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For me, a rebel is any place, person or thing that defies convention. The Berkeley campus in the 60s was a rebel place. James Dean was a rebel. Elvis was a rebel. Even the car I'm driving right now, a 1971 de Tomaso Pantera, though. these were sold According to Lincoln Mercury, it was an unusual car for America, it was a little less than a Ferrari or a Maserati, but it had a large Ford Cleveland 351 engine in the rear that generated enormous amounts of horsepower. It had a five speed ZF transmission like the gt40 that had won le mans a few years earlier it was truly a revolutionary car and of course it was built in italy by a man who was actually a rebel alejandro di tomaso was an argentinian who had to leave Argentina because he tried to overthrow Juan Perón's government went to Italy and built cars.

I'm on my way to meet a friend of mine who I think is kind of a rebel. He comes from Scotland, where I think he was a bit of a rebel. He was in a punk band he was a drummer he was an alcoholic but above all he is a very funny comedian let's meet him right now he's waiting for him in my garage jay jay you're there you're wearing a jean shirt jean pants you're wearing jean jay, I'm david letterman , let me in, jay, we're sorry, the number you called is not in service, I see, yes, I see you, come in, I'm not going to go in there, let me park

this

now, no, no, I don't understand.

I'm not going to put you there, okay, open it, I want to see what your code is. I won't give you my code. I'm

craig

ferguson

. People follow me, known for his character Mr. Wick on the Drew Carey show and for his many years hosting the late show with Craig Ferguson Craig is such a rebel that he has the motto join or die the American Revolution tattooed on his arm oh, and few rebels can pull off a skirt like

this

guy I remember on a show tonight the first one. One time I was talking about cars thinking we'd get together because I was a rebellious guy, but you didn't show any rebellion in an automotive way.

I couldn't show any rebellion in an automotive way. I didn't have money for a car, my dad. I had a car now, what did I do? What did your dad drive? What kind of car was the family car? My dad had a Morris Oxford, a low-powered tin biscuit barrel, something like ten biscuit barrels, yeah, yeah, but it was, you know, it smelled really good inside. Yeah, it smelled like an old car, even when I get into an old car, now I think, ah, it smells like that proper car smell, you know what I mean, I know what you mean, actually, look at this, oh yeah , that is. what I'm talking about this is punk rock yeah, yeah, there's nothing more rebellious than this, this is fantastic, yeah, you get it, yeah, yeah, look, you know what it is, that's the 1960s, when the world made sense, yes, yes, the morris.

The Miner was manufactured in England by Morris Motors from 1948 to 1971. More than 1.3 million Miners were produced. Part of its success was due to its rogue engine. Let me finish. The car's designer, Alex Izagonis, intentionally wanted a very small engine to avoid British horse attacks. What is more rebellious than tax evasion? My dad was a postman, right, and he had a red one, he drove one of these red ones as a mail truck, or was it true, yes, he didn't have the wood, but it was like his Majesty's. royal mail on the side wow and uh that's how the queen gets her mail in one of these to this day actually yeah, this car I'm going to tell you a little bit about this car, this is a rebel car because once in 1990 i went to sri lanka i was a little drunk and i ended up in sri lanka there were two civil wars in sri lanka at the time and everyone was driving these cars like it was a roller derby although very very crazy this thing must be like 30 35 horsepower strength in this baby, yeah you're looking at about 40.

That's high, my dad sometimes took us in this post office van, but this was before you know what kids are like. You see them now in car seats. I have the correct five point harness. They look like Hannibal Lecter and in the back of the seat he would just like to put us in the back next to the mail and be careful. Go right, but it was fantastic and I love it. this car and it's British because it has a little flag, can I have this? No, I'd like to have this, no, sorry, I'll paint it red and write Royal Mail on the side.

We can go for a drive if you like, yeah I'd like to drive it, yeah okay let's go up and

take

a

ride

, come on let's do it, hey my dad must have been smaller than I remember him. I tried to put it in second gear like an idiot, sweet, let's see. go up the hill let's go up a hill come on letty I'll do it I'll do it I think I can I think I can second gear lab you know I have a newfound respect for my dad yeah oh smell that clutch It's not my car, yeah, look at that beautiful, beautiful, what? what was your first car?

I had a lot of different second hand cars when I was young. You had an old Mercedes 200, right? And he had a car called Hillman Hunter, oh Hillman Hunter, yeah, oh you. I know how I know Hillman, right, yeah, that's funny, you had your first romantic encounter in a car, no, no, I had my first romantic encounter alone, well, I sure was alone, yeah, in a bush, I want a bush. Yeah, in a bush, look, in America you couldn't get a girl without a car, right, you had to have a car. Yeah, in England you just needed a cookie or something because in Scotland, yeah, yeah, just a little, just well, do you want to come? go home and get a cookie, I have food, oh there's a Scottish guy with food, oh go to the lobby, put some gas in it, it's really hard to drive this thing, you're just not used to this kind of electric driving with

craig

ferguson

, without a doubt, an adventure I feel like you're judging me a little let me ask you about the early days now you're a singer a rock star oh no no I was a drummer yes yes what were the name of the dream boys the dream boys ? what band was before and how old were you then I was about 18. 18.

Okay, originally they called us the bastards from hell, which is one of the fastest ones around here, I think that's more appropriate, yeah, that's a better Name, that was the only band I wasn't in, I was in a lot of different bands, but that's the only one. I was pretty drunk back then, so that's one I remember. It's okay, but there are others. I've seen pictures and heard things. Yeah. I got into comedy because bands were like a whole kind of movement, you know what I mean, so there were no comedy clubs, so it was like you went up and said some funny things and then you presented to the crowd. band, so I did it and that's nice. how I got into this there was a very low standard for what was fun, yeah, and a bunch of drunk punk rockers and I've kept that standard low, I think you don't want to raise the bar that ruins it and that does the rest. of the guys look bad exactly, you don't want to do that, you want to be a team player, but you're an airplane guy, although more than a car guy, I love airplanes, yes, I fly, I have a pilot's license. there are a lot fewer gears in an airplane you know, you step on the accelerator and you stay on the accelerator and then you pull it back, you

take

off the accelerator and you land, it's a lot simpler than trying to drive a 50 year old car with a stick shift you know why i loved aviation in show business you live by the bulls everything is built on engineering and flight and the cars you build you die you lie about your ability to do what you can do you will end up dead that's always my thing People like it Why do you like cars?

Because if a car is broken and now it is running well, no one can say that it is not running well. You can't, you can't tell me it's not working. It is not a matter of opinion. I love it man, it's nice here. I've never been here. Oh man, that was rude. Well, Craig, I'd like to talk to you more, but this car can't take any more abuse, so thanks for letting me drive it. I hear the car going, help me.