Rims
Have you ever seen rims worth more than the car they are on? I just dealt with this fine young man who couldn't understand why I gave him ticket. He can barely make a turn with those rims. some folks.......
Gave this guy a rimjob did you?
So what was the ticket for and how come you were writing it? Did you change jobs?
its Chief Big Sarge Now a days
Coffieville Sarge ??
I'm a police chief in MS. Ever see "In the Heat of the Night"?
Was that the one with Archie Bunker?
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So an over the top rim ticket?
I wrote citations for no driver's license, no insurance, and improper equipment. He wasn't a happy camper.
Hey Sarge? Could you call a colleague or something and have this guy arrested for bad taste? Looks like with the fresh paint, custom upholstery and those bangin' rims, he couldn't afford to fix that sagging rear spring. That's a safety violation, isn't it?
we've got a car with rims like that in our neighborhood. I was walking down the sidewalk when it drove slowly by. The wheels were literally scraping the wells when he tried to make a turn. He had to go forward and backward a few times just to turn into his driveway. I was with my kids, and they were laughing at his car. At least they weren't pointing.
I point right at them and laugh.
I didn't take that picture, thank you very much.
We don't be havin enuf teef ta be eetin no skiddulz.
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FWIW, Denton is a small college town. That could be an ironic paint job.
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Should have been called "lift kit". :)
Let me see what is that behind them? a few dudes on bikes, no helmets so where was this Fl? Followed by a Jag. And a classic muscle car on the right? Must have been some kind of car show. Cool. I like those.
Should have been called "lift kit". :)
Let me see what is that behind them? a few dudes on bikes, no helmets so where was this Fl? Followed by a Jag. And a classic muscle car on the right? Must have been some kind of car show. Cool. I like those.
That's a Rolls. Jag...pff.
And GTO, maybe...Pontiac fer shure.
I was thinking parade, perhaps.
And GTO, maybe...Pontiac fer shure.
Not a goat, probably a Catalina or Bonneville.
We'd need to cross reference rear plate only and variations on no helmet required to guess the State. Could be PA or a number of others.
And Pier 1 Imports. That should help narrow it down.
Not a goat, probably a Catalina or Bonneville.
We'd need to cross reference rear plate only and variations on no helmet required to guess the State. Could be PA or a number of others.
And Pier 1 Imports. That should help narrow it down.
Woodward California.
You're welcome.
heheh... Mad google skillz.
Woodward California.
You're welcome.
Isn't that Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI?
"You're not a true Detroiter without a bullet hole in your car.
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Actually, it's Woodward Avenue, Royal Oaks, MI.
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Woodward Dream Cruise passes through 9 townships and cities, Royal Oaks is just one on the 16 mile route. They are generally all considered part of the Detroit Metropolopolis, and as Woodwards starts/ends in Detroit, it's considered a Detroit event. So you are both right.
Didn't you used to live round there, HLJ?
Yes, not too far from there.
Damn, I wanted to be righter.
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Woodward Dream Cruise passes through 9 townships and cities, Royal Oaks is just one on the 16 mile route. They are generally all considered part of the Detroit Metropolopolis, and as Woodwards starts/ends in Detroit, it's considered a Detroit event. So you are both right.
Didn't you used to live round there, HLJ?
Hey, that makes me think - people on here know too much about me. I'm going to have to start a campaign of misinformation.
We'll just misremember it.
heheh... Mad google skillz.
So Google led you to an obscure
Ruski website, eh... comrade? :lol2:
I'm thinking of buying a car...ya never know how muddy it might be at the cemetery.
Spinners go on rims... though it appears you don't even need a car to have spinners.
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Cyber Wolf - I think it's closer to 7 billion now.
I lasted one minute three seconds til I puked a little.
Cyber Wolf - I think it's closer to 7 billion now.
Good call, you're right. Time for an update... it's been 7 years.
Here ya go ...
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Trix are for kids, Monte Carlos are for grown-ups. What a waste of a good Monte Carlo. Silly rabbit.
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f'realz
Nowhere else to put 'em.
You Aussie Dwellars won't see anything weird w/the HJ75, but, we don't got no shit like that around these parts.:)
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More like row of don'ts.:yelsick:
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Who do you think took the picture? ;)
I just noticed the way the road lines in the mirror appear to connect with the road line along the road, creating a false perspective. Neat.
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I was thinking along those very same lines.
ETA: Isn't that just about $10,000 worth of rims in that pic?
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I was thinking along those very same lines.
ETA: Isn't that just about $10,000 worth of rims in that pic?
I think you're a little light.
Where's the step ladder to get into that thing?
Whoever owns it is so awesome, they just float up into the car.
And they still lean halfway over looking all nonchalant and cool while driving.
Which can't be good for their still-growing spines.
Now, does it also have those noisemaker things that sound like either how it sounded when we attached playing cards to the fork (using clothes pins) so the spokes made noises, or like a really crappy moped circa 1983?
I wouldn't make it as a whippersnapper today. Even I'M not that cool.
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That's one hell of a rim job... owned by an asshole.
That's just silly. And a waste of a good RX-8, IMHO. That thing was a sports car - quick off the line, fast around the corners, power down! Oops, it's on its roof!
Looks positively Amish to me.
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Nah, that'd be
these.
Moving along...this pic's filename indicates a Camaro, but, I'm reasonably sure that's a Mustang. Either way, it's fucked up.
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Hey man, nice Pors---wait.
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Now this one I like!
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I especially like the miniature no-U-turn and no-left-turn signs mounted above the rear tail light.
Really?
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Now I like that one.
Nice shiny summertime car - in the garage.
Reserve lifted beater car for driving in salted snowdrifts.
Good grief.:facepalm:
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Great! My pimped out ride has attracted a female. Now, I'll just slide into the back seat with her and ... oh, damn.
I yielded the right of way to this guy from Ben-Hur trucking this morning. Gladly and smartly.
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That's amusing but would definitely be illegal here.
You should have seen them turning. Ben Hur? Maybe Mad Max. It was pretty intimidating.
Yes they are. I've seen them on innies like that front wheel, but never on outies like that drive wheel. Pretty sure that's illegal. :ymca:
Technically, not on a drive wheel, that was the tag axle. It was deployed since the dumptruck was full. Over some stretches that thing was really bouncing!
Technically, not on a drive wheel, that was the tag axle. It was deployed since the dumptruck was full. Over some stretches that thing was really bouncing!
A tag axle, or a pusher axle?
Oh, a dump truck? I thought it was a tractor.
kinda like this guy, snatched from the internet, but not this truck. similar to this truck.
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A tag axle, or a pusher axle?
I don't think I know what a pusher axle is, can you elaborate?
I don't think I know what a pusher axle is, can you elaborate?
A pusher axle is like a tag axle.
But I think what you're talking about is a lift axle.
A pusher axle is the rear drive axle. A Tag axle is the (normally) unpowered axle. A drop axle is one that is only deployed when the weight conditions warrant an extra axle. Tractors that routinely haul nose-heavy loads use them but they are not standard equipment on tractors.
Those spiky things are legal all over the US, as they are only covers for the lug nuts, They are made of plastic or very thin aluminum. I have accidentally dented them with my thumb. I cannot speak for other countries tho. :)
All that's fine and good, but...
Could someone 'splain about the Foley, Axel?
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I like how the steering wheel matches the wagon's wheels.
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I can see it as a tow bar, but would that thing really work in a roll-over ?
Assuming you mean the 'handle', I doubt it.
Pole vaulting on wheels ! :rolleyes:
Speed limit: 65 miles per Arrr.
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Not particularly well-executed, but, there ya go:
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Speed limit: 65 miles per Arrr.
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Shriners!!!!! We have a lot of those guys around here. They do great work....
Wow.
Kinda want.
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Speed limit: 65 miles per Arrr.
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I wonder how many miles to the galleon that thing gets...
This whole thread is so amusing, just so many "off the wall" ideas, most of them just make me say "why"?
I wonder how many miles to the galleon that thing gets...
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Shriners!!!!! We have a lot of those guys around here. They do great work....
We used have a bunch Shriner activities around here, but, I don't think I've seen a fez since I was teenager.
You're a shriner? I'm sorry, I can't think of your name, but your fez is familiar...
Since I've devolved this thread to anything auto-related, it's as good a place as any for this:
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Behold; the new KY State Police cruiser.
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...state police public affairs division said Wednesday that each cruiser cost $25,400...The Caprice is a full-size, rear-wheel drive sedan developed exclusively for the U.S. law enforcement market. It has a 355-horsepower V-8 engine that provides high performance to meet police needs...Webb said that a research committee tested the cruisers and that they were cheaper than the new Ford alternative.
I wonder if this will be better than the last time our Troopers tried a Chevy. Remember the whale-bodied Impalas that cops all over America couldn't get rid of fast enough? They topped out (the cop version, mind you) at around 100-110 mph. I remember listening to the police scanner one night, and hearing the absolute hatred one trooper had for his Impala, as he was completely left in the dust by a four cylinder Ford Ranger (he outran the trooper, but, he couldn't outrun the radio).
Only a few months later, I listened as a Crown Vic-driving trooper read off the license number of a Mustang GT at 140-something mph.
We'll see how this one does.
The crown vic is dead. This past spring, the testing of cruiser offerings at U-MI, where cops come from all over the country to see the cars and testing, the Chevy came out on top. The only drawback was the Chevy doesn't offer a column shift. The cops are hoping Chevy will cobble together some Aussie parts if demand is sufficient.
RIMS, PEOPLE, RIMS!!!
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my god, this would be soooo cooool.
Grav, fret not! The caprice is made in my home town, and is a specialised version of the Holden Commodore. Unless it has been totally pussified for the US market, it has PLENTY of grunt and should be able to keep up with everything except overpriced supercars.
Here's the caprice:
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Here's a close relative, the Holden Commodore HSV. Not sure if the Caprice gets the supercharger.
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I'll stop here, else, I'll keep posting links of hoons in commodores for hours.
They better do something to keep that inside rear tire on the road in the corners, looks like a lot of lift there.
But, I guess once it's weighed down with all the sh--stuff that goes in the trunk it'll probably tame down some.
Thanks for that post Zen!
An unloaded tyre doesn't really do anything grip-wise anyway, it may as well be up in the air. What you really need is something like this...
The reality is they can't outrun the radio, and collateral damage to the public is expensive, so high speed pursuits are falling out of favor. Now they are more concerned with gas mileage, and the ability to idle for hours on end without overheating.
That's bean-counter thinking.
If you want good quality police, you have to keep the good people. One way to do that is give them a car that makes them feel awesome. What do you think all those flashing lights are really for? :D
What do you think all those flashing lights are really for? :D
Same thing the 355 hp will be used for mostly...
FUN!! One way to do that is give them a car that makes them feel awesome. What do you think all those flashing lights are really for? :D
Cheaper to issue them Viagra.
Took these yesterday. Door left open & not a person around - weird.
I figured there was some wacky security system installed so I took the pics from a distance.
It's perfectly safe to leave that car like that...
Who the fuck would want it?
Wait...is that a video display in the passenger door?
W. T. F?
Does Xibit pimp rides in your town?
Cheetos fool's car before:
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Top cheetos looks puffy, but the bottom cheetos is definitely crunchy.
What could possibly cause a car like that to crash???
That and a slight bend in the road.
Do VWs vibrate? If so, I've found Baby's Xmas present...
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So, you drive a Vulva... errr, a Volvo, eh Big V?
I notice she kept her pants on...
Let's just say, the issue was ...skirted...
Hey look - Its JBK! {waves}
And, now, for something completely different...
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It's an old Odge.
It's a...uh...wtf would ya call that thing?
It's cool, I know that much...
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Grav, that doesn't even HAVE rims! :redcard:
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But I forgive you 'cause it is awesome.
Now what the hell is it?
Blue bodied snow trencher.
Grav, that doesn't even HAVE rims!
Butbutbut, it's on
two treadmills!!!!
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I'm diggin those neo-retro rims. Reminds me of the old spun aluminum rims from the sixties.
Inception Towing Co.
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It would be considered child abuse if you put a kid on that thing in this day and age.
On it? There are a couple of kids from around here I'd happily put under it.
Love that one ... the devil-may-care attitude, the old fire extinguisher near the back, that rusty mean grill, and the remains of the "CAMEL TOWING" sign on the door.
Rear view.
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Zen, if ya like that sort of thing, you might want to check out
KustomKing over at Blogspot. Dude is a little more motorsickel oriented, but has a good deal of this sort of stuff. Sometimes he'll go for a week or more w/no updates, but, then he'll post like a dozen pics at once.
I guess he needs that winch in the back so he can call it a tow truck.
It looks really cool.
Seeing as he has just a hook on a single strand of cable, and he's at a salt flat looks like, it's prolly a tow vehicle for a race car, instead of an actual tow-truck.
And, there is big contingent of rat-rodders out there, too.
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Love that one ... the devil-may-care attitude, the old fire extinguisher near the back, that rusty mean grill, and the remains of the "CAMEL TOWING" sign on the door.
niiiice.
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Here's a long video from the show Roadkill and the subject this time is Rat Rod vs Lamborghini. It's pretty cool. The conclusion they reach after driving them both around for a day is that the dudes get excited about the Lamborghini and the chicks get excited about the rat rod.
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Dig the shag whitewalls.
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ETA: The rear door says "Why go around half-dead, when we can bury you for $49.50?".
If your UNIMOG is this shiny, you ain't doin it right.
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Maybe it's brand new, still on the dealers lot. :lol:
Didja see The Governator behind the wheel?
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Seeing lots of VW vans on the 'net lately...
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How many VW vans had to die to make this monstrosity?
Two rims this time...
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OMG I'm dyin', somehow that one took me by surprise. Thanks for sharing Digr.
I tell you what, most of my vehicles look worse than "Rusty 6 Pack". I love that stealth bike
Hey Sarge? Maybe this'll give ya some ideers what to do w/that big ol' 6 x6...Got any diamond tread aluminum layin around?
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Overall, that's a neat design... except for the ladder.
Unless you're an agile camper, it looks like steps up to a head-thumping ceiling.
I like the doormat at the bottom of the steps. That's not uncommon with campers, and it's always a nice touch.
All these from
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Hey Sarge? Maybe this'll give ya some ideers what to do w/that big ol' 6 x6...Got any diamond tread aluminum layin around?
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That is nice.
My cousin has one of Sarge's trucks in an upscale bedroom community near Poughkeepsie. The neighbors whined about it until 9/11 then suddenly they liked the look of it. Now he has chopped the top so it basically takes up every square inch of his garage.
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The design is ok, but, I bet it runs like shit.
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Agreed. Butt you'll never run out of gas.
Agreed. Butt you'll never runs out of gas.
FTFY
I'm only putting this here because we don't have a thread called Car Porn.
Behold, the 1938 Phantom Corsair!
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I don't what this is. 'Shopped, maybe?
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This, on the other hand, is Black-Eyed Peas member Will. I. Am.'s $900,000-used-to-be-a-1958-VW.
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ICELAND'S GOT BUBBA-TRUCKS!!!
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By Callaway Cars
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A Corvette and a Grand Cherokee raced.
The Grand Cherokee came out on top.
Grand Cherokee. Fuck yeah!
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Here's the bus I rode to school...
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This image's file name is 'why', and I can't think of a better question.
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Twofer; one mashup; one 'why the fuck':
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The Blue Pearl?
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Likey.
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Hey V, ya seen this running around up there?
Pretty cool.
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Everyone had a red Radio Flyer wagon, right?
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Might flatten some hills, but I don't see any curves getting straightened.
I still like the smooth classics. Behold, the 1948 Buick Streamliner.
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Buick Streamliner... Holden Efigy... damn it all ... I do wish they'd quit with making just these ONE of gorgeous cars...
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Bring tissues, because there'll be a *river* of salty tears, some from sadness, some from laughing.
eta: I posted before I'd see the whole thing. There are definitely some human casualties as well. You've been warned.
eta: the clown doing a burnout of his CLUTCH at 23:30 is funny. For me.
no shortage in the world of idiots with more car than brains -
pro guys on closed circuits - those are the chances they take, but I got no sympathy for the idiots who put their own and others lives into jeopardy on the public roads
Kinda drags a bit towards the end - needs a better edit job
V, I'm sending that video to my son, so he can get a more accurate idea of what it is like when he crashes his car in Forza Horizon on xbox.
there is NO rewind button on these cars.
I'm sure the insurance companies have this information, but I'd love to know the rate of sports cars being wrecked compared to all cars. Especially exotic sports cars.
Porsche made 200 959s back about 25 years ago. It was to allow them to enter Group B races. A while back I read a statistic that there were only something like 100 of them left and the remainder had been wrecked. I wonder how many are left now.
Edit: I see there were 337 of them built.
I wasn't present for this particular accident, although we'd been out to watch other stages of that race event (week long). The Targa Newfoundland tends to claim a few cars every year....
admittedly dropping a Ferrari Enzo into the North Atlantic tends to get a fair bit of attention
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Bring tissues, because there'll be a *river* of salty tears, some from sadness, some from laughing.
eta: the clown doing a burnout of his CLUTCH at 23:30 is funny. For me.
The race crashes, yeah, that's part of the game. Both the cars and people are prepped for that possibility. Even the spectators should be aware of the dangers. But those bastards hooning on the street, blindsiding drivers and pedestrians, have no excuse.
The stupid bitch causing more than a million dollars damage (3:20) while fucking with her phone, should be shot.
The yellow Corvette guy smoking his clutch (23:38), is not as stupid as the guy with the camera who walks IN FRONT of the car, TWICE. :facepalm:
Vette owners can't drive!
