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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    02:23 PM

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Gee, thanks Murilee. Now I'ma hafta get one for my Eagle.
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    Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was starred Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08:24 AM

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Somewhere, the nearly forgotten dreams of a little, grey Skyhawk are about to come true.

    Putting the FireChicken on LeMons cars is incredibly appropriate. As we all know, the origin of the design rests in the mythology of the Phoenix (no, not the city), where the god-bird periodically emerges from the ashes of its own conflagration, perpetually renewing itself and its powers.

    In practice the performance of the T/A was inversely proportional to the size and gaudiness of the decal. I'm not sure that a car has ever been produced with a poorer go/show ratio.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Well, you know, the hood on my Hyundai Accent is a dreary expanse of grey space, it could use some fire.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/05/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles
    I stopped and took a picture when my Cavalier ticked over 241,390.5 kms (I was 100m late) - it's much more significant if you believe in that Imperial thing.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Here's the Starsky & The Bandit Capri with its Screaming Chicken hood.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    I propose a contest whereby the best non-Firebird application of this decal wins a prize of some kind. Not a Photoshop contest - a real application of the bird in question.

    Sponsored, of course, by the company on the e-bay link.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    12/05/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: I'm seriously considering getting a couple of them for my sisters' Christmas gifts. One drives a '94 Mazda 323 and the other a '93 Volvo 940 Turbo wagon. I think I'll surprise them by applying the decals myself.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12:45 AM

    @Murilee Martin: Both of these are perfect applications.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    02:07 AM

    @MushyHeirloom: If Ms. Martin actually does this, and posts pics thereof, I will personally send him a bottle of Lagavulin - since the brand "Brefass Scotch" is not generally commercially available.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08:07 AM

    @Murilee Martin: Put a bow on top, and it's like you're giving them a brand new car for christmas!
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    Image of SerialThriller SerialThriller
    10:40 AM

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: It'll be just like those Lexus commercials. In fact, you should video the event so we can see the expression of surprise and gratitude on their faces.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    12/05/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles
    Boo, crappy Ford dot-matrix digital displays. I miss good old fashioned analog odometers.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    I think I'll stick with my original plan of spraying my parts-car's hood with chalkboard paint. Cartoon screaming chicken today, cartoon screaming chicken with a giant penis tomorrow.

    (I forgot to add "and bolting that hood to my car" somehow, in case it wasn't obvious enough.)
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    Edited by MushyHeirloom at 12/05/09 8:22 PM MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    12/05/09

    @MushyHeirloom: When the Baja car accidentally wound up with whiteboard body panels, I spent a good amount of time coloring.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/05/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles
    Mr. Wozilla, you made my post-blizzard Saturday that much better.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Wouldn't look right on my car or truck.

    Howzabout a wild turkey for the hood of the tractor?
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Back in '94, a friend of mine was Trans Am-ifying a '79 Firebird. That was when I found out just how pricey that decal was. If I recall, the decal was around $250 form J.C. Whitney. Due to a funds shortage, his "Trans Am", never got the hood chicken. Nor did it get the shaker hood, ground effects, or an engine swap.

    So even though it never went beyond being a 301 powered Firebird with a junkyard-sourced 3 piece spoiler, It was still a pretty cool ride in high school.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    I'm not overly fond of the Trans Am eagle. I'd rather have the real thing.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles
    You must have been upside down.
    It's realy 666 666
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    12/05/09

    @Novaload:

    This picture was taken with my camera phone while my 73 MG sat out of commission alongside mile marker 74 in I-44 in Missouri this summer.

    It turns out the bolt that holds the serpentine belt conversion tight somehow vibrated loose (SOMEHOW), causing the bolt to fly back under the car at speed, hitting the positive battery cable enough to make an already bad connection worse, resulting in a no-start condition, before finally lodging itself between the battery casing and the metal cradle it sits in, resulting in a vented battery.

    I took this picture after I heard the squealing noise from the car when the tension was lost on the belt. I found out about the no-start condition when I tried to start the car back up again. I took the picture while waiting for a friend from work to come laugh at my misfortune, and give me a ride in. You can see the excitement on my face in the reflection from the speedometer.

