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Old 04-13-2021, 01:35 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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Zombie thread revival!

I am still highly addicted to Cold War Motors - there's just no end to the craziness.

I love that an episode can include updates on so many varied projects: a rusty 70's Chrysler 4-door, a Ferarri 308, and a pair of 59 Buick 4-door sedans dragged out of a farmer's field, and a restored 1918 Indian motorcycle were all in the latest video.

But another channel has got me hooked...



Vice Grip Garage has kept popping in my "recommended" videos, so I finally gave in and clicked an episode.

And I'm hooked.

Partly because it follows the the "revival of dead car/truck found in field" formula I get such a kick out of, and partly because the host/mechanic has a funny/goofy schtick that makes his tinkering pretty darned entertaining to watch.

VGG: https://www.youtube.com/c/ViceGripGarage/videos

^ I know my recommendation hooked Tim on that channel.

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I'm also fully invested in a very well-made series (ongoing) by a British guy who's rebuilding a 110 year-old ~60 ft wooden sailboat in Washington state (near Port Townsend). Maybe not as interesting to folks here as VGG, but worth an honourable mention.

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