from YahooAutos

From the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Show:

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Now, that's gangsta!

Cools! Anyone else spot the Corvair in there?

No. :confused:

That's because I was wrong. I click too quick.

Now what idjit parks his Ferrari under a tree?

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My second car was a 74 LeMans, aside from the NACA-style vents in the hood, and, the louvers on the rear side windows, it was just like this 73 (?) GTO.

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Yeehaw.

Meet the Truck Smoking the New Ford F-150 in Efficiency Gains (<---Motley Fool link)

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Key word here is gains.

For comparison, the typical semi averages less than 6 mpg. (I think.)

I heard the aluminum Ford has been killed.

No shit? I thought they were already re-tooling some of the stamping ops?

I heard that, plus they were offering to pay up to $10 grand to help dealers and some big bodyshops tool up and train for aluminum. Then last night I came across a blurb on some site that says they backed down, but for the life of me I can't remember where. Nor can I verify it's true.

Aluminum is great, light weight, won't rust, blah, blah, blah.
BUT that means when the truck eventually ends up in the junkyard from an accident or old age, the aluminum parts are too valuable as scrap to let them languish in the yard till somebody needs one.

So you'll have to be on the spot, and generally when I need a part from the yard, they scrapped the load of them the day before, so on the spot is out. That leaves new parts from Ford and that's big bucks to keep an old truck running.

They haven't said a lot about rust prevention but touting a 700 lb weight reduction, better mileage, green green green. Yeah well you could save 700 lbs or more by not building pickups the size of the fucking Titanic.

There is a legitimate purpose for the big F-350, F-450, F-550, F-650, Super Duty, Dually, Diesels, with GVWR of up to 37,000 lbs. But it sure ain't for taking the kids to school or towing you 1500 lb boat.

Even the F-250, which are like fleas on a dog, four door, long wheelbase is 172 inches. That's over 14 feet between axles. Plus the damn things easily go more than $50,000 all duded up. For $50 grand you could buy a nice new car that would do the car stuff and a pickup the size that was common in the 70's and 80's which will do all the truck stuff you need.

So switching to aluminum to save 700 lbs, is a joke. It's driving the ownership cost up, and It's make more money while trying to squeak the Titanic by the CAFE standards. It's not entirely Ford's fault as they are responding to market demands. Bullshit, demands they created with hard sell.

Wal-Mart's new concept truck.

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Wait -- Wal-Mart makes trucks?!

Steering wheel says Peterbilt. Just sayin'.

If anyone has £15,000 lying around in the way, I have a birthday coming up in June...

Currently for sale on eBay, by the guy's wife -- 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster - Supercharged - Intercooled - 299 rear-wheel horsepower - 250 ft/lbs torque

The auction description is an entertaining read:

Dear Big Sarge:
 

Deuce-and-a-half...pfft.

If ya gonna play, get the big 'un.

Some eye candy on the door, some shark teeth, some super singles, and you're good to go.

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from AutoBlog

:3_eyes::eek::eyebrow:

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hard to believe

His case met stiff resistance from the court

The frontman for the heavy metal group Metallica, one James Hetfield, is a car guy. His complete custom, The Black Pearl, has just been named Custom Car of the Year by the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association!

I expected Hetfield to be a Chevelle, Mustang, Camaro kinda guy...Check this ride out:

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That is a work of art.

"What kind of car is it?", you may ask. Well, it's a Black Pearl. You see, the body is all aluminum, and every piece of it started life as a flat sheet. The bodywork is all hand-formed, the entire body was designed by Hetfield, his car pal Rick Dore, and body fabricators Marcel and Luc De Lay.

The frame is a '48 Jag. Motorvation is from a Ford V-8 making 375hp.

More pics and info here.

building a car almost from scratch like that is pretty cool.

It's gorgeous, but impractical. To be any more from scratch they would have to invent steel.

Some before and afters of the sinkhole Vettes.

Like you've never seen a Corvette before...

1984 PPG Pace Car
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1993 Fortieth Anniversary Edition
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The 1,000,000th Corvette
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ZR-1 Spyder
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The 1,500,000th Corvette

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Seven down up, one to go.

There is a huge collection (250 pics) of hi-res photos from the entire sequence of events, from the beginning to the latest images, surrounding the cave in over at SmugMug.

Really freaky, the whole thing. Did they ever figure out the cause of the sinkhole?