    The speedo really is on zero (stopped). My gauges tend to be a bit off, which I know is unheard of in such a fine British automobile.
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by TurboRefrigerator at 12/05/09 8:09 PM TurboRefrigerator was starred TurboRefrigerator was unstarred
    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    12/05/09

    @Novaload:
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    Image of zaddikim zaddikim
    12/05/09

    @Novaload: I needed a date
    For the high school dance
    I went into the toilet
    And I took a chance
    I saw number written on the wall
    Eight letters in blood
    It was the number I had to call

    666-6666
    That's the number of the daughter of the Beast

    Took her out for dinner
    It was reasonably priced
    She wasn't impressed
    She was the daughter of the Anti-Christ

    I walked her home
    Took her through the park
    I tried to kiss her
    But her eyes glowed in the dark

    666-6666
    That's the number of the daughter of the Beast

    ***
    Hey dude, I hear you got a new girlfriend

    Yeah man, she's real hot
    She spits acid, she pukes fire,
    and she gives good horn

    You must be talkin' 'bout the
    daughter of the Beast, man!
    ***

    Gettin' a car across the River
    Styx is a bit of a drag
    And her four-headed dog always biting my
    ankles is a kick in the ass
    And her dad always trying to kill me with his jokes
    Goin' out with her, man, it was hell!

    Number of the daughter of the Beast!
    6! (repeat 5 times).
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: OK, now I'm really scared.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @Novaload:Damn pictures! Look at these outlines in your gauge there on the upper right. There's a beastie that looks cat-like just to the left of the 70 hash mark and three people on the left.
    I outlined them, which is distracting--but I swear that's the first thing I noticed! I'm sure it's nothing.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: Look down at the blow up, it didn't post the first time.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @zaddikim: You're not fooling me--if I recite this and repeat the last line x 5, then Beelzebub appears in my mirror.
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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    02:37 AM

    @Novaload: Do you ever look for images on pieces of toast? You, sir, have an eye that could net you millions on Ebay.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08:51 AM

    @Novaload: So, you're calling Photochop?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11:19 AM

    @TurboRefrigerator: Alas, I have the kind of job that often requires me to look at stuff closely. It becomes habitual, to look away from the main point/center after a second and go to the peripherals and edges, looking for defects and changes and such.
    Although once I found a leaf that looked very shocked!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11:20 AM

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, yeah, look at that big face there from 60 mph to 80 mph. How did THAT get there?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11:43 AM

    @Novaload: Obviously just a sloppy cut and paste from that moon lander footage, plus a few ice cube faces for kicks.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11:59 AM

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Subliminally sex-related, no doubt.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    01:04 PM

    @Novaload: We're talking about a Jag. It's mandatory.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    That would look great on the hood of the Jaguar!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/05/09

    @Ben Wojdyla:

    I thought, the second I saw the teaser on the front page, "this, combined with occasionally having to push because of an only semi-functional reverse, on my W124 sedan would cause the Mercedes die-hard society to implode, spontaneously".

    I'm all for that.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/05/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Is there a way to "British-up" the screaming chicken? If so, I think my XJ-S might have to add one to its Christmas list.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    12/05/09

    @smalleyxb122: Perhaps there exists a tobacco pipe and tea cup decal set.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    12/05/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Does it come in a Union Jack colo(u)r scheme?
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/05/09

    @Armand: The trouble with that is that the Union Jack is more or less the same colors as the US flag. And limited to 2 colors, you'd have to go with red/white, blue/white, or red/blue. Red and white could work since the English flag is just only red and white, but I think that it would be lost on most people.

    I think the only course of action would be to paint the entire hood as a Union Jack, and then use the screaming chicken as a mask while painting the hood a solid color. Peel back the decal, and presto!
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/05/09

    In reply to Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!
    Royal blue and silver would go nicely on the hood of my metallic blue '94 LeSabre, wouldn't it? Now to find air dams and spoilers...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/05/09

    @tonyola: You can just glue some to the hood--cut up an old black plastic bucket or too--easy peasy.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/05/09

    @tonyola: A few years back, my parents had a white '92 LeSabre that they were trying to sell me. To try to sell me on the idea of driving a LeSabre, my father said "One word. 'Flames'."

    He almost had me. I started thinking about how ironically cool silver flames would look on a white LeSabre.

    I fully support the idea of a screaming chicken on your LeSabre.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/05/09

    @smalleyxb122: The way my friend's girlfriend's stepfather drives his '94 LeSabre changed my mind about FWD Buicks forever.

    Topping out the speedometer on a two-lane highway is an experience.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/05/09

    @MushyHeirloom: Owning a low-mileage '94 LeSabre for the past 18 months or so has done the same for me. It has the qualities LeSabres are supposed to have (roomy, smooth, cushy, conservative) but throws in some surprising capability and fuel economy into the mix. A better car than I expected.
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