When there were Hardees around me, their burgers were wrapped in foil. One winter I had a few leftover in the car and wanted to warm them up. Nestled them around on the intake manifold. They were "cooked" in about 15 minutes of driving.
I'm not even gonna say anything about the fact it's always been nice having the lady in the front seat takin care of the wiennie. No, I'm not gonna say anything.
Favorite high school hoodlum trick from my mis-spent youth: sneak into the school bus yard and put limberger cheese on the exhaust manifolds. Almost a guaranteed day off from class.
When I got the Ford I dissassembled the air cleaner to clean and replace the oil bath. The large O-ring that goes in the clamp that holds the cleaner disintegrated on removal and some pieces fell on the exhaust manifold. I spent well over a month trying to find out were did that burnt rubber smell came from...