1.29 What is the "Vert-a-pact" option (VK5)?
In short, it added parts to the cars so they could be shipped, by rail, packed vertically, to save space.
Ken (mahoy78spyder) researched this too: "...now that you know what "Vert-a-pac" is, I'll bet you're wondering why you would have an RPO for that if it only meant that it would be shipped differently. Well, the vert-a-pac rail cars required that the cars be able to be driven on and driven off with no mechanical work needed. This drive-on/drive-off requirement was difficult to meet because all liquids had to be aboard, so the VK5 RPO was created. Modifications included:
- a baffle in the oil pan to prevent flooding the forward cylinders with oil. - off-center filler caps on the battery. - a plug in the fuel-tank vent line. - an overflow hose from the float bowl to the charcoal canister. - tilting the windshield-washer bottle 45 degrees. - plastic spacers between the splash pans and the engine to reinforce the motor mounts.
Also, since you're from Oregon, your VK5 RPO would make sense as this option was only for "west coast-bound" cars in an effort to reduce shipping costs. A conventional rack rail car would hold only 18 cars (in the open), but a Vert-a-pac would hold 30 (under roof)."

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"What an incredible Cinderella story, this unknown comes outta no where to lead the pack, at Augusta. He's on his final hole, he's about 455 yards away - he's gonna hit about a two-iron I think. Oh he got all of that one! The crowd is standing on its feet here, the normally reserved Augusta crowd - going wild - for this young Cinderella, he's come outta no where, he's got about 350 yards left, he's gonna hit about a five-iron, don't you think? He's got a beautiful backswing - that's - Oh he got all of that one! He's gotta be pleased with that, the crowd is just on its feet here, uh - He's the Cinderella boy, uh - tears in his eyes I guess as he lines up this last shot, he's got about 195 yards left, he's got about a - its looks like he's got about an eight-iron. This crowd has gone deathly silent, the Cinderella story, outta no where, a former greenskeeper now - about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac - It's in the Hole!" --- Carl Spackler

No wonder Chevy Vegas sucked as cars. They weren't meant to be actual transportation, they just had to be able to be packed 18 to a rail car. Now there are engineering priorities for you!
Les

Yeah, that blows me away. Engineer money and design time spent on saving $4/car on transport costs. Aargh...

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TeamGomez -- are either of those real, or are they both photoshopped?

Surreal...
 

Don't know about the soldier's sorry state of affairs, but the CV photo was probably the work of a photographer's mate with a little time on his hands down in the lab...you probably would have read about the "former" skipper of the ship if he let that one happen....

Yeah, it occurred to me that I would have recieved something in routine message traffic about the change of command ceremony for CVN 72. It's still pretty funny, though. :) Ya think the CO could get away with claiming he didn't know?

There had been some intel in the CDB (Captain's Daily Briefing), but nothing that said specifically that the word F*** was going to be used.

In spite of the intel, nothing was done to prevent the display to include the photo reece aircraft being overhead at that exact moment.

Democrats on the Select Senate Committee have said that it was the Captains duty to have prevented the overflight of a photo aircraft.

Measures are being taken to prevent photo overflights from ever happening again. Sen. Kerry (D) Maryland, has proposed legislation to ban the word F*** from being used, displayed or broadcast from any Navy facility or vessel.

Richard Clarke, ranking former throbbing member of the Clinton Cabinet, has said he warned the incoming Bush administration that things like this were going to occur, and that steps need to be taken immediately to prevent this dispravity.

Al Gore, former Vice President, reached in a city park, across the street from the Palm Beach County Courthouse in Florida, was quoted as saying that he really likes chocolate chip cookies with his tea.

and Bush was a happy boy...

No no, Gore said "****? I invented the word!"

LOL, sing :D . .. you see, you have learned something from HP350 (how to post complete nonsense . . .though yours is at least funny)

Hey, thanks Island.... Next time I'm flying over Tampa, I'm going to pee in the lav sink. It drains directly overboard.

:D LMAO

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/icons/icon3.gif lav sink. . .that is good to know. :D

Just because I am in a golf mood and the Masters is being played this week...

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"This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff. Here, I've got pounds of this." --- Carl Spackler

we have a pond and a pool. pond would be good for you.

Fine Print : BTW, that tree's finger is not intentionally directed at anyone, on the off-chance someone decides they'd like to be offended at it. I just saw it and thought it was funny, though not applicable to the discussion at hand.