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Wayne-
For the cartoons to be funny I think you’ll need to decide what it is about the Pelican that is funny. Is he a perfectionist? a hack? clueless?
Some ideas:
“The Pelican is a mildly talented amateur wrench”
- You could use the “admit to your stupidity thread” for ideas…
Things he might do:
Torque a nut hard enough to break the stud … again
Spill oil onto his face when under car
Start a siphon with his mouth and get a mouthful of gas
Start a small fire - funny because he manages to catch something on fire that normally wouldn't burn
Has grease under nails at a black tie event
I sconfused by directions with new "easy bolt on performance part"
Has a handful of parts left over when car/engine is back together
Enters his car in a “concours de n’elegance pas” or Concours d’Inelegance
Is envious of friend with newer version of his car (friend is envious of Pelican's car)
A part from his car is handed to him at the end of an AX course along with a DNF time slip
Cross threads something… again. Right after finishing a Helicoil repair.
Wife calls to him in garage that her mother is visiting - causing him to start over on a project he is almost done with.
“Pelican as a painfully meticulous concours d’elegance type guy”
He polishes the back side of his brake pads
He places phone orders for parts with ultra detailed requirements that are ridiculous: “I want the locking nut to be the factory correct shade of black. The last set I ordered was two shades too dark.”
He critiques another car because the factory cadium plating color isn’t correct for a car made in the month of September in the year the car was manufactured.
Has nothing but disdain for newer versions of his car - they lack character and a soul.
Secretly loves Nascar but would never admit that to his friends
Good Luck,
Jim
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