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ACID FLASHBACK THURSDAY: 1986 Dodge Ram Van

With it’s spaceship-like good looks, and bench seats, this is the perfect van for your clan of homeschooled robot children.  Or jackbooted thugs campaign workers and “government contractors.”
- Actual Dodge ad.
Why talk about this shitbox?  I saw four - FOUR - of these before lunch today, and the one pictured –> is a clone [...]


ACID FLASHBACK THURSDAY: Gentleman Jack?

Jack Daniels. It’s what we hide under the back seats for when 8 Barrel has a party.
1971 VW 411
Spring or Summer, 1980


It’s Steak and a BJ* time

We all remember what a salute to 8 barrel last year’s event turned out to be. This year, we may even try it sober.**
*Barrett-Jackson - The World’s Greatest Collector Car Events for pricks with more money than uh, gearshifts.
** Kidding. Geez.


8 Barrel on Holiday



ACID FLASHBACK THURSDAY - Cadillac Coupe de Ville

Where I saw one: 5 and Diner, down the street from Walnuts McCain’s HQ of political irrelevance.


ACID FLASHBACK THURSDAY - Ford "Mustang" II

Where I saw one: Down the street from Kistar. It’s for sale, if you’re a masochist.
Nostalgia factor: -26/10 - THE WORST CAR EVER
Baseline: 0, since I never personally owned one. +1 because Pod had one, -1 for orange, -1 because Yoko had one too, -+1 for Yoko’s being (appropriately) the color of shit, -1 [...]


Straight Outta Compton

actually, more like Hamtramck


In Search of “Eight Barrel”

All this because of a sticker on an air cleaner, and the words “eight barrel carburetor” from the hazy mists of ancient days…

Apprently, Chrysler was developing an “eight barrel …


Bizarro world - 8 barrel edition

Again, no stickers. Anyhoo, what loon invented this:

1960 Dodge Polara D500 with emperor dildo 30 foot anaconda nuclear butterfly kooky-ass fire hazard manifold
Hmm, put the carburetor right over the red hot exhaust. That, like, totally won’t cause an explosion. It does look cool, in a drop acid before it was cool [...]


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