Most Jalopnik Way....

Seems to me putting the seats in parallel rows with staggered aisles would get the same number of folks in (facing forward) with exits to the NE,NW,SE and SW. , and it would make a great movie theater for a big screen up front...Now put a bar in the center....

Well, Yes. But - real Jalopniks demand real cars - not drawings, and real sound from real metal and fuel - not synthesized bs. ( with drum tracks). When it shows up in the real metal, I will bow down - like I should.

Back in the day, Unlimiteds were powered by Allison or Rolls-Royce supercharged V-12s and such like. You could hear them for literally miles away, and every kid in Seattle had a model of his favorite to tow behind his bicycle.

72. Voted early and as often as possible.

Took some research to clarify "compacted graphite" - like a pencil? - to Compacted Graphite IRON.... CGI retains much of the castability of gray iron, but has a higher tensile strength and some ductility.

Here's a related joyful sound track....Allison 1710 in restored Miss Burien….

mechanically good - cosmetically meh...

The best trucks ever are in deep, mountainous Peru. 1950-60 Ford and Gmc units with no sq.in. Undented, adventurous hand paint jobs and local welder improv repairs, truly creative parts substitution ( usually with duct tape) and no functions left except engine, tranny, diff, and brakes - no gauges, handles, lights,…

MoonBat - just the name wins the internet for today...

Balls o'steel to the guy in the black hat, too.

You missed Air Canada "We're not happy until you're not happy"

1995 Mercedes S 420 in immaculate condition. 4.2 Liter V8 with 200xxx Kms. . Perfect paint with no rust.. Perfect interior with no rips or stains. Factory Bose 8 Speaker sound system with 6 Dick CD Changer. Vaccum assisted self closing doors and trunk. Power everything. Heated Seats and Sunroof. Mercedes"s bulletproof…

Totally love the entire discussion - Does anyone remember ( or have a pic - of the Ford(?) shark/ray roadster about '84 - I saw it at Pebble Beach and never again - but it was just asymmetrical enough - and had sharkskin upholstery and little pores and vents like a shark or ray...?

I'm curious to know ( and I'm sure one of y'all knows) if the end of an airframe is regulatory, fatigue, or economics of operation - like many of my cars - they can keep on going, but it's not really a good business case to reuse salvage parts, weld over old rusty bits, etc. Airlines maybe can't be jalopniks....

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Whatever it is, it's target market is slightly overweight Birkenstock dudes.

Seattle+Subaru, mostly Outback wagons. Ski rack, bike rack, dog barrier, check.

OK. Now do tail-lights - I followed a recent Audi all over townn because it had little slits of red for tail lights and BIG brake lights above that - OPEN closed OPEN closed eyes in the night....

it would be asbestos rope. But wot for? the staining indicates exhaust gases at the outer ends?