How To Build A Redneck Jacuzzi Out Of A Pickup

Just in time for the Fourth of July, here's our ultimate tip for a summer weekend, courtesy of ingenious Hungarians, and a bare-bones Home Depot shopping list.

My ex-colleague Tamás Rácz, editor-in-chief of Vezess, a Hungarian motoring magazine, presents a wonderful and cheap way to turn utilitarian tools into deranged Independence Day fun. All you need is a pickup truck and a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up the following items:

• A tarp

• A piece of garden hose

• Duct tape

  Per Mr. Rácz's guidance, assembly instructions (as if you needed them):

  • Arrange tarp in truck bed, allowing for overhangs

  • Fill with water from a source of your choice

  • Secure tarp's edges to truck with duct tape

  • Tape one end of hose in exhaust pipe

  • Put other end of hose in water

  • Purchase beer

  • Bribe friend with beer to operate engine at steady revs

  • Drink remaining beer

    That's about it. The truck he's used for this lovingly photographed demonstration is a tiny Romanian-built Dacia Logan ($7500–8000), but if there's one thing I'm sure you'll have no trouble procuring in the U. S. of A., it's a truck with more generous proportions.

    Now go and make it happen. Don't let America down.

    Photo Credit: Vezess