I'd fill mine with Coca Cola and Doritos probably

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and then, you see someone who changes the game at the bike show... and realize, damn. That is some out of the box thinking

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building what you want, from what you can find... commendable, and this mini dozer from a lawn mowing Cub Cadet is great

They were built by International Harvester, but they also had about 101 other attachments. They were over-engineered to the point of being indestructible. Cast iron Kohler engines, cast iron transaxles, and very little plastic makes them highly desirable now.

The even number Cub Cadet models were mechanically driven, the odd numbers were hydros.

Dan took his circa 1963 Cub Cadet 100 and decided it would make a sweet crawler tractor. It looks like something the factory would have turned out. He had to make clutches and controls to steer this baby, just like the early Caterpillar tractors.

http://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/this-homebuilt-cub-cadet-crawler-tractor-is-a-testament-to-one-guys-skills-and-vision/

Full build list of parts and info at http://www.ihcubcadet.com/BobsPage/crawler100.htm

things that look easy on paper... a dead lift rig

The first guy to try this will be replacing the grill, radiator, and twisted bumper... I guarantee it

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overcoming a power out caused by a hurricane

On September 21, 1938 a hurricane roared north, slamming the U.S. Northeast coast with 120-mile-an-hour winds and a storm surge that left parts of Providence Rhode Island, under nearly 14 feet of water.

88% of the New England Power Association's customers had no electric service�including this New London, Connecticut, gas station.

Hundreds of automobiles were stalled for lack of fuel on New England roads until this youngman came up with a brilliant solution

Photo from https://www.facebook.com/Asliceofworldhistory?ref=stream via https://www.facebook.com/groups/353785941367129/

remarkable Jeep test drive course installed in Vancouver

http://www.jeep.com/en/cherokee-the-detour/

River in the City �

Fast Facts: 1,000,000 pounds of boulders, rocks and sand (2500 sand bags), used throughout the set to break up water flow and give surface disturbance;

Water (250,000 gallons) was pumped onto the street with water pumps hidden in the alley and placed in key spots. (The water was recycled using a closed water system that pumped water from the end of the street back to the top. The water was eventually discharged down the street, into Vancouver Harbor.);

400,000 pounds of snow � the snowbank was made of snow blanket and fish-ice; Logs, sticks, moss, and 80 fir/hemlock trees lined/covered the street. (The trees were boxed and returned to the nursery and boulders, gravel and other materials were also repurposed.);

 and Two wolves were on set. (The domesticated, mixed-breed wolves were made available from the Animal Insight for Film and TV. A representative from the American Humane Association was on set to attest that the wolves were treated humanely and procedures were followed. Observers were able to take pictures with the animals.)



Found on http://www.materiaincognita.com.br/test-drive-com-jipe-em-floresta-no-meio-da-grande-cidade/#axzz3TF2Vb69y  and  http://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-news/jeep-transforms-vancouver-forest-ad/

a slightly different video

the Ferrari 375mm owned and raced by Briggs Cunningham in the 1954 Le Mans, the two huge air intakes on its hood cooled the heat exchanged for the water cooled brakes

the Ferrari ran as high as sixth for drivers John Fitch and Phil Walters until a broken rocker arm slowed them down, the car eventually succumbing to a failed axle bearing. After the race, Briggs and Alfred Momo paid a visit to Enzo Ferrari to discuss the broken rocker arm. Ferrari refused to acknowledge Briggs� assertion that a faulty part had been the main culprit in the Cunningham Ferrari�s failure to finish the race. Briggs was incredulous. It was the last business ever between the two men.

Found on https://www.pinterest.com/carcrazie51/the-cars-of-briggs-cunningham/

Le Monstre of Briggs Cunningham, a 1950 Series 61 Coupe deVille, and a brief synopsis of Briggs Cunningham

At the end of World War I, Cunningham's uncle street raced a Dodge Touring car that was powered by a Hispano-Suiza airplane engine. Briggs would accompany him on many of these races, thus fueling his interests for automotive racing.

Cunningham was a wealthy man. His father, who passed away when Briggs was only five, was the founder and president of the Citizens' National Bank and a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He married the grand daughter of Standard Oil's co-founder.

