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Wienermobile Down!
Ouch! My wiener!
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Dave Crevie
, Jul 29 2024 11:54 AM
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 11:54 AM
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 12:09 PM
Did anyone else notice that this item on the Hagerty website was written by Eric Weiner? LOL...
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 01:11 PM
Yes, but contributors to the Hagerty Driver's Club Bulletin often use a nom de plume. Especially if they contribute to other automotive publications. Actually, many are quite humorous in themselves.
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 02:09 PM
Better Eric Weiner than Seymour Weiner or Iman Weiner or Jack A. Weiner
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 09:55 PM
Peyronie's disease?
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 05:40 AM
Driver couldn't cut the mustard.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 08:48 AM
There is a long history of Wienermobiles.
https://en.wikipedia...ki/Wienermobile
Have to wonder about their road-worthyness, though;
https://youtu.be/UOa...n573cNp_18cSDH_
At one of the early Chicago Historic Races, Brooks Stevens brought a bunch of cars, including one of the Wienermobiles he was involved with building. He had Augie Pabst take some laps in it along with a group of big American "boats". I remember it taking some pretty quick corners. Maybe the new ones aren't as well engineered, or the drivers not up to Augie's level.
P.S. The Wiki article says the 1958 versions were built on Jeep chassis, but I remember Brooks telling me they were built on Chrysler chassis. Just sayin'.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 04:06 PM
Speaking of big weiners 
, I saw this just the other day when I was in Atlanta to see my daughter.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 07:34 PM
The bun reminds me of the 60’s XKE with the overhanging wheel wells.
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Posted 31 July 2024 - 06:55 AM
i saw it about september 2018 parked in my hotel lot in grand forks ND.
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Posted 31 July 2024 - 09:11 AM
Jay; Did you get a whistle. I have two, one signed by George Molchen who played Little Oscar in the old Oscar Mayer commercials. I also have a rubber Wiinermobile doggie playtoy. Aren't I lucky? 
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Posted 31 July 2024 - 07:20 PM
Dave:
I was on a mission and couldn't follow him to wherever he was going. I didn't know about the whistle but do remember them from when I was a kid.
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