Ace-Garageguy

Up could be some other direction, depending on several factors.

Lotsa old cars looked the same. Lotsa newer cars look the same. What's your point? It takes real talent to design something that's striking and different but will still sell, and that kind of talent is rare....and "striking and different" rarely sell in large numbers anyway. The market for most manufactured items is the average Joe/Jolene, not the connoisseur of design, so bland rules...back in the wayback, as well as now.

Universe emperor-ing is just too much to deal with; I'll settle for being master of my own fate.

Boy howdy; there's some styling analysis right there.

Swat some folks like skeeters I'd like to, but it's frowned upon.

Which ties in with the lack of a manual gearbox option. Silly to do all the engineering and tooling if you're only going to sell two. Far as checking fluids goes, we actually have clients who honestly don't know that's a thing...and they're not all little HS girls.

I read a lot in bed in the evenings to unwind from the day and put me to sleep. Bought one of the middle books of David Weber's "Safehold" series on a bargain table some time back, just got around to reading it a month ago. Liked it so much I bought the earlier ones and the later ones, working my way through. It's science fiction at its best, ripe with insightful social, political and philosophical commentary, but enough battle sequences and intrigues to keep any action junkie entertained. The story is primarily about the struggle to overthrow a repressive and corrupt government run by power-mad, insanely hypocritical religious zealots, on the last Human-inhabited planet in the galaxy, after the rest of the species has been wiped out by hostile aliens. It's well written, with the military and tech elements well researched and plausible, and characters that inspire genuine emotional reactions.

They made great dart-style paper airplanes, too.

Some Geo vehicles were also made by Suzuki. I have one. Bought new by a friend, maintained from new by me, "totalled" twice (economic totals, almost no structural damage), now has over 200,000 miles at roughly 40MPG, top speed about 80MPH. Weighs about 1700 pounds, carries two adults and a couple big dogs in back...and is definitely not a car for those who need a vehicle to project a macho image, or worry a lot about "safety". EDIT: I always have to laugh out loud at some of the "expert" reviews of this fun little car online. Either they've never driven one, or the example they based their "test" on was entirely worn out...which is actually kind of tough to do to a Geo Metro (unless you just abuse it), as many of the chassis parts and wear parts were sourced from significantly heavier vehicles, so tend to last forever as a result. I'm still on little car's original rear brake shoes. EDIT 2: Fun fact...enthusiasm for the Metro grew to almost cult-like status during a 2008 run-up in fuel costs, with Metro XFi models commanding prices near their original sticker prices. Car and Driver even used a 1998 Chevrolet Metro in a fuel mileage comparison with the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius. The Metro beat the hybrids. EDIT 3: My only point in running on about the Metro is that, for the dollar amount the new Hornet depreciates the minute you drive it off the lot, you could have something interesting and unusual.

Scarlett O'hara's character was a babe...

Yes. You have a very rough idea of the volume of clear to add by looking at the volume of the blobs that have leaked out.

Good pix...and it's debatable whether a setup like that would even draw enough vacuum to drive a brake booster. How much cam it was running would be the determining factor. More cam with more duration and overlap = less low RPM vacuum. Electric supplemental vacuum pumps can be used in cases like that, or a "hydro-boost" system that runs off the power steering pump, using pressurized fluid and a special master cylinder, can be substituted for the vacuum boost.

Nice one. Always liked the old sedan racers.

The most stable vacuum source on that would be the center of the balance tube between the two tall runner segments. You need a stable source to get a decent signal to the distributor or electronic ignition box, if it's one that can vary timing. Taking a vacuum signal from anywhere else on that would result in a pulsing signal...useless. NOTE: A drag-racing competition-only car would very likely not have any vacuum advance, but a street-driven car most likely would.

The "pea" is to mix the pigment with the clear carrier. Pigment is usually a very finely ground solid, and can settle out of the clear carrier over time. You've probably noticed the "pea" sometimes doesn't rattle when you first shake the can. That's because it's stuck in the gooey pigment mass that's formed at the bottom. Shaking eventually loosens it, and then its movement helps to remix the pigment and carrier. NOTE: You may have also noticed that clear often has no "pea" in the can to rattle when you shake it. That's because there's no pigment material to settle out, so there's no need for a "pea" to remix it. The propellant is a gas, and some is always dissolved in the liquid, but all of it can't be absorbed, so some remains in pure gaseous state (orange arrows in the diagram above). Decanted paint will often bubble after it's been decanted, as dissolved gaseous propellant literally boils out of it. I've never seen or heard of leaking cans exploding (unless they get heated), so if you want to keep them around until you get time to decant, there's really no danger...other than the goop getting on the shelf. One thing to remember though: sometimes you may have to add a little clear lacquer to paint decanted from a gloopy container to return it to its original consistency. Paint won't dry properly if there's not enough carrier in the mixture.

Numba skulla hasa noa clue.

Dinosaur bones would appear to be irrefutable evidence, but there are still folks who maintain they're all a hoax.

Nope. The "propellant" is a gas, both dissolved in the paint and above it. What's escaping is the clear liquid "carrier" that the pigment is normally suspended in to make "paint". In this case, it's essentially clear lacquer, and this gooey ooze is very common with Testors products. It happens because the bottom seam of the can isn't rolled quite tightly enough to retain its seal over time. "Pigment" in paint is a very finely ground solid, and the pigment particles are too big to leak out of the microscopic seam failure, but the clear lacquer can escape. The cans will often continue to spray kinda normally for a while, sometimes for years.

Decision-making is relatively easy, but following through with action often isn't.

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Comment under certain YT videos using absolutely provable facts and logic, and you'll ignite a firestorm of hate based on rebleated unfounded opinion ("consensus") and easily triggered immature emotion.

Exactly. However...if the master is cool, and the clear plastic is heated to its "glass transition temperature", about 100C or 212F for styrene (lower temps probably work fine for vacuum molding, but I have no detailed records to quote at this time), the clear sheet can be "sucked" over the master with no ill effects if you work fast. Vastly preferable is making a master that's temperature-stable well above the temp where styrene or PET is fully workable. My go-to for molding plugs from existing styrene parts is MGS 285 epoxy, which is stable to at least 250F if post-cured properly...but at $400/gallon (including hardener), it's not everyone's easy solution.

That's some pretty impressive scale engineering. Just getting the timing of the valve gear to work right must have taken some serious doing. Thanks for posting this.