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  • Name That Part – I Don't Know Either!

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    …but I can tell you where they came from. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been spending a bunch of time (and money) sprucing up the Country Sedan. It’s been mostly sitting for most of the last year, so a round of tune-up parts was in order. After a distributor cap and rotor, new plugs…

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  • Name That Part – fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu Edition

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    In our last Name That Part, BeerRover managed to get it right as a Jag XK120 battery cover. Well done. The “fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu” meme, aka “ragefu” or “rage guy” has been around since about 2008, spawned in the primordial ooze of the 4chan swamps and currently thriving on reddit. The meme revolves around something unexpected and…

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  • Name That Part- Double Jeopardy Round Edition

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    There comes a time in every car owner’s life when, for one reason or another, their ride lets them down. The excuse could be a failure of some part or another due to wear, a flaw in the design, or just their own poor maintenance practices. Whatever the cause, it can put both car and…

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  • Name That Part- Eng & Chang Edition

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    Marvin Gaye once sang One can stand alone in the dark, Two can make the light shine through- It takes two, baby, It takes two, baby, Me and you, just takes two. And no pair of siblings exemplified that devotion to another better than Chang and Eng, the conjoined twins. Between them (literally it appears) they fathered numerous children…

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  • Name that engine: IPT edition

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      Unlike Deartháir and his convoluted and somewhat demented “name that engine/part/countertop” I am not giving anything away.  Just don’t stare at it too long.  And see your doctor if you have IPT lasting for more than 4 hours.

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  • Name That Part- Winter Olympics Edition

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    While Vancouver has had to import snow so that the amateur athletes have something to land on when suffering the agony of defeat, the eastern seaboard of the United States has been inundated with the white stuff. All that makes for some hairy driving conditions, whether you like to drive like you’re on the luge,…

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  • Mine engine mystery is solved!

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    I was close, so close…  Well ok, I had the correct manufacturer. 

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  • Name that engine: Mine is better than yours edition

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    Ah the flathead V8, hoonerific engine staple of the American hot rodder since the beginning of time and the main source of power for many cars and trucks in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.  This particular example does not appear to used for people-moving however…

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  • Name That Part: New York Daily Tribune Edition

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    In our last Name That Part, we abused it as an opportunity to take some cheap-shots at Microsoft. We thought the hints were a bit too obvious, but as it turns out, we may have a slightly different train of thought than the rest of you. There were some fantastic guesses, and many of you…

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  • Name That Part – Microsoft Edition

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    In Monday’s Name That Part, we gave you a random chunk of metal. With a bit of guessing and supposition, Zed71 came up with the closest answer to correct; it was, in fact, a Chrysler starter motor, specifically for one of the Mitsubishi engines they borrowed. From there, it has taken a bit of work,…

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