The scariest car in the world:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Guy got pulled over by state troopers for driving an unsafe Ford Pinto. Yes, the Ford Pinto was unsafe on a good day, considering its tendency to blow up. But check this one out:
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/982267/396/State-Trooper-pulls-over-driver-of-unsafe-Ford-Pinto

[phantom power]

1. I think my favorite bit is the bare electrical wound around the hacked-together fuel line

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That was a nice touch.

The whole thing is kind of MacGyver on meth.

[hunter]

3. Figures it's in Minnesota because where I live...

... few people have outboard motor gas tanks and cars don't rust unless you live on the beach.

Well, except for the Chevy Vega. Those could rust anywhere.

[many a good man]

4. I had a '72 coupe

It was in slightly better condition than the one shown. I liked it because it kept away tailgaters on my weekend trips to Va Beach down 95 and 64 to see my girl!

[bluedigger]

5. I thought the gas tank was a safety upgrade.

[struggle4progress]

6. "Isn't this the county where they arrested the guy in a Briggs and Stratton powered La-Z-Boy for DUI

a few years ago?...
Posted by tony | July 6, 2012 4:41 PM"
How bad do things have to be to drive this?
Posted at 12:57 PM on July 6, 2012 by Bob Collins
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2012/07/how_bad_do_things_have_to_be_t.shtml

(AXcess News) Chicago - Police in Proctor Minnesota .. pulled over Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, for drunk driving ... Mr. Anderson wasn't in his car - he was driving a motorized La-Z-Boy chair .... Mr. Anderson pled guilty .. to DWI in connection with the Aug. 31, 2008 incident in Proctor. The La-Z-Boy chair, powered by a converted lawnmower engine, was equipped with .. a cup holder and stereo ... Mr. Anderson .. also equipped it with headlights and a side mount mirror to see behind him. But .. in August.. after having 8 or 9 beers at a local tavern he hopped into his motorized La-Z-Boy chair and headed for home, running into a parked car in the process ... Mr. Anderson said, "I would never of hit the car and made it home alright if it weren't for this woman jumping into my lap" ...
Minnesota man charged with drunk driving motorized La-Z-Boy chair
http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/18917

Sadly, Proctor is in Saint Louis County, not in Koochiching County. But let's give tony some credit anyway!

[HopeHoops]

7. I remember a morning DJ saying someone was trying to kill him. Gave him a Pinto with Firestone 500s