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10 Questionable DIY Automotive Ideas From the 1950s

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Reading this brought back a memory. I believe in the 50's someone printed a book on how to cook a complete meal on the car engine manifold.
If memory serves, recipes were included. Take a long drive and have a hot meal ready when you arrive.
 
Wild! Didn't know of this car.
 
Basil said:
This thread reminds me of >> Louis Mattar's Fabulous Car << which I saw on a trip to San Diego last year
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It's good to see someone realize their dream!

Re the manifold cooking - you can still get cookers for your Model T at Snyder's. Also, I'm sure I've seen a small aftermarket manifold "oven" for Model A's in some museum somewhere. We cooked potatoes once - interesting exercise but no difference in taste.
 
Boink said:
Wild! Didn't know of this car.
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Here's a picture of that car I took while on a business trip to San Diego.
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Referring to the above pictures - what's a car worth that does't have a Hooka Pipe built in! LOL
 
My brothers and I used to joke around about how great it would be to have a 12-volt skillet so we could fry bacon and sausage on the go in the car. The humor stemmed from just how foul the car's interior would become after doing that for a period of time.
 
Texan, bragging about how big his ranch was: "My car takes 3 hours to go the length of my property".
Louie, from the Bronx "I had a car like that once."
 
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