{"id":37010,"date":"2020-08-21T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=37010"},"modified":"2021-02-26T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T13:32:58","slug":"the-infamous-bubble-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=37010","title":{"rendered":"The Infamous Bubble Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s an IKEA curtain rod end. I think it&#8217;s called Lystra. It was a joke, one of those April Fool&#8217;s things we used to do on ClubB5.com back in the day. This had to be back in like 2001-2. I remember taking pics on the AC Expressway. I had pulled the knob and found that the shifter shaft was hollow. Oh yes. The wheels were turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/console.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37009\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/console.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?attachment_id=37009\" class=\"wp-image-37009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/console.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/console-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/console-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3291-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1583\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3291.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?attachment_id=1583\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3291-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3291-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3291-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3303-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1586\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3303.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?attachment_id=1586\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3303-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3303-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3303-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My dad machined the stainless base for me. It took a couple of tries to get it all right. Including the electronics. I blew a few LEDs getting it sorted, but eventually got it wired into the dash dimmer circuit, because that is what I do. It also took a while to find the correct color of LED, these are rather violet, not the traditional teal that was common back then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3304-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue Bubble Ball\" class=\"wp-image-1585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3304-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3304-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/img_3304-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you ever want to blame someone for a Pep Boys mod, well, now you know. It was a joke. We had a laugh. I still put it on once in a while when I light up the roof. May as well enjoy the old beast, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an IKEA curtain rod end. I think it&#8217;s called Lystra. It was a joke, one of those April Fool&#8217;s things we used to do on ClubB5.com back in the day. This had to be back in like 2001-2. I remember taking pics on the AC Expressway. 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