Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Wood you believe it?

It looks like a car made out of wood.
How cool is that?
Look at the detail!

Yes, it is a car made out of wood, and it's not just a fancy piece of art. This car actually runs! I wonder what the gas mileage is on it...


Jerry Nickel spent nearly four years building this masterpiece.

There’s little doubt that this car is one of a kind. Nickel got the idea to build a wooden car from an article in a 1955 issue of Hot Rod magazine. Once Nickel retired from the waste collection business, he began making his dream come true. He decided to use two 500-cubic-inch Cadillac V-8 engines because someone told him it wouldn’t work. One engine and transaxle, from an Eldorado, drives the front wheels. The other engine, from a Deville, drives the rear wheels. Although the engines aren’t synchronized, Nickel said they work fine together.

It took Nickel more than four years to form the body by laminating 1-inch strips of mahogany. He used 1,000 board-feet feet of wood cut into 4,183 individual pieces, five gallons of glue, 60 pounds of drywall screws and four gallons of varnish.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Here's a man with an idea!

redneck_boat
I wonder how fast it will sink when he stops moving.

Kittens!

Adorable cuteness...
Everybody loves kittens!
Don't they?


How cute is that?

Awww... and look at this!

He's cute and funny. A little "froggy" kitten.

And who can resist the peek-a-boo kitty?


Well, maybe everyone DOESN'T think kittens are cute!