars, just like ours—except totally different.

Grey 1950s car with engine suspended from chain on an engine hoist, lowered into engine compartment, with bright yellow 4-blade fan showing and no grille.

Here it is, all 65 throbbing hp from a 1971 'A' Series 1275c engine! Move aside, peasants, Tempting Fate Tours is coming through ... pending just a few wee fixes to which the entire coming weekend has been set aside.

Perhaps including a generator WITHOUT a JB-Welded lug ?? Ahem. Sigh.

Metal screw lug extending from rusty casting, covered in silver goop.

What, you ask, is this rather horrible-looking thing? Oh, it's the lug on a replacement generator that @rymestom fitted to the 1971 MG Midget 1275 engine in our 72-year-old Morris.

What's the goop? Oh, the lug broke off. JB-Weld to the rescue! Will it last thru 1,000 miles of Lemons Rally? Great Q!

YouTube video by Tempting Fate Tours Why drive obscure 1990s Japanese cars thousands of miles? Here's why!

We are LIVE! Our first episode since June brings us into 2025 at last. We drove 5 obscure 1990s Japanese cars 1,500 miles round-trip, over 5 days, to hang out with other owners who are now really good friends.

This year, we brought 5 cars from the Northeast (NH, Mass, upstate NY, Long Island + PA).

Man wearing sunglasses, blue shirt + flowered surfer jams with arms raised in front of row of 10 obscure 1990s Japanese cars in a parking lot, against green trees, with blue sky + white clouds above them. For the records, the cars are Isuzu Impulse, Isuzu Gemini, Isuzu Stylus, and Geo Storm models from 1990 through 1993.

Who's this? Why, it's @highmileage.bsky.social !!

Why's he doing this? Sheer joy!

It's all 'cuz he's not only in front of no fewer than TEN Isuzu Impulses, Geminis + Styluses, plus Geo Storms, but we all just ran The Snake. He's happy to be here!

And ... oh YEAH ... video imminent. Within hours!

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PROS:
- freshly built 1275
- floorboards replaced
- clutch linkage rebuilt
- original brakes rebuilt
- gas tank rust replaced w/stainless
- interior expensively redone

We might (stress the 'might') have an adventure coming with this one. We hope to know this week ... stay tuned.