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A land speed record car built at BYU and they didn't call it the Mormon Meteor?
I work at IMS as a graphic designer, so I just took a look through all the '61 photos that I have easy access to...but unfortunately Herk is...
I got the first of my many speeding tickets at age 16, not long after getting my license. 78 in a 65 on Interstate 74 in Indiana, driving home...
Don't worry...only people like me, bored at work and reading the whole thread at once, will notice :)
That's the third time this story has showed up in this thread over the last couple of years...with a slightly different punchline every time.
That book has been around for a few years, but that's a REALLY good deal.
A couple more thoughts on color: the "Wasp" nickname back then came from two things, one being the pointed tail, and the other being the yellow...
It's cool, but I think it's far too new to be rare or a museum piece...probably quite a few floating around. Hang onto it for 50 years, and you...
Doing well! One thing I've read is that the film in those days didn't render color values to shades of grey the way you would expect...reds and...
Weren't the tires on the Wasp in 1911 white (natural rubber)? It's pretty rare for artists painting the 1911 race, etc. to get this detail...
The problem with "cinder blocks," aka concrete masonry units or CMUs, is the orientation that people use them in. When you see them used to build...
Yeah I don't know if they'll be as easy to find on the west coast as they are here around Indy, but Barnes & Noble might be a good start. Some...
I'm in the HOF Museum building...our office is hidden in the back. I'm in Creative Services, we design all the event programs every year,...
I'll answer from my office at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- they are no relation.
Agreed...I used to run a huge flatbed digital printer, and we'd print directly onto Sintra, among other substrates. The ink was UV-cured, and if...
I've never run an Optima, but I've had good luck with the Odyssey. I ran a little 680 in the storage compartment behind the front seats of an OT...
Correct on 100th anniversary vs. 100th running...but it was WWI in addition to WWII. No races in 1917-1918 for WWI and 42-45 for WWII. The 100th...
That's a pretty car...drive it! BTW, compare it to driving a Lamborghini and you'll find that you've saved even MORE money with the Ford!
You're right, no doubt there are some dangerous home-built cars out there, but a lot of the time the guys building them and registering them for...
In Indiana, when you register a vehicle (any vehicle, new or old) that was purchased out of state, someone from the BMV has to come outside and...
You'd think they could understand that guys building T-buckets end up with cars that are safer than a good number of cars on the road. People...
I usually get some scrapes while I'm working, and the occasional big cut. I make the paper towel and masking tape bandages a lot, and if it's...
Since a few people mentioned it, to clarify there is NO traction control/stability control/etc. on Indy cars. No more fuel knobs either, you have...
Maybe ask around at a local body shop or two...I would think they have some leftovers that they might not have much use for. Maybe if you go grab...
I've been to traffic court in Illinois pleading not guilty following a traffic stop...judge dismissed the case and I didn't pay a dime, just...
Chop Cut Rebuild is probably the best one on TV, but the seasons go by too quickly and then it's a long wait for the next one. But, they actually...
I actually do pretty good on guessing times for some reason...I guess all those trips to the drag strip for test & tune nights in high school paid...
Went to school for architecture, worked for a retail graphics firm for a year or so, then a sign shop for a year or two, and I've been a graphic...
That's what I was gonna say...putting a rattle can under hot running tap water for awhile or letting it sit in a bucket of hot water makes the...
Poplar Mechanics, maybe.
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