In the mid-1950s, I saw the 1951 version of The Thing from Another World, which was usually referred to as “The Thing.” James Arness (pre-Matt Dillon) played The Thing. I am not a horror movie fan, but this one strikes me as being a good example of horror movies from back in the day.

Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, iceberg lettuce was the first thing I thought about when I heard the word “salad.” After 50 plus years and two wives with significant culinary talents, I have come to enjoy a wide variety of salad greens. I seldom consume iceberg lettuce now, but the thought of a slice of iceberg…

I hope that Lucid succeeds, but they are still deep into “I will believe it when I see it” territory for me. New car companies seldom make it into large-scale production. Tesla has done it, now we will see if Lucid can.

More red convertibles is always the answer.

“Therefore, I have generally recommended that these buyers make a sizable down payment to establish some equity — and so that their loan balance is lower than the value of the car — and then keep the remainder in savings, just in case that rainy day comes, when cash is needed quickly.”

Paint is heavy. Back in the 1960s, I had a fraternity brother who spent summers working for his father, a painting contractor who did many big projects, schools, commercial real estate, etc. These jobs often involving transporting large amounts of paint to job sites, so his father always had one heavy-duty pickup with…

Circa 1995, I rode up to a motorcycle rally held at a fairgrounds south of Quebec City. I particularly enjoyed spending a day in Old Quebec, but the most memorable part of my trip was finally getting to taste authentic poutine. The combination of flavors and textures was wonderful.

My birthday is this Saturday, not at all looking forward to turning 36.”

At the beginning of the season, a race like today at the Nurburgring would have been thought impossible. Hamilton first and Verstappen second is not surprising, but the rest of the race was incredible. If I count right, nine different teams finished in the top ten to earn points, Renault on the podium, and Hulkenberg…

With NASCAR moving towards a new mix of track types, it will be interesting to see if this has any affects on teams’ selection of new drivers.

This taken from the CARB website. I searched for “177" and got this table, which ended up in a different format, but has the same information.

Will the second writer be able to register a truck he bought in the Midwest in California?

1st Gear

Three practical suggestions in one of these articles is unusual and Raphael Orlove partially redeemed himself with his second place suggestion of a Civic Si. Particularly impressive is David Tracy’s pick of a totally practical vehicle.

He is wearing a suit. No wonder no one recognized him.

IIRC, the Can-Am series was run with rear-engined erasers. At least, it should be easy to make changes in the body work.

It has been a while since I rode regularly, but I still remember some of the bikes that were on my dream garage list:

I look forward to greater diversity in NASCAR race venues. While I am confident that NASCAR drivers, crews, etc., will be able to adapt well to these different conditions, I wonder if these changes will require enough additional resources,including money, to adversely impact the smaller/less wealthy teams.

This is an interesting article. For other ideas for your series, how about the mechanical, e.g., engines, differences between NASCAR’s Cup, Xfinity, and Truck vehicles. A similar explanation for for F1,F2,F3, etc., and various motorcycle classes might be worthwhile.

So now you are down to one “not-so-running” vehicle?