“There is a reason why they call it ‘bullet-resistant’ glass rather than ‘bullet-proof’. A big enough bullet can go through anything.”—Michael Westen on Burn Notice

The KnoxNews Auto Show is this weekend and I think you boys just saved me ten bucks I don’t really have.

As I see it, Hot Wheels’ biggest fans aren’t the kids...they’re the young adults who play the “diecast ATM” game at the supermarkets. (Buying the toy, then at checkout using a debit card and adding, say, $20 to the payment so they can get the $20 back in cash.)

I was seriously thinking of writing a screenplay for Hairy Canary & The HotBirds.

Back in the late Eighties I saw some of the original show. I wasn’t a fan, but one of the things I noticed about it was how the participants could get in some subversive feminine empowerment messages. I think they knew their viewership better than the media powers that were gave them credit for.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/11/27/modeler-michael-paul-smith-permanently-moves-to-elgin-park-at-age-67/?fbclid=IwAR3_W91l8ioCeGVa0SDQ4HS7rLSEvWUw3IDVnYvyI2xbk_a6MJooxbWT9ks <- Michael Smith’s obituary.

Just saw the man’s obituary on Hemming’s.  I hope somebody picks up the lighting unit and goes with it.  Elgin Park is forever.

From what I’d read about Ranger, the idea was to expand the number of dealers, especially in Africa.

How did that commercial go? All supervillains drive JAGUARS?

I looked up the engine on Wikipedia. This particular engine wasn’t successful enough to be put into production.  It was the also-ran in the DoD competion that Allison won for the Bell Kiowa/Jet Ranger.

Does Saleen have an alibi? By your account, this ISN’T The first time for them!

SOLD for $45,000 following an intense bidding duel.

Two days left and it’s at $14,000.

I would never have the money for that in a million years. I’d be tempted to submit that for PowerNation TV as a “Search & Restore” variety project and make those jokers in Nashville do all the work rebuilding it.

Useless Fact: A kilogram of propane has the same explosive force as THIRTY sticks of dynamite.

We Deliver For YOU! *sound effect of mailbox door slamming shut*

I hope the Mustang winds up with an SVRA team. It’ll be eligible for Group 10 in a few years...where it can throw down against Chevelles, Roadrunners, and Cutlass Supremes!

It’s an arguable premise that all the best commercials for the Chevy Camaro over the decades have featured woman drivers. Just one of many data.

Surprisingly, Warner Brothers—evidently at the nadir of their Spielbergian period which included Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Taz-Mania and the DC Comics adaptations.

And HOW.