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Saturday Studebaker

Studebaker Electric

I almost got run over by one of these at a car show in Charlotte N.C. back in the 1970s.

I was standing in front of one car and here came a guy in an electric Studebaker.  He was also looking at cars.   He wasn't looking where he was going.   If I hadn't heard him run over a piece of gravel about 5 feet from me he would have run me down at all of 4 miles per hour.

Built without tax payer subsidies.  Not prone to catching fire.  Never recalled.  

Not bad for 110 years ago.

Come to think of it, I've seen exactly as many electric Studebakers as I have seen these:

Assuming a $500 Deductable...

...it was still cheaper than joining a hunting lease.

Suspicion

Twenty-seven degrees here this morning.  Not particularly cold for most parts of the country but pretty cold for Florida.

I have always suspected that whoever came up with the notion that you lose most of your body heat through your head and wrists never took a dump in the woods on a cold day.

Lab Testing

Made me miss my old buddy all over again.

It Has A Rail and Everything!

Seriously.  The Palm Pistol has a Picatinny Rail.   In some of the pictures it looks like there's provision for a second rail above the barrel.

What's better is it looks like they are getting closer to building them. 


One shot of .38 Special doesn't sound like much but I suspect that the design's effectiveness will be enhanced by the same thing that makes the little .32 Seecamp far more effective than its dinky little cartridge should be.  Namely, the bad guy doesn't realize that thing in your hand is actually a gun until he's so close you can't  help but hit him where it does the most good.

There's an optional barrel extension and a gizmo ("strike bezel")  with teeth on it for taking divots out of bad guys when there's no time to reload too.

Arthritis or not, Grandma could kick some serious butt with one of these.

Saturday Studebaker

1937 Studebaker Coupe Express