It’s Friday! If you want to stay dry, you might want to steer clear of the entire state of Illinois right now. It has been raining for days and Mother Nature apparently has no plans to turn off the faucet anytime soon. We’ve had torrential downpours, high winds, tornadoes, lightening, flooding, and just about every other weather-related middle finger she can throw at us. At this point, I’m pretty sure Noah is somewhere around here looking for lumber. Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes.

Last Saturday I headed over to Morris, Illinois, for their monthly Cruise Night, and as usual, Liberty Street was packed with an impressive amount of automotive goodness. There are so many cool cars, trucks, and customs that you can easily spend several hours wandering around and still feel like you missed something. It’s definitely one of my favorite car shows of the summer.

As promised, I put together a gallery featuring some of my favorites from Cruise Night. And because it’s Friday, you’re also getting the usual double dose of babes and double dose of jokes. Basically, it’s everything you need to properly kick off the weekend. Enjoy!

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It’s Thursday. A normal kitchen blender gets its power from an electric motor. Mister Patina thought that was far too ordinary, so he decided to power his blender with a gas engine instead. He started by building Toyan’s V8 engine kit, then engineered a drivetrain to transfer the engine’s power to the blender blades. The result is a fully functional 4-hp miniature V8 that spins the blades just like the real deal—and churns out smoothies with plenty of horsepower to spare. Because apparently, the only thing your morning smoothie was missing was the sound of a screaming V8.

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It’s Wednesday. Most fast-food drive-thrus have a pretty strict rule: no walking up to the window. Strongman Jaden Tyson Laing found a rather creative way around that rule—he simply walked through the McDonald’s drive-thru wearing a car.

Showing off some seriously ridiculous strength, Jaden hoisted the stripped-down 800-pound car body onto his shoulders and proceeded through the drive-thru like it was just another day at the office. Then, channeling his inner Fred Flintstone, he used his feet to provide the motivation and propulsion needed to get that four-wheeled McMeal on the move.

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