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It's the same concept as "Dazzle Camouflage", a system developed in 1917 by Norman Wilkinson, a British artist and naval officer. It's designed to confuse instead of hide. Primarily it was used on ships to confuse U-Boat commanders.A more subtle variation used on ships was painting false bow waves on ship's bows so that a U-boat commander looking through a periscope, will overestimate a ship's speed, and the torpedoes will be sent on a track based on the incorrectly estimated speed. On cars, a good air-brush artist could create false details and shadows on the body work to give the impression of a different body shape.

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Your first answer was correct ... I'm far to pure and innocent to even see your second option. I can't believe that somebody would design an engine cover for an east-west engine to look like a north-south engine and then not even bother to make it sit centrally. If they'd added two more fake intake runners to it, they could probably convince the ricers that it was a V8.

This engine cover on a Hyundai model (Santa Fe, I think) is garnering a lot of amused snickers and bewildered looks at auto workshops. Can you spot the cause of the amusement and confusion.

Bull sharks are one of the lesser known sharks, but are by far the most dangerous. I live less than 30 miles from where the woman was attacked, and two days before the woman was attacked, I was on a small boat in the same area. Another problem is that bull sharks can survive in fresh water and regularly travel up rivers from the ocean. We occasionally have attacks on swimmers and animals in the river in locations that are more than 60 miles upstream from the river mouth.

I posted some links to the engine build in the "pre-system-crash" C&G forums, but I thought you might like to see the finished car. link to the lateral-g website with photos and details The engineering is stunning, and somewhere underneath all those turbochargers, there really is an LS1.

This Friday, a long chapter in the history of Volkswagen AG ends when the last air-cooled motor will be hoisted into a vehicle seen as a museum piece almost everywhere else across the planet. VW is being forced to change the minivan's historic rear-mounted engine because of a new Brazilian emissions law to reduce pollution that goes into effect in 2006. Production {of the van] will continue next year, but the van known here as the "Kombi" will get a new water-cooled motor and a radiator for the first time. The switch marks the last hurrah for the simple engine developed in the 1930s by famed German engineer Ferdinand Porsche, his key element of a "Volkswagen," or "People's Car" that anyone could afford. The Detroit News article

As far as my Canadian girlfriend is concerned, she feels more at home in Australia than she does in the USA. Similarly, I notice the difference when I cross the USA/Canada border, and I feel far more comfortable in Canada than I do in the USA. It's a strange thing, and nothing I can explain, but I can certainly sense that there is a difference. As it has often been said, "Canadians are just like people from the USA except that Canadians have mastered the art of saying 'please', 'thank you', and 'pardon me'."

If Yenko Camaros, 1970 LS-6 Chevelles, 1972 Camaro Z/28s, and 1957 Corvettes stir a fire in your loins ... Don't you wish that you'd been the one lucky enough to buy 21 sealed trailers said to be full of Corvettes and Chevrolet muscle cars and parts.

Try the builder's web page.

Looking at the photo, my best guess is that the truck on top (sure does look like a Sierra with those 6 bolt wheeks) was originally parked next to the F-100 before the Z06 attempted to drive under it.

I was passed the photo without any other details ... but my source is attempting to get the background story.

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TAIPEI, December 4, 2005 - Yi Tien Electronics today announced a breakthrough news delivery system for the restroom. At a press conference, Yi Tien Electronics unveiled the rsstroom reader™, an rss reader for the restroom which prints directly to toilet tissue through RapidResolution® inkjet technology. Complete with wireless connectivity, the rsstroom reader™ will print out up to the minute articles from rss 2.0 and atom newsfeeds. Configurable via web browser*, the rsstroom reader™ can be set up to output an unlimited number of feeds in either sequential, alternating, or random mode. Included with the rsstroom reader™ deluxe package is the biometric seat which allows for customized feed output based on the unique features of users. The biometric seat also allows for tracking & printing the progress of your weight-loss regime. Yi Tien Electronics also announced the future availability of a commercial version of the rsstroom reader™, a more robust model intended for installation in public restrooms. The commercial model allows advertisers to place customized messages targeted to a specific audience through Yi Tien Electronics' online subscription service. * rsstroom reader™ control panel requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher on PC or Mac.

In most parts of the world, Kombi is the generic term for a VW Bus, but a number of European auto manufacturers use the Kombi designation on their station wagon models. Generally the term refers to something that can be used for a number of uses. In the airline industry, it refers to a mixed freight/passenger aircraft.

30 years ago, I owned a real Mini Cooper ... ... but I suppose you want to know about those front-wheel drive BMWs that they they try to pretend are Minis.

Since nobody seemed to come up with the answers ... This snowmobile began it's early life as an ordinary 1918 Chevrolet 490 Touring and was converted by the North East Hope Telephone Company in the early 1930's to service their lines during winter months. A second axle was added and the tracks were created out of old tires and chain. The front skis were made by cutting a set of wooden front wheels in half and securing runners underneath. The vehicle used to reside at the Minnie Thompson Museum of Stratford, Ontario, but it was auctioned off and is now on display at the Oshawa Car Museum. There are more pictures here, here, and here.

Did you find any parts for the '60 Corvair that have part numbers that begin with the sequence 625 ...

Do you see any differences between the part numbers for the early Corvairs when compared to the later Corvairs? Look at the leading digits ...

and coincidentally, there's was a photo of a Chevrolet 490 posted in the Trivia section within the past week ...

List price in dollars. Electric lighting and starter added another 60 bucks.

Have a look at the GMC section on Wiki ...

What is odd about the part numbers for early Corvair models, and why?

... as long as they've been properly maintained ... otherwise you get that ... oh wait, you guys don't want to hear about that ...

It's pretty common for an engine that started out on the drawing board as a pushrod OHV engine and was subsequently re-engineered into a SOHC/DOHC engine to have a vestigial camshaft that is only used for driving the oil pump and/or distributor. For this trivia question, the GM 3.4L DOHC V6 would most likely be the engine that you are thinking about, but it's not the only DOHC V type engine with a vestigial camshaft.