Part of car front suspension and steering mechanism: tie rod, steering arm, king pin axis (using ball joints). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visual Description: Truck up on a lift. Driver over a barrell.
RUJOR = JUROR, HUNLC = LUNCH, MEDCOY = COMEDY, NYSINK = SKINNY — Giving us: OCHEDSK
Clue/Question: After getting the bill for his truck’s new suspension system, he was – – –
Woodgas Pickup Truck (Photo credit: Scott Beale)
Answer: SHOCKED
(Boy, can I relate to that! I’ve got two old cars, and it seems like every few weeks one of them is in the shop for something. Recently, both of my cars had break-down cooling system problems, within 4 days of each other. Luckily, I was able to avoid towing, but I was forced to rent vehicles both times. None of today’s clue words look new to me. ralis95 can verify this on his own. I liked the jumblings of “skinny” and “comedy”. Fine answer letter layout. And, a great cartoon. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Not knowing much about cars, I had to unjumble the puzzle letters to get the answer. When I found shocks I knew I had the pun! Good one guyz!
Attagirl, LindaLee!
Sorry, Bill Shalhoub. Your comment on the Broncos meltdown looked too much like a spam attack for me to approve. — YUR