You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

There are multiple stories about the invention of the screwdriver, but the most popular one claims that it was created by 20th-century oil workers in the Persian Gulf, who started adding vodka to their morning orange juice while on the job. (What a great work ethic!) Without a spoon to stir it with, they settled on using whatever was nearby, and in this case, that was a screwdriver.

[Lee Stewart]

The fuzzy navel is made with peach schnapps and orange juice, and it was created by Bartender Magazine founder Ray Foley during the 1980s. Foley was reportedly cutting orange garnishes when a man mentioned that he could smell peach schnapps through the scent of oranges. Foley noted that he was slicing up navel oranges, and he added “fuzzy” to the name in reference to peaches.

[Lee Stewart]

Although the name is risque, sex on the beach is sweet, fruity and pretty uncontroversial. Rumor has it that it was created by a bartender at Confetti’s Bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was inspired by a promotion for a peach schnapps company, so he used it to make the cocktail, which also includes cranberry juice, orange juice and vodka. It was named sex on the beach after the spring breakers who go to the Sunshine State for sex and the beach.

[Lee Stewart]

The sidecar is traditionally made with cognac, orange liqueur (like Cointreau or Grand Marnier) and lemon juice. The true origin is disputed, but it’s alleged that a bartender named Frank Meier first made it for wealthy American clients at the Hotel Ritz in Paris circa 1922. And yes, it’s supposedly named after the motorcycle attachment.

[Lee Stewart]

The first-ever tequila sunrise was made at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel by Gene Sulit during the 1930s or 1940s. The original recipe featured tequila, creme de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur), lime juice and club soda. Today, it’s built with tequila, orange juice and grenadine. The modern-day version is credited to bartenders Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice, who worked at the Trident in Sausalito, California, in the 1970s, but it was Mick Jagger who made the drink so popular. He tried it at the Trident in 1972 and liked it so much that he and his entourage started asking for it at bars across the country.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

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[Lee Stewart]

In 1968, the standard 442 400-4V engine had two HP ratings, depending on which transmission you ordered; 350 HP for the MT and 325 HP for the AT:

[Lee Stewart]

1970 Charger R/T with G36: Painted Racing Mirrors

Released for production in early March 1970, the colors were Bright Blue Metallic, Plum Crazy, Dark Green Metallic, Sublime, Go Mango, Dark Burnt Orange Metallic, Hemi Orange, Top Banana, and Light Gold Metallic. Dodge only built 56 Charger R/Ts in 1970 with option G36.