What's the Worst Tech Advice You've seen in a Magazine?

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  • LORENSWIFE
    Superhero BangShifter
    • Jan 2011
    • 2531

    #31
    Originally posted by squirrel View Post
    You wouldn't, where you work.
    ...maybe yes, maybe no
    In this article HOT ROD takes a look at how, like it or not, the '70s van customization craze never left some guys and custom vans are catching on again - Hot Rod Magazine
    That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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    • squirrel
      Benevolent Ruler of the Universe
      • Nov 2007
      • 19334

      #32
      I was hoping finnegan would get the joke
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      • dieselgeek
        Legendary BangShifter
        • Oct 2007
        • 9809

        #33
        Originally posted by DanStokes View Post
        Mike - Welcome to the craziness.

        BTW - were you the guy from HRM taking pics of the Hot Rod Top Speed Of The Meet trophy at the Impound trailer at Speed Week? Whoever that was, he was WORKING so I didn't take time for introductions but I was sitting in the trailer waiting for my next "customer".

        Dan
        That was Brandan G. Finnegan didn't make it to SW this year. DF was there for just a couple days.
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        • LORENSWIFE
          Superhero BangShifter
          • Jan 2011
          • 2531

          #34
          Originally posted by squirrel View Post
          I was hoping finnegan would get the joke

          Sadly and as usual it was me...

          What I don't get is why my wonderful husband has not defended himself against the van conversion accusaton. Maybe there are things he still keeps secret from me?!?
          That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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          • RustyRodder
            Superhero BangShifter
            • Nov 2007
            • 1216

            #35
            Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View Post
            Sadly and as usual it was me...

            What I don't get is why my wonderful husband has not defended himself against the van conversion accusaton. Maybe there are things he still keeps secret from me?!?
            you mean youre supposed to share EVERYTHING when youre married?


            well then, this explains a lot...
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            • LORENSWIFE
              Superhero BangShifter
              • Jan 2011
              • 2531

              #36
              Originally posted by RustyRodder View Post
              you mean youre supposed to share EVERYTHING when youre married?


              well then, this explains a lot...
              Well maybe a bizzarro past with van conversions is best kept secret...
              could explain his interest in ancient motorhomes hmmm...
              That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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              • squirrel
                Benevolent Ruler of the Universe
                • Nov 2007
                • 19334

                #37
                An ancient motorhome is just the ultimate van conversion project.
                My fabulous web page

                "If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk

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                • RustyRodder
                  Superhero BangShifter
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 1216

                  #38
                  Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View Post
                  Well maybe a bizzarro past with van conversions is best kept secret...
                  could explain his interest in ancient motorhomes hmmm...
                  Bizarro Loren!
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                  • Loren
                    Here, Instead of Getting Precious Sleep
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 5311

                    #39
                    Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View Post
                    What I don't get is why my wonderful husband has not defended himself against the van conversion accusaton. Maybe there are things he still keeps secret from me?!?
                    Yeah, we were kinda kidding about the van thing...I'm afraid that my thing of giving a stinky old motorhome a second life is about as bizarre as I get. Of course I have a partner-in-crime, on that one.

                    Oh, which reminds me...



                    Hot Rod...those are Chevys?

                    In this article HOT ROD takes a look at how, like it or not, the '70s van customization craze never left some guys and custom vans are catching on again - Hot Rod Magazine


                    That's OK...somewhere in the CarJunkie-era archives of this site, there's a pic of my Challenger where somebody who should have known better said it had a 440...
                    ...

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                    • Deaf Bob
                      No Life Outside BangShift.com
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 19255

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Loren View Post
                      Yeah, we were kinda kidding about the van thing...I'm afraid that my thing of giving a stinky old motorhome a second life is about as bizarre as I get. Of course I have a partner-in-crime, on that one.

                      Oh, which reminds me...



                      Hot Rod...those are Chevys?

                      In this article HOT ROD takes a look at how, like it or not, the '70s van customization craze never left some guys and custom vans are catching on again - Hot Rod Magazine


                      That's OK...somewhere in the CarJunkie-era archives of this site, there's a pic of my Challenger where somebody who should have known better said it had a 440...


                      Did it?

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                      • Loren
                        Here, Instead of Getting Precious Sleep
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 5311

                        #41
                        Originally posted by Deaf Bob View Post
                        Did it?
                        No. The clue is, the big chrome valve covers with the plug holes in the middle. See pic at upper left, that's ten years old...Why anybody would've looked at that engine then called it a 440 is beyond me but of course we all pay a little attention at some times, and not so much at others. How somebody would also look at a Dodge van and call it a Chevy (twice), especially when they were from the era where that was important, is also a bit strange especially when there was supposed to be a guy who would catch that stuff.

                        Really, the point of this thread was, that one should be careful about setting out to expose "internet lies" and "the worst tech advice seen on the internet" when there are so many errors to be found everywhere, including at the accuser's own media.

                        Hey all...don't make me revive this mess again next month! You know I will....
                        ...

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                        • Deaf Bob
                          No Life Outside BangShift.com
                          • Feb 2012
                          • 19255

                          #42
                          Reason I asked is I didn't see a pic...
                          As for the van misquote...why I never been so insulted having a Moopar called a Chevy!

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