That’s probably accurate but his *stated* intention was that balloon thing. I just don’t have it in me to be critical of a man who was willing to do something like this. People try and fail all the time, piloting a steam rocket built for less than a Honda Accord happens much more rarely

Chrysler did not fail. They made a working version of this car in the 1960s. It wasn’t going to succeed commercally so it was cancelled but it wasn’t a fake car you push out to do photo shoots with at auto shows. This was their EV-1

Fucking ships generally sink because actuaries and ship owners are in control of ships schedules, not captains.

Interesting read. I would not do a 240ft wreck dive with a steel 72 and air because that’s insane but apparently some did...

So is that more or less than the semi-permanently irradiated cars at Fukushima? We covered the ones shady people tried to export but how many were there?

That wheel is just too confusing. Which button activates the saw blades and which one releases JimJim (the official Mach5 TrunkMonkey)

Wasn't that the one where they ARC welded two engines together or am I thinking of a different Triumph vehicle

Because it's impossible to use tube frame or square frame supports in pillars... except that it's not.

Proper V8 drivetrains were always like that, it’s just that gas cost a nickel and nobody cared. If the transmission melted that was $500-1500. Now we care and cars die because transmissions have $8000+ rebuild costs. The 20+ mpg is pretty nice though. I don’t own a IH but I do own a Dodge with a 727 and I really…

The intention was to launch a balloon at the apex of the flight and recover photos. I know the Earth is round (ish) and so do you but using 1800s tech to get pictures of the curvature of the earth is pretty badass

Be fair, strap some cheap Firestone tires to an early Ford Explorer or any tires to a Suzuki Samurai and you can easily roll the thing unintentionally. On many cars you pretty much have to try for that Xbox achievement award. Unfortunately it gets votes so...laws are passed

I heard plenty of stories about putting sandbags on the floorboards of VW Bugs for this very reason. They had a high cross-section vs weight. A Metro isn't *quite* as bad but it's certainly not great

I have not personally been in a rollover either but I did participate in one. Around 2 years ago a certain Honda owner plowed into me on the highway while “merging” (into my car, which was going straight). I corrected for the resulting skid and stopped by the side of the road without hitting anyone. OTOH she…

This, a thousand times this. That said, it needn't be this way. Flat sheet metal needs to be wider to do what they now want it to do but flat is not your only option.

No but the company got to show it’s “w0ke” card. My company has now had a serious discussion about whitelisting and blacklisting. (In the parlance of computers, not people, it describes network rules). If we’d been a hardware company gender changers would have probably come up too. (it’s what you use to mate cables…

They proved that the Amish and the poor are capable of space travel, that part was mildly impressive. (Steam powered rocket, at a cost of around $30k)

What sort of rideshare drivers have you had? I grew up with Taxis and...I will take a 4.0, heck, a 3.1

Oil pump would do it, I've just never seen one of those break. My condolences

More to the point is what happens when it gets to Alaska. Anodized coatings and a 6 step rustproofing process might be a thing now but in 1973 they were most definitely not a thing.

GM seats are certainly acceptable but Lincoln Navigator wins that one hands down. The actual vehicle may not be better but those seats were superb.