If all the last-minute shopping for presents, picking up relatives from the airport, and planning Christmas dinner has you a little frazzled, just know that you can turn your brain off for a few minutes as you read this week’s installment of Car Connections. I’ll have the Random Word Generator spit out three words, then I’ll find ways to connect those to automobiles. You don’t have to think or lift a finger!
This week’s words are achieve, personal, and chapter. Pour yourself some eggnog and I’ll figure these out.
Achieve: It always amazes me that there are people with enough confidence to think they can start their own car company. John DeLorean had that as well as decades of automotive industry experience when he founded the DeLorean Motor Company in the 1970s. As we all know, his business ultimately failed, but the fact that he started his eponymous company and actually produced cars—in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles” using an inexperienced crew of Catholics and Protestants—is one hell of an achievement.
Personal: The 2020 Netflix documentary series “The Last Dance” covered the Chicago Bulls’ 1990s NBA dynasty. It also showed how Michael Jordan would take defeats and social slights personally, then use his rage as fuel for redemption/revenge. “His Airness” has owned a variety of high-end vehicles, including a 1999 Land Rover Range Rover 4.6 HSE – in red, of course.
Chapter: Book. John Book was a character in the 1985 film “Witness.” He was played by Harrison Ford. So the answer is Ford. Which one? According to the Internet Movie Cars Database, there was a 1983 LTD in the movie, so check out this 1984 LTD police car on ClassicCars.com.
How would you associate these words with cars? Tell us in the Comments section below. And be sure to share your ideas for random words to use in a future installment of Car Connections.
