What is this? Camera? Third fog light? Hand crank starter slot?

...and I just noticed your new user image. Fantastic.

This. You don’t have to read the article to know this is a Crack Pipe. These cars have appeal, but only when they’re original. This...thing is far from that.

That’s another issue that I’m sore about. Me and everyone else, actually.

That’s an elegant solution if I’ve ever seen one. I’d guess it isn’t more common in cars because the timing changes there are more load and emissions dependent than a rev happy, pure performance engine like in the GSX-R1000. The extra complexity is justified in cars by being able to advance and retard timing in a…

This looks doofy, and the side sill extensions can go, but otherwise its a good looking car. Give me a stick and a decent suspension, and I know what I’m replacing my Focus with when the time comes*

I was going to start a pool on what the *second* mechanical failure of your Aston would be (after the leak), but I see you’ve already crossed that milestone. Maybe I should start a pool on what the fifth failure will be, so I actually have a chance to finish this post before something goes wrong again?

I wonder where they get spare parts for the MiG-19s.

I think it’s more likely that it *was* an H-bomb, but the hydrogen second stage didn’t go off. The fission first stage still produced a (relatively) minor bang, allowing the Norks to claim it as a success, just not a successful hydrogen bomb detonation.

That sounds like a Flaming Lips song.

I think it let all of the horses loose from the stable, rather than under the hood propelling the car.

Note that the Pacific Fleet wasn’t the entire US Navy in 1941. There was *another* whole fleet in the Atlantic, some of which was redeployed the Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Also note that the aircraft carriers weren’t at Pearl Harbor during the attack because they were off doing aircraft carrier things (fighter…

Just like the old Vipers in BSG - pull them out of the museum displays and send them out to the front lines!

*sigh* I miss Wedge. I hope they convince Denis Lawson to come back in VIII or IX.

It sank the main line of battleships, but missed the aircraft carriers which became the defining combat ships of the war. Most of those battleships weren’t even destroyed, as they were mostly repaired and sent back into combat. The Japanese also ignored the submarines that destroyed their supply lines throughout the…

Nor was it the first:

The amazing part of this picture to me is not only did they have such variety of aircraft, but they had so many, period. Current Nimitzs carry ~60 aircraft. The Constellation carried 72 or so through the Cold War, and some were the giant A-3 and RA-5 as shown above.

I remember sitting in a dark gray example at the NYIAS. It was a really nice car, and I remember being glad that SAAB lived long enough to introduce them. I’m glad a few made it off the sinking ship and wound up in owners hands.

This is an interesting development and shows that no matter how screwed up large procurement programs may be, the Pentagon and the services still have creative people working to keep the US military at the forefront of technology.

I know FA doesn’t draw COTD nominations much, but this deserves it.