Yes, most of them don't have the skill to match the vehicle's capability. Not even close.
I recognize a few of the tracks they are on from playing gran turismo. The one with the twisty hill that two cars wreck on is a favorite track for me in that game. I've wrecked just like that many times.
Who's laughing now?
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Bet they don't lose this one in the parking lot.
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That looks like several decades of bad luck.
Looks like DW's 'broken glass' drum finish.
Great googlymoogly! I want one of these, too.
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The title on that picture is, "homemaderussiantank". While it does look like a lot of the crazy shit I've seen from websites like English Russia, I'm really curious about where that is. The background looks an awful lot like PA, or close to it. :confused:
Looks like a retired snow grooming machine made up with an artistic body.
That could very well be. Maybe part of the doomsday defenses at Grifftopia. :haha:
glatt scores! Thank you.
It's funny, I remember seeing that Jalopnik post last year. But this picture is different enough I didn't think it was the same.
I was right about the background though. ;)
I think it got wet. At least once, anyway.
Yeah, it scared the B'jesus out of that red barn.
The surviving truck from the movie
'Duel'. A 1960 Peterbilt 281, and a Plymouth Valiant (not sure it's the same one from the movie).
Fairly interesting article at the link.
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That could very well be. Maybe part of the doomsday defenses at Grifftopia. :haha:
Shush, expecting Fedgov incursion this weekend since the POTUS is in town to pimp total surveillance state.
trashy, illegal, ugly, stupid rims on a BMW - more money than sense
Those could cut off at the knees a whole bunch of pedestrians.
or at least ruin their V-bulletin experience.
Actually, I like this. It's preeety cool.
See the little gas tank? It's feeding a small, single-cylinder engine mounted near the rear axle. Plus, he still has pedal-power if/when he runs outta gas.
Fairly cool trike really.
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Yeah, that'll buff right out...
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You're supposed to leave the woody in the parking lot when you go on the surfin' safari.
I take my woody everywhere I go.
True Story™.
This man has huge, HUGE balls.
Brass ones.
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ETA: I think he made a car, from a sidecar.
Looks like no suspension.
Well, two agin one ain't fair...oh, wait...
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I was gonna say, he just sat on the brake until they broke loose then he took them home.
This is pretty cool.
from
YahooAutos
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Canadian Tire had a mission: Prove its MotoMaster Eliminator battery could withstand being frozen to -40 degrees Fahrenheit and still start a vehicle. To do that, it utilized a 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500. But this isn't your average pickup. Taking the concept a step further, Canada's retail giant decided to strip the chassis bare and rebuild it using massive blocks of ice. With some incredible carving and ingenuity, the team created the Ice Truck — a fully drivable pickup made (almost) entirely from ice.
When automakers build vehicles, the material used for the bodywork must be extremely strong and as light as possible. Ice isn't either of these things. To create the truck, 14,000 lbs. of ice was needed, causing a few problems: The truck's chassis had to be capable of managing the weight. And once you've found a suitable truck, how do you prevent the ice from cracking when hitting bumps and potholes?
Another problem is how to prevent the engine's heat from melting the ice. After a thorough inspection to ensure the Chevy's 2005 frame was free from rust, the team proceeded to weld it rigid to prevent any unnecessary movement that would cause the ice to crack. They then prepared it to run under its own power without the body, and added extra coolant to help keep the engine from melting the ice too quickly. To establish the best possible clarity, the ice had all the trapped air removed; thus eliminating the whiter spots you tend to find in ice cubes.
After some initial testing, driving over rough roads with a few blocks of ice placed on the chassis, the team deemed their modifications a success, and that the ice could withstand the bumps without fracturing. The only thing left to do was add the remainder of the ice blocks, carve it into a truck, and then drive it one mile through the town of Hensall, Ontario, to set a potential world record for the first self-propelled ice creation to drive.
The process of making and driving an ice truck is impressive. But what's perhaps more impressive is the attention to detail; things like an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror. It even has working lights. I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised. After all, Canadian Tire enlisted Iceculture, a leading ice construction company that handles ambitious projects like the Disney Ice Castle that appeared in Times Square in October 2012.
With the ice truck built, Canadian Tire succeeded in its mission, driving about a mile while averaging 12 mph. It has now submitted its efforts to Guinness to become officially recognized as the world's first drivable ice vehicle. However, as cool as this truck is, watching it melt may be more fascinating:
Actually, in the second video below, you get to watch it
unmelt.
Demelt? It drips back together.
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24 pic slideshow,
here.
That's a nice Canuck ice truck.
I first saw this on a Canadian site where they were questioning why Canadian Tire would report the amount of ice used in pounds, rather than Kilograms?
Demonstrated is MBAs at auto makers only believe in bigger numbers so emotional pounds are used over logical adult kilos. [/channeling tw]
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No idea. Filename says 'swisstruckdelivery'.
They were moving equipment up to work on a tunnel through the mountains.
Transformer going skiing?
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From the America's Most Beautiful Roadster Show:
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Now, that's gangsta!
from YahooAutos
Cools! Anyone else spot the Corvair in there?
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?!
[SIZE="1"]Steering wheel says Peterbilt. Just sayin'.[/SIZE]
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:
The selfish git has spent several kitchens turning this into an overpowered drag sofa.
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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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 [Strike]down[/Strike] 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:
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Really freaky, the whole thing. Did they ever figure out the cause of the sinkhole?
Not to my knowledge.
I think they've found the 2001 Z-06 Mallet Hammer, though.
The previous latest was:
The rest of the day will be spent probing and excavating the area to find any signs of the Mallett Hammer...
~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.
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.
Did they ever figure out the cause of the sinkhole?
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."
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.
Sinkhole of Dreams
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."
Hey, I bet that's where Malaysia 370 is, too! :unsure:
Sinkhole of Dreams
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.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.
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.
...a "muscle car" is "exactly what the name implies. It is a product of the American car industry adhering to the hot rodder's philosophy of taking a small car and putting a large-displacement engine in it. The Muscle Car is Charles Atlas kicking sand in the face of the 98 horsepower weakling...
[Size=1]~"Muscle Cars" by Peter Henshaw (
quoted from Wikipedia)[/Size]
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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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.
Yes, but what year model Japanese Shitbox?
ETA: Oh, I see the Mazda part now.
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Can someone ID this car, please? I'm clueless.
WANT!
Sent by thought transference
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Can someone ID this car, please? I'm clueless.
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/keptelenseg/kepek-a-nagyvilagbol-85853Honda 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 infoHonda Crosstour. Very attractive vehicle.
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.
Look at the 1989 Civic hatchback in comparison.
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I gotta go Google the coefficients of friction for both these cars.
Edit: It looks like my comparison is not fair because the Mazda 6 appears to be a four door coupe and this civic is a 2 door hatchback. Also exhaustive lists showing coefficients of friction are hard to find.
Edit #2: A fairer comparison is a 1989 Mazda 626. You can see through this thing:
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It has a coefficient of drag of 0.33 while the current Mazda 6 has 0.27. So the more modern one is slightly more aerodynamic, as you would expect, but not significantly more.
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.
Your right on the money, visibility has taken a big hit in recent years, and it's not all in the name of streamlining. Models, like hatchbacks, are in and out of style but I think that is driven more by the makers than consumers.
The fastbacks are much tougher to design in visibility, but why bother when half the people on the road are oblivious to anything they can't see through the windshield. :dedhors2:
Your right on the money, visibility has taken a big hit in recent years, and it's not all in the name of streamlining. Models, like hatchbacks, are in and out of style but I think that is driven more by the makers than consumers.
The fastbacks are much tougher to design in visibility, but why bother when half the people on the road are oblivious to anything they can't see through [strike]the windshield.[/strike] their phone. :dedhors2:
fixed that for ya.
I have a folder where I park pictures and material I've snatched off the web concerning old Indian Motocycles. Here's a couple.
Smart car alllllmost gets the best of a Shelby Mustang:
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A sub-14 second Smart Car....With that short wheel base, and narrow track, I'll bet that is one twitchy sumbitch.
Smart car alllllmost gets the best of a Shelby Mustang:
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A sub-14 second Smart Car....With that short wheel base, and narrow track, I'll bet that is one twitchy sumbitch.
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I have driven the Smart Fortwo several times. Twitchy is an understatement. Here you see me parked perpendicular to the curb, at my house, with my VW Golf fender in the foreground for comparison. They're very, very tiny. They're tall, so there's room for me and Twil to both sit up straight, which I love. For in city driving, they're fucking awesome. The Car2Go system is super easy, fairly priced, convenient and fun. The car is a ball to drive in the city. Plenty of pickup, responsive, good visibility, loud horn, etc. The shifting with the semi-automatic transmission is pretty jerky at times. That little three-banger gets wound waaay up before shifting--kaCHUNK.
The car's less fun on the freeway, but it can handle it. A bit bouncy over expansion joints, and I haven't driven one with a substantial crosswind and I'm not looking forward to it. All in all, a very fine city car. For the city. For two. And a couple bags of groceries.
Hey, look! It's one of them trailervans.
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That's interesting. :yesnod:
Maybe he's French. :lol:
Heh, that's damn near a Citroen inception.
Look, it's the newest thing in custom wheelery.
Urrbody got deyself some of dem tri-bar spinners for dey wheels. Old. Busted. Boooooooooorrrrrring.
What you need is deez new puppyhead spinners:
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Yo dawg! I heard you like dawgs. And wheels.
So I put yo dawg through yo wheel! YOLO!
Hey, look! It's one of them trailervans.
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Maybe he's just missing his boat.
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Many years back my buddy came back from Florida with pictures of that boaterhome, or one of them, he took in a parking lot. We were trying to figure out how and why for a long time. It was years before I saw it on the net.
I saw it (the vid) a few years ago, labeled "The coolest guy at the boat ramp".
It's front wheel drive, btw. If you look close when he drives out of the water, you can see the rear axles are just straight tube axles, like on a trailer. It's either a 4wd van front end, or he's using a front axle/transfer case from a 4wd.
I've developed a habit of semi-obsessively shopping on craigslist. Not really for anything, although I buy tools and bikes from time to time. This browsing has been such a steady, thorough combing that I started
collecting the photos I come across that feature people prominently. I guess it could go in monster's "stuff on craigslist" thread, but it's not stuff.
Girlfriends' car is on the down-n-out, so my usual focus (tools; heavy machinery I have no use for; bicycles) has shifted to automobiles.
It's been a fruitful couple of days (not so much on the actual-car-buying, but whatever.)
"VETTE - 85 - Daily Driver"
"1999 Toyota corolla CE,Good condition,116700miles"
"1998 VW Passat"
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Kool Bug, but that is a bad place for an oil filter.
This browsing has been such a steady, thorough combing that I started collecting the photos I come across that feature people prominently.
I can see somebody deciding to sell a car and the only picture they have is somebody standing by it. Not the way to present it for best return but whatever. But the other pics, they must have wanted to get their mug on the net... I guess. :nuts:
I kind of like it. It's nice to see who you are buying from. Don't want to buy something from this guy:
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...or this guy:
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Nope, look closer...
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Woop...
Somebody done steampunked they scooter:
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Notice the electric plug out back...it's electric.
This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is going to be auctioned by Bonham's in August. There were only 39 built.
This is one beautiful automobile.
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It's been owned by the same family for 49 years, and is expected to be the most expensive car ever sold at public auction.
The most recent 250 GTO to be sold was sold in the UK last October in a private transaction for $52,000,000!:speechls:
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Windshield says 'Double Vision'.
Yeah, you
say that, but can I (successfully) click on it?
There some stuff in that there link that don't belong.
Try
this if V's link don't do it for ya.
I think that was what he was going for.
:D
Hey, look! It's a -WTFizatthang?
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It's about ⅝ of an old Honda Gold Wing, and about ⅓ of a, what is that? A Buick? A Pontiac Grand Prix, maybe?
And it's about 374 times more dangerous than it looks at first glance. It's a good thing he loves Jesus, methinks he's gonna have need of Him before too long.
looks like the heel ends of a Saturn to me.
I believe you're right, V. That certainly looks like a Saturn emblem behind the front wheel.
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1) "Well, here's your problem, right here, lady..."
2) "Man, these serpentine belt systems get more and more complicated every year."
3) "Raise the hood, sir, it sounds like something's leaking under there..."
4)
Where in Australia did you say you bought this?
I don't generally have a problem with snakes, but that right there creeps me the fuck out.
Muthafuckin snakes on a Muthafuckin.... yaris?
I don't know what kind of car that is, but, that right-side windshield should narrow it down.
Is that a gearbox?
Actually, it looks like a Nissan versa
I don't know what kind of car that is, but, that right-side windshield should narrow it down.
Windshield
wiper, I should say...
Y'know, really, it doesn't look that bad.
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I like it. I would be seen driving it.
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Countach all the way.
The Countach has always been impressive, but I never liked its styling. The Miura looks so much better.
A 'Ghini is my ultimate top level dream car. Because, car.
Of the two, I gotta say I like the Countach better.
But the Murcielago could make me cry.
On an episode of Top Gear, James May drove an eighties Countach. The Countach was one of his dream cars from his teenage years. He commented on how it was almost impossible to drive anyway but forward, in a straight line. He also commented on how often Lambos catch fire. He said the one he was driving wasn't on fire at the moment, but, he couldn't really be sure because he was absolutely roasting from engine heat.
You should have seen him trying to parallel park the thing. It would've been funny if it hadn't been so sad.
If you have to parallel park your Countach, buddy, you're doing it wrong.
The countache is the last car I would want to own. I'll take that Audi space ship. R8? I believe... Fucking sexy beast.
I'd even take it in the [COLOR="Sienna"]brown[/COLOR]
That was very badly-worded.
I'm surprised we didn't hear from Shel on that one...:rolleyes:
Full-size school bus for comparison:
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That was very badly-worded.
I'm surprised we didn't hear from Shel on that one...:rolleyes:
He knew I had already made the joke by saying it that way. I'm glad to have confirmation that at least one person got it, though. Thanks, Captain O.
Not sure if I've posted this (in the wrong folder, if I did): Olds 442!
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Not sure what it's built off of, the front looks Camaro-y, but the rear looks kinda Charger-ish.
The Mack Titan
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Moving 800,000 lb generator vessels with five, sixteen liter diesel engined, automatic transmission Mack Titans, one pulling/steering, four pushing. Not to mention the completely awesome, custom-built, 300 foot long, 192-wheeled, articulating trailer.
:devil:
The countache is the last car I would want to own. I'll take that Audi space ship. R8? I believe... Fucking sexy beast.
I saw two white ones yesterday, both had TN plates and were headed South in NJ, but they were about 75 miles apart. :confused:
They were very striking in white, no good for robbing 7-11s at all.
[SIZE="1"]from
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200
5 Maybach Exelero
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700 hp
218 mph
$8,000,000 (yes, that's
eight million damn dollars!):bolt:
While waiting in line for the ferry the other night, I saw this Subaru wagging his tail. Pretty funny!
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Funny? I'll tell ya what's funny.
Those wire spoke hubcaps, they're funny.
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Yeah, that's a 1978 Chevy Chevette. A buddy back in high school had one. Powder blue. We put about a million miles on that old car, running the backroads, wasting all our hard-earned Big Star grocery-bagging dollars.
It
always needed gas.
But, not as much as
this Chevette needs. Ya see, Bunky,
this (otherwise fully restored) Chevette has had a
big-block 427 shoehorned under the hood. TH-400, Holley 780, L-88 heads,
yaddayaddayadda...Word most frequently heard word by strangers spoken by the driver of this car:
"Pinks?"
Followed closely by:
"Sucka!"
Heh, it might go 300 mph, but, I bet it don't take off fer shit, with those skinny tires.
I also bet that thing jumps six feet straight up in the air every time he blips the throttle.
Paid a visit to the original Pie Wagon yesterday.
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The (supposedly) only surviving, original-to-the-movie "Easy Rider" motorcycle was auctioned last night.
$1,350,000
I cannot confirm that's the original in the above pic.
LinkHaggerty built 4 identical bikes for the movie, but 3 were stolen/dismantled, and the 4th destroyed in the film. When the filming was over Haggerty had to salvage and restore/rebuild/recreate, what ever you want to call it, the bike. The bike here is a reincarnation of the Captain America bike, but to say it's the one Fonda road in the movie is a stretch.
Could you take a piece of burnt metal, rebuild the Hindenburg, and legitimately call it the original? :eyebrow:
Forget about this, where is the cycle Joe Namath rode when he played C. C. Ryder in
C. C. and Company! Huh? Baby boomers, where is THAT cycle?
(supposedly)
I said
supposedly, man, sheesh, put that knife away.:biglaugha
I wasn't talking at you, just adding what I think I know about it. Not everything is about you, ya know.
Oh damn, I'm sorry, I forgot it was a secret. Please forgive me. :ipray:
JCPenney? Rly?
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They even sold drag slicks at one time.
:eek:
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...and not a single fuck was given.
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If you have a Segway, you have to look for uses for it.
they're perfect for changing the subject
I see what you did there...
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the
Porsche Panamera Exclusive
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:drool:
100 of them will be made.
At right around $264,000. Each.
^^^Regarding the Porsche Panamera Exclusive^^^
Not $264,000, but,
$310,000, each.
They sold out in 48 hours.Uh...why?
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'Shopped?
Looks like a church parking lot. I'm guessing a youth group vehicle, or else a family with 15+ kids.
The Church of the Comfort Inn?
Ooh, good eyes. Well, church groups have to stay overnight somewhere, maybe?
