If it was orange, it probably was one of our local docs, I know there is one, possibly 2 running around Baton Rouge.

He could still show up. Maybe this will be on season 3 of World's Toughest Fixes! "Take one locomotive, on the coast of Africa, thousands of miles from the factory and engineers, and drop it 20 feet onto a concrete dock. This will be one of my toughest fixes yet..."

PE =mgh. Nice. Wish my current physics tests were that real-world.

Well Frank, looks like they needed....(puts on sunglasses) more training.......

Here's one from the planelopnik archives. Bet they'd throw in a few 463L's to sweeten the deal.

I thought that looked like the Bridge of Lions. We spent a week in St. Augustine for our Anniversary-absolutely loved it!

Meh, he's on an oversized oceangoing barge...Let him try that on a standard 195X35 Mississippi River Barge.

May of '06. We set out in our relatively new VW Jetta from Little Rock, AR driving to Key West, FL to get married, returning via Huntsville, AL to spend some time with her parents. The trip to Key West went off without a hitch: great mpg's, short stretch racing a C-class across Alligator Alley at triple-digit speeds,…

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Lemme try to put a positive spin on this. NASA actually has a long history with barges and Towboats. They still use the M/V Clermont II at the Stennis Space Center. Many items were moved via barge from the Michoud Assembly Facility to Stennis. Space Shuttle engines and fuel are moved by barge in and around Stennis.…

Its 1995. I just graduated High School and went off to Army Boot Camp (joined the National Guard my Senior year). While I was gone, my dad decided not to fix my '86 Trans Am that blew the motor the night before senior prom. He bought me a '93 Nissan Pickup in immaculate condition from a family member and gave it to me…

I joined the Army National Guard my Senior Year of HS. I was headed to drill on Saturday morning after staying up all night doing stuff I shouldn't have with the GF. Was running late. My car at the time: '86 Trans Am, 305 ci of Screaming Chicken malaisey-era goodness. It was 24 miles in 3, 8 mile segments to the…

I look at that nose and all I see is 3rd gen Camaro

Any luxury car from a used car dealer that specializes in them or at a "we tote the note" type place. They are usually high-mile, questionably maintained, auction finds. Watched a 3 year old SL's cooling system explode as the new owner was driving away from the building. Also, Any seller who will only communicate by…

Hoopty bouncin', runnin on leaded. My theme song, given the POS' I've driven in my life!

I just picked up a '79 240 D 4 speed on Craigslist last week. Love the car, but man, it's a white-knuckle ride getting on an interstate. Good luck with the swap. In my garage sits an '83 380 SL sans motor and transmission-screaming for AMG-ification if I can ever luck up with the cash and time.

Beat me to it with the timing chain issue...Had to quote you above. We've got a 450 SLC that's gonna stay parked until I can get is preventitively repaired.

My wife and I are both card-carrying, vintage M-B Kool-Aid Drinkers (MBCA), but after much discussion-CRACK PIPE. We love the pillarless coupes and the Euro touches, but the AMG monoblocks don't look right-put on a set of the bundt style wheels, maybe the 16 hole "dog dishes" from a W126 and it would look better.…

I used to stash stuff under the trunk carpets of both my '80's Cutlass Supreme's. There were depressions in the trunk floor on either side that would hold a gallon jug of Brass Monkey and a few sundry other items I used to transport for people. My 86 and 87 Trans Am's had a lockable compartment in the hatch on the…

LeChatelier's Ferrari: If you take a burning Ferrari, and place a burnt Ferrari next to it, the reaction will shift towards reactants and unburn the currently burning Ferrari (theoretically)