On Thursday’s Name That Part, we relied on grainy picture quality and poor camera angles to stump the Hooniversal Collective — just like they do on eBay! Since nobody guessed it — although one person came close, somewhat — I’m giving the victory to alf — who didn’t come close — for his guess that the large, steel box with pipes and levers in it was the original Jarvik Artificial Heart. Please, alf, never become aa surgeon.
On to today’s Name That Part!
To welcome our newest contributor, we’re going with a Murilee Martin theme here today. Murilee is famous for both her his storytelling and for his her “callbacks”. Over time, we’ve learned about Wanky the Safety Cat, the P71 Crown Victoria, the Civic, and the Project Car Hell Original Sin Edition. For myself, Murilee feels like a bit of a kindred spirit, as I’ve also spent the better part of the last 15 or so years digging through junkyards and swap meets looking for those bits and pieces that might help me complete one of my projects, or that of one of my friends.
I thought about choosing a piece from one of Murilee’s projects; but those have been so well-documented over the years that one of her more devoted stalkers fans would have no trouble sorting it out with virtually no clues at all. They’d probably be able to show us photos from Murilee’s back yard of the actual piece involved, circa 1992.
Since I am markedly lacking in so many stalkers — that I know of, anyhow… at last count, I only had two — I’m opting for an example from my own Murilee-Martin-themed back-story. I’ve spoken of this quite a few times, so now we get to see if anyone has ever paid any attention at all. This is a part from a car identical to the one on which I did my first ever engine swap, and only managed to electrocute myself once. Okay, maybe twice.