Come For The Excessive Speed, Stay For The Insane Drive-In Intermission Music
Almost thirty minutes of concentrated NHRA 1950s awesomeness.
The winning driver goes all Roethlesberger on the beauty queen at the end there.
If Lord Humungus Was A CPA, This Is What He’d Drive
I Want A Flying Wombat
From the movie The Young In Heart.
The Wombat showroom has, get this, DOORS THAT OPEN BY THEMSELVES!
Modern Mechanix asked in 1940: Is this the car of tomorrow? You guys rest. I’ll take this one. The answer is “No.” Lotsa laughs, though. I like the tuck and roll padded interior in lieu of airbags. I bet you could hold a mixed drink in there and not spill it. With the front wheels entirely inside the fenders, you won’t be making any turns anyway.
The car still exists, apparently:
The Borderline Sociopathic Blog For Boys. Your One-Stop Shop For The Craziest And Most Desperate Extreme Lovers
Gotta love Russian Websites translated into Engrish. Here’s the caption to go with the pictures of a stunt show put on in Rostov-On-Don:
Last Friday Rostov-on-Don city held an extreme stuntman show. The craziest and most desperate extreme-lovers took part in the show. There were different tricks with fire, jumping, both with cars and big trucks, but everything went off victimless and the participants, as well as the spectators got much pleasure and adrenaline!
Lots more pictures of barely organized foolishness, and lots of girls in bikinis for no apparent reason other than pleasure and adrenaline, at English Russia
(Thanks to Misterarthur for sending that one along)