OK, so I’m going to back down a dock during a storm, stop right on the edge, and haul my over-the-shoulder mobile phone out, plop it on the hood, get soaked from the ocean spray, and call my bookie to find out how the 24 hours of Daytona are doing because nobody does crap on this site anymore.......

No, it’s a 90's MR2. The X1/9 (which was mostly sold as a Bertone in England) was a very angular vehicle. That white car in the photo is anything but angular.....

I remember at the time there were all sorts of poorly-designed ‘gas-saving’ measures you could spend your money on. For a couple hundred dollars, you could have 2 cylinders on your big-block V-8 deactivated. You could have water-injection added. you could convert to a propane system which you’d have to fill up every…

Sorta, but you ended up with less than you wanted...

No, but I remember the Hong Kong flu.

“Is anyone on the internet old enough?”

When I was a kid during the first gas crisis of the 70's, we were already more fuel-efficient than most other 2-car families in my suburb. My dad was a fan of AMC autos, and at that time we owned a 1969 Ambassador, and a 1971 Matador, both with 6-cylinder engines. When we had first moved to New York from colorado back…

Wow, how did I miss this thread? I used to know Gene Henderson, but a bit after he rallied the Eagle. that guy had a TON of old rallying stories. 

The problem with Boron Sohios, etc. signs is that they ALL are based on the original Standard Oil signs from before the breakup of that monopoly.

If you are referring to Cor-Ten steel, it was never intended to be used as sheet metal, as it is much more brittle. However, one way to preserve rust patina without it continuing to corrode is to cover it and rub it with diesel fuel.

If it’s horse-powered, probably.....

Frontier is pretty awful, but not as Mohawk used to be when I flew on them. Also, a lot of their locations are in the snowy parts of the country. But, yeah, a lot of their planes are kinda shitty...

It’s not enough to just keep water in the boiler, you need to be certain that the crown-sheet is covered!

FWIW, UP844 is the ONLY steam locomotive in the US which has never been ‘retired’; it has been on the active roster with UP since it was built.

By 1957, I doubt there were any “old growth forests” in the entire state of Massachusetts.

Yes, and also:

“Jackson cited a study of 68 cities in 1933 that found despite the Model T’s popularity...”

Some 25 years ago, I delivered trailer-loads of interior panels to the Ford Windstar plant in Oakville, On. Occasionally there would be a few Euro-spec models coming down the line. I never checked the engines, but I did see at least a few with manuals. 

Must’ve missed the Pantera. A quarter-million bucks for one with the US-mandated bumpers still on it? For real??????

I’ve had varying luck with CL. I sold a brass bed that used to be my mom’s for.....about 60% of my initial asking price (which WAS too high, but at least I knew that). Took a while, but finally got somebody to take it off my hands.