@Prismatist steers with his right foot: Are you sure it's multiple flights from the entire day? Because to me each sequence looked like the same plane shopped in over and over again, with a little time shift. Would have been more believable if it looked like a real flight lineup does, multiple types of aircraft from multiple airlines...
@Jim-Bob-proud new owner of 3 cylinders of Geo fury!: We don't pay one term Congressmen their full salary for the rest of their lives...
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The WB-57s are very cool. One of the research instruments that I helped to build (HIRad, a synthetic-aperture microwave radiometer) is on the GRIP flights!
My grandmother is 93 and loves NASCAR...
$500 for the 70's Show Vista Cruiser, eh? I smell LeMons crossover!
The day I was born my dad bought a new '67 Impala convertible. He brought me home from the hospital in it, top down, to my grandmother's horror.
Some highlights from a long list since then: two 50's Austin-Healey 100's, a 60's A-H 3000, 70's Jensen-Healey (still owned by my youngest brother), '62 Galaxie convertible, '77 Alfa Romeo Spider, '72 Lincoln Mark IV...he could never choose between the Euro sports cars and big American V8's so generally had to have one of each at any given time.
I went through a bunch of Mustangs in my youth but now I'm all about 2 wheels (Ducatis). In the 4 wheel department, I drive a 10 year old V70, my wife has a new Flex.
Some highlights from a long list since then: two 50's Austin-Healey 100's, a 60's A-H 3000, 70's Jensen-Healey (still owned by my youngest brother), '62 Galaxie convertible, '77 Alfa Romeo Spider, '72 Lincoln Mark IV...he could never choose between the Euro sports cars and big American V8's so generally had to have one of each at any given time.
I went through a bunch of Mustangs in my youth but now I'm all about 2 wheels (Ducatis). In the 4 wheel department, I drive a 10 year old V70, my wife has a new Flex.
I guess you're grammar lesson wasn't successful. Your going to have to try harder next time.
Yes. Yes it is.
'82 Subaru DL wagon 2WD 4MT 1600
I've had a pretty enjoyable wagon history: '82 Subaru DL, '80 MB 300TD (in 1980, T didn't stand for turbo!), '75 Impala Sawzall Convertible. Presently I rock an '01 Volvo V70, but am really jonesing for a '63 Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire.
I thought Lincoln was on the right track with the LS (RWD, manual gearbox) but lost the plot. Cadillac may be mired in GM-world but you gotta admit the cars are rockin'. So I guess that's one more vote for Cad.
Not with those wheels.
New York to...Denver? I guess they didn't have enough budget to get to LA.
Yes, absolutely, no single point is weaker than any other in this setup!
@Billy Seroyer: I wish I had a field like that near me! And "our car was cheaper than Krider's" is kinda like saying "our accounting is not as bad as Enron's"...it may be true but it's not very convincing (Krider got a staggering 1500 lap "overspending" penalty in one 24 Hours of LeMons!).
Your car looks awesome though that's for sure, and your driving must have been pretty alright to get on the podium. But $500? I don't buy it!
I for one am totally convinced that Team Produnk came in under budget...for the hardtop anyway.
I came home from the hospital in a brand-new 1967 Impala convertible that, according to my dad, was my zero-th birthday present, titled in my name and everything (which caused some difficulty when he sold it a few years later...).
Family legend has it that this first ride was with the top down!
@OA 5599: That's why you weld the doors shut just after you cut the top off. At least that's what I did with mine. And my roll bar wasn't a cheapo curtain rod, but a robust playground swing.
Dear everyone filming their buddies from a chase vehicle: Please perform an Internet search on the phrase "camera mount".
Thank you for your attention to this matter. #accidents
Packaging and shipping stuff that is any combination of big, fragile, heavy, or irreplaceable is difficult. When it's all of the above, it's extremely difficult and risky. No way should the average UPS Store guy be trusted to package something like this...specialized knowledge and materials are necessary, and the UPS Store guy isn't going to have them.
It's too bad that the buyer here had to find that out the hard way, and that a one-of-a-kind artifact was damaged. I hope he can get it restored to the original standard. Art/antique restorers can do amazing work but will charge an equally-amazing fee...
