Scirocco Griffon posted:

I'm willing to bet that illest, No Fear, Fox Racing and the Lowrider logo are all on page one of every vinyl sticker shop's clipart book, right above the generic tribal dragon, Confederate flag and Calvin peeing on (insert manufacturer logo here).

Meanwhile, in Morocco:



I have no idea how you even do something like this, unless Photoshop has an "Export to real life" option now.

KozmoNaut posted:

What's that stupid sunglasses and fedora-wearing badly-mustachioed 'thing' in the trunk supposed to be? I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't place it.

PainterofCrap posted:

Polymerized Cum posted:

I didn't know they were making a live action Roger Rabbit movie

KozmoNaut posted:

What's that stupid sunglasses and fedora-wearing badly-mustachioed 'thing' in the trunk supposed to be? I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't place it.

CommieGIR posted:

Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6xX0zSvp7w

CommieGIR posted:

Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6xX0zSvp7w

PainterofCrap posted:

Almost all of the aircooled rotaries were set up that way. Plus, the motors were lubricated via a "lost-oil" system with castor oil, which meant the pilots were constantly inhaling it...which meant that they constantly had the shits.

A different breed of men.

CommieGIR posted:

What? That is news to me.

Century of flight posted:

There are other reasons that would have tended against the use of the rotary into more modern times and the greatest of these would be its enormous appetite for oil. The fuel was mixed with air as it was introduced through a primitive "carburettor" - usually in the tail end of the crankshaft. Via this route it made its way to the crankcase where is picked up all of the oil that was loose. When the fuel mixture was introduced to the combustion chamber it was very much a mix of fuel, air, and castor oil.

The imperfect combustion of any engine is not equalled by that of a rotary. The castor oil, being the least combustible of the two liquids, was spewed out into the atmosphere. It would be but a short time before the whole of the slipstream area of the aeroplane would be well coated with castor oil. The pilot would be soaking up oil at a fairly rapid rate as well. It is arguable that the reason for cowling the engine had as much to do with trying to control the wildly spewing oil as it was to do with the concepts of streamlining. The usual practice was to direct the oil underneath the fuselage by opening up the bottom of the cowl.

However, a cowling is not a favourite item to a rotary. The cylinders are air-cooled. As has been mentioned, the use of two banks of cylinders caused trouble enough. The cowling made the engine much hotter that it liked. The reason for the cutout in the bottom of the cowl, then, was to direct the spray of oil as well as to aid in cooling the engine. Some of the cowlings of WWI aeroplanes show evidence of extra cooling openings being cut into them by mechanics in the field.

Many people remark about the pleasantness of the odour of burnt castor oil. Out in the open where one's exposure is contrasted with other scents, it can be an enjoyable sensation. It is still nice if you are saying, "bye-bye" to the pilot before you go back to your mechanic's tasks. But to sit behind an engine that is spraying you with un-burnt - as well as burnt - castor oil is quite another matter after a few hours. The oil is known for its purgative qualities. It would be impossible to expose oneself to such an atmosphere and not experience certain difficulties.

FIRST TIME posted:

I don't care what anyone says, the Lowrider Man in and of itself is not terrible car stuff.

Toucan Sam posted:

Some of us actually own lowriders.




Acid ectched windows, Luxor wheels, mini truck that scrapes anything over an inch tall - check.

Zlatan Imhobitch posted:

Pinifarina.
Rolls Royce.
$2.5mil.





I'd have got killed for this at uni, I can't believe a company like Pinifarina would put it out.

Devyl posted:

Spotted this today, didn't have time to grab the Canon.

FIRST TIME posted:

I don't care what anyone says, the Lowrider Man in and of itself is not terrible car stuff.

If this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Zlatan Imhobitch posted:

Pinifarina.
Rolls Royce.
$2.5mil.





I'd have got killed for this at uni, I can't believe a company like Pinifarina would put it out.

PainterofCrap posted:

I'm getting wood.

I want it.
What is it?

Looks like Studebaker Commander greenhouse...

a cat irl posted:

Today I saw this and figured you all would probably like it, so I snapped a picture.


