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  1. 03-26-2023, 04:56 AM #1
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    I'd much rather lay in my bunk all freakin day lookin at Youtube videos .
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  2. 03-26-2023, 05:05 AM #2
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    I was cartopping a large Blue Hole canoe on a VW beetle in a strong headwind. With two adults on board we became airborne a few times before we decided to wait till the next day.
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    I wonder why the rudder is off?
    too much drag?
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    Don't you mean " Car Toppling" (?)
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    Is that a Trabant?

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    Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WI-Tom View Post
    Is that a Trabant?

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    No, it looks like a NSU Prinz 4.
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    Ordinarily, I would worry about low bridges. In this case, I'm not sure the open road would be safe! Also, it needs some straps to hold it down.

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    I have heard a couple of eye witness reports of a 505 being transported on top of an original Mini.That must have been interesting.
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    Looks wrong for an NSU- the rear window, bumpers- I think it's Ukraine's finest.

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    ^agreed!
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  13. 03-26-2023, 03:20 PM #13
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    A boaty Austin Seven

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    Quote Originally Posted by Priscilla View Post
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    An exhibit in the Louwman museum.Fiat based,if my memory is functioning.
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  15. 03-26-2023, 05:53 PM #15
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    Was visiting one of the kids at Lismore years ago and got talking to a young feller who was carrying a beautiful new kayak down to the river. I asked him if it was expensive. He replied that he had found it lying in waist high green grass beside the highway the night before. It had blown off someone's car and landed in the grass without a single scratch.
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    How do you top a car?
    Tep on the brake, tupid.
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  17. 03-26-2023, 07:25 PM #17
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    Saw this gem in Seattle the other day. Obviously designed to tote a boat.

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    Shoulda used antifoul. Those cheap house paints just aren't the same.

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  19. 03-27-2023, 06:42 PM #19
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    He's in the no smoking section
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    They helpfully provided a rope stirrup, to help him climb up to the top . . .
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    Needs a better thatcher.
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  22. 03-28-2023, 03:31 AM #22
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    Made me think of Dougal from the Magic Roundabout a hundred years ago-
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimD View Post
    Shoulda used antifoul. Those cheap house paints just aren't the same.

    You can do that with a boat as well.
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