SEMPER PARATUS! Doing all they can with what they have.

https://youtu.be/4RaaYraOyVY

Yeah, looks bad, but it takes a minor hit without breaking $1500 worth of plastic.

I remember my dad telling me about the column shift being a cool custom option you paid extra to have.

Saw one of these in an old Perry Mason. The story had them testing a radical new "rotary" engine.