Yeah, Hot Wheels doesn't cater to the grassroots toy car enthusiasts like Matchbox does. They have really lost their way.

Heh, I remember the episode of Rides where they followed the build-up of the Deora 2 (I think most of the work was done by Six Axis.) Really interesting project.

Provided that the Brits don't have any Typhoons at the ready, of course.

What a lovely car. Although I would prefer to hold out for for a Mark 2, this pussycat seems to be well taken care of.

Man, that's a sweet ride I'd love to own, although something tells me that I'd drive everyone in my neighborhood crazy from driving it around too slowly. You just can't speed in cars like this.

Ah, that make sense. Given that the inspiration for the original Miatas were cars such as the Elite, the resemblance between the two is logical.

I love how most (if not all) of the cars have a race-patina to them. None of that trailer-queen stuff, these cars are driven. And I applaud their owners for doing so.

Several years ago, I was lucky enough to buy a raggedy '91 Miata from a close friend of mine (for all of $700, no less.) She had nicknamed it Li'l Red, but it quickly became known to me as "The Mistress", since I would "cheat" on my daily driver with her on the weekends. Although I only really drove the car for a…

Southern Louisiana — I think the answer is obvious. :)

Actually, the reason I had specifically mentioned the Ford block is because there are already ready-made conversion kits for the Mustang 5.0 motors to slot into the NA Miata (I think the SBC also has some, but they are rarer and probably a bit more expensive.)

Yup, he thought his handling skills were all sharp and crispy. Creamed the boat instead.

Well, any reasonably powerful motor will really wake up the Miata, but if you're trying to stick to a $10K budget, FI or a Mustang-based Monster conversion may be the only way to stay under the line.

I would probably scour Craigslist or eBay and pick a nice used NA Miata for about $5K, then spend the rest on either a forced-induction setup, or else get a used Mustang plant and monsterize it. Even with mild tuning 300HP should be easily doable, which is a ~2100lb car should be quite... brisk.

Just an FYI... while the Bagger 293 is slightly larger in girth than the 288, the 288 outweighs the 293 — by a lot. While the 293 weighs in at "only" 14.2K tons, the 288 tips the scale at 45.5K tons, or well over 3 times the weight.

As an additional shitbit of information — aphids can reproduce via parthogenesis, i.e. they don't need to have sex to make more li'l aphids. Leaving them more time to take dumps on your hood.

Oh my God. He's real. Bigfoot is really REAL!

Another TAKRAF monster... the Overburden Conveyer Bridge F60. 60 meters tall (hence the name), 502 meters wide, weighing 13.6K tons. It's been described as the Lying Eiffel Tower. The whole contraption moves around on 760 wheels and needs almost 30MW of power to run.

The mining industry probably has a monopoly on some of the largest land vehicles ever made. This a Marion 6360, named The Captain. At the time, it was the heaviest vehicle ever made (over 15K tons.) Sadly, a fire caused by a ruptured hydraulic line destroyed the excavator in 1991, and it was scrapped.

The German Bagger 288 is a pretty huge beast. I think it holds the current record for size.

I think the diesel out-crazied it. Besides, the rotary-Miata idea has actually been done, so perhaps it's not so crazy.