{"id":5289,"date":"2021-01-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=5289"},"modified":"2021-01-04T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:00:00","slug":"throwback-recalls-bring-the-odd-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/04\/throwback-recalls-bring-the-odd-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback: Recalls Bring the Odd Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is a throwback to a post from 2 years ago, in January 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I wonder if people compete to bring in the worst condition car to get recalls done. This one was impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_01.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_01.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3761\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Civic has led a rough life. Rust, dents, bumper not very secure. But that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_02.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_02\" class=\"wp-image-3762\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of a regular hood latch, the hood is being held closed by hood pins. These aren\u2019t unusual for a race car or hot rod, but these are on a stock Civic. Not only that, but instead of cotter pins, there are mini padlocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_03.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_03\" class=\"wp-image-3763\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The front grille has been screwed on, and there are a few dozen extra holes right in the middle. Of course the Honda emblem is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_04.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_04\" class=\"wp-image-3764\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why use Honda wheel covers when you could use Ford ones? Is it a Fonda or a Hord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_05.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_05\" class=\"wp-image-3765\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both rear door handles are broken off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_06.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_06\" class=\"wp-image-3766\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rear view mirror is missing, and I\u2019m not sure what that screw was put in for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018_01_25_07.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"2018_01_25_07\" class=\"wp-image-3767\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the finishing touch, a chrome push button to start the engine instead of the ignition key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New blog posts every Monday and Thursday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCasCW0ImD3UuLeMu5RAZCXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch Mechanical Malarkey on YouTube!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mechanical Malarkey <a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/merchandise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T-shirts, hats, and stickers<\/a> are available to order!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a throwback to a post from 2 years ago, in January 2018. 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This one was impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-5289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-shop","tag-recalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}