Miata Mailing List: October 1998, Message #157

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In a message dated 98-10-01 19:58:58 EDT, billkille@friend.ly.net writes:

<< Years ago, not BC but BCC (before catalytic convertors) well maybe it was
in
the 50's, my buddie Walt had this thing installed on his dad's "Bathtub Nash",
his dad never knew it was there.  It was a pressurized bottle, like a
propane bottle, filled with old oil, and he had some appuratus (sp?) under
the dash to open the valve and run the oil thru a 1/4" copper line into a
hole he had drilled and tapped into the exhaust manifold.  When someone
tailgated ol Walt he could scare the bejesus outa them with this humongus,
damn near opaque cloud, out the rear of this old battleship gray Nash.  You
had to be there!
 >>

Great smell too! Talking exhaust, what about Glo-Plugs in the tailpipe and
wired to a momentary switch. A slightly rich mixture did wonders.

Best effect consisted of turning off the ignition switch, and turn it back on
after hitting the Glo-Plug switch. The visuals were so rewarding and the sound
effects exquisite. As to the tailgater, rapid disorientation was inevitably
followed by fear and loathing.

We did it mostly with our scoots, but a friend of mine had a '35 Plymouth that
was absolutely sensational at it, and was (for its virtuosity) called
"Florence Fartingale".

Aaah! for the wonders of imaginative applications of science!

Sonja and Old Blue

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desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off."  - Woody Allen