I admit, until this morning, I’ve never really thought too hard about transporting massive cuts of meat in a car. I know hunters like strapping their game to truck beds, roofs, and so on, but what if you just purchased something like 100 pounds of meat for some reason?
Jason wrote about how Ford advertised the French-market Ford Taunus Break as having a gigantic tray that could be used to carry presumably bloody meat. Alright, I admit, I haven’t seen that before. Anyway, NC Miata NA:
Based on everything I learned from the Flintstones, that is not the proper location for giant slabs of meat to be placed in a car. How are you going to eat them at the drive-in if they are all the way in the back?
Some of you got pretty lyrical today. Mark wrote a Shitbox Showdown free-for-all with the subject of the perfect Autopian project car. I would have taken the REO truck. Anyway, MaximillianMeen:
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you’ve been lookin’ around
They say you need a project
That defies reason and logic
They’re talkin’ about you and it’s bringin’ me downBut I know the neighborhood
And clicks are cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line
But I’m telling you, David
That I don’t think it’s true, babe
And even if it is, keep this in mindYou try to make it run, David
Cuz that’s the way we want it, David
And we still want you around
Some don’t believe it, not for a minute
You’re under the gun, so you’re gonna make it run
Admittedly, these music references escape me. Now, we scoot over to Brian’s story about the 93 mph unicycle. Yes, weirdly, I didn’t write that one! Canopysaurus:
It’s a death trap, it’s a suicide rap
Atop a solo wheel for fun
‘Cause tramps like us, baby we were born for one
Finally, I have to give one more nomination to one of our great comedy accounts. We wrote an Only Fanbelts about the legendary Stephen Walter Gossin and a Nissan Altima. Jatco Xtronic CVT chimed in:
Thanks for rescuing that Altima. I’m sure you understand why it means a lot to me. Now someone else will get to experience the joys of the Jatco Xtronic CVT.
Never change! Have a great weekend, everyone.
(Topshot graphic: Ford)
Just a note on hunters transporting their game. Several states have laws that state that the game needs to be visible during transport so game wardens have the opportunity to do more spot checks to make sure it was harvested legally. These laws often frustrate hunters that plan to eat their game, because getting it cooled and properly stored is a top priority for keeping it from spoiling.
Does anyone still transport game strapped to the hood or roof? I honestly haven’t seen that in decades. I thought the ubiquity of trucks and the increasing sensitivity/squeamishness of the populace put an end to that.
I’m a hunter, and generally try to respect people’s sensitivities by hiding things under a tarp in the truck box. Not everyone in my home province gets that message, though: https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/deer-carcass
I only see hood or roof if someone is trying to be provocative. I do see truck bed and trunk with a hoof hanging out.
The Taunus with the cargo meats gave me a little bit of deja vu, like I had seen that image before.
Looking back (through search) it just appears that Torch likes to use the Taunus for Cold Start content. The meat Taunus was, in fact, brand new Taunus content here. Making me ask the question, have I seen slabs of meat in the back of a Taunus before? When seeing previous Cold Starts, did I imagine slabs of meat in the cargo area on my own? And was this a dream? Or was this a nightmare?
Everyone who knows knows the best choice for obtaining and processing giant slabs of sawn up *meat* is a white, windowless van.
That tray is not like for a coroner’s wagon, it’s for ice to keep the beer cold and easily accessible. Common BITD, don’t you kids road trip anymore?
When is somebody going to record all the songs from the comments?
When they start a new members-only column called Car-eoke.
The longer music reference is “Take It on the Run” by REO Speedwagon. It wasn’t clear to me whether you’d also missed the shorter one, Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”
You can tell the ages by who gets what references. Unfortunately I recognize them all
Maybe an all Jonathan Richmond column.
I believe we have a user named REO Speedwagon, not to be confused with the musical group REO Speedwagon, which took their name from the REO Speed Wagon vintage truck.