Greetings, from Sunny Florida!

a cat irl posted:

Today I saw this and figured you all would probably like it, so I snapped a picture.


Greetings, from Sunny Florida!

PainterofCrap posted:

I'm getting wood.

I want it.
What is it?

Looks like Studebaker Commander greenhouse...

That Link posted:

The Pininfarina X (sometimes referred to as the PFX) was a peculiar concept car which appeared in 1960.

The X's craziest feature was the unusual diamond shape wheel layout. The single front and single rear wheels provided the steering, while the two central wheels provided the power.

This layout, coupled with the aerodynamic bodywork, was was designed to reduce drag and thereby improve both the performance and fuel efficiency of the vehicle.

Powering the Pininfarina X was a Fiat-sourced 1.1 litre, 4-cylinder engine which produced 43 horsepower.

Pininfarina tried, unsuccessfully, to get various manufacturers to put the X into production. The main reason nobody wanted to build the X was that aside from the bizarre layout which would have surely put some people off buying, the X also possessed twitchy and unpredictable handling - which would have put everyone off.

Anghammarad posted:

Managed to spot this prime example of british engineering (Rover 600, could be a 620Ti) outside Halfords the other day.

HairyNipple! posted:

Ah, Pininfarina. They've created some stunners, but they've missed the mark a lot as well. Some of these are actually pretty cool.

wikipedia posted:

The cabinetry was designed by the Italian automotive design firm Pininfarina, via their Pininfarina Extra industrial and product design subsidiary.[6] Technologies involved include microdispensing technology and proprietary PurePour technology. Both technologies were originally developed to deliver precise doses of drugs.[1] One Freestyle unit with a similar footprint to a current vending machine can dispense 126 kinds of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages from one freestanding unit. Microdosing blends one or more concentrated ingredients in 46 US fl oz (1.36 L) packets with water and sweetener at the point where the beverage is dispensed,[4] thus avoiding the use of traditional 5 US gal (18.9 L) boxes of syrup (also known as a bag-in-a-box).[7] Cartridges store concentrated ingredients in the dispenser cabinet and are RFID enabled. The machine uses RFID chips to detect its supplies and to radio resupplying needs to other units. The traditional ice cube dispenser remains.[8] The maximum rate of output is 95 drinks per hour.[4]

MrSaturn posted:

My favorite recent Pininfarina design...




Reference

There's one at my local Noodles & Co, and it USED to have a really awesome pininfarina badge on it, but some jerk broke it off trying to steal it.

MrSaturn posted:

My favorite recent Pininfarina design...




Reference

There's one at my local Noodles & Co, and it USED to have a really awesome pininfarina badge on it, but some jerk broke it off trying to steal it.

MrSaturn posted:

My favorite recent Pininfarina design...




Reference

There's one at my local Noodles & Co, and it USED to have a really awesome pininfarina badge on it, but some jerk broke it off trying to steal it.

razorscooter posted:

HairyNipple! posted:

Ah, Pininfarina. They've created some stunners, but they've missed the mark a lot as well. Some of these are actually pretty cool.

some texas redneck posted:

The last fast food place I worked at had one of those. They're really neat, for the most part.

Lower maintenance than a traditional fountain, but they actually track the serial # of every cartridge.. and like an inkjet printer, they said "gently caress you, I'm empty" long before a cartridge is completely empty (and the cartridges look like giant inkjet printer cartridges). They actually mix the sweetener with the syrup (so one cartridge gives you both regular and diet) instead of having the sweetener mixed into the syrup before you get it. They require an internet connection, and they're supposed to automatically order supplies for you (that part didn't work so well when I worked there). The cartridges are a super concentrated version of the normal bag in box syrup, without sweetener.

You do have to keep a rack full of sweeteners nearby (high fructose corn syrup in most of them, aspartame in the rest), plumbed into it like a normal bag in box fountain. And when they break, holy poo poo they really really break. I'm pretty sure that's why nearly every place I've seen with them has at least two machines..

Anghammarad posted:

Managed to spot this prime example of british engineering (Rover 600, could be a 620Ti) outside Halfords the other day.

CommieGIR posted:

I still think they are the most awesome fountain machine ever made