Now it's been restored by Foose, and the asking price on Hemmings is a half million dollars
Friday, November 22, 2024
meanwhile in national news (of concern to LOTS of people in the vehicle and traffic world)... XM Radio's annoying cancellation process ruled illegal, and DEA's drug search at US Airports found to be violating the constitutional rights of Americans (plus the DEA was doing illegal shit to get tips about possible drug mules)
Even without the FTC’s new click-to-cancel policy, the New York AG just won a lawsuit over a process that ‘deliberately’ wastes subscribers’ time, violating a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription.
random Drug Enforcement Administration searches of passengers at airports and other transportation facilities will stop for now after the Department of Justice raised concerns.
the company attempts to delay cancellations by having customers call an agent, who then keeps them on the phone for several minutes while “pitching the subscriber as many as five retention offers.”
“Their cancellation procedure is clearly not as easy to use as the initiation method,” Judge Frank writes, citing the “inevitable wait times” that come along with talking to a live agent and the subscription offers they promote.
As a result of the ruling, SiriusXM must change its cancellation process — but only for customers located in New York. SiriusXM plans to appeal the decision.
The stoppage follows a Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General report that claimed DEA personnel could be violating constitutional rights when conducting searches.
an employee of a commercial airline provided details on travelers who had purchased tickets within 48 hours of travel. The DEA had been paying the employee a percentage of forfeited cash seized by authorities.
"The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General concluded that, by proceeding with such interdiction activities in the absence of critical controls, such as adequate policies, guidance, training, and data collection, the DEA is creating substantial risks that DEA Special Agents and Task Force Officers will conduct these activities improperly; impose unwarranted burdens on, and violate the legal rights of, innocent travelers; imperil the Department’s asset forfeiture and seizure activities; and waste law enforcement resources on ineffective interdiction actions," the report read.
The Austin Power '67Jag is coming to auction
This is the “Shaguar” that was used in all three of the Austin Powers films, memorably driven by Mike Myers and featuring in several key scenes throughout the trilogy.
Though it's a 67... I think it goes without saying that they would have cracked a lot more jokes about it if it were a '69
Thursday, November 21, 2024
196 miles after this '66 Nova with an L79 327 and 4 spd was sold, the new owner traded it back in. People have been flipping it for profit and storing it in museums ever since. Won the 2003 Chevy Nova Nationals in 2003.
The 2nd owner bought it as a gift for their son, who only drove it about 1700 miles, he rarely drove it, got a divorce, and it sat in his parents garage until it was sold as part of their estate sale
John Larroquette, most famous for Night Court, was also in 29 episodes of Black Sheep Squadron, and Larry Mannetti, famous for Magnum PI, was in 34 episodes (thanks George!)
Since the conclusion of Black Sheep in 1978, one FG-1D and one F4U-7 have been lost. Of the remaining six aircraft, four are actively flying, one is maintained in airworthy condition but not flown, and the last is awaiting restoration to airworthy condition.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
an “engineered beam” in a 1930 farmhouse
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