The Church of the Comfort Inn?
Have you never been to the Comfort Inn and heard "Oh God, Oh God, Ohh God, Oh sweet Jesus!" coming through the walls?
No, no...You're talking about the Comfort Inn & Out.
No, no...You're talking about the Comfort Inn & Out.
They have a chain of
burger restaurants; best burgers ever.
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Don't know what, where, or when, except what I see in the picture.
I found out from elspode it was a 1941 Horch (1 of the Auto Union 4) chassis that was rebodied later. But still don't know by who, for whom, or exactly when, but I'd guess after the war.
edit:
I'd sent the picture to
NAG because her husband is a retired Fire Captain, and I'll be damned if she didn't find the answer.:facepalm:
November 1945, a team of Brno, Czech Republic purchased this vehicle built in 1941 Horch 853 Sportcabriolet. The car was rebuilt in a fast delivery of fire of six people and the fire engine at the contact point brigade. Design and construction belonged T.Lepil between 1946 and 1949.
Hey, I was right about "after the war". :blush:
Meh, fill it with water and put fish in it.
"One medium triple cheeseburger combo, please.
And if you fuck it up, I will take this entire restaurant, and..."
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I want it just for the drive-thru.
Oh, hells yeah!
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That ski-ulance is something you want to see coming towards you,
and something you don't...
I want it just for the drive-thru.
No need to go around to the drive through, just pick up the building with that sucker, and spin the window around to you. :haha:
Oh my god.
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I see it's got the EconoBoost engine.
It's not EconoBoost, it's EcoBoost. Ford choosing that name was a very slick move, as it leads people to think things Ford doesn't claim. :haha:
It's a turbo-charged motor which is old hat, Ford turbo-charged Thunderbirds back in the 80s. Have to admit though, committing to turbos is a ballsy move for Ford.
You're right. I mixed the name up as I was typing.
I thought it was amusing. There's nothing ecological about a supercar like that.
It's extremely cool though.
Very cool, it's a full out competition car. Technical marvel, over 600 hp, sexy as hell design, but alas, no place for groceries. :headshake
Not in regards solely to the Ford GT, but, in general:
There has to be reason, and I'm bothered just enough to ask about it now:
Why are the brake calipers on the front mounted on the rear of the rotor, and the calipers on the back mounted to the front of the rotor?
The easy answer ~ it makes the brake lines shorter.
The hard answer ~ Damifino, everytime I hear a credible source explaining the effects of caliper mounting location on bearing loading, and why the front and back benefit from different loadings, after five minutes my eyes glaze over and I drool on my beer gut. :o
sure, as long as you're traveling INTO the wind. whoooooosh!
But you see, the oil companies don't want you to know about it, so they are keeping the salt water fuel hidden.
Yes, they dumped it all in the ocean.
Come to think of it, they dumped a lot of oil in the ocean too. :eyebrow:
It would rust out in 3 years
Rust out! I dug out this picture of a rollback my buddy had in his junkyard. I think it's an Autocar but wouldn't bet on it. Not only a stainless steel deck, a stainless steel cab. Don't know the year of the truck or the history, only that it wasn't registered, wasn't being used. I didn't ask and he didn't volunteer.
It might seem like an odd situation, but along the driveway to his house, through the junkyard, he installed a Thunderbird planter for flowers. You can't tell because of the weeds but the hood is over six feet off the ground. Bolted the doors shut and filled it with dirt so it didn't take long to rust away.
So you see, a stainless rollback sitting unused didn't strike me as outrageous... in context. ;)
It's not the same as seeing one in the wild, but that reminded me of this stainless 911 I saw years ago in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
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Reminded me of this 36 Ford from a few years back:
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LinkyThe problem with that Ford is everything under the shiny is stock components, which rusted and rotted away because these cars were driven everyday by the steel company salesmen, except one show car.
There were four, I'm pretty sure. They were given to salesmen, that were special in whatever way, to drive.
They all were driven in excess of 200,000 miles.
Rusty, rotty, still a Ford, whatthefuckever...I wonder how many 36 Ford Tudors went 200,000+ miles?
ETA:
These cars were built by Ford for Allegheny as promotional and marketing projects. The top four salesmen each year were given the honor of driving one for a year. All 4 cars had over 200,000 miles on them before they were finally removed from service - a remarkable number at that time.
from the link
I'm sure they got the best of service, plus I've noticed my truck seems to be "ageing" faster since I stopped driving it every day. Of course it may be driving every day you don't notice minor fading. Better to keep moving... my doctor keeps saying.
And sometimes, ironic shit happens. :rolleyes:
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I hadn't seen that car, nice. :thumb:
Always carry a spare.
I'm always amazed to see perfectly good vehicles sitting in weeds, unused if not abandoned. ;)
Not unused and not abandoned... it's still guarding the herd from within.
I love this trunk this guy must have thousands of hours in it. I posted the sumbitch yesterday and today it's gone. I'm sure I previewed and never submitted. If I had a nickel for every time I've done that I could rent a prostitute.. from a high class agency... for six months. :smack:
License plate:
Does that say
Ohgerrr
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Yes it does. They call the owner/builder Metal Man, and he calls the truck the Ogre. :thumb:
The pictures were taken at a show in Radium, BC, but they drove much of a day to get there so I'm not sure what province they live in.
It could do without the tailgate chain latches, but, :devil:!!
Around here, shitty truck rally rims like those go for $100 set. That set of rims alone would bring $200-$400 including caps and trim rings.
Way cool bench.
There's been a lot of outdoor benches and indoor couches lately. The problem with the couches or love seats, is they have the rear bumper on and that would be real uncomfortable sitting as well as more difficult getting up and down. The outdoor benches don't have that problem.
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...and not a single fuck was given.
Yellow Cab in Chicago, 1940. The sound? Oh that's just Ralph Nader having a conniption. ;)
The somewhat strange front end, the almost-absorbed rear fenders, sunroof, roof vent, and rumble seat...
What the hell kind of car is that?
I think it's a 1940 Checker.
You might be on to something...
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And, for the record, they are butt-ugly from the front.
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That was fairly interesting. I only glanced through it, I'll read it in full later.
But:
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Yeah, no. Just, no.
I should have commented. It thought it was really interesting. You can really see the progress. When you go from here back to the beginning, you don't even recognize them, but with the incremental changes you do.
Interesting that there was no Checker A-11, but I guess that would be to obvious.
Yeah, no. Just, no.
Why not? Quiet, comfy, just not economical at the time with an 11 mile range and expensive maintenance. Is it because on September 13, 1899, the first American to be killed by an automobile was run over by one of these? ;)
I don't think I'd like being the bumper.
Also, that first American victim was probably pitched outta the thing before it ran him over.
They only went as fast as the horse draw Hansoms, probably not over 10 or 12 mph most of the time.
The seating choice is the front end of a battery, or back end of a horse.
WANT.
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IndyCar's new aero kit for Honda:
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I love the look, however, I know any vehicle where the four fenders protrude from the sides, has less room inside the cab and/or cargo area than it could have on that wheelbase. I know this because I drive one.
IndyCar's new aero kit for Honda:
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Louverly, just louverly!
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I feel like we've seen that one before. Not that picture, but that truck.
Edit:
Similar to post 163.
The truck is similar, the truck in post 163 has twin turbochargers the total go fast machine. But like most rat rods they do best at smoky burn-outs.
Like this:
http://www.redaceequipped.com/2012/11/midweek-burnoutand-ensuing-fireball.html, stuff like that gives me a hard on.
That is from the same magazine that the truck in post 451 was in.
WANT.
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Nice.
This is pretty cool.
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Probably meant the world to those guys.
1960 ad for a Brit motorbike. What is 56 gns?
guineas? I thought they used pounds sterling.
Guineas? What kind? Hens? Pigs? Pygmies? New Guineas? What???
I thought guineas came in a pint glass? How many glasses does it take for 56 of them?
A guinea is one pound and one shilling.
Sent by thought transference
And that's why we can't have nice things, and the metric system had to be invented.
Aha, so when the customer pays a guinea, the boss gets a pound and the minions split a shilling. Someday when I'm bright eyed and bushy tailed, I'll find out how that system worked...
I don't see that happening soon. :confused:
I talked to Uncle Asshole the other day. He's bought a new toy. He'll buy an old beat up car/truck, for next to nothing, work on it for a year and then someone will drive by and see it, and buy it for a ton of money.
This one's a 67 GeeTeeOh, with a pretty sweet vintage set of Chevrolet Rally rims.
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12 years in a barn. Shoved and bounced the car around to mix up the gas that was in the tank all that time, a shot of ether in the carb. He said it turned over about ten times and fired up. He let it run a few seconds then killed it so no more of that ugly gas than necessary went into the carb. 400 Pontiac, vintage Holley double-pumper, headers. He said it sounded a little lumpy, like it may have a big(ger) cam.
He won't have any trouble flipping that. If it was a Chevelle he'd have to make it presentable for max profit, but goat lovers are gluttons for punishment. :haha:
These came on my '66.
Link to crazy man in front of crazier car with bizarre rims... (Language NSFW)
FTR - I understood about 20% of the apparent words that were coming out of his mouth. Pic for those not on FB.
Could not understand a word he was saying.
Here's a translation from the comments:
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Guess I should start looking at the posts, huh?
:comfort: That would take the fun out of it.
Jack Daniel Distillery got a new fire truck.
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What?
Well, hells yeah, it's real.
I would think they would have the same risk potential as an oil refinery or gunpowder factory. :eek:
Lots of parking space, just put up a bunch of these.
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Famous people like wagons.
So do the infamous.
This is similar to the bench buster posted except for one thing. This one is sitting on the back of this dude's truck in front of a storage rental.
I can hear it now... Over my dead body... not in my house... what would the neighbors say... I wouldn't be able to show may face in town... get that junk out of here... no, not even on the porch, I'm not living in a damn junkyard.
I love the way it looks, but it sure doesn't look comfortable.
Yee Haa
!!!!
forget the cowbell, that needs more wheelie bar, and lots of it, stat!
Is that an inline twelve (!), or a V-24?
The bright red plastic ear muffs kind of take away from all the detail that went into the rest of it. If the point is hearing protection, I bet earplugs would offer enough protection. And if those are for communication, they could have gone with something like these
retro WWII style headsets.
Sure, red plastic ear muffs are very practical, and I'm a sucker for practical, but nothing else in that picture is practical, so they seem out of place.
Looks like fun though.
Now, what's impractical about a spare tire-mounted rear view mirror?:eyebrow:
This has me drooling. Practically.
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Rendering of what an El Camino, built on GM's new frame, shared with the newest Camaro, CTS, etc., might look like...
I want that couch.
That's a bench, this is a couch. :haha:
That's a bench, this is a couch. :haha:
... a tuck and roll couch ...
Okay then, I want the bench and the couch.
Then you'll want a love seat to go with them. ;)
Very cool couch/love seat.
It even looks comfortable!
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...and Europe?!
Wonder what year that was, because in 1930, after having this picture taken with Vice-President Curtis, this thing got the driver arrested.
The Washington Post -- May 17, 1930
Albert E. Lentz, of 501 Twelfth street northwest, will be tried in Police Court next Thursday on charges of using a motor vehicle for advertising purposes and of driving an automobile with view obstructed.
The latter charge was placed against the man after traffic officials had inspected the vehicle, a locomotive on an automobile chassis, at the Traffic Bureau. The vehicle, which is used to advertise the Norfolk & Western Railway and the Grand Caverns of the Shenandoah Valley, was driven to the Police Court Building and was inspected by Judge Isaac R. Hitt before the case was continued.
Lentz was arrested yesterday morning on Madison Place Northwest by Sergt. Milton D. Smith and Policeman J.R. LeFoe, both of the Traffic Bureau.
Wonder what year that was...
This well know trackless train was built by Harry O. Magee of the H. O. McGee Manufac-turing Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana in 1924. It was first built to promote a new auto painting company (called Lykglas) that had some 250 outlets. McGee built some sixteen trains of varying designs all of which were powered by gasoline engines. The “steam” was provided by a system that dripped oil onto the exhaust manifold which along with some clever additional engineering, cut the smoke into individual puffs by using revolving blades located in the smokestack...
...In 1925 he sold the locomotive pictured here to Metro Goldwyn, who used it to promote their motion pictures, first on a trip around the U. S. and Canada. Afterwards it was then shipped to Europe and it also visited Great Britain, the tour then went on to include South America and Australia.
From
TheOldMotorArrested for an equipment violation...Man, they were strict.
I can see them being unhappy with the visibility issue but he was originally busted for using an automobile for advertising, and that blows my mind. :shock:
I love it! What a beautifully ridiculous feat of engineering. I want to see it in action. With dual wheels on each corner, does that mean it's all wheel drive? Or is it just for the weight? I'd expect the weak link in propulsion would be the connection between rubber and road. With that much power "under" the hood.
I've heard those Allisons in person. They've been used, in the past for racing and now for vintage, "Thunderboats". I don't think I've ever heard anything louder. The thunder from a nearby lightning strike maybe (probably where the name came from, durrr), but that's just for an instant. These boats were continuously loud, really fucking dangerously harmfully loud. Pure awesome.
Speaking of big engines...
Here a couch, there a couch, everywhere a car couch.
I want to see what the price tag was for that repair.
<15,000 miles, I'm [Strike]thinking[/Strike] hoping warranty work.
Warranty wouldn't cover something clearly the customer's fault.
BMW X5.
50 thousand dollar car defeated by a five dollar toy.
*snicker*
It appears Corbin, which is famous for motorcycle seats, has a
whole line of couches, recliners and bar stools.
I priced a Corbin seat waaay back for a Suzuki I had.
I almost shit. They're a tad pricey, I'm afraid to see what a couch from them costs.
I'm afraid to see what a couch from them costs.
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I don't care so much for the chopped top look, I prefer the more regal upright original, but the rest looks great.
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May not have sold. I may not know how to look it up. It's listed in the lots for auction, but, isn't listed in the results of that auction.
Russ Collins built several wild-ass bikes. Most of them multi-engined.
1976 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406 Doppelkabine UTE
Yes, this lovely little thing makes it two Mercedes-Benz in a row to be featured here, but I'm sure you'd agree that our latest features couldn't be less alike. There will be no talk here of luxury, speed records, or in fact any performance figures at all - the Unimog is simply a wonderful little automotive character that deserved a spot on these pages. Strange name, "Unimog". Well, it's actually an acronym of "Universal Motor Gerat" (Gerat being German for machine or device) which goes a long way to explaining the purpose of the vehicle. The Unimog was a range of cars that was simply built to give people a vehicle that could "get things done".
Mercedes-Benz started designed the Unimog shortly after World War II, and had it penned to be an all-around agricultural workhorse. Note the fitting for the power take-off or "PTO" on the front of the car. This fitment was essentially a sort of drive shaft (driven by energy directly from the engine) that could be connected to any number of separate machinery for use in the field. This was the key to these cars - they were basically designed to be a self-propelled power source for various tools that were to be used in a variety of locations. Think tools for harvesting crops, saws for clearing out scrub from forest trails, hardware for plowing snow, winches for hauling other drivers out of ditches - you get the idea. This may be an odd analogy but I would liken it to a kitchen mixer, where you attach various different tools to the main drive shaft for different applications.
It didn't end there of course, as people imagined all sorts of ways to use these terrific utility vehicles (my Australian upbringing is showing through in the title, apologies if that's a new term for people but that's what "ute" stands for). Around 30 nations have chosen the Unimog for use as part of their armed forces, and countless towns use them in Europe for municipal duty (fire departments, remote maintenance vehicles, and emergency rescue). Not to forget the aforementioned trick of essentially being a portable generator for many other useful machinery in the field.
Not only is this particular one absolutely cherry, the whole idea of the layout, the brute functionality, the combination of useable space and the lack of unnecessary overhangs appeals strongly to me. There's one similar in my neighborhood, it's not the short bed, four door unit, more like a pickup style with a canvas cover over the bed. It's very cool looking. It looks so functional, so useable. And it looks like I'd fit inside as well! at least I'd like to try. Want.
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So an acquaintance takes him truck to Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas to have a catalytic converter replaced.
When he gets it back he can hear an exhaust leak, so he tells his son to take the truck back to Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas.
Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas tell him there's nothing wrong.
He sends his son back to Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas a second time, insisting he can hear a leak.
Again Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas swears there is no leak.
Fed up with Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas, he takes it to a second shop that is not Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas. They put it on the lift and show him this work done by Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas.
Even with all this unnecessary butchery, they still didn't weld the new cat all the way around so it does leak.
The response from Meineke #2504 in Temple Texas so far is, that guy doesn't work here anymore. :mad:
With a real HEMI, you get a sticker.
Anybody have a clue what kinda glass-roofed, double-sliding-side-door, stubby-assed teensy van this thing is?
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Screenshot from "Backstrom", btw.
I saw that episode too! Or part of it. That scene anyway. What a freaky looking "van" that thing is.
What a freaky looking "van" that thing is.
Yeah, it's, uh--
unique. Like a rolling cubicle.
Thanks, I've let my Google-fu muscles atrophy, lately.
I think it's awesome. I'd love to have one, or one of the pickup truck style kei class trucks. It'd be like a pet.
Hey man, I drove an original Ford Fiesta, and a Yugo, so, I could get by with one of those.
But, it'd have to be painted like the A-Team van, or the Mystery Machine.
All the pictures I could find have it as right hand drive.
I wonder if you can get it with the steering wheel on the left?
Of course, it's so small, it doesn't matter much. Kind of like how a motorcycle having the steering in the middle works just fine.
