And the other DC drivers who can’t make the transition from the oxcarts and camels they formerly drove.

I once flew on the airliner version of this plane. The Boise (ID) Interagency Fire Center had at least one of them, used to shuttle forest fire-fighting crews around. I was a member of a USDA Forest Service crew sent from Tallahassee, FL to Chattanooga, TN by plane, en route to a fire in extreme north GA. Flight was…

This looks like the B-25’s the 5th Air Force (with MacArthur in the SW Pacific) put together for strafing Japanese transport ships. They worked well, pretty much shredding the unarmored ships, but the recoil from the .50’s popped rivets out of the planes to the point structural integrity was compromised.

A word of caution on those with the 6.2 engine: in 2008 I was in the same building with a concern that remanufactured/refurbished Humvees for the military. Even then, engine blocks in good condition were getting hard to find. News of someone with a stash of good blocks would make them salivate like Pavlov’s dog.

I'm not impressed. In the 1930's, when roller bearings on railroad car axles were cutting-edge technology, a RR had 3 cute young hostess/nurses (in heels, no less!) pull a new roller-bearing-equipped passenger car several feet, as a publicity stunt. The "lightweight" car probably weighed 50 tons. THAT was an…

1976 Plymouth Feather Duster, bought new. Hit by a drunk driver and totaled in 1982. Feather Duster had a Slant Six w/4-speed OD manual trans, aluminum trans case and underhood bracing. Found out later it was a rare car, only 500 were made. No A/C, no radio when puchased, no other options, but I was proud of it.

I actually have 2 unpopular automotive opinions. Crown Victorias and Grand Marquis are perfectly acceptable cars for people under 70 years old (bought my first one at 40). Corvettes (except for those from the late '50's) don't do anything for me. Go ahead, throw your rotten cabbage and dead cats.

2nd Gear: This is a big bet for Ford. If they totally screw up this new pickup, they will drive away many customers who will stay away for many years. Ford will be a smaller, poorer company for a long time. I grew up driving pickups and know many people who drive them; loyalty runs deep, and so will the anger if…

#9 is flat out wrong. CSS Virginia (built from the sunk USS Merrimack) was the first ironclad. Monitor was built to counter the threat from the Virginia.

The hatchet in the guy's portrait gave me the willies. Guess I'm getting old, but psycho women just aren't worth it no matter how hot they are.

It is possible to make an engine run while rotating the opposite way it was designed. Google Smokey Yunick (spelling may be a little off). He did it to a Hudson in the very early days of NASCAR.