Not only is it beautiful, it has one of thr craziest engine swaps I’ve ever heard of. I am delighted to hear that the car has survived.

There are definitely road racers who can be fast at autox: the good ones who can adjust their style. Most road racers are so programmed to be focused on setting up for exits and being smooth that they add a ton of distance and are reluctant to give the car the quick/abrupt-ish (but still smooth) inputs needed to be…

His goal to be 100% carbon neutral. CO2 would be scrubbed out of the air, and cracked into carbon and oxygen. Water would be cracked into hydrogen and oxygen, and recombined into CH4 (methane) and O2. All done with solar power. The burnt fuel just becomes CO2 and H2O again. It’s the exact same process he plans to…

Came here to say this. Someone beat me to it. Here is the source:

Elon said that the “anywhere in the world in 60 mins or less” rocket setup will cost in the neighborhood of an economy airline ticket. So, lets say his vision comes true. That means there will be a LOT of business for that. Since one of Musk’s main goals is to curb CO2 output, what’s the carbon footprint of that…

YOU HAVE A CORD 812

My 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly has this setup as well. Endless fun getting it dialed in.. Also, since it is based on limit switches and not any sort of feedback, you can be at speed in 4th, engage the clutch, pre-select 2nd, and release to have all sorts of unbelievable damage occur..

A fun story that didn’t make it into the article:

Opa told my dad, brother and me that the soldier who had given him a ride back in 1945 not only offered chocolate, but also the best Leberwurst (liverwurst) Opa has ever eaten.

It was so good, Opa said, that when he explored the world as a travel agent, he always kept…

Sorry, I didn’t mean that they way it came out. I know and have meet some folks in their 50-60's that pioneered digital media, but I was more talking about the folks that have been traditional media buyers (TV/Print/OOH) for 30 years and are 50+ now, those are the folks that are scared of the digital (i really hate…

That peppermint idea is pure genius.

A thousand years ago, in the late 1970's, I got assigned to the 68th Chemical Company at Fort Hood, at the time a brand new (reactivated) unit, the only Chemical Company in the Army.

Painting the grill did wonders for the look, whether it was color-matched or color-contrasted.

I’ve done my share of domestic and international flights—both economy and business—on mostly American and Asian airlines. Domestic airlines in the U.S. have absolutely the worst customer service across the board. Continental and Delta are probably the best among the four (plus United and American), but that’s not…

Implicitly the US government allowed them to say that when it deregulated airlines.

It’s not unfair to say that people are just more angry and wound up in general these days, pretty much across the board...

This definitely has more to do with how certain vehicles are used versus how well built they are.

This isn’t overly surprising to be honest. Every jet I’ve flown has breakaway pins or bolts in the fairing which will quite happily detach the engine and dump it on the unsuspecting public 35,000 feet below if vibration exceeds a design stress.

Reading this made the hairs on my neck stand up. I’ve never wanted to be someone else more than I want to have been you on that day.