The engine is in the bumper.
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Hey man, I drove an original Ford Fiesta, and a Yugo, so, I could get by with one of those.
But, it'd have to be painted like the A-Team van, or the Mystery Machine.
*THAT* would be cool as hell. The Mystery Machine... heh.. I saw Velma at SakuraCon this year, we were both in the costume repair room at the same time. She looked great. I don't see you as Velma though. You're more... Shaggy. :)
Doesn't matter where the steering wheel is, on the playground merry-go-round.
Per the salesman in the vid Glatt posted:
It has tons and tons of space, especially on the inside.
:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:
Of course, it has the same amount of space on the outside as every other vehicle, so, that's not a selling point, I guess.:D
Slammed '53 in my neighborhood. Very fucking stylin'.
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Listen to the Camaro driver right before the video ends:
I'm selling this fucking car.
OH me oh my
Gotta love rednecks!
Well at least get the hell out of their way. :eek:
Tell me this ain't real:
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Oh, it's real.
And it's for sale.
Filename says 'Russian Segway':
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Unk!
Pull Mangani!!
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I wonder if there is more than one of these rigs.
Yesterday on a PDX freeway, I drove along side of one (unloaded) that looked just like that.
There EVERYWHERE, run you can't hide. Save yourself.
And that one is only a baby, don't get between it and it's mama.
Ran into Mama on a little road here a couple months ago. I think she was hauling a transformer for the new gas-fired power plant in Asylum Township...
They would have an easier time if they connected 234 to 66 so they could make it a loop.
And so it begins.
I am now sure that my next purchased vehicle will be a self-driving one (currently drive a 2012 model, so plenty of years left, but I drive it 20,000+ miles per year, so not as many years as you might think.)
I've been pondering the automated car vs. jaywalking pedestrian problem. Once pedestrians know a car will stop for them, they will step out in front of it, even if the traffic signals say not to.
So I bet eventually, the cars will also have cameras, and government facial recognition will get to the point that tickets will be mailed to jaywalkers.
They would have an easier time if they connected 234 to 66 so they could make it a loop.
Mister Speaker, as the representative of the great community of Wellington, where much of the Governor's loyal support resides, I most strongly object to the burden of this travesty upon our Grandmothers, Mothers, babies, and puppies/kittens.
I would think Google and Apple have enough $ to build their own test loop
and hire 10,000 drivers and 4000 pedestrians to get in their way.
I also wonder how they will handle "real drivers" using hand motions inside their cars
to indicate they are giving/taking their right of way.
... after all that is why the front windshields can not be darkened glass
I guess I'm also just glad you people in the East are the guinea pigs,
and will be the ones who work out/in the kinks [pun intended]
Google has already racked up nearly a million miles in CA, NV, MI, and FL.
I drove alongside one in CA for a block or so.
Because there's no telling how muddy it is at the sematary:
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I've been pondering the automated car vs. jaywalking pedestrian problem. Once pedestrians know a car will stop for them, they will step out in front of it, even if the traffic signals say not to.
I once was at a summer program, and a fellow participant was from Miami. He was so impressed that cars would stop if people were in the road, rather than swerve around them, that he wandered into the road just to see them stop.
What could possibly go wrong?
One on right needs some overload springs.
:devil:...Til I look at the front.
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More pics (including the front, unfortunately)
1970 Ford Torino King Cobra prototype, btw...
Pic #2 looks like a Datsun 240Z.
I thought the same thing. A 240Z on steroids.
^^WHS^^
ps, where do the eyelids disappear to?
If you refer to the Torino, I think the headlight covers come off, as opposed to retracting/disappearing. By hand, I assume.
Agreed, there's no sign of anywhere for those covers to go. As a matter of fact there's no obvious attachment points, I wonder how they were held on?
...no obvious attachment points, I wonder how they were held on?
Magic, apparently.
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Magic or magnet. But these were supposed to stay on at 200+ mph so probably a little duct tape too.
I just realized the link to the used cars I posted, is the same dealer that has this Ford on ebay. :smack:
Mercier 1937 Moto Chenille. 350 JAP OHV Sports engine, kick starter, hand change “Soyer” 3-speed gearbox, hand operated clutch. Hand operated internal expanding brake on the drive wheel of the track. About 40 mph tops.
Hand clutch, hand brake, hand shift...
How the fuck you gonna steer the thing?
While breathing exhaust fumes...
Gets fantastic mileage...
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What did that used to be, an Opel? Maybe a Capri?
Fiat.
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That is badass. (a page behind I mean the Mercier 1937 Moto Chenille)
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Something tells me Mom was involved...
Chevy claims the aluminum F-150 costs an average of $1,755 more and took an additional 34 days to fix the F-150 than the Chevrolet Silverado, following a simulated low-speed accident. Then they put up three utube videos extolling the virtues of steel. Ford sent GM a cease-and-desist letter. GM said, fuck you.
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Awesome! I'm not a truck guy, but thats pretty sweet.
Try this truck. :D
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In regards to the aluminumier F-150:
If your F-150 has those parking assist sensors, your taillight (<--singular) costs $700+ to replace.
Wonder hove? I'm definitely losing it. :smack:
Anyway, I remember these in various forms over the years, from printed in color on like baseball card stock, to Xerox copies. The interweb claims these are printed on the paper they use for checks.
Do not go gentle into that good night...
Observations and opinions from a NYC cab company mechanic. Your mileage may vary. One advantage to cabs is very few cold starts where typically 90% of engine wear comes from. And their hybrids are easy on brakes because of relatively slow speeds and regenerative braking.
Wow. Every 3 weeks! What a beautiful engine.
This is what never changing your oil looks like:
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Actually this is no rims. A semi truck, on railroad wheels, with both a fifth wheel and a coupler, and a sleeper cab. It tows a flat car with a small crane that picks up the old ties to get hauled away.
I saw that once, it was in far eastern UT along I-80.
I've seen pickup trucks like that, but never a semi.
doesn't look like a lot of weight over the drive wheels, does it?
No, it doesn't. Strictly flatland operation, no hills.
Before accidents became a social cause.
Looks like the cure for insomnia.
Hey, is it fast? Nah, it's a dog, man.
Great idea who's time has pasted.
Scary prospect if you piss off nerds.
Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demoed their exploit for Wired's Andy Greenberg, putting him on the highway in a Jeep which they then seized control over, putting their faces on the in-dash screen. They were able to control the car's electrics -- windshield wipers, AC, radio, etc -- as well as the acceleration and steering. Miller and Valasek will present their work at Black Hat in Vegas next month.
It's yet more evidence that a car is a computer that hurtles down the road high speed with you trapped inside it -- and that the computer's security, auditability and transparency are the most salient facts about your car.
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Miller and Valasek say the attack on the entertainment system seems to work on any Chrysler vehicle with Uconnect from late 2013, all of 2014, and early 2015. They’ve only tested their full set of physical hacks, including ones targeting transmission and braking systems, on a Jeep Cherokee, though they believe that most of their attacks could be tweaked to work on any Chrysler vehicle with the vulnerable Uconnect head unit. They have yet to try remotely hacking into other makes and models of cars.
"The Gray Ghost" has a pretty nice set.
Scary prospect if you piss off nerds.
After I saw that article, I immediately searched for and downloaded the factory manual for our "new" 09 Accord. It's still got a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and tires, so that's good. And there's also a physical connection between the brake pedal and those same tires. Whew. But the throttle connection is an electronic one, and so is the transmission. And it's connected to the XM satellite. I
think there is no way to hack the car through the XM radio, so I
think I'm OK.
Car companies need to seriously harden their technology, especially if they are going to be pushing self driving cars on us. I don't have too much faith in Detroit getting this right any time soon, but I wonder how Elon Musk has approached this? I have a little more faith in Tesla.
Interesting choice in words though. Faith. Sad that I feel like it requires faith.
Can they hack multiple cars from a distance? Or just the car in their immediate vicinity?
These guys hacked one car from a distance. Took control of it from their laptops over the internet.
yeah, I want a dumb car. fuck all of that park assist and lane correction sonar buullll shiiiit. That stuff is fraught with peril. And how do you NOT buy the extended warranty when you buy a car that has that kind of stuff going on?
yeah, I want a dumb car. fuck all of that park assist and lane correction sonar buullll shiiiit.
That stuff is fraught with peril. And how do you NOT buy the extended warranty
when you buy a car that has that kind of stuff going on?
With Obama opening relations with Cuba, just think of all the "dumb" cars
that will become available (cheaply ?) for restoration.
What's the shipping run for a 48 Chevy from Havana to, oh, say, central Pennsyltucky?
There's a Cuban rule against exporting them and they're all crap after all these years everything has been jerry rigged.
There's a Cuban rule against exporting them and they're all crap after all these years everything has been jerry rigged.
That is why you do a off the frame restoration.
What good will that do when everything has been butchered to adapt foreign parts and home built contraptions like gas from sugarcane converters.
About the only things you keep is the frame, body, and hard parts. Everything is either replaced or rebuilt.
The body's been butchered, the frame's been butchered, and the hard parts are mostly foreign or gone. You're better off with junk yard car, even if the body needs repairs, than one that's been eviscerated.
True. I have been hearing for years that they have been getting parts from Canada, but I don't know how true that is.
By the time you put the chocolate back in the thin candy shell it cost more than it's worth. :haha:
I'm sure there's jewels to be had, but searching them out and importing them would be way more than they are worth, except for the Cuban history bragging rights.
xoB's just trying to turn everyone else away while he corners the market. :cool:
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On that 4 wheel drive pickup...
You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”
Reminds me of my Uncles. One was routed home from a WW II South Pacific stint in the Seabees, via Alaska. He was mighty impressed, and when he heard they opened the Alcan Highway to the public in 1948, he talked his brother into going.
They took a new Ford pickup, bent pipe into loops about a foot higher than the cab, covered the loops with corrugated aluminum and wrapped it with heavy canvas to close the front and back. That kept most of the weather out but not the dust. Built a platform across the top of the bed sides for sleeping, and stowed gear underneath. At that time you could only buy a six foot step side bed, plus they had a 55 gallon drum up against the cab for gas, so it couldn't have been very comfy.
From MA to Alaska via the Alcan was a bit over 5,000 miles, that's five oil changes. When the Alcan was built under wartime pressure, they chose the easiest/fastest route to build. From then till the first time I drove it in I think '71, the trip was shortened by about 1,000 miles, 400 on the Alcan alone. But it still cost me a windshield every damn time.
Now it's mostly paved but in the 40s and 50s they'd come home in mid-November and head back by the first of March, while the road was frozen. As soon as it thawed the heavy truck traffic made the road as rough and muddy as a WW I battlefield.
My buddy made the run from California to Anchorage on a chopper Harley. He had to keep replacing disc brake pads because the dust would clog them up till it was constantly wearing the rotor. :eek:
One Uncle got married and stopped going in '55. The other took 35mm slides which documented the tremendous changes in Alaska from '49 through the mid 80s, but most were lost in a house fire.
From MA to Alaska via the Alcan was a bit over 5,000 miles, that's five oil changes.
Wait, what?
Yes sir, 1,000 miles was normal up until the early 50s, then higher compression(less blowby) and better motor oils pushed it to 3,000. I called ford because my '65 Mustang manual said I could push it more than 3,000. I got some engineer on the phone(you use to be able to do that if you had the time and somebody else was paying the bill), and his words were, "If you're not adventurous enough to get your money's worth, it's your problem." Set me back, because I can still remember his exact words.
Speaking of calling Detroit, I called Henry Ford II, person to person and they told me he was out of the office :rolleyes:, but they connected me to Lee Iacocca instead. Another time I called Chevy engineering to get the specs on a camshaft. The guy who answered said everybody was at lunch :rolleyes:, and he was a janitor, but he looked up the specs and they turned out to be spot on. :haha:
A "Rims" two-fer:
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Hmmm... A guy I know with a [strike]junkyard[/strike] auto recycling yard in Lancaster County. Over the years he had accumulated a huge pile of wheels. When we had a nasty snowstorm(feets of it) that took days to open secondary roads, he torched the pile. The fire department called to see what was up, although they couldn't get there anyway, he told them not to worry. When the fire was over he Just scooped up $17,000 worth of rims and tire belt steel. Fire is useful. :rolleyes:
:From
Jalopnic.
On February 15, 1959, Jacques Seguela and J.C. Baudot are crossing the Atacama desert in Chili [sic] with their 2CV. They left on October 9th 1958 Perpignan (in France) for a trip around the world, from which they had completed then more then a quarter: 25.000 kms. though Africa and South-America.
The 2CV drives brave across the “washboard” shaped surface of the plain, untill suddenly there’s a horrible crunching and rattling from the engine! They stop, look and diagnose the extent of the disaster: not one single drop of oil left, the cap of the oilcarter has gone off through the enormous shocks. This is the end of the 2CV and also that of the explorers because all their reserve has gone; all oil supply has been used earlier.
Both exhausted man shall have to wait for the unlikely help of an even unlikely truck to pass by. For them it’s the end of their journey around the world, exact in the middle of a plain of 3000 kms., where there are golddiggers graves now and then, full of crumbly rocks that form alarming shaped on the horizon.
But, suddenly, as if fallen from the sky, a big indian appears. He comes closer and observes in silence the desperate gesticulation of both young men. Then he gets a number of bananas from his bag, peels them and tucks them into the oilcarter one by one. With this original lubrication the 2CV starts again without any alarming sounds. And after that it drives 300 kms. without any difficulty.
Seguela and Baudot finish their trip around the world: the first worldtour of a French car: 100.000 kms.
:haha: :smack: :lol2: :tinfoil: :haha: :lol2: :haha: :lol2: :facepalm:
Three-fer, then:
Looks like a flooded factory yard where new cars got swept tightly together by floodwaters and then somehow ignited. Those three cars on the upper left are identical to many of the burned cars and still have their protective vinyl sheets on them.
:From Jalopnic.
Amazing. Bananas are slippery little suckers. I wonder what the SAE viscosity numbers work out to?
Penning to was half inventor, credited by some with the word Motorcycle, and balloon tires, he won patents for Stirling engines, ignition systems, wood planers, and some type of pulleys. But the other half of him was the PT Barnum school of promoter, earning him a reputation as a fraud.
From WIKI
Pennington working in conjunction with Lawson attempted to design a car bearing his own name. Although payments were taken for orders of this design, apparently none were ever delivered. Journalists speculated that the car was a failure in design, and The Horseless Age remarked sarcastically that: "...the Pennington car, which is not a car, since it does not carry, but has to be carried..." was partly responsible for bad press about the automobile in general and Lawson's motor syndicate in England at the time
When big ideas outstripped tire technology...
Oh great, one more thing to worry about, lightning. :rolleyes:
Found this on the web, and if surprised me.
I worked with Charlie Kowchak at Boeing, saw this bike in his basement, and my fishing partner did his machine work.
Charlie's XLCH also beat Guy Leaming, my buddy's boss at Salem County HD, for the national title.
♫ It's a small world after all, It's a small world after all,... ♫ :smack:
I can see why they didn't keep records of it...they took a fairly attractive car and made it hideous.
ETA: I started to call this one 'unadorned', but, "Marilyn" is doing a mighty fine job of adorning it.
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Maddison came up with the idea by wanting to combine all of his favorite things: dirt biking, surfing and standup jet skiing.
Robbie Maddison, who has done some pretty insane shit in his day, had this to say:
I honestly thought those were the last moments of my life. That’s something I don’t ever want to experience again.
More (including a teaser vid clip that does NOT show the wave ride and ensuing wipeout) @ GrindTV... at least he's still wearing his helmet
Ha!
I saw that clip yesterday too. OMFG. Definitely at the top of the "because I can" category. Good grief.
Ha!
I saw that clip yesterday too. OMFG. Definitely at the top of the "because somebody else is footing the bill" category. Good grief.
Fixed it.
The railroad cars and the Chevys were both designed to ship like that. The Vega's had to stand up without losing any fluids.
I remember reading that the radiator overflow reservoir, and the windshield washer reservoir were mounted and shaped so that they wouldn't lose fluid during shipping.
They did something with the carbs, too, I think. IIRC, they were shipped without the breather mounted, and some sort of catch container was attached to the carb to prevent fuel loss during shipping. Also, wasn't there a special baffle in the oil fill?
Yes, no, maybe?
Yes, I believe they had a baffle in the pan to keep the oil out of the forward cylinders in shipping.
Pffft, please. You guys act like it's some big mystery.
*Everybody* knows what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
I started to say you can't do anything in the backseat of a Vega...But, I had a '78 Fiesta, so, I know that you can.;)
Ha ha, backseat of a '65 Mustang notchback, although I don't think the fastback had any more room. My buddy claimed he topped me with his '65 Corvette. ;)
Long great article about a salvage operation on a roll-on car carrier. There were some $110M worth of Mazdas and Isuzus that ended up being scrapped because the manufacturers didn't want to warranty them after they spent several months at a 60 degree incline.
http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=allShhhhh, don't tell the
NSTB.So the guy has a rope attached to the driver's arm, in order to pull himself back to the ground when he starts overturning?
That sounds safe.
Reins. For the legless, two-wheeled horse pulling the chariot.
Let the rider know when the charioteer has to stop and pee. ;)
Rich kids and poor kids have the same goals, just not the same means.
^EEK^ I know it's coming, but eek just the same.
Oh, the humanity...
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It can be yours, IF the price is right.
