Comment Re:And the loser... (Score 1) 5
...for the spelling bee is...
Comment Re:Laugh? I'm horrified (Score 1) 5
Try this version, I forgot to place the Easter Egg at the end of the last one (like that is going to help the AC on this thread).
Comment Re:And the loser... (Score 1) 5
...for the spelling bee is...
Shatner. And if this ref. is too cryptic for you, turn in your nerd card.
Journal Journal: SABATAGE Trailer: Shatner and Schwarzenegger 5
SABATAGE trailer, yes you may laugh.
Journal Journal: Video of my project car, 318 Six Pack
Comment Maybe it is old age and observation (Score 2) 156
Seems to me that myths were presented successfully as facts back when dead-tree, radio, and television ruled the roost. Back then, you could scream about falsehoods in newspapers until you turned blue and your word only carried about as far as your voice. Today one can do a good Fisking of most of those articles and get some traction in a wider circle. The biggest problem is the successful rent-seeking efforts of larger, traditional media organizations wooing politicians into granting them special protections that are not afforded to anybody else performing the same tasks as them.
Journal Journal: Dang Wind
Was going to do a video walk around of the '72 Charger project car today, but the wind is a bit much, even though I am laying on the narration track later. I did find a bunch of soaked paper and cardboard in the trunk, probably due to leaf debris in the gutter around the trunk opening. Side marker in the quarter panel there is open too, so that might be part of it. Found a phosphoric acid based product for rust removal too, next video will be on how to select and use that stuff, along with
Journal Journal: Another Week, Another Blog
Decided to break out the details on my engine rebuild into its own blog: 318 Six-Pack. Yes, part of the project is building up a small block Dodge engine the way it should have come from the factory. The other part is the whole "sleeper" tradition
Journal Journal: Suspension Systems
Just went into some detail about how I came up with suspension system upgrade candidates and how they were eliminated. Could be helpful to others who like to preserve old cars rather than crush them.
Comment Re:It was pretty much a hoax. (Score 1) 2
Nothing ever came of that story and I guarantee it was a hoax. There have always been snake oil salesmen and "inventors" claiming outrageous efficiencies in their designs but nothing ever comes of them. Then the conspiracy nuts think there is a cover up involved and come up with equally outrageous stories. You hear things like patents being forcefully bought out or how the inventor was arrested or his invention and patents/paperwork/computers confiscated by the government. Its all a big lie.
Drop three Holley 2 barrels on there and be done with it. That or drop in a twin 4 barrel intake but it sounds like you want to keep it original.
Yea, the hoax and conspiracy items are part of the humor. The other part is what you just did
Journal Journal: 100 MPG Carburetor 2
Any of you fellow oldsters out there remember the story about the 100 MPG carburetor that The Man would not let us use because it would reduce petroleum consumption too much? I seem to remember hearing that over 30 years ago, and the story was that Big Oil bought the patent and kept it secret. That patent should be expired by now, and in the US patents are not renewable, so where the heck is the old patent? I'm restoring a classic car and havi
Journal Journal: Kicking around ideas for first video
More details about making the first video for this car project over here. The basics are going over the car I am restoring and details about that make/model/package. One decision I made since that post was putting mistakes I made in the first restoration phase into a different video. Otherwise, I just have some ideas floating around and no script, no outline.
Comment Re:Nice (Score 1) 2
Being a gear head is so American, it probably makes you a raaaaacist.
In a way, of course. The way I mean is like that way that some people find big giant SUVs to be rich white soccer momish, yet the majority of them I see on the road, especially the largest ones, are driven by "people of color." Same with an old MOPAR. I learned how to adjust the carb, how to fix the dents, how to strip and prime it, and most everything else I needed to learn for that car from old black dudes at the hobby shop. One of those guys has a really cool 1970(?) Challenger with period correct NASCAR style mag wheels. Awesome car!
Old whitie is into Chevy and Ford.
Journal Journal: Started a blog for my Charger project 2
No pix posted yet, but I finally started a blog for my aging 1972 318 Six-Pack Dodge Rallye Charger project.
Comment Re:Damn, why must I agree with DR? (Score 1) 77
However, I am all for a term limit like that in the Articles of Confederation, where elected officials can only serve X years out of a block of X+Y years, but they are free for voters to evaluate at any time outside of that window.
