An acceptable substitute, yes.

Hunters of Effluency.

Each weak two teams compete to build a race car on budget to seak the infamous 24h Of Lemon's Index of Effluency trophy. We follow them as they travel across the country to follow the series, fight the Price of Darkness and others mechanical gremlins, perfect their theme, lose all hope and…

This news report could be greatly improved by the addition of a few Mr Plow references.

Whatever sit in the Eagle showroom.

I wonder if all shirtless references are created equal?

Speed can get you through anything.

An antique tractor on half tracks. Steering with the (usually sticky) brakes while trying to see over the cab, this is a quite unusual driving experience.

It may work but you would loose the ability to brake each wheel independently. I suppose that they use an extra gear on the axle shaft just next to the differential. (improved access at the expense of some parasite friction)

Most of you are familiar with the concepts of inboard disk brakes or remote turbos.
Some decades ago, Deutz-Allis decided to combine the two.

In the 60's-70's, everybody and their uncle had a snowmobile company.

Is Anthony Hopkins still available for a story about motorcycles with unusual amounts of cylinders? http://www.duccutters.com/AndreasGeorgea…

Well, according to Wikipedia: "The aircraft (0.10) featured a double-walled fuselage, with the pilot controlling the aircraft from within the inner shell. The circular gap between this and the outer, cylindrical shell provided the inlet for the ramjet."

Leduc 0.10 (yes, there is a pilot in there somewhere)

Orloved.

For unknown reasons, from time to time Subaru suddenly refuse to offer their WRX STi in wagon form.
2004 was one of these years. Since the demand was still there (in japan at least), they came up with this:

Every single automotive journalist complained about the CR-Z's lack of power when it came out in 2010. This issue was addressed two years later with a bump of 8 horsepower bringing the total to a whoooooping 130. I love the look of this car, enough to give them a look in the classifieds every now en them. The problem…

Dodge Nitro Detonator.

Road to Perdition (2002)
Featuring a disfigured Jude Law, Tommy Guns, an elementary school kid learning to find the friction point of a 30's Buick and Paul Newman paying a duet with Tom Hanks, perfect.

"Production" aircraft? I am ready for tomorrow's question then.

Reclaim your manhood.