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Sounds like you could put a milk crate in it for a seat and drive it home. I think you should grab it Gravdigr. It would be a fun project this winter
Very, very fixable, most of the chrome is in pretty good shape(probably repro), wiring harness and interior parts are available, but the Fuel Injection would be very expensive to fix. Of course after you spent a fortune to rebuild the fuel injection they run like shit, as all mechanical injections do. But '57 fuelies are so rare you'd have to do it anyway. :haha:
Gushers add insult to injury.
I think you should grab it Gravdigr.
Heh, no. Too much money, tied up for way too long, with no guarantees.
Got no place to put it, anyway.
Those Hippies in microbuses have spawn with more money and bigger ambitions.
Traffic on Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, LA, CA, in the mid 30s.
Lanes? We don't got no lanes. We don't need no stinkin' lanes!
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Two unusual sightings around Santa Barbara, a semi-pornographic van, and a row of Bott's Dots.
Da fuq izziss?:eyebrow:
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Damn you.
Now I'm wondering too.
An oil sump for the differential, with an attached cooler?
Thanks fargon!
You're absolutely right.
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I took a stab in the dark.
Italian car? If it was Jersey, I'd think it was a bomb.;)
This is kind of long(6 min), and kind of slow, Chevy introduction of their new engine lineup for 1955. The numbers, acceleration times, gas mileage, I thought were interesting, and even funny compared to today. However I know not everyone would be interested, that's why it's in Rims rather than Ye Olde Video.
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That's interesting. I wonder if they ever built any with that design?
They look like some graphic artist's wet dream, this is fer reals...
so cool! I especially like the one in seafoam green and white
Yeah, yeah, get that rolling roadblock outta the way, put to some good use, like a bar or sumthin'.
A rolling dive bar, niiiice. I see it has Washington plates. Food trucks are stupidly popular around here these days. I would like to find this one.
Those aren't the same vehicle, I don't know where the bar bus is, but Mr 52hp is one of the hippies living up in the corner. I heard a rumor that the only reason the government allows them to live is when Canada invades the stoned will be cannon fodder slowing the Canucks.
Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom, Bananaaaacaaaar....
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That's crazy, he'll skid right off the road. :eek:
This iron horse has an actual saddle for a saddle. And reins. And a jug of XX busthead on the casket fender.
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I'll bet he has a problem with drivers drifting into his lane while staring at him. :(
The guys with the spears aren't helping, must be guards, the royal escort. I think the logs to carry it are as heavy as the car.
No roads, no tires, I guess...
Your explanation makes sense. I guess.
Saw this ad for Ruckstell two speed rears for a Ford Model TT (model T truck). I've seen these rears, they were the hot set up, but the endorsement caught my eye.
The picture shows a TT loaded with two huge logs, bigger than most of the South Carolina pines these days. The caption, 12,660 lbs of wet lumber. Trees are only lumber in the loosest sense, but acceptable. That would make me think that's what he's was pulling. Not an unreasonable number, but it doesn't show the length. Then he says six trips per day, which makes me wonder if that's 12,660 lbs per day? Did they have shady Mad Men back then?
Russian Car Review
I'm fucked!!
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God, I love stupid people..,
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Me too !
I'm very surprised the hose was that strong. I thought they had break-away sections that also shut down the pump so gas wouldn't spew all over the place until the attendant realized what was going on and shut down the pump.
A little poking around shows the break-away hoses don't always work right.
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Intel Security has published a
white paper(PFD) on hacking cars of the future.
Not cures, but reminders to designers and manufactures, what they'll have to contend with in their designs.
That reminds me to finish hardening my car against hackerz. I have disabled OnStar and some other points of attack but have not gone into the computer to disable some others.
About 30 years or so ago ... It was January or February - very cold... I was, as always at that point in my life, stoned out of my mind. It was late at night after working a 10 hr shit at
Bennigan's and then partying at a friends. I stopped to get gas. I paid the man - put the nozzle in the car and it was so cold, I got in my car to stay warm. Well that lasted about ten seconds when I then drove away. It wasn't until the next morning I realized the handle/nozzle was still sticking out of my car. No damage at all to my vehicle.
Behold:
The Rhino. Circa 1954.
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I love it that we live in a world where things like that have existed.
There's just no killing this Volvo:
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I thought for sure that I'd posted this before. After re-reading the entire thread, I guess not:
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Not a lot of snow there any more.
Wow, that is one tough fucking Volvo!
Ain't it, though?
Reminded me of 'Top Gear' trying (unsuccessfully) to kill that old Toyota pick-up...
Just wait till the boss at that used car lot comes back from lunch. :eek:
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See, it's a Meowasaki, ya see...
coming in, aaaaalllll the way in.
When this Case Delivery truck toodles the horn, it really toodles the horn.
Must have been perfect for attention whores, in 1897. :lol:
This guy is amazing, this and other creations like a Viper V-10 powered bike are on youtube.
What the hell are those, mechanical bomb disposers?
I think they are small back hoes.
:smack: Of course, without the buckets. Thanks.
Not rims, per se, but, tires:
Yokohama Rubber Advancing Tire Aerodynamics Technology - With fins. On the tires.
Tokyo –The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it has made new advances in tire aerodynamics technology that control the air flow around tires in motion. The new development reduces vehicle aerodynamic drag and lift. Application of the new technology could lead to the development of new tires that will raise fuel efficiency and increase vehicle safety.
The dimples make sense, they work well on a golf ball. But I'd like to know how big these fins are? Any tire that stays the same shape at the top and bottom of it's revolution must come with a kidney belt.
Oh, and it the real world, the tires on the curb side of the car won't have fins for long. :haha:
Meh, if they made white letters last as long as they did, fins should be a lead pipe cinch.
A couple guys in France have been working for eight years to develop this, but don't have the money to go into production, or develop a two seater.
Yeah, well... Who is their target customer? Uber rich hunters? The guys from duck dynasty, Ted nugent?
Add photographers, especially wildlife/wilderness, bunny huggers, and freaky sex fiends. Anybody who wants to explore the outdoors without tearing up the terrain or violating noise, fire danger, and motorized shit, restrictions. Supposedly they are extremely nimble on rough ground, but I wasn't able to find even a wildass guess what they would cost if they became a reality. Probably not more than a snowmobile or Personal water craft, and look how many they sell.
I can see people enjoying nature and running out the batteries in the middle of nowhere, but they do that with gas powered shit too. They have the advantage of carrying solar panels that would get them home...in a few weeks. :rolleyes:
Imagine dragging your crotch over this when you T-bone that Buick. :thepain:
Saw this yesterday at the KFC:
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I know what I want for Christmas Santa.
Have to paint it though, unlike most people I never liked that color. I was never a big fan of black either but here ya go.:rolleyes:
How many badass cars do you have in total, Bruce?
I've been divesting, down from eight to three, with one of them disassembled right now. Plus a beat up old Chevy pickup and car trailer for shuffling stuff. Last week I had to take my snowblower up for service, and with it not running couldn't load it on the pickup alone, so I strapped it to the car trailer and attracted a lot of stares along the way. :haha:
2 horse wagon $1200 bucks.
They are selling it for 20k LESS than it cost????
Trying. Trying to sell it for 20K less than is cost. I'll be impressed if they get even that much.
Very seldom does the builder of a custom car reap a profit, unless it wins a shitload of prestigious awards. Even then, it isn't often. Granted this thing was off the wall and couldn't be used as a daily driver, even if you found a way to get it legally on the road with no glass. But most customs are either rolling ads for a body shop's skills, or to please the owner, with the realization selling it they would take a loss.
Think of that loss as money spent on a hobby, that never comes back. Same as you can't catch/eat enough fish to justify the money spent boat/gear/expenses, catching them. But you don't expect to, it's a hobby. I spent $2300 on new upholstery that wasn't needed, I just wanted it.:D
Trying. Trying to sell it for 20K less than is cost. I'll be impressed if they get even that much.
I'll be dismayed if they get half that.
Ooh, what a cool ca--wait...WTF is that thing on the roof?
Izzat a rear-view mirror?
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they installed the windshield inside out
Those care have shitty visibility. The driver cannot see out the back at all.
I have ridden in Lamborghini Countaches and I can vouch that you can barely see out the sides too
the pic at that link does not look like the same vehicle. The arc of the roll cage is much gentler in that black and white pic...
Yeah, the rollcage has been replaced, plus the dashboard and top gear are gone, but everything else looks close. Of course there may have been more than one.
Well, if you're not interested in the moon buggy, maybe you'll want to
pick up Tony Soprano's Escalade.
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RR Auction, in Boston, is taking bids from Nov. 12 - Nov. 19.
Bidding starts at only $5,000.
Even if you get it cheap, the hos and guns and drugs and booze won't be.;)
Then what on Earth do you need an Escalade for? Oh I know, to haul all that around. :haha:
Rims? Not this time:
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Use
this one.
Why why why why why why why why would you go into this field? That's not mud. It's not quite soup.
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We call that 'pudding' around here, or, more accurately, pud'n. Rly.
That link is bad. Too many http's, methinks.
Use this one.
Yes, thank you. :notworthy
Production of engine blocks. Although I knew how castings are made, I'd never seen this production line before.
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Cool. I didn't know about the steel sleeves for the cylinders. And how they bonded to the aluminum.
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You're not going to believe this but...
Yes it does! :yesnod: Yes it does. All of that. It's the mid-90s Supra Turbo and it is an amazing beast.
Here's the Wikipedia entry
0-60 in 4.6, 320 HP and they called it a Supra. Toyota, in the 90s, had the very worst marketing of any car company.
The only reason I know about this car, is old-school Dwellar failsafe had one, back in the day. Dude had money.
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Two ambulances? :eyebrow:
You can't be too careful.
Two ambulances? :eyebrow:
More than two. Must be an ambulance dispatch center, or maybe an ambulance driver training school, or some such.
You can see more way in the background.
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LinkThis poor guy, not meanin' no harm... Oh, he's over next to the center line because he's lining up with slots in that wonky speed bump.
Something new from Moto Guzzi. Run like the wind, Grasshopper.
To be clear, it's powered by an 850 cc 90 degree V twin.
230 hp?
No. That bike does not have 230 horsepower.
That's, at the very least, 100 horsepower on the optimistic side.
ETA: And I would be shocked, shocked, if, being from Guzzi, it is $13k. They don't do nothing cheap.
There is no way that bike is putting out 230hp with out being blown. And I don't see a turbo, or Mechanical super charger any where.
This is the [strike]Moto Guzzi[/strike] Aprilia RSV4RF, which is the bike that is rated, still optimistically IMHO, at "configurations up to" 230 hp (probably track-only):
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I just spoke out of my ass. I had my manufacturers wrong. I stand by my comments about the 230 hp bobber, though, that's not a thing.[/COLOR]
That V-9 Bobber ain't the ugliest bike I ever seen, though.
That's the article that confused me. I could not recall if Moto Guzzi and Aprilia were under the same umbrella, or not.
I
think they are owned by the same group, Piaggio & C. S.p.A.
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That's not your Father's Chevy. Wait, that's my Father's Chevy. '56, 4 door, his was a 6 and that's a V-8. But those colors, Crocus Yellow and Laurel Green, which were rare, I don't think I've seen more than a half dozen in all these years. Strangely though, I worked with a guy in the 90s that had a 2 door that color combination when it was new.
I think the dealer was shipped that car as a penalty for not meeting sales goals. But They'll sell it, there's always people like Pop, with all their taste in their mouth, who like stuff that's different. Bad trait for a politician because people remember where and when they saw you.
Did your pops also tailgate motorcycle cops and try to run them down?
Yes, while cursing and in a hurry to get pregnant Mom to the hospital, so he wouldn't be late for a card game.
Bruce sent me a link that I found amusing. It seems that VW wants to try to make us happy by buying us off. It's not even a good start.
http://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-diese...rds-1741512745OWW!! My wallet!
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I don't think this car made it, I can't find it in any of the race results.
250 hp is two or three times the cars that competed, so that might be a mistake, exaggeration, or :bs:.
The 4th annual, The Race of Gentlemen, in Wildwood, NJ.
Suggest you embiggen, for your viewing pleasure.
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Two stroke V-8. Why? Damifino. Dirtier than a VW diesel. :eyebrow:
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Lots of smoke and thunder but no action.
Wonder if it will end up as cranky as my chainsaw, which refuses to start when the temperature is below 80?
I think he's waiting for a mosquito control contract. :rolleyes:
Well, if you're not interested in the moon buggy, maybe you'll want to pick up Tony Soprano's Escalade.
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It brought a shade more than $5k...
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Would you settle for a jeep?
I need those upgrades for GrandCherokeeOne...
Tire test - Winter/Snow vs. All-Season vs. Summer Tires, by Tire Rack.com
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Extra points for telling me the narrator's name, by recognition, not by Google.
Tire test - Winter/Snow vs. All-Season vs. Summer Tires, by Tire Rack.com
Aw, they're just trying to sell more tires, I never drive on skating rinks.
Save money but be sure to use 2" screws for maximum traction. :haha:
Long term test wrap-up of the 2014 Corvette Stingray Z51:
Holy shit, 137 ft stop from 70 mph! My '69 took something like 170 ft from 70. Probably the major difference is the tires now put a bigger footprint to work.
The brakes are more effective also.
prepare to learn something
presented in youtubewide because your phone isn't big enough to watch it properly.
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Ford Offering Factory-Authorized Slide-In Campers and Camping Trailers For The First Time.
It's taken them a long time, there were well aware of truck camper's in the late 50s. I guess it just took a camper maker to offer enough money and lawyers to work out liability.
My '67 F-250 Ranger, Camper Special, was set up for it. Wiring harness in the bed, 4:10 Detroit locker, 16" split ring wheels with tubed tires, two gas tanks for 45 gallon total, 352ci, automatic. I could climb a mountain with my Dad's camper on, and get 10 miles to the gallon going up... and coming down. :haha:
V, that looks simple until the squeeze into an itty bitty package.
I wonder what this guy would say if;
1- he wasn't dead, which I'm sure he is, because he wasn't a kid so he would be the oldest person in the world, and that's impossible as the oldest, and the line of succession, is always women.
2- he could stand there and see it today, 90 years later.
I'd bet real money the rock under the car was used by somebody to block a wheel so their fliver didn't roll away while enjoying the view, or having sexy time in the back seat.
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Ah hah. Figured out how to convert the wide tag. You have to hit the 3dots option thing, then pick copy post content. Reply, paste, remove the word wide from the tags.
Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy.
A bit more involved than doing what Bruce has been gentlemanly enough to do, in posting both types to begin with.
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V, that looks simple until the squeeze into an itty bitty package.
You want an itty bitty package? (heh) Here's a gearbox with an 11 million to 1 reduction ratio.
In the palm of his hand.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wqns8I won't watch a 30 second commercial so I brought it here.
It doesn't look very strong, it would cost big bucks to make it strong, then what would you do with it?
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The way he says 'eh' in between every 3rd word makes it all sound like bullshit
He has a funny accent so he must have stolen the design from an American. :lol:
A bit more involved than doing what Bruce has been gentlemanly enough to do, in posting both types to begin with.
So, you know what gentlemanly means...If you'd asked me, in a gentlemanly manner, to post small YouTube clips/vids, I would be doing that now. But you managed to suggest it was
my responsibility to post in a way
you find acceptable. And that's why I didn't change anything about how I was posting vids.
And then you created a thread in which to complain about it some more. In the same you're-here-to-please-
me-tone, I might add.
So, you win. I'll not be posting anymore wide YouTube vids.
15 Days Under the Hood. Been there done that.
Aggravating, rewarding, exhausting, simultaneously.
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I hope this happened on the way to work and no on the way home. Nobody was hurt.
So, you know what gentlemanly means...If you'd asked me, in a gentlemanly manner, to post small YouTube clips/vids, I would be doing that now. But you managed to suggest it was my responsibility to post in a way you find acceptable. And that's why I didn't change anything about how I was posting vids.
And then you created a thread in which to complain about it some more. In the same you're-here-to-please-me-tone, I might add.
So, you win. I'll not be posting anymore wide YouTube vids.
I started by asking if it was just me that couldn't see the wide links. When other people confirmed that it was symptomatic of Tapatalk, I suggested that people might not use them. There were steps along the way. Because you only noticed when I hit you over the head with it, says more about your level of consideration than my bitchiness. Please continue to use the wide tags if you feel that they are more appropriate than the normal tags. I only ask that you ALSO drop the regular tag if you want people that use Tapatalk to see what you're on about.
It's just a matter of hitting ctrl-v and one click more. Takes 2 seconds.
But I don't want to control V, even for 2 seconds, twill would kick my ass. :yesnod:
1907 Marmon Air-Cooled V-8.
I started by asking if it was just me that couldn't see the wide links. When other people confirmed that it was symptomatic of Tapatalk, I suggested that people might not use them. There were steps along the way. Because you only noticed when I hit you over the head with it, says more about your level of consideration than my bitchiness. Please continue to use the wide tags if you feel that they are more appropriate than the normal tags. I only ask that you ALSO drop the regular tag if you want people that use Tapatalk to see what you're on about.
It's just a matter of hitting ctrl-v and one click more. Takes 2 seconds.
Noted.
ETA: I noticed when you "suggested", I also noticed it came across as quite douchey. More than once. If I got more outta that than you intended, well, that's my failing. Yet another of many.
Now, I haven't posted a wide clip since you got snotty, I don't intend to post any more wide clips, so, can we drop this now?
Please?
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ETA: I noticed when you "suggested", I also noticed it came across as quite douchey. More than once. If I got more outta that than you intended, well, that's my failing.
.... can we drop this now?
Please?
drop it? cmon. this is the fun part.
