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5 Safety Features Introduced Back In The '70s - Jalopnik (opens the original)
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When automotive history buffs talk about the 1970s, the conversation usually turns into a mourning session for horsepower. We lament the tragic death of high-compression big-block V8s due to smog controls and styling trends that gave us vinyl landau roofs and velour interiors. But while the Malaise era put a damper on the fun, there were good, revolutionary things happening as well. The '70s were quietly the most aggressive, chaotic, and transformative decade for automotive safety in history. Dr
How Oil Spills In The Ocean Get Cleaned Up - Jalopnik (opens the original)
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When thousands of tons of crude oil rupture into the ocean, it turns into a ticking time bomb. Oil has a lower physical density than seawater, causing it to float on the surface. Currents and wave action then spread the toxic sheen across vast square miles of ocean. Rapid response is paramount; the longer an uncontained slick sits on open water, the larger the affected surface area becomes, escalating ecological devastation exponentially. To prevent this, oil containment measures like floating b
5 Facts About Air Force One That We Swear We Didn't Make Up - Jalopnik (opens the original)
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While we love our performance cars and ridiculous engineering projects, when it comes to sheer mechanical overkill, nothing on four wheels can match the flying fortress known as Air Force One. Technically, Air Force One isn't a single specific plane, but rather the radio call sign assigned to any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the sitting President of the United States. In modern practice, however, the designation almost exclusively refers to a pair of heavily modified Boeing 747-200B
How Fast Were The Fastest Muscle Cars, Really? A Look At 5 Top Speeds From The 1960s - Jalopnik (opens the original)
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The classic American muscle car formula is brilliant in its simplicity: Take an intermediate-sized, body-on-frame or unibody platform, stuff the largest high-compression big-block V8 under the hood, and sell it to the public with a warranty. The 1960s marked the golden era of Detroit muscle, when manufacturers focused on quarter-mile times, zero-to-60 mph times plummeted into the low five-second range, and the quarter-mile traps were consistently crossed at over 100 mph, on cross-ply tires. Thes
How A 1915 Patent For A 'Rocking' Coupling Made The Modern Semi Truck Possible - Jalopnik (opens the original)
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Look at any modern 18-wheeler on the road, and you are staring at a prime example of articulated physics. In a world of hydrogen-powered big rigs, connecting a multi-ton tractor to a massive trailer may look simple, but early trucking pioneers almost broke their minds, and their vehicle frames, trying to solve it. In the early 1910s, as internal combustion engines began replacing draft horses, haulers realized that pulling heavy loads required more than just bolting a wagon to a truck chassis. H
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