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what is a ‘still’?
My lewd brain is having a field day with the “Doublewood” here…..
@ShadowSplicer
Distiller, I reckon.
Duh… It’s obviously a radiator overflow… This MVTH3RFVCK#R runs on the good $H!T. Every now and then you stop and siphon…:)
@ShadowSplicer
A “still” is a device used to refine ethyl alcohol products such as the single malt whiskey that originally came in the bottle in the picture.
The process is called distillation. For more information please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still
replacement for an egr system catch tank?
(which makes it “distiller”)
@ShadowSplicer I would guess your either young or not from the south lol
Say what you will about the safety or advisability of the fix – they have damn fine taste in single malt.
Is that an NES cartridge?
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 years old, very nice single malt.
Does this count as an open container?
Not clear what this is, as tahrey says: could be fuel tank evaporative, catching very small amounts of evap. fuel from top of tank.
Either way, prob. not as daft as it looks.
Its a good scotch too. I would display that with pride
This is a common thing among hot rodders. Take your favorite liquor and use the bottle for your radiator reservoir. It looks a hell of a lot better with a real bracket, though. My old boss is a Bombay Sapphire man himself.
that’s no kludge, that’s a damn fine radiator overflow tank.
Wait, this is a redneck invention. I had a 76′ pinto and it was standard on the sport edition.
oops i meant it isn’t a redneck invention. Ouch!
One of my all-time favorite single malts. Mmmmm.
Most expensive octane booster ever.
Probably fills the radiator with Veuve Clicquot as well.
@scruss
My thoughts exactly.
@Donnie
…and not many rednecks I have had the “pleasure” to meet drink single malt Scottish whisky.
I know some cops have busted people who have set up their windshield washer fluid to squirt into their cabs… though this doesn’t quite look like the same setup.
That’s a $50 bottle of scotch!! Probably worth more than the rest of the whole car!!
@Warnerrr
No, stupid, it’s a Ford Duraspark II ignition box. From the looks of it, it’s a replacement unit made by Wells.
The Doublewood was an inspired choice. After it was bottled with Overflow, 12 mo., here’s what we noticed:
Nose: subtle hints of roasted rubber, mineral acids, shaved iron filings, followed by some toffee sweetness. A little immature, could have used some additional time in the crankcase.
Palette: sweet with some almond; not as smooth, although the viscousness of the Prestone added a delightful creaminess to the tongue. A bit astringent at the end.
Finish: big and robust, filling the mouth, nose, eyes and chest cavity with heaving helpings of acetone, pine nuts, industrial floor cleaner, road tar and roadkill (raccoon and nutria); reminiscent of a ’64 Dodge Dart; refreshing, leaving me wanting more.
@scruss That’s a good scotch.
Actually in a cleaned up, sparkling clean classic carburated engine block, that’d look sort of sweet! That’s only addressed to the nostalgic crowd.
@dan
And I bet you actually don’t know this. You just heard of someone piping liquor into the cab, with the windshield wiper pump doing the work. Nice try, but next time try to be just a friggin tad smarter in your reply.
it’s an oil catch can.. people use it on older/p.o.s. cars to condense the oil vapors and stop it from going back into the intake tract
It’s a radiator overflow, and it’s very common for rat rodders to use liquor bottles as radiator overflow.
Get some car culture education, DAYUM.
@ShadowSplicer
Think “BREWERY”… They have “Stills” to allow the yeast and bacteria with other known flavors and barley/other-veggies to create beer or hard alcohol
Thank you Hung America, lol@u , Avi Freakin’ Hartman and asdf…people are so idiotic it’s ridic. Fuel tank evap? Catch can? REALLY? Look at the damn picture. Also Gracie, catch cans are relevant on NON older/p.o.s. cars i.e. LS-based GM cars/trucks, New Hemis (which aren’t really Hemis), and turbo BMWs.
@scruss
Amen to that! This guy(?) must spend so much money on good scotch that he can’t afford to fix his car!
@scruss
True that!
Looks like a “Tanked” surge tank.
At least they used the good stuff…
Personally, I used one of those trade-show plastic water bottles with the large semi-rigid plastic straws as my overflow reservoir. The straw diameter pretty much matched the hose’s…
if it is a still it just needs to be linked to the windshield fluid line and run into the cab and it will be finished.
Of course it’s a radiator overflow. But if you can afford to buy single-malt scotch, why the heck wouldn’t you fix your car properly rather than kludging it?
I have the same setup as a puketank on my ’74, cept not as classy as a boozebottle