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the Holbrooks added a new Odd Rod to their Reapers Rejects

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if you want a quick look back at the rest of the collection they have:  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/10/rat-rods-ready-for-halloween.html

It's been a while since I've posted a street freak... Keytones and Thrush sidepipes, the 70s had some cool looking bolt ons. I don't think there have been cool looking inventions for muscle cars since the early 70s, or am I forgetting something?

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One winter night in 1945, Al Rossi was clearing snow off of Lake Mansfield in Massachusetts. The 1938 International, freighted with a load of sand for traction, plus a heavy plow blade to scrape the surface, broke through the ice

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Weeks passed with the truck, plow, and its load of sand beneath the ice. Eventually, the truck was offered for sale. Three hundred dollars was the price, with the condition that the buyer had to haul it up from Lake Mansfield's inky depths. Bob Hebert's father was the intrepid buyer. "On the day he planned to bring it up, I was allowed to skip school and accompany him," says Bob. He was ten years old at the time. "I can remember looking through the ice and seeing the truck, driver's side up, and wondering how he'd ever get it out." Bob's father and several assistants built a gantry on skids and located it on the ice, above the sunken rig. The plow frame was close enough to the surface that the men could attach the chains from the lake surface. A network of chainfalls attached to the cross beam hauled the truck skyward. Once it breached the hole in the ice, they removed the plow frame, and eventually, the rest of the truck broke through. From ther...

they had a Porsche tractor race at the 2018 Rennsport Reunion

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photo by Eric Bonney I remember posting the 1960s Porsche race car, the 917 Pink Pig  The Gunnar Racing team has painted the venerable vehicle in the �Pink Pig� livery and added a large rear wing to lend the tractor a sporting look. For good reason: John Oates, the frontman of the famous American pop duo Hall & Oates (�Maneater�) is eager to go racing. Since the insurance contract of his current tour forbids him from driving a race car, he is putting his foot down in a tractor. �You�d be surprised. I have several tractors on my farm in Colorado. I know what you can do with them,� laughs the pop star. https://www.automobilemag.com/news/rair-air-at-the-rennsport-reunion-vi/ http://singlelens.net/pca/rennsport6/slides/231-Porsche-Tractor-Race.htm https://www.wheels.ca/top-ten/best-of-rennsport-reunion-vi/ https://www.facebook.com/justinbelltv/videos/pigs-do-fly-in-the-porsche-tractor-racemichelinusa-weathertechraceway-porsche-re/332689900832280/

760 hp Gremlin

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and David says that at the end of the Gremlin timeline, they offered a 4 cylinder engine for better economy, and to be cheaper than the 6 cylinders. That engine was the same 4 cylinder engine used in the Porsche 924, Audi 100, and VW van.   An Audi 100 2.0 liter four-cylinder engine The Porsche of course had a slightly modified version, those featured a beefed-up, forged crankshaft and larger bearings in the cast-iron block case with a Porsche-designed aluminium cylinder head. https://drivetribe.com/p/this-760-hp-amc-gremlin-is-the-Gbw7n6ViSxm8vzKih1LXqg

dragsters aren't the only things with wheels that pop a chute to slow down... so did the space shuttles

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Do you recall hearing about the Paradise Papers / Panama Papers? They exposed tax loopholes, offshore accounts, and other nefarious ways the extremely rich get around paying taxes... take Lewis Hamilton for an example

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The Paradise Papers are documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked, then shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of more than 380 journalists. Some of the details were made public on 5 November 2017, second only to the Panama Papers of 2016 as the biggest data leak in history, and stories are still being released. The documents originate from legal firm Appleby, ( an offshore law firm which advises clients on "legitimate and lawful ways to conduct their business") the corporate services providers Estera and Asiaciti Trust, and business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions. The documents contain the names of more than 120,000 people and companies. Among those whose financial affairs are mentioned are, separately, AIG, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II, President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. And, Lewis Hamilton. Why am I singling out Hamilton? Well, it's likely that al...