Briggs went to Yale, and his classmates and friends from that time were pivotal in some ways to his successes. One friends father was the head of Chrysler engineering, and came through with new Hemi engines when Cadillac withdrew engine support, powering the C1 and C2 Cunningham cars.

 The Collier Brothers also were college friends,  and were race car drivers for Briggs and founders of the Automobile Racing Club of America, which is where Briggs met Luigi Chinetti, winner of the 1949 Le Mans, who invited Briggs to race in Le Mans in 1950 with the pair of 1950 Cadillacs.

Cunningham amassed a collection of automobiles that included the first Ferrari in the United States, sold to him by Luigi Chinetti, and a Bugatti Royale, one of only six made. When moving his collection to his new museum in Costa Mesa, the parking lot was washed out by a rain storm, and his friends and connections in the right places jumped in to help, with a rescue mission mounted by the U.S. Marine Air Corps, which laid sections of perforated landing strips to facilitate the movement of vehicles over the mud and into the building.

When it was clear that the museum was a financial loss, and always would be (as most museums are) he sold it all to Sam Collier, nephew of his racing friends.



Sam Posey states his own entrance into racing came when he (at 16 yrs old) and his mom were given pit passes by the Cunningham team to the 1959 Sebring race.

He participated in some vintage racing with his 1914 Mercedes, and joining him were Today Show founding host, and inventor of the morning talk show format, Dave Garroway with a 1937 Jaguar SS, and Charles Addams (Addams Family cartoonist in the New Yorker) with a 1932 Alfa

He invented racing stripes, nearly all his race cars were white with blue racing stripes down the center... Carroll Shelby was so impressed he inverted the colors for his race cars looks with the GT 350 Shelby Mustang, and GT 500

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Learn more at http://www.briggscunningham.com/home/le-mans-era/lemans50-html/
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z8847/Cadillac-Le-Monstre.aspx

It's been too long, this deserves to be reposted

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getting revenge on speed limit cameras... brilliance. I love Australians!

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Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland Florida is successfully employing and helping, autistic people ease into society

As a South Florida business owner, Tom D�Eri is at the forefront of the social entrepreneurship movement. When D�Eri learned 80 to 90 percent of adults with autism are unemployed, he set out to change that statistic, one car wash at a time.

Started by John D'Eri, whose son and employee Andrew is diagnosed with autism, the car wash has given many individuals with autism a sense of purpose.

"I don't want him to sit in a room, taken care of by others once I'm gone. I want him to have a life," D'Eri said in the video.

"I want him to have a job, I want him to have friends who are like him, so this car wash creates an answer for Andrew, and also creates an answer for their mom, whose taken care of him and has done all the heavy lifting."

 With his dad, John, as his investor, Tom researched options and determined a car wash would be the ideal business for creating jobs for people with autism, like his brother Andrew, who likes structure and performing repetitive tasks and follows safety guidelines to the letter.

 After training workers on its 46-step car-cleaning process, they opened Rising Tide Car Wash http://risingtidecarwash.com/ in an existing Parkland site in April 2013. Eighteen months later, the results have been better than projected, supported by repeat customers.

When he purchased the car wash, the business was cleaning about 30,000 cars a year: �This year we will wash more than 105,000 cars and next year we are projecting 130,000. That�s a good turn around. I think we have proved the business model works.� Along with making money, D�Eri said he finds it gratifying to see people with autism get an opportunity to thrive and experience community support. His employees, including his brother, come to work happy.

 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article3655776.html  and  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/family-car-wash-changed-lives-people-autism/story?id=28842659&cid=fb_abcn



Update Feb 27th, the website 22 Words picked up this story http://twentytwowords.com/this-dad-started-a-company-to-employ-his-son-his-business-model-hire-autistic-people/

desperate times cause desperate measures, the reverse broke so they rigged up rollers

I think I found this on Facebook. I figure it might work theoretically, but... unless its on a really hard surface, with some strong rollers... I don't think it would work on dirt or gravel

very creative presentation of a Citroen

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