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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Ford has two jet engines, and the Russkie only one. Pretty easy choice. Besides, the Ford gets you a bubble canopy, wings, and racing stripes.

    Of course the Soviet model probably behaves better in collisions with military vehicles, never wears out, and can always be made to start in the winter by lighting a fire on top of the engine. This might be harder than I thought.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Sorry, gotta go with the Reds on this one. The Ford is the Jetsons to the ZIS' Deathrace.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Pedestrian safety?? Pah!..
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/30/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    The ZIS wins with me because of it's lack of hubcaps in the photo. That's the kind of attention to detail which allowed a wingbat like Reagan to "win" the Cold War...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    I voted for Ford but if I could go back in time to the 50s for advanced car technology, I would bring back this--which I only recently discovered!
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/30/09

    @Novaload: Hey hey! That's in Sweden! Our Yank car fans are blessed with a country big enough to hold the cars. The '59 Dodge is towing a '66 SMV, the classic Swedish "husvagn".

    [www.smvhusvagnar.se]
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: I just randomly found that on the internet--of course, I'm lying. You don't just randomly happen onto something like that. Sometimes if you google 1950s Mopars and campers, the damndest things happen.

    You never did say why you don't recognize the end of last Punic War.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/01/09

    @Novaload: Oh, I can't quite remember, but for a while I kept on harping the same point over and over again (I think it was that US consumers are to blame for just about everything). In a fit of epic hubris, this reminded me of how the great Cato would end every single one of his speeches with "by the way, Carthage ought to be destroyed".
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/01/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Thanks for explaining that.
    Wasn't it also Cato who was asked, why do you go to the theatre?--and he said, "So I can walk out."
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/01/09

    @Novaload: Possibly, he was nearly as quotable as a certain Homer Simpson.

    My fav: "Grasp the subject, words will follow."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/01/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: Homer said that?! Wow, I must have missed that episode.
    Or maybe Bart was writing it on the board!
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/01/09

    @Novaload: "Grasp the donut, hunger will follow."
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    As nice as that Ford is, I'm gonna go with the ZIS because a.) I live in Florida and would certainly perish under the clear dome of the Atmos in the summer sun, and b.) I'm a commie.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Ho great, I clicked on the link to the article about the soviet cars and ended up buying a bunch of books from that website. Thanks Murilee.
    (OT: I just finished reading your novel: it is a riot!)
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/30/09

    @dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: I got the same problem. Now I also get their brochure every month, and some of my Xmas problems will be taken care of right there.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    I voted for both, because the Ford is cooler, but I like bullet-nose Studes.
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    Image of lowmiles lowmiles
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    I love everything about the Ford Homer.
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    Image of underwear-ninja underwear-ninja
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    the Atmos lets me live out my dreams of being a Speed Racer villain, while the ZIS lets me live out my dreams of being a Batman Villain... Well, with Batman there's less of a risk of dying, though you're guaranteed jail time (because he's BATMAN). Being a Speed Racer villain usually means your punishment is just a slap on the wrist from the law, but there's always a chance of dying in a fireball...

    This is a tough choice for a campy villain.
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    Image of CraigSu CraigSu
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    My vote is conditional on whether or not the ZIS-112 can be -amino-ized. That would be awesome. The Ford has too much additional bling to make it -amino-worthy.
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by CraigSu at 11/29/09 8:58 PM CraigSu was starred CraigSu was unstarred
    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    11/29/09

    @CraigSu: Of course it can be amino-ized. Wouldnt surprise me if the trunk stretches at least 5 feet along the span of the car... for all those anticipated Dead Russian Hookers.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @AlienProbe: I think Russian hookers actually drove these things.
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    Image of Skink Skink
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    The Ford is go.

    It would appear Bentley recently cadged the commie car's windshield/A pillar/frame design for one of their cars.
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by Skink at 11/29/09 8:52 PM Skink was starred Skink was unstarred
    Image of Skink Skink
    11/30/09

    @Skink: Make that the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead. I don't know how to post a photo. I wish someone would.
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    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Bah! Who needs the original? A little work and welding could make a Honda Civic look like either of those in no time.

    -This message was brought to you by the Department of Drinking and Extended Weekend Lemons Information. (hmm DDEWLI)
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    Image of MadMechanic MadMechanic
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    You had me at 'experimental V8'.
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    Image of SerbianKowalski SerbianKowalski
    11/29/09

    In reply to Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
    Russians and design... hmmm
    If you are an artist, then you think freely, if you think freely, then you might act freely, if you act freely, then you are free, If you are free than you are enemy of the state and maybe somebody could follow your steps, then we'll have revolution and we mustn't allow that!

    So designers are going in to Sibir! :D
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @SerbianKowalski: But this is engineering, man!
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