Oh, I know the difference, and I know what I saw. This was the old-school incandescent bulb-type of projector with the big fold-up arm with the lens assembly and the fresnel lens base. The image she had was printed on a transparency. This was not some modern LCD projector. It was huge, and you could hear the fan… Read more

Pretty sure you’re thinking of Darth Vader. Read more

Yes, but I’m covering its implications to the greater realm of taillight communications, which wasn’t properly addressed before. That’s the part that REALLY matters. Read more

I mean, that is a good book. Read more

Okay, I trust your judgement here and will accept this as a ruling. Read more

I used to ride in the back luggage well of my dad’s ‘68, too! Read more

Sometimes, yes.  Read more

It points at the ground. Fairly uselessly. Read more

That grammatical error is one I make CONSTANTLY Read more

The doorstop: https://jalopnik.com/what-it-s-like-to-drive-a-tiny-car-designed-for-drunk-f-1786053178 Read more

I’m not sure I’d say the crossover turning circle is significantly smaller.

This is what I was hoping to see here! Read more

Honestly, the knob is fine here. A column shift would have had nostalgia value, but you just spin that little knob all the way to the right when you go, to the left when you stop, and that’s it. It’s easy and simple. Read more

Crap, now that you mention it, that could be right. I’ll have to check, but I don’t recall seeing the defroster wires in there. Read more

They definitely worked fine. But they’re very difficult to make meet emissions requirements. Read more

So, the old Types 1 and 3 engines used magnesium for the block; I could have sworn one of the big changes for Type 4 was aluminum. I know there are some aluminum case T4 motors. Hm. I better look that up. Read more

I don’t think so. They didn’t make these in Brazil, and while they did build them in South Africa, I have yet to see anything that shows this variant there. Read more

flip the flimsy little lever to the middle setting, next to what I assume is the Chinese character for Neutral Read more

Yeah, sorry about the flag. Sometimes I get in such a rush cranking these out I miss some significant things. I fixed it! Read more

Good point, things worked out just fine for Edsel! Read more