What on Earth are you talking about? MEL was a motor, not a division. They never mashed Mercury and Lincoln together either, even after Edsel was gone. The dealerships shared brands, just like today, but that has nothing to do with designing cars in Michigan.

Why does the author and commentariat think a modern jag motor will

It does happen all the time. This isn’t news, it’s a funny video. It’s twice as funny to people who live/lived in Houston because it floods every spring and summer. The city has massive amounts of flood control infrastructure and a very good crew of people that clean this stuff up.

You mean the same region that has flooded like this for the whole 200 years we have had cities there? No you're right. Must be climate change.

It’s amazing what people do. I am sorting out a ‘66 Volvo 122s that received all kinds of well intentioned, but poorly executed repairs from its previous owner. What baffles the mind is when they spend more money and time than it would have taken to just do it correctly.

Up is better than down at least. I think it was an old Nascar trick to shove rubber pieces in the coil to tune on the fly. You still see coil spacers, either in or around the spring associated with Sprint cars. Doubt that was what the Lexus owner had in mind, especially not with hardware store stuff.

Based on the article and replies, I'm guessing you mean that gun people don't actually read the laws they protest either. I agree 100%.

You need to normalize these results. Take those numbers and divide them by:

Well buy an old car then, or one with less power. My project Volvo may end up automatic if the new motor makes enough midrange torque. There is an upper limit to when a stick is just a wheel spinning pain in the ass. For me, in a 3000# car, it's about 400-500hp. Above that, it's just kind of a clusterfuck in a street…

Back in the 80's, we had cheap metal that rusted. Exhausts would just rust away. Not driving it, the process probably took 20 years vs. the normal 5-10. At the time, it was an improvement over the 60's and 70's when they made the whole car out of that stuff!

Why do you need one? With a broad torque curve from the supercharger and eight gears, a manual would probably be slower. Plus nobody would buy it.

Our education system is only so-so. We make up for it in tacos. Scoff if you will, they're good tacos.

Alright, I think I see the problem. You have car parts up on a pedistal. Pretty much anything 2D is going to be pretty straightforward to do, and relatively inexpensive to have done. 2D in this context means you work the metal flat and don’t have to rotate it or turn it on edge. Parts like this are good candidates for…

Here’s the last thing I had carved up. A friend was trying to buzz some connecting rods down on a mill, and this plate holds it steady while that happens.

“Designing a part from scratch is a bit more complicated than just “drawing a part and getting it carved up.”

Direct access to the “CAD machine?” You mean like a computer? You can find entirely usable CAD/CAM software for pretty reasonable prices and/or free. The free stuff is easily good enough to sketch up a bracket that looks cool and fits right. If you're not dedicated enough to learn the process of drawing a part and…

It would in Texas

It was never very many of them. Maybe a couple dozen out of the hundreds and hundreds of Vickys and Caprices. They earned an honest living as patrol cars on the freeways, like I said. Much easier to make a jack rabbit start off the shoulder and get your speeder in one of these than a P71.

For the longest time, Houston maintained a flock of LT1 Z28's (back when they were hot stuff). They probably “needed” them as much much as they “need” the MRAPs now, but they were cool. They were fast enough to park on the side of the freeway and still come catch you before you could dive off an exit ramp. Nice tool…

Your link is suspect, given that it accuses a Mercury Topaz of being in the top 20 models to be ticketed. Did all 12 of them left get ticketed all day, every day?