Well, some dude on youtube contends it's all been faked, so that when real sinkholes happen we're all like used to it and we aren't surprised or all that mad. :lol:

Not to my knowledge.

I think they've found the 2001 Z-06 Mallet Hammer, though.

The previous latest was:

~Mike Murphy of Scott, Murphy, & Daniel Construction Co. - Wednesday (Apr 2)

I bet it was a leaking urinal in the men's room that caused the sinkhole.

I don't know why Kevin Costner made that video.

That had me fuuuuucked up for a minute.

The hoax theory guy DOES sound like Costner!

I didn't pick up on it, and, I've been watching that vid for a week now.

Just some facts:

1. There is a large drainage pond adjacent to the museum.

2. The basin the pond is in is about 30 feet deep.

C. The sinkhole caved in about a week and a half after some sustained low single digit temperatures (0-5 degrees).

I don't know where the drain lines for the pond run.

Here is a GooglEarth snip:

The asterisk marks what I think is the approximate location of the sinkhole inside the dome. It's either where I marked it, or, on the opposite side of the red spire.

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And StreetView:

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Lost River Cave is in the area, also. This a seven mile cave system with a fair sized river running through it.

When the sixth car was brought up, the rescuers (?) were asked about the remaining two cars, of which, at that point, no sight had been seen. One of them replied "They could be in Lost River for all we know."

Sinkhole of Dreams

Hey, I bet that's where Malaysia 370 is, too! :unsure:

Cave it in, and they will come.

The museum says if they had bought the airtime they received in news coverage (and free publicity ;)) would have cost $10.5 million.

The cars will be on display, as is, til the end of August, btw.

Around here those retention ponds are require for all major construction projects. They're designed to hold the rain/snow running off all the impermeable surfaces in the project. That's all the roof area, parking lots, and pavement. Once that water is collected it's supposed to be released at a slow enough rate that it won't overwhelm local creeks/brooks flooding people downstream. Some evaporates, some sinks into the soil (although not much because the retention ponds are usually lined), some may be connected to storm water systems(never sewer), but usually they're drain to naturally occurring water courses.

It's where the suburban kids get their ticks nowadays. Because they're not allowed to cross the road, to where the trees are.

Caught these in town the other afternoon. Was a good day for sharp cars...

A 54, 55, or 56 Chevy @ Wendy's:

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A survivor Skylark convoitible @ the muscle car restorer:

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The brightest, shiniest Camaro EVAH, @ the VFW parking lot:

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This guy can drive a tractor. He must have a gas pedal and not a throttle lever. Either that, or he has a third arm.

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Runs and drives.

~"Muscle Cars" by Peter Henshaw (quoted from Wikipedia)

This guy is about to do some serious sand-kickin'.

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And there's this...

Camaro wishing Mustang Happy Birthday!

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Stay classy, Camaro.

The Gas Monkey Garage (featured on Discovery Channel's "Fast & Loud") monkeys have found the first two Firebirds (affectionately known as No. 1, & No. 2) ever built.

Click the pic for the story.

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thing 1 and thing 2?



nah, they don't look a bit like VWs.

Snapped at our local Flying J truckstop.

Look. At. The. Size. Of. This. Sleeper. !

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That, friends and neighbors, is a mobile home.

Looks like 100 feet between the front and rear axles.

Snapped at the same truckstop:

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I wonder if that sleeper is Mccollister from NJ, or McAllister from MT?

I want say 'McCollister', but, I honestly don't recall.

No matter, he's set to go anywhere. :D

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Can someone ID this car, please? I'm clueless.

I'd guess a Mazda 6?

Yes, but what year model Japanese Shitbox?

ETA: Oh, I see the Mazda part now.

WANT!


Sent by thought transference

Google Image Search just went to a site in Hungary that was quite fun.
"Why Don't Girls Fart". Great fun I highly recommend it.
http://www.keptelenseg.hu/keptelense...vilagbol-85853

Looks like a prius.

Honda Crosstour. Very attractive vehicle.

1937 Studebaker Express Coupe - 22 years before the first El Camino

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That's a beautiful vehicle.

The 1999 Packard Twelve

There's one of them. Thank God.

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A little more info

Don't think so.

you're right. i was posting from my phone, reading from my phone, sun was in my eyes, dog ate my homework, you get the idea

The styling of cars today results in poor visibility to the point that many of them offer back up cameras so the driver can see. I don't approve.