RE <VV> Stupidology & Vair Content

[John MacDonald]

>   On the last page of the book there's a column headlined Stupidology and written by one Jim
> Richardson. In it he chronicles some stupid auto tricks of the past, like turning off the
> ignition whilst descending a hill, only to turn it back on and blow the muffler off with the
> collected fuel in the exhaust system (been there, done that, liked the sound).

I tried that in my mom's 68 Rover a couple of times in the city.
It would give a nice little bang.
That last time was on the highway, driving at 65 mph.
There was nothing left of the muffler, and scared the hell out of me.

    
>   He recounts the activity he once saw at a Corvair show  whereinthe wives served dinner from
> the tailgate of a Greenbrier while their menfolks took old vacuum cleaners, placed their hoses
> in a pan of gasoline, plugged them in and ran away.. Richardson admits, "seeing an old
> Electrolux explode was pretty entertaining. However please don't try this at home because such
> behavior is not only truly stupid, but very dangerous"

Cool,
haven't heard this one before.
Might just try this at work.

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