Here's the earliest reference I could find (almost 2 years ago)
How come sometimes, I get the YouTube video right in tapatalk, and some times I see the tags and the code for the video, but it's not a link.
Huh?
and then I simply mentioned it.
The wide format you tube doesn't work on Tapatalk....
was this douchey:?
Does every one know that the youtube wide tags won't play on (my) android devices?
so maybe I've been building up to it for longer than you've been aware of the issue. Don't take it personally.
Damn shit stirring Horned Headed Hun.
Some DIY projects are better than others. My buddy built a VW powered trike from a short Honda frame, and had to weld three 12"x12"x1" steel plates across the front of the down tubes of the frame to take off with no throttle. The PA State Cop took one look and said no way. :lol:
Dropping it.
Apparently, I was mistaken.
Can you explain what part of
this post is
not douchey?
This one isn't douchey, but, contains a douche-like dig.
And
this post is comprised entirely of vinegar and water.
Ima go cry for a while now.
Oh, THAT thredd was 100% douchey. Intended to be.
I was saying that the times it came up before I had comported myself with great patience and gentlemanly manners.
I think we have it sorted now.
Any posts about tapatalk or other systems, I ignore because I don't use or know anything about them, that's for the schmarties.
Oh, THAT thredd was 100% douchey. Intended to be.
I was saying that the times it came up before I had comported myself with great patience and gentlemanly manners.
I think we have it sorted now.
This is entirely what I was expecting.
A car show from 1954. It was a B&W picture that's been supposedly accurately colorized.
I only know one of the cars but he hit that right on the money.
Those aren't hipsters, that's what they wore, before it became retro. ;)
I wish cars still came in more than 4 colors...
Amen, sister, shout it from the rooftops!
Silver, white, red, & black is all we have around here.
Wiki
white, black, grey and silver, amounting to over 70% of the total world car production. Red, blue and brown/beige cars range between 6% and 9% each, while all other colours amount to less than 5%. Colour choice is subject to fluctuation and fashion, and historical trends shifted from dark neutral colours of early cars, through more vivid colors of 1950s and 1960s, back towards the today's neutral colours.
But what do they know, they spelled color wrong. :lol:
I was surprised. I've been vaguely aware of Whippets(cars, not the dog or whipped cream capsules), pretty sure I've seen a couple, but didn't know they were built by Willys.
Cannonball Baker was the inspiration for the Car & Driver Magazines, "
Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" races from NYC to Redondo Beach, CA, in the '70s, which I read about each year with irrational exuberance. After five years in was too well publicized with cops across the country competing to stop and ticket the most racers, in the name of protecting the public, and preserving Crook Nixon's 55 mph national speed limit. The series was followed by a couple of books by participants, then a slew of Cannonball, and Gumball movies.
It's funny(to me), the complete and correct, "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" name, which few knew at the time, rolls off my tongue effortlessly, while I can't remember what I had for breakfast. :crone:
♫ Oh, do you know the popcorn man, ♪
the popcorn man, the popcorn man,
♪ Oh, do you know the popcorn man,
That lives on Drury Lane? ♫
I wonder if the same steam used to power the car, was used to pop the corn after he arrived?
This belongs to one of my SSR group.
VERY illegal to move an oversize load like that after sunset. tsk tsk
No, that's not what he's saying. The mine owners, rather than paying these guys to truck things, would drive the bigass Haul trucks over the road. Those fuckers are 31 ft wide.
1914 Militaire had outriggers that could be deployed with a lever at slow speeds. That $165k was this year, not 1914. :haha:
I used to drive a huge Cat 769 at a mine in PA.
We had to drive them up the mine road, across a public road and up to the edge of an abandoned mine, back up to the edge, dump the waste and return, over and over.
One poor soul got too close to the edge, which crumbled out from under him and he and his truck went over and rolled to the bottom. The bed was torn off the chassis but the truck was otherwise undamaged. The owners brought in a big wrecker, righted the truck, got it running, drove it out of the pit, replaced the hydraulics, put the bed back on and had the thing back at work in two days.
The driver, not so much. He lived to tell the tale, albeit with a broken leg and two broken arms.
That's a shitload of weight, living on the edge is hazardous to your health. He was lucky to live.
This is a beut.
Mary Lambright, 23, made the 1880 historic bridge collapse on Christmas Day in Paoli, Indiana
Iron bridge had a weight limit of six tons - her vehicle and trailer weighed about 60,000 pounds - or 30 tons - at crash
Lambright told police she didn't know how many pounds were in six tons
No injuries, but the bridge collapsed under the weight and was destroyed
She left the Amish order about a year ago, got her CDL in May, rented the truck from Penske. Pulling a 53' box with 43,000lbs of bottled water to walmart, hit the superstructure at 30mph, then the damaged bridge couldn't handle the weight. Doesn't say if she was shooting for walmart's 15 minute window.
Too tall and too heavy? Idiot.
I can still hear you.... :eyebrow:
Coming to a US Post Office near you...
That '38 IH is a beautiful thing.
The problem with the '38 IH is the cab was made at the end of the depression when most folks were skinny. Two of us fat guys wouldn't have room for a lunch box.
Whenever we had to fit three in, if there was a girl, she got put in the middle straddling the shifter. Sorry, but I need first and third too. :blush:
One of the SSR guys customized his truck to look like that '53 chevy.
Sexy Cadillac, built by Ghia.
How did VW ever get in on the Ghia action? It's pretty remarkable that they did. Pretty looking car.
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Ghia was a coachbuilder and by extension, a designer, or maybe the other way round. They made prototypes for everyone, adding the Italian pizzazz to normally staid marques. Very few actually saw production, but were great attention whores at the car shows.
I've always been fond of the Volvo P-1800.
I've wondered about that Volvo before. Makes sense that it was designed by Ghia.
Take a look at Google images for "
Ghia designs". It's quick to see the repetitive theme.
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That's like a great bender, the hangover is murder. :haha:
Well, tomorrow, the hangover is the point.
Wasn't gonna drink today. But that deviation from the norm has been seen to. Cellar style.
Time to belly up.
See ya later.
Maybe you can grab a ride home.
Low profile cement mixer.
glatt's retirement toy. Where can we go camping dear? Any damn place you want.
Briggs & Stratton bought the Flyer design from A.O. Smith, added the cooling fan, and sold them mostly to bicycle enthusiasts. Here's one attached to a Smith Buckboard, which had a throttle, brakes, and a "clutch" that merely lifted the Flyer off the ground. Note the 1922 Ontario plates.
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Never heard of such a thing. Very interesting.
It sounds promising, but I fear the complexity of it and the likely expense when it breaks down. Plus, I wouldn't know how to fix it.
Koenigsegg’s Camshaft-less Engine Explained
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Some friends and I were talking about this in the late 80's. The hard part was the valve actuator, looks like they took care of that problem.
Just imagine your car with a 4 position rotary switch. Position 1 mild mannered grocery getter. Position 4 fire breathing beast, that eats up Porsches and Corvettes.
Yes, been waiting for this to happen. The electronics and timing are no problem they already do it with fuel injection and spark. Making a reliable solenoid, strong enough, fast enough, light enough, and cheap enough is a real challenge. The valve it's attached to gets hot as hell, being in the fire one, two, or three thousand times a minute, meaning the solenoid will see much of that heat too.
Why is he writing in both pounds and miles? Are UK odometers not in km?
Puerto Rico is that way. Distance exempt from the metric system
you want an engine that runs on solenoids? I'll give you solenoid engine.
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That's a lot of spare tires. Clever of him to mount them in those locations and let them freewheel.
I feel like he needs a pipe for some reason.
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Overland is Jeep's great great granddaddy.
January 2016 sale, Vincents took the top six spots.
I've always assumed being a stunt man/woman was the most dangerous job in making movies, but I'm wondering about the cameramen. :nuts:
Ladies and gentlemen of Teh Cellar, behold:
The Avtoros Shaman 8x8 All Terrain Vehicle
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8-wheel drive, on-demand 8 wheel steering, you can just steer the front 4 wheels, you can use active rear wheel steering, or turn them all the same direction and go into "crab mode", Iveco 3-litre turbo-diesel, 6-speed transmission, central driver seating, and what looks to be seating for eight passengers
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A little more info, and more pics <---Be warned, this site is a time killer.
I only see six seats + driver.
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Driver's seat has no grip handles.
Maybe.
It has push-button start! :joylove:
WANT!
I thought the corners of the wrap around dash had padded corners.
But looking at your picture, I see the armrests folded up, so I think you're right.
I don't see the advantage of pushing a button over turning a key. :confused:
It's good to have a hobby...
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I feel like I saw a similar commercial, except with light bulbs.
you're makin me cry. where the fuck was my head in 1970?!?!?!
I had a brand new Corvette.
Converted into 2015 dollars:
"1969 Shelby GT - Sticker price when new: $33,292. On sale now for only $17,684."
Wonder if muscle cars are still outperforming other more common investment strategies?
I had a brand new Corvette.
In 1963 (I think) Popdigr bought a '62 Corvette from a used car lot. White, w/white scallop on the side, w/white interior, both tops, the nice hubcaps. Whoever had owned it had the local Chevy dealer put a big block with dual 4-barrel carbs and 4-speed in it. He said "It was a hoss." I bet it was.
He sold it in '65 for $2500.:thepain:
You should thank him, if he'd hung on to it you'd probably be dead. :thepain:
I may never have been alive.
What is this, I don't even
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That's silly, the Romans didn't use aluminum. :haha:
If you want to sell a product, any product, first you have to get their attention. That's all the more difficult in the noisy, fast-paced, world of motorcycle racing.
I think the training wheels tie it all together. ;)
Back in the dark ages of the motorcar, when there was less that 200 miles of paved road in the entire USA, tires were a major expense. They might last 1,000 miles on your Model-T if you were careful, but on your chauffeured phaeton, only 200 miles. Pneumatic tires had a long way to go, so springy wheels, of many stripes, came along.
Them are Rims.
xoB gets the truth in advertising award.
Airless tires. They look funny, but I can see these becoming the new must-have car accessory.
In a variety of performance tests conducted at speeds up to 80 mph, Hankook said that its iFlex tires perform just as well as conventional tires.
80 mph.
do tires even have speed ratings that go that low?
My bf Goodrich mud terrain tires were rated to 75 mph
L rated
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35The speed rating on the tire is for continuous duty.
Bruce, Bruce, Bruce. For shame. 80 mph is the speed limit in all but a very few areas in the USA. And PA doesn't have one over 70 anywhere.
Of course, you and everyone else obeys the speed limit, right? RIGHT?
So? What's your point? :confused:
For Sale Landrover Series One Diesel 88 inch in unrestored condition
This vehicle is one from my Landrover collection and is one of interest! It is the first one off the production line in January 1957.
Therefore it is actually the first ever, production Short Wheelbase Diesel Landrover. You have just seen the last one come out of the factory. Now the first one is for sale too!
Chassis Number 116700001
Production date 15 January 1957
An absolute bargain at only £200,000! ($290,233)
I suppose that could be considered a working definition of optimism.
Anyway, zip over to ebay (about ten more photos) and help the UK balance of payments.
Series One Diesel 88" CHASSIS NUMBER ONE. 1957 first one off production line That color is called Very Fucking Red.
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And it's a true red, not an orangey red.
Good old days when Mopar's target was a 14 second quarter for less than 3 grand.
Goddammit I was born a generation late.
Sewer line breaks and this guy's Fiat sinks into the hole. But never fear, The "Ministry of the Russian Federation for Affairs for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters " came to pull it out. :facepalm:
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I know the thread's about Rims. Got it. But I roll my rims through this intersection twice a day. It is a little unsettling to see all those headlights headed right at you!!!!!
Really, what were they thinking?
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Certainly relevant and on topic. I assume these movements are controlled by traffic signals, are red and blue moving at the same time? You have the red straight through lanes turning left and the blue straight through lanes in addition to the blue turn lanes turning left.
I'll see and raise you. Behold the loveliness of the South Lamar and Ben White intersection:
The blue lanes and the red lanes feed in from different highway-speed areas. Obviously their lights are never green at the same time, but the blue lanes sometimes get confused and think the green lights just off to their right are, in fact, for them. Also, the green lines do whatever the fuck they want regarding illegal U-turns.
Really, what were they thinking?
And the poor schmucks getting off the highway coming up from the bottom of the shot can only turn right. What if they want to go left?
A crossroad over a highway is hardly a difficult intersection to design. There must be a hundred thousand of them in the US. It's not like they had to reinvent the wheel here. And it looks like they had plenty of real estate to work with.
I play Cities:Skylines, which is basically a better SimCity. I'm faced with these problems routinely and I don't know how to solve them.
The problem in C:S is always that in a compact interchange with a four-lane, you wind up with lights on the end of the exit ramps. Traffic can then prevent the exit ramps from clearing... and you fuck up the highway.
This is admittedly a little larger, but I bet it could be reduced in size and still work. It works quite well as it is.
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I'm sure there are more compact versions of this in Europe that could be copied and fit in the space allowed by V's intersection.
Clodfobble's intersection, however, is fucked up. I don't see an obvious solution there. Gates instead of red lights?
Yeah. I'm spending too much time on this.
BigV's intersection looks even worse when you zoom out a little bit. They had so much room to play with. All those roads coming together could easily dump onto a big roundabout and move the traffic without the need for lights. It already looks a little like a roundabout the way the roads circle that pond. There's no need for that dense intersection at the top if you spread all the traffic around one giant circle with lots of room for each road to merge into the circle.
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Fuck that roundabout shit, it's all well and good on paper but in reality they don't work because... people. :mad2:
An absolute bargain at only £200,000! ($290,233)
I suppose that could be considered a working definition of optimism.
Anyway, zip over to ebay (about ten more photos) and help the UK balance of payments.
Series One Diesel 88" CHASSIS NUMBER ONE. 1957 first one off production line
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I'd trade that for a backhoe too. Much more practical.
The grenade launchers will come in handy for those transits through the 'livelier' part of town. ;)
The armour plating sounds a good investment as well. :eek:
A backhoe doesn't have nearly the cachet...
Better for the hobos though.
This picture came from the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) website. It's labeled 1934 BSA three wheeler, but I don't believe it unless somebody took a '34 BSA three wheeler and put that zoomy body on it. A real one is on the right. I guess if someone added that body moving the steering wheel would be no problem.
Happened to find one (three-wheeler) on the net mah own self:
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And this one ain't:
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Pay a wheelbarrow full of cash for an imitation truck that will cost more to operate? Why not just get a real truck and become wealthy like Pam? I heard walmart loves to give truck drivers bundles of cash. ;)
You may remember awhile back we had a discussion about drag racing, I think it stemmed from a post about the Don Garlits Museum in Florida. Anyway, after Scott Kalitta was killed at Englishtown, NJ, in 2008, the NHRA shortened the track from 1/4 mile to 1,000 ft. First to get the speed down, and secondly to give them more shutdown room. The record speed for top fuel at that time was 336.15 mph, and it did drop, but it's now 332.75 for the 1,000 ft. What's a mother to do?
I think this was posted before, but consider it a review for the final.
TOP FUEL
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second; the same rate as a loaded 747 consumes jet fuel while producing 25% less energy.
* A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot drive the dragster’s supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air from the supercharger the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture, the nitro flame front is 7050 degrees F.
* Nitro burns yellow. The white exhaust flame at night is burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. Like an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus 1400F exhaust valves. Cut fuel flow to shut down.
* Momentary spark failure causes an explosion blowing heads off or splitting the block.
* Dragsters reach over 300 MPH before you have completed reading this sentence.
* 300 MPH in 4.5 sec takes an avg of 4 G’s. 200 MPH before half-track takes an 8 G launch.
* Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
* Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
* The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
* THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second.
*The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter-mile, and 3.68 sec for the 1,000 ft.
*The top ¼ mile speed record is 336.15 MPH measured over the last 66′ of the run, and it's 332.75 for the 1,000 ft.
You’re driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06, passing the starting line at 200 mph just as the top fuel rail launches. If you hold 200 mph, in 3 sec he’ll catch you, then beat you to the end of the quarter mile.
On a happy note, John Force's daughter, Brittany, broke 4 seconds with her fuel funny car. :thumb:
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Well if you want weird...
Ice racing is a hoot, both cars and motorcycles.
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My guess is electric with motors in the wheels, but that's only a guess.
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Oh, wait, the rear wheel has chain.
When he pulls it out of the water, there is a little smoke too. Engine.
When he pulls it out of the water, there is a little smoke too. Engine.
Yes, when he flips it around in the snow I can see the engine and exhaust pipe on the left side of the bike. missed it the first time.
That Russian tanker must have been hitting the vodka.
I want that bike. It must be incredibly light, or that guy is incredibly strong.
the chalkboard painted vw is pretty cool. :)
Drifting.
In an M-1 Abrams. That's a tank, btw.
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He puts the hard pack in hard packed snow. Well, I guess that is how glaciers are made. Moral of the story, traction is king.
Tanks drifting on ice?
Ok, here ya go:
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That's not a tank. :rolleyes:
the Castlebank man.
Cummins Diesel power. Mercedes first diesel car introduced in 1936.
New York to L.A. on $7.63.
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Maybe it's time for a nap. :haha:
Curious. I'd like to know the story.
Just the thing for building that ce-ment pond.
Maybe it's time for a nap. :haha:
Curious. I'd like to know the story.
So would I.
Thirded.
some sleuth on the internet drew this diagram. Said they hooked their winches up at a bad angle and both pulled themselves over.
