The flames are painted on backwards because the Pinto gas tank sometimes exploded on impact in a crash.OzEclipse wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 7:18 amI was teaching a young colleague how to replace the ionisation filament in our mass spectrometer one day. i asked him to undo the bolts on the flange. He immediately grabbed a 10" shift spanner. i stopped him, explained it was a German manufactured machine and he'd need a 250mm metric shift spanner. He dutifully started looking for one. I then let him in on the joke and explained that in fact, I stopped him because I didn't want him to burr all my flange bolts with a shift spanner and that he needed to use an offset 13mm ring spanner.Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:46 am #1 I had to have explained to me, #2 look very close
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For the pictures with the two cars, is it that they rhyme? Gran Torino, El camino?
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As "an older guy," I think the first one is funny (but sad, too) due to the association of the Ford Pinto and its unfortunate tendency toward catching fire if struck in the rear-end. https://www.motortrend.com/features/ford-pinto/Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:46 am #1 I had to have explained to me, #2 look very close
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Added: Ah, Chicagorandy beat me to it.
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And it has the gasoline hazmat placard on the back to boot.chicagorandy wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 2:00 pm The flames are painted on backwards because the Pinto gas tank sometimes exploded on impact in a crash.
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If it wasn't for black humour I wouldn't make it through most days
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It probably says something about my personality but I do agree
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