My grandfather-in-law used to say “when you don’t have the right tool, improvise.” This may just be the best Christmas tree stand ever created, at least function wise.
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By Kamil Kaluski
East Coast Editor. Races crappy cars and has an unhealthy obsession with Eastern Bloc cars. Current fleet: Ford Bronco, Lexus GX 470, and a Buick Regal crapcan racecar.
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Well, okay, but with no provision for keeping the tree watered I’d be worried about overheating and subsequent brake fade.
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Bob Ratchet approved.
There’s no kill like overkill!
And like Red Green said, if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy?
I made a cookie cutter tonight, to try and bring some auto-themed baking to work. Those started out as Mustangs, I swear. Model bloat has not been kind to my design.
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The spirit of Ferdinand P. would like to chat with the spirit of your Mustang about that last cookie. They’ll sternly ignore bloat, it’s x-mas season after all.
These must be 1971-1973 Mustangs. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e7c792b55faee11d51e7fa4c146fe0d6b910afcd05632438874b80e0f423f13.jpg
The little lights aren’t twinkling, Clark.
That would be great for Festivus.
Good to see last call back on the menu.
A cautious “hurray!” for the return of Last Call. Hopefully it’s here to stay. And in that case, what’s this little Oldsmobile I spotted on the way home from work yesterday? I couldn’t get close enough to see the emblem on the rear quarter. https://i.imgur.com/ouW7QzE.jpg
That looks like a ’62 F-85.
I knew it wouldn’t take long to get an answer. Thanks!
When I spotted this in my right-side mirror, my first thought was “hey, somebody’s got their Corvair out”. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one of this generation before. If you said “F-85”, I’d be thinking of the larger 2nd or 3rd gen.
You’re welcome. The Y platform cars in general don’t seem to turn up much. I think I’ve seen more Buicks than Oldsmobiles or Pontiacs but still not many.
It could be packing the Aluminum 215, or even the Jetfire Turbo 215 under there.
I want to see a Y platform with a Y-block swap.
Y?
Y ask Y?
Y not?
Sounds good to me! My
minusculenon-existent knowledge of all things Oldsmobile applies only to the clapped out ’72 Cutlass S that was my first car. It had a V8 of some sort that got about 12 mpg on the highway, and the most disconnected steering feel of anything driven to this day, but that’s about all I remember. Terrible, terrible, hilariously fun car for a teenage idiot & his idiot friends.I can tell from the tire marks that it isn’t a 1963 Pontiac Tempest
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First long road trip in the Accord Hybrid (~8 hours) has me more convinced that it’s the perfect family car for the enthusiast married to someone who cares nothing about, or even hates, driving. Comfortable, airy and excellent MPG for the non-enthusiast and good steering feel and strong electric torque for the enthusiast. My wife and I both really like it and I’m not sure we’ve ever had a car that we could say that about in the past.
Good call. People who aren’t interested in cars won’t hate something that is fun to drive if it ticks the comfortable/practical boxes. A lot of V8 Commodores are evidence of that.