They did this one on Mythbusters. On looking it up, apparently the engine died, but was still able to run, but the gas tank was rusted the next day. They also did sugar, mothballs, drain cleaner, and then put bleach in the oil, which ruined the engine pretty quickly. (They did this with an old V-8 on a stand).

IM with you except I’d make the Cherokee the off roader and keep the pickup relatively stock for non snow use.

If I remember correctly (I should go dig my books out and look it up), George did quite a bit of work during their early days, particularly when the first shop opened in the late 40's (bear in mind that George Barris learned the trade from Harry Westergard, up in Sacramento, so he certainly had the experience and…

Locals only eat deep dish when out of state relatives visit.

I always wished for a Craig Ferguson appearance on Doctor Who.

If it was 4WD it might have a chance - it’d make a snazzy winter beater - but RWD only? Now it literally has no use whatsoever.

I understand that things at SNL can get pretty cutthroat. If you can’t find a niche or a breakout character you won’t get written into sketches just so you can be on TV. If Luke Null can only play one type of character (and they’ve already got people who play them) and hasn’t managed to develop a character that could…

By the sixties he wasn’t doing most of the actual work (if any), but iirc he did a bunch of the design - been a while since I read any of the books, I might go look it up tonight.

The custom lead sleds that came out of the Barris shop in the fifties are some of my favorites. But to I agree, the wacky seventies and later cars aren’t to my taste and tend to be pretty dated.

Oh, no way he’s in the cast next season. I can’t even recall seeing him in anything except that high school sketch that bombed. They’re not even using him as “guy picking up takeout who says thank you and leaves immediately so the shenanigans can start”, which is a bad sign indeed.

Thanks, I didn’t make it to the end of the show and he wasn’t obviously in the picture in the article.

Was Luke Null even at the rink? Or was he waiting patiently on the stage, because everyone forgot about him?

Did you read the article? He’s been tweeting about it. In fact he called it “his first new book of short stories in years”.

When I first heard the news about AIM shutting down, I considered starting a new account and logging into the service just to see what happened. Then I promptly forgot about it, much like AIM.

I don’t know what the market is in Europe but I want one nonetheless. Might still have a magazine poster of it somewhere

Isn’t there sometimes a financial reason to destroy prototypes? I’ve read about it happening in the past - tax or duty would be owed based on the value of the vehicle, and since it costs a lot to build a prototype or one-off dream car, they’re destroyed to avoid paying the tax. No idea if this is still a thing, though.

Not necessarily. Plus, if this car was used for some extreme testing they might be damaged or unduly worn. The risk of one of these punished components failing on a street car is too great.

So, I never watched the Apprentice, so never really heard her speak. So I ask - does she always sound like that? Like she’s practicing an accent or something? She just sounded completely unnatural.

AIUI, there have been calls for Peyton Manning to be questioned in this scandal.