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Likely they got it part way up, then when one started to tip the operator slacked off causing the whole load to transfer to the other truck and the trailer pulled them over. I don't see any outriggers deployed on either truck.
It's got a hemi!
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Yes.
It was a thing.
Built during the World War II and Cold War era from 1952 to 1957 (second generation) by Chrysler, its power plant contained a newly designed FirePower Hemi V8 engine with a displacement of 331 cubic inches (5.42 l) and producing 180 horsepower (130 kW).[1]
Its six horns were each 3 feet (91 cm) long. The siren could be heard 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km) away, and had an output of 138 dBC (30,000) watts. They were 12 feet (3.7 m) long, built atop a quarter section of a Dodge truck chassis rail, and weighed an estimated 3 short tons (2.7 t).
In 1952, the cost of a Chrysler Air-raid Siren was $5,500[1] (equivalent to $49,011 in 2016). The United States government helped buy sirens for selected state and county law enforcement agencies. In Los Angeles County, six were placed around key locations of populated areas, and another ten were sold to other government agencies in the state of California. These "Big Red Whistles" (as they were nicknamed) only saw testing use. Some were located so remotely that they deteriorated due to lack of maintenance.
The main purpose of the siren was to warn the public in the event of a nuclear attack by the Soviets during the Cold War. The operator's job was to start the engine and bring it up to operating speed, then to pull and release the transmission handle to start the wailing signal generation. The Chrysler air raid siren produced the loudest sound ever achieved by an air raid siren.
I had one of those engines, '53 Dodge Super Red Ram, in a Plymouth. Bet my folks would swear that car was more than 138 db. :lol2:
My cousin had a stock Gremlin decades ago. It was surprisingly fast. I thought it would be like a Rabbit when I got in as a passenger, but it was not anything like a Rabbit. I think it had a V8?
Edit: reading the Wikipedia page and knowing my cousin's family, I doubt it had the more expensive V8 package, but apparently the 6 cylinder was plenty fast in the fairly light car.
Yeah, I bought my wife a 6 cylinder Gremlin, it certainly kept up with traffic. Just don't try any tricky maneuvers on the tall narrow tires. But with a decent set of tires, '66 Galaxy bucket seats and a decent Sony stereo, it was quite acceptable for camping trips in the Rockies. Oh, and some sound proofing behind the interior panels.
I, too, have had the inline six, manual transmission Gremlin privilege. Pep-py.
Now that's a motorhome, roughing it in style.
Gremlin?
That's *MISTER* Gremlin to you and me.
W.O.W.
Anheuser-Busch pushing BEVO and Bud...
What's with the nautical theme, I wonder?
Back before Ford decided the rabble should all drive the same black car, many of the cars were built by coach builders on chassis made by someone else. Some of the high end coachbuilders realized some of the people who could afford cars were attention whores, and one of the ways to show off wealth was their boats. First Labourdette built "skiff" bodies which at 200 lbs, were stronger and lighter than steel. Then Silver in NY picked up on it to stand out in NYC. Anheuser-Busch, with attention whoring the primary intent, bought one of Silver's cars.
Three years of work and tons of money, to make a vehicle which can't be registered and driven. Beautiful metal working, but for what?
Three years of work and tons of money, to make a vehicle which can't be registered and driven. Beautiful metal working, but for what?
Build it out of wood! Problem solved! :)
Kevin Nicks converted his Volkswagen Passat into a shed which can travel at 70mph but it was thanks to his local MP, David Cameron, putting in a good work with the DVLA that he got it on the road
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A mechanic enlisted the help of his local MP David Cameron when he made an ambitious bid to convert his car into a garden shed.
Kevin Nicks, a 51-year-old mechanic and gardener, decided to merge his two passions by transforming his Volkswagen Passat into a garden shed capable of travelling at more than 70mph.
The two-tonne drivable shed, complete with remote central locking, leather seats and air conditioning, was built for hiring and advertising, with some 20 companies expressing an interest in using the vehicle.
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Gardener Kevin Nicks from Chipping Norton with his road legal shed
But Mr Nicks, who lives in a village just two miles away from Chipping Norton, the Oxfordshire town which is home to former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, hit a brick wall when he tried to get a six-hour Individual Vehicle Assessment before it could be made road legal.
Frustrated by red tape which delayed his project, Mr Nicks contacted his MP, the Prime Minister David Cameron, for help to speed up the process.
Mr Nicks said: "I contacted the DVLA and I was straight up against a stone wall. They were keeping me off the road and throwing hurdles in the way. I actually built it as an advertising tool so they destroyed the business - they absolutely killed it dead."
Three days later, Mr Nicks received a hand-signed letter in the post.
Mr Cameron wrote: "Dear Mr Nicks. Thank you for writing to me about your drivable shed. It sounds like an interesting feat to convert your car into a shed, a project which I am sure took a lot of time and effort."
The Prime Minister wrote to the head of the DVLA but the project took a further four months to get off the ground.
While his new business got off to a bad start, Mr Nicks said it was "brilliant" to see people admiring the "bonkers" vehicle when he visited the supermarket.
He said: "I'm so proud to be the builder of it. When you pull up to the traffic lights it makes people smile because it just looks so wrong."
The car-turned-shed has already survived a 200-mile trip to York and has created a new world record after reaching a top speed of 70.8mph on a private airfield near York – breaking a previous record of 58.4mph by TV mechanic Edd China in 2011.
Mr Nicks said he now had plans to build more "crazy" cars, adding: "Since building it I found lots of people do crazy things to cars. I’ve got lots more ideas for equally weird vehicles. It’s just down to funding now.
Daily Telegraph.What about the poor people he's startled into the ditch? :haha:
I like that blown gasser.:devil:
James Dean's Little Bastard Porsche...
Just fucked that car all up. Mr Dean didn't fare too well either.
Some people are cheering Global Warming thinking this will be a thing of the past. Boy are they in for a surprise.
So, Jerry Seinfeld had some cars he didn't want, so, to the auction block!
Out of 18 cars, 17 sold. And 17 cars and $22.2 million later here's what went, and, for what:
1966 Porsche 911 Base $275,000
2011 Porsche 911 Carrera $440,000
1964 Volkswagen Van Campmobile $99,000
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder $5,335,000
1957 Porsche 356A Base $682,000
1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR $2,310,000
1989 Porsche 911 Carrera $363,000
1990 Porsche 962C Base $1,650,000
1963 Porsche 356B Carrera 2 $825,000
2000 Porsche Carrera GT Base no sale
1997 Porsche 911 Cup3.8 RSR $935,000
1958 Porsche 597 Base $330,000
2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup $462,000
1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am $3,000,000
1994 Porsche 911 Turbo S $1,017,500
1958 Porsche 356A GS/GT Carrera $1,540,000
1960 Volkswagen Beetle Base $121,000
1959 Porsche 718 RSK $2,860,000
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Mobile. Fucking. Waffle House.:devil:
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Seinfeld's car had star power added to the value and still got ten million less than Gooding predicted. The one that didn't sell was "non operational".
I wonder if it came with a Zoot Suit? :eyebrow:
Fairly interesting read in wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PegasoDrove by the muscle car guy and caught a couple:
This LTD made me think of the one Burt Reynolds drives in [strike]"Gator"[/strike]
"White Lightning", but, I think his was older. And brown.
This one is just cherry:
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While I was taking the pic of the LTD, a customer drove up in this old Rally Nova with factory sunroof:
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The first car I can remember driving in was a ford Ltd. I think that was the car my mom had when I was born. White. With a black vinyl simcon top. I closed one of the doors on my fingers just as we arrived at a carnival one day. That was a panic. Missed the carnival. Just one of many trips to the ER for young Jimmy.
Baby blue, vinyl top, four door, LTD? Grandpa citizen car, soccer-mom before there was soccer, trade for a minivan, drop me a block from school before somebody sees us, so uncool it's warm. :yelsick:
My first car was a 1977 Ford LTD Brougham. Painted silver by the previous owner via Krylon cans and it had the blue top. Didn't even make it home before dying.
I spent a long time cursing my father for talking me out of the Camaro and into this heap. Once I got a bit older and wiser, I realized that I would surely have crashed the Camaro within the first year. I also realized that I now was capable of most any minor to intermediate repair on a car due to my father having taught me how to repair that junker, one breakdown at a time. Now, I bless his wisdom, although I never got around to telling him so.
One of my few regrets in life.
The one in my pic is most likely a big-block car. The guy builds/restores muscle cars and hot rods. It was probably bought out of grandpa's barn for the drivetrain.
For several years in my teens, the fastest car in town was an old (older than the one in my pic) LTD, big block, straight pipes, and, in a time when cars were being jacked up in the rear to allow for bigger tires, this one sat level and low, and was insanely quick.
It had "The Boss" painted on both rear quarter panels. And it was.
What's that? Your Z07 Corvette needs tires, pads, and rotors? Well, hell, Speedy, just run down to the Chevy dealer and order that shit up:
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Brembo carbon ceramic rotors with aluminum 6-piston monobloc fixed front calipers; aluminum 4-piston monobloc fixed rear calipers. Half the reason it cost money to go fast.
What's that? Your Z07 Corvette needs tires, pads, and rotors? Well, hell, Speedy, just run down to the Chevy dealer and order that shit up:
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Or you could buy a new Sentra
If you have money left over after you buy that Bugatti, Here ya go...
Also called a "people toaster".
Jaguar has come up with a gimmick to get some press, make some money, and tout how good the used to was.
The glory of the open road...
An apparently 2 wheel drive 2015 GMC Sierra makes it up the Kamloops WidowMaker Hill:
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That seems to be pretty hardcore.
It's not power, but momentum and reaction that makes it. I wonder if he had ballast in the bed?
I think the designers in the 60s were doing acid...
Customizing doesn't have to be expensive...
So sleek, many aerodynamic...
If you don't nip that shit in the bud, it leads to the hard stuff, like this poor Corona...
Even Totota's doing it...
I've seen a lot of V-8 bikes, and of course those V-10 Tomahawks, but this one has two(2) wheels, and lots of real world miles.
1978 Dodge B200 Sportsman Van
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78 Dodge Sportsman B 200 Van! Replica of the van ambulance used in the movie Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise - a Hal Needham film!
I am the second owner of this 100,620 actual mile time-capsule van! 127" wheelbase-very hard to find with this window and door configuration-(exactly like the one used in Cannonball Run)! All original - excellent survivor condition green plaid vinyl interior, and drivetrain! 360 V8 motor, factory 2 bbl carb-(professionally rebuilt by National Carburetors), automatic transmission, AC, power steering, power disc front brakes, cruise control, factory am/fm radio-works, original black vinyl mat floor 8 passenger seating-2 front bucket seats and 2 rear bench seats, tachometer, factory 15" black steel wheels with new P275/60R15 BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires. Dual Flowmaster exhaust system with side entry pipes. New 22" x 38" sunroof-professionally installed. 2 very rare original 1979 Federal Signal AeroDynic emergency light bars-professionally installed and wired to movie vehicle specs. Original owner's manual. I also have the original single rear entry door and original hubcaps to include. Original colors were 2-tone mint green metallic and medium green sunfire metallic. 6400 GVW (weight). Runs and drives smooth and strong! Very solid, clean nearly rust-free van.
eBay linkOK, say you buy it. I doubt many strangers would make the connection and ask about it, but mostly just think it's another ambulance. Each of your friends individually, or in groups, say WTF? You explain the connection to the 35 year old Burt Reynolds movie to smiles and nods.
Now what? You're driving a crappy '70s Dodge van (I had a '74 Maxi), with a hundred grand on it, and attracting the attention of every cop around(don't rob the 7-11), and better not turn any of those lights on. Car shows? Burt's fan club conventions? Hire a medic and make money with it?
Just kick my puppy next time whydontcha?!:mad:
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Why, you gonna buy it? Then what, is my question.
I can see it in some museum or Hardrock Café, but own it? Fuck that.
I'd buy the beast, as long as I can get this guy...
If Farrah Fawcett had let him perform the exam he wanted desperately to perform, she might still be with us.
Just sayin'.
Oh, no you dint!
It's true though.
Nevermind how many rims (2, two, btw, for you Wendy's employees), it's the sales pitch:
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Back when Henry was disgorging Model-Ts, this is how Packard would break in engines before they were ever fired.
Wow. I did not know that.
No wonder Packards were so good.
Popdigr drove a Packard when he was a young man. He says he's never, to this day, experienced a smoother engine. I believe it was a straight-8.
I've had a couple people tell me that.
Lots of problems with the infotainment systems, primarily phones not connecting and GPS way off base.
This is what happens when two boys steal a truck and make it three blocks. You ought to see the other five vehicles and two mailboxes. They certainly should have known better, after all they are both six years old now.
Those 6 year old kids were just testing the crumple zone, for a science fair project.
For glatt, Germans mostly made taxis from these...
The Trans Am series was great racing, not too fast to go fender to fender in the straights, and interesting in the twisty parts.
I really liked the Lime Rock pics.
This last post was also very interesting.
Ever wonder where the term "Hot Rod" came from?
Babbitt would have been the bearing material that melted out, the connecting rods would probably have been cast iron ( that's a guess though).
My employers original product, from which it still get's it's name and logo, was an installable bearing rather than cast in place.
Yes, babbitt bearing material cast in the rod end and bored to .0015" to .002" clearance. The lubrication was splash oiling, meaning the crankshaft would splash the rod end in the crankcase on each revolution. However as the speed of the engine picked up it was less and less effective, as the rod end not only spent less time in the oil, it beat the oil into a froth.
I think my Uncle said he was recasting the babbitt every 1500 miles in his T.
The bearing inserts from your outfit, plus pressure oiling systems on later motors was a god send. They could be run for thousands of miles between overhauls if you changed the oil every thousand miles and didn't beat it. When my uncles drove from MA to Alaska in 1949 they had to stop and change the oil five times. We have it pretty easy today.
Police harassment.
Race Tracts?
2 Girls... but they don't count?
15 to 18 year old Junior College youths?
"Illegal assembly"? Bullshit, unconstitutional.
Impounded vehicles? For speeding? For illegal assembly?
Many Rolls Royce of sales were chassis to be custom bodied, all of the US built Rolls were that way. Of course some of the custom bodies were more elegant than others. ;)
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It's an escape pod for a real truck!
'53 Buicks, at 4 per truck, it's a good thing they only sold 190,000 of them.
"Is it just me, or, is it hot in here?"
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They seem to have been
very fond of the 3-evenly-spaced-axles-with-a-steering-axle-at-ech-end concept...
The ZIS-E134 in the middle picture says 3 driving axles on a single track? Oh, I get it, all 3 wheels are in line on the same path. Duh
I guess they steer it like a tank or bulldozer, by braking one side. If the left side was in a rut, and they tried to turn left by braking the left side and driving the right, the left side tires would take a hell of a beating, if it didn't rip them off the rims entirely. :eyebrow:
Makes our Command car look puny.
In the beginning there were giants...
Hitler finds out about the C-7 Corvette.
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I love the screaming Hitler movie meme.
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The shortened roof looks like a sixties Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. Can't figure out quite how the tailgate/ramp works. It appears to be hinged at the bottom but that would be way too low for the platform the snow machines are on. The platform could be hinged at the front and drop at the rear to load/unload then jack it level, but why bother jacking it? Maybe to stash stuff underneath.
The truck has snow tires but not enough ground clearance to move in serious weather. It' an odd machine.
Watch this guy beat the absolute piss out of a Dodge Durango, in less than 60 seconds:
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NHRA Pro-Mod driver Sidnei Frigo was airlifted to a hospital after this crash Friday night in Baytown, TX.
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Link
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The shortened roof looks like a sixties Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. Can't figure out quite how the tailgate/ramp works.
Found some more great pics here but not much info:
http://www.davidsleds.mysite.com/PAGE_20155.html
Appear to be Scorpion snowmobiles from about 1970. Assuming someone here will recognize them from the front. Note the Canadian plates.
Cool, thanks gtown. :thumb:
OK, it's definitely a GM.
They used that windshield from 1955 through 1960.
The body shape precludes anything before 1959.
Although it's heavily reworked, I don't think Caddy or Buick.
Probably use something heavier than a Chevy.
Hmm, either '59 Pontiac(Parisienne) or '60 Oldsmobile.
I guess '60 Oldsmobile, but I wouldn't put money on it.
Watch this guy beat the absolute piss out of a Dodge Durango, in less than 60 seconds:
wow. And then he drives off down the street like nothing just happened.
It was probably somebody else's car.
I figured, with the sticker in the side rear window, and the hatch window missing, that it might have been been a bought-for-nothing-junker.
Did pretty well, for a junker, though.
Soon-to-be-ex-wife's car, maybe.
This is what I call a sport utility vehicle:
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I'm partial to those (78 & newer) m'self.
The '59 handled like a boat. The '71 was also ponderous. But the '83, '85 and '86 are like ballet slippers. The '06 is heavy but rock stable.
Steve McQueen's Speedster. I hope that's not his tow car, because that would detract from my opinion of him. While the white ragtop is pick of the litter, '58 Fords are butt ugly.
Caddy made a car with a bed? Or is that a custom job?
OK, I see there was a car called the Cadillac Mirage. But I can only find it in 1975 and 1976.
Pontiac... I had one of those OHC sixes.
What, no Buick OHCs?
Didn't Buick have some V-6 Indy motors? Those almost had to be OHC.
Not that I'm aware of but that doesn't mean they didn't. GM sold the Buick 215 V-8 to Rover, and Repco used that Rover block to build the Repco-Brabham 3 liter OHC Formula one engines. that's the only connection I know of.
