As seen on the highway...

[stormgren]

Ninadiel and I, were driving back from Lincoln Park the other day. He was driving, and while trying to deal with the total mess that is Southfield Road at 8 mile, spotted something on the van ahead of us and said "what is thatIt took me a minute to figure out what the hell we were looking at. Then I started laughing and just had to reach for my camera

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[pstscrpt]

That reminds me of this one:
http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/redneck9.jpg

An old coworker of mine (retired in December) once told me he saw a car driving around that had had its hood ornament replaced by a bowling trophy. Honestly, I think that one's kinda cool.

[kadiera]

well....in Missouri, vehicles are required by law to have a rear bumper. a 2x4 held in place with duct tape or bungee cords counted, so that sort of thing wasn't uncommon

[thegreatdoogie]

That's cool in Michigan as well, even the point that a cop _recommended_ that I screw a 2x4 to the back of my truck to be legal :)

[pstscrpt]

If the springs are still in reasonable shape, there's no reason it couldn't be perfectly functional. I've seen some cars with 2x8's bolted on there that looked pretty solid.

[thegreatdoogie]

I'm impressed that he found an inverter capable of running the motor in that thing, as I'm assuming he didn't drop the big bucks on an RV style inverter.

[gilraen]

My friends and I saw one like that in Sandusky! We laughed a lot too.

[kellsta]

Hehe. I can't be offended at the little jab at Tennessee. Window a/c units in vans exist, more than you would think. After all, it's friggin hot here! But most set-ups don't look as "nice" as this one. Usually the vehicle is held together with duct tape and coat hangers and the a/c is coated in rust.