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Ok, this is a boring topic, but we felt it definitely deserved a place in this series. If you have spent any considerable time working in the garage, shop, driveway, carport, or parking lot, you have probably cut some corners when it comes to safety. You may have even had a close call or two. Stop doing that. Here are some tips that will help to keep the doctor away.
You can dance if you want to…
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The Vietnam war was in full swing, Woodstock had come and gone, and a new generation was being introduced to this crazy world. Jim Morrison had died a mysterious death in Paris just two weeks before I unwittingly joined Generation X. What had I done? There were hippies teaching my classes and my shirts were striped velour. Willie and Waylon did their best to keep disco at bay, while on television, the Dukes of Hazzard and Jim Rockford taught me an important lesson about life.
The lesson? Don’t trust cops.
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Let’s say you are driving along a freeway when you come upon another vehicle that has slowed considerably and you punt the other vehicle hard enough that the driver has to be cut out with the Jaws of Life. What would happen next? YOU WOULD GET A TICKET AND PAY FOR THE DAMAGE YOU CAUSED!
Now, let’s say the scenario above happened, but the person doing the rear-ending is a police officer. What would happen next? An investigation. LOL WUT? Hit the jump for the news report on this incident. 
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From the “This is probably too much of a project for you” file, a 1929 Ford Model A pickup for sale in Helper, Utah. There are people out there who could turn this into a great hot rod or rat rod, but not many. Others might just call it yard art. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
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Riga, Latvia, was an important city to the U.S.S.R. It provided a key port to the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. Latvia was incorportated into the U.S.S.R. in 1944, when Nazi occupation ended. Riga had been an advanced city for centuries and was known for its resources, industry, and trade. Capitalizing on the local talent, the soviets created the RAF, or Riga Autobus Factory (Rīgas Autobusu Fabrika in Latvian). The vehicles they made were exclusively for utility and transit. Today, the factory is closed and most of the RAF vehicles are gone, but the remaining examples serve as reminders of the not-so-distant Soviet past in Latvia.
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Design inspiration could come from anywhere…even Quahog.
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Someone took the name Travelall very seriously when they created this 12 door International. Oddly, at this time, it doesn’t have five rows of seating, but rather, a vintage moonshine still in the rear of the vehicle. The owner claims that it was ordered for the Harlem Globetrotters and that they used it for four years.
Today, it is in surprisingly good condition. Click through for one more photo and more information about this monstronsity.
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Have you heard of cyclekarting? The premise is an affordable, attractive go-kart for adults. The “rules” state that you cannot buy a cyclekart; you must build it yourself.
The final product is genius.
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Sometimes it’s just not your day. Conversely, some days really, really are your day. This Russian truck driver casually displays the latter by unexpectedly stepping out of his truck.
Bet he was born Caesarean.
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The 24 Hours of Lemons Thunderhill 2012 featured cars that Hoons the world over will appreciate. Here are some automotive highlights from the race, along with a few comments.
The Starion/Conquest pictured above won the Judges’ Choice award pretty much for finishing while being a Mitsubishi product. It was fast too.
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