Aside: When I inquired about the OHC engine at Pontiac while awaiting delivery, they sent me the ASE report on it. 23 pages of background, lab testing with graphs and charts, and testing the engine in the desert and arctic pre-production. Being a hoarder, I've still got it. :blush:
edit: It cost them 40 cents to mail it in March of 1966.
what makes those sparks? It's obviously not good, but is it an entire head blowing off, or something?
That's liquid lit by the fireball of the explosion.
Could be a head. More likely it was a turbo or supercharger explosion. Hence the hood about to say good-bye.
Maybe.
The other day I learned that Antarctica has a fire department:
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Please to notice there are no hoses, or water handling provisions. Because Antarctica.
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My buddy got a Lambourghini. I took some pics.
Man, they're a lot smaller in person than they look in photos:
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I've always heard I would be too tall to fit in one. (Lamborghini)
I think you stole that Lambo from Dirtdigr. :yesnod:
You may have noticed the "For Sale" sign on the Chevelle.
I'm told the asking price is $30,000.:3_eyes:
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Anywho...
Watch the 2017 Camaro Z/28 prototype crash at Nurburgring.In California, bug squashes YOU!
Goliath Beetle!
I woulda painted it blue and named it Babe.
Didn't know whether to put this here, or in 'Aircraft'.
I put it here, in case you didn't notice.:D
Jag F-Type...I don't know what plane that is.
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You know they didn't get that pic on the first try.
Damn fool, they will likely do more damage to his car than anything else...
Grav, the plane is a modified L-39 Albatross, a military training aircraft commonly used in the Czech Republic and other countries.
From BoldRide, via YahooNews:
4 Historic Hemi Cudas Headed to Auction
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A couple weeks ago, a guy came into the auto parts store where my buddy works, complaining he couldn't find .030 over pistons for an early 440. The owner, being an old school parts guy, thought that was strange and took it as a personal challenge to use his many connections to find them. After two days he found a set of NOS +.030 pistons in Dallas for almost $1,000 dollars. :eek:
And that was without rings or wrist pins.
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what makes those sparks? It's obviously not good, but is it an entire head blowing off, or something?
I imagine it looked something like this, probably worse.
Is that a supercharger? Did it fail simply because of increased air pressure, or was there some metal part that broke and smashed into the housing?
I'm familiar with the idea of an engine seizing, and a push rod being thrown. There are probably similar things that can happen with connecting rods breaking and a head getting cracked when a piston hits it. So many ways for a red lined engine to fail in extreme conditions.
That is a supercharger, or "blower".
What has happened there, is too much pressure. It's referred to colloquially as "the blower sneezed". It's a righteous explosion sometimes, and can smithereen the body right off of a funny car.
Here's a driver's seat point of view of a blower sneezing:
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They can be much more violent. FYI, the 'white stuff' coming out the exhaust pipes is raw, unburned fuel.
See those little metal tubes around the top? They are injecting Nitrous Oxide to make ridiculous horsepower. An internal combustion engine can only accept as much fuel as it has oxygen to burn it. You can put on a turbocharger or supercharger to increase air pressure(more oxygen) into the engine so it can handle more fuel and make more power. And/or add NOS which when added to the incoming air cools it, making it more dense, plus adding extra oxygen. However when it ignites before it reaches the cylinders the results are catastrophic. The NOS is injected as a liquid, but if some between the pressure tank and the engine has become vapor in the feed lines, an explosion is likely. I've seen a simple NOS system backfire and melt out the entire center of a large 4 barrel carburetor in a heartbeat.
See those little metal tubes around the top? They are injecting Nitrous Oxide
Thanks. I was wondering what those were.
Pretty crazy when you think about how these clever apes are harnessing the power of explosions to go fast, but the explosions have to be in just the
right location.
Yes, a 450 cubic inch motor making 3,000 horsepower takes some engineering.
When a Chevy SSR rearends a Rolls Royce...
Yes, a 450 cubic inch motor making 3,000 horsepower takes some engineering.
A Top Fuel engine makes around 8500-10,000 horsepower, and around 7400 lbft of torque.
That's an interesting Wiki link. Has a section on superchargers, but the whole article is interesting.
Ever see that demo where they take the fuel injection system from a top fuel rail and set it over a fish tank?
No, but, I looked for it for a minute.
I've seen it on TV a couple times, it's staggering to see them fill a 20 gallon tank in seconds.
Tucker motor, brand new old stock, unused, original...
Hey, anybody looking for a brand new old Corvette?
Dude ordered a 1978 Silver Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette L-82 with about every option you could get, and when it was delivered, he rolled into his garage, and that's where it's been for 38 years. The 'Vette has 4.2 actual miles on the odometer.
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It's up for auction
on eBay. Current (as of this post) bid is $86,100.
Paging Susan Crane! Please pick up the white courtesy phone!
Wouldn't touch that Corvette with a 10 foot pole. Cars deteriorate not being used.
The bid is now $105,387.00.
Hey, anybody looking for a brand new old Corvette?...Current (as of this post) bid is $86,100.
The bid is now $105,387.00.
The bid is now, wait, whut? The bid is now $
90,301.00.
Someone cancelled some bids in there somewhere...
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God sees the future, and was just doing a little preemptive punishing.
I know, but it's a start. :p:
Evidently this Historic Vehicle Association, I never heard of, was formed a few years ago with funding from Hagerty Insurance, to decide what cars are historically important in North America. They are affiliated with some other groups around the world to tell us rabble what's what. Eh. They just added their 8th pick. :rolleyes:
I've seen pictures of these boxed jeeps before, but also whole jeeps in cargo slings, and being driven on ships by ramps. Boxing is expensive and materials/labor intensive, plus then you have to move the box somehow. I finally read they only boxed then when they absolutely had to, but that was still a lot.
Here's the storyI remember ads in the backs of magazines in the 70s where you could buy a boxed jeep for $5. I wonder if anyone ever actually did that? Had to be BS.
If you read the fine print, it usually said send us money and we'll send you a list of secret government auctions. What you got was a copy of a free government publication listing government surplus auctions.
My guess is, he did his burnout to prep the slicks, and backing up to the line the guy on the ground was dancing along side wiping the loose rubber off tire with a rag, when he got his foot caught. Hope they get him out before the adrenaline wears off. :thepain:
He may be in pain, but he sure knows he's going to get yelled at.
I'd guess that rail weighs in the neighborhood of 1500 lbs with driver, and some is of course on the front wheels. The wrinkle walls probably run 9 to 13 psi so they are pretty forgiving. That means he may not be seriously hurt, but he fucked up and they probably had to shut it down before it overheated. That's a forfeited race = Yelled at, even fired. :unsure:
A beetle may get the plow driver to the plow, but this is so wrong it's a travesty :rolleyes:
What could they possibly have mounted the plow to? There's basically nothing behind there but thin sheet metal.
Sneaky Huns, they kept the heavy duty, ladder on frame trucks, and shipped the frameless ones claiming better gas mileage. ;)
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The bid is now $105,387.00.
Lots of bid retractions...
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What could they possibly have mounted the plow to? There's basically nothing behind there but thin sheet metal.
Probably some form of bracketry attaching to frame rails/sub-frame.
I guess there is more than I remember under there.
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Still gonna need more than a 1300 cc engine to push that plow.
Frisco is a great place for car salesmen to show their wares...
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Fun is fun but that's just being a dick...
For impressing the masses, this car is a shoe-in. The car is to be seen, not see. ;)
That actually looks like a photoshop, the shoe's texture is so perfect. And those laces too. All of it. It looks like real leather.
I've been spending too much time looking for the source image, but I'm 99% sure it's a picture of a 1950s MG TD roadster. Some roadsters have wire spoke wheels, but most have those steel wheels with hub caps. And the shape of the bumper with that rivet in that spot. It's an MG TD.
I'm pretty sure it is a photoshop, no way he could drive a rig like that.
How could you see out the front? It's taller than his head.
That's why I said it's to be seen, not see. I'm sure he couldn't get plates in any state, and if he did he couldn't drive it. Got to be a photoshop. Even Mr Pig wouldn't want it.
What a pretty car! After restoration that is.
Why yes, I've got a couple old cars in the outbuilding. :lol2:
Next time I overnight in Denver, I want to visit
here.
That looks cool. I'd heard of it somewhere, probably in a blog. :thumb:
Clive Cussler is a prolific writer of men's adventure books, notably the Dirk Pitt adventures. I have read all of his books, even the nonfiction.
Hey Boss, I finished sweeping the shop and cleaning the toilet, eh. What do I do next?
[SIZE="1"]Hold on sweetie[/SIZE]
Well, uh, take that pile of sheet aluminium, and... uh... make me a Batmobile... and take your time, eh.
[SIZE="1"]Now where were we baby[/SIZE]
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The owner of a £100,000* classic Jaguar crashed his beloved motor just moments after starting the vehicle's engine - following years of work to restore it to its former glory.
Photos of red 1973 V12 Jaguar were uploaded onto social media after the crash after it crashed into a road lamp on Monday 6 June.
The images show the vehicle's front bonnet and head light crumpled around the metal pole, situated several metres from a busy commuter road in Ely, Cambridge.
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Cambridgeshire Police posted the images on social media in order to to raise road safety awareness.
PC Ali McKenzie, who dealt with the crash, said the car had only been on the road "briefly" before the crash - but that the owner escaped unscathed.
"The car had recently been fully restored with a painstaking attention to detail, and had only been out on the road briefly before the accident happened," he said.
"We've seen a lot of vehicles damaged on our roads recently, but I can honestly say that I haven't seen anything quite as nice as this one in a long time.
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Responding to the post on social media, local residents in Cambridge appeared less than sympathetic to the car's owner.
Jay Rodgers asked officers if the "lamp post was okay", warranting a similarly mocking response from Cambridgeshire Police, who said that the local council would be "very upset" about the damage caused to its "beautiful 1973 vintage" lamp post.
Rob Blair wrote: "Poor bugger. What a beautiful car. Still, his safety is a blessing. The car can be repaired."
Local Giles Saunders, 49, said: "What a real shame - to have spent all that time and money restoring a beautiful car only to have a prang as soon as you get behind the wheel. "The guy must be gutted, but at least it's repairable."
The cost of repairing the vehicle is expected to run into the tens of thousands of pounds.
"It's a great shame.We are having to deal with very unpredictable conditions on the roads at the moment, please do take care."
* $143,000!
What can you say?
Daily Telegraph It's beauty was somewhat limited anyway by the travesty of having to mount the licence plate on the hood, so...
He's likely got more than sheet metal damage, because the V-12 E types have so much stuff packed into the tiny engine compartment. :(
It's beauty was somewhat limited anyway by the travesty of having to mount the licence plate on the hood, so...
As I recall, on this side of the Atlantic at least, the plate was self-adhesive vinyl applied to the bonnet/hood which didn't spoil the lines of the car.
I get the impression that wasn't/isn't allowed in the US?
A ball-gag on the Mona Lisa? A brassiere on Venus de Milo? A jockstrap on Michelangelo's David? Savages!
As I recall, on this side of the Atlantic at least, the plate was self-adhesive vinyl applied to the bonnet/hood which didn't spoil the lines of the car.
I get the impression that wasn't/isn't allowed in the US?
Not so much is/isn't allowed...not all of our states require front plates, and when they are required, the auto makers/dealers usually have some sort of bracket (for cars that don't have a 'bumper') that mounts the plate in the area where a bumper would be.
The Jaguar's licence tag just aggravates a personal dislike of mine.
Still a beautiful automobile, though.:yesnod:
It's beauty was somewhat limited anyway by the travesty of having to mount the licence plate on the hood, so...
Perhaps I should have used 'inhibited' rather than 'limited'...
I thought I was in the majority. Turns out most U.S. states require front and rear plates.
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I done learnt myownself something.
How to make an elegant Italian sports car look like crap is what! I'm with you grav. These days, all car designs have a specific spot made for the rear plate, but the front plate is usually not considered, so it's just rudely drilled right into the plastic bumper. All hail the freedom-loving rear-plate-only states.
And by the way, dummy front-plate states, aren't you increasing the drag of every single car by .001%? Thanks, you just burned an additional 50,000 gallons of fuel per week, according to this statistic I just made up off the top of my head.
I'm so jaded. I read about the crashed jaguar and immediately thought, "insurance scam."
...but the front plate is usually not considered, so it's just rudely drilled right into the plastic bumper.
Bingo, when I bought my truck in Jersey, we did the deal but it hadn't been "dealer prepped" yet. So we went crossed the street and had lunch and when we came back they had drilled into the front fascia and mounted a dealer ad plate, knowing full well the vehicle was going to PA. They also charged me $15 for this piece of shit plastic (later refunded), and I was pissed. Not as much as when I got home and found they had fucked up the layout and drilled 5 holes instead of 4. :mad2:
Parking enforcement lobby requires it. They don't want to have to walk around to the back of the car to write the parking tickets.
-According to this idea I just invented of why there might be front plates.
Some places forbid backing into parking spaces, and even your own driveway, so that the rear-mounted plate is always visible.
♪ ♫The wonderful thing about Tiggers,♪ ♫
♪ ♫Is Tiggers are wonderful things!♪ ♫
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airborne baby woooooooooooooo!
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That's crazy, I've seen that happen on concrete roads in the heat. It usually fucks up traffic quickly.
glatt's dream wagon would suffer mightily on that. :lol:
Say it ain't so, Rolls, say it ain't so...
That is one butt-ugly car.
VW's 1950 competition in Europe, but I don't think any came here.
I guess they figured Americans didn't want that die Sensation. :rolleyes:
This is the most beautiful Cadillac I've ever seen. All the chrome garbage removed, back to the basic lines...
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I can only speculate as to how a Jeep fire engine from Newfields, MO, ended up in the UK.*
Having done a bit of digging around, it appears it was at a show in Kettering, Northamptonshire, organised by the
Military Vehicle Trust.
There's also a few stills on the LiveLeak page.
* I'm making a huge assumption that it is the genuine article and not a vehicle restored in the guise of a fire truck according to the owner's whim.
Good find Carruthers! I'd never seen one, but, it appears
they're a thing.
Speed trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats, many of the really fast cars have to be push started, because the battery and starter are eliminated to save weight and/or they're geared so high starting from a dead stop is problematic. so you have to have a push vehicle with weight for traction and power to push, usually a pickup truck. But some crews want to be a little classier.
Roll 'em out, Fire 'em up, puuush, puuush.
Send 'em off, Haul 'em back, puuush, puuush.
I$ that pu$h-car a 59 Caddy?!?
:mg:
That'$ a little on the expen$ive $ide for a pu$h-car.
Buzz Lightyear's car:
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I$ that pu$h-car a 59 Caddy?!?
:mg:
That'$ a little on the expen$ive $ide for a pu$h-car.
Yes.
Yes.
From the looks of the engine, wheels, stance, paint, and interior, I'd guess the money he put in that would buy several nice Caddys.
Say it ain't so, Rolls, say it ain't so...
Update...
There is a website to identify
instrument panels, and another to
identify taillights.
The Bugatti Royals were to be limited at 25, and designed for Kings, Rajahs, their courtesans. Building reproductions is difficult except for the engines, hundreds of engines were built for railroad power.
Whoops.
915 cu in...Dayum.
Yes 300hp from 900ci, now we get 900 hp from 300 ci.
Da fuq izzat red button?
Either the overdrive lockout button or the ejection seat button. Not enough information to tell of they have the "Double O" option package or not. :)
This is soooo obvious :facepalm:
But, who stole it from whom?
We're pretty good at that, y'know...
So...I'm out riding around this morning, looking for yardsales. I'm driving down a little side street, when, what to my wandering eye should appear, but my old Pontiac! 1976 Pontiac Le Mans Sport Coupe, to be more precise. It had a Pontiac 350 when I got it. I drove it til it chewed up the timing gears and threw the chain. I put in a Pontiac 400, bored .060 over, big lumpy cam, extensively re-worked 7M5 heads, Quadra-Jet off a grain truck, about $2800 in the engine. I have always regretted trading it off (for a 73 Honda 750 Four, extended forks, ape-hangers, tall and skinny on the front, short and fat out back, motor "built out the ass" as they say). It was, and still is, my favorite car.
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I stopped and asked after the old girl. She's had a hard life. Not running, trans funky, interior eat up pretty bad, mismatched tires and wheels.
I tried to buy her back, but, dude just wasn't having any of it. I got up to $2500, which would have been stupid on my part. Turns out, dude is at least as stupid as I am.
He flat told me he wouldn't sell it. And he stuck to that for a half hour. Then, I came home and have been reliving my glory days in 'The Silver Bullet' since.
Man, I loved that car.
Still do.:heartpump
BTW, that hat I'm wearing was custom embroidered with "76 Pontiac" and the red, flying Indian head Pontiac logo.
It was the shiznit.
Sharp, how about a crowd funding campaign to raise enough to make him an offer he can't refuse and put her back in shape? :yesnod:
I take it he's not the guy you originally traded with, did you find out how may hands she's been through?
I had a '66 I also wish I still had.
Remember the
"Hemi Under Glass" exhibition drag car from the 60's/70's?
Original driver Bob Riggle (80 in this clip) and Jay Leno go for an unexpectedly wild ride during shooting for "Jay Leno's Garage".
Neither were hurt. Leno kept his sense of humor.
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I am hoping beyond hope that that was not the original Hemi Under Glass.:(
Ugly Lincoln show car with a really cool dash...
Touted as Roy and Dale's honeymoon car but that's bullshit. Yes it's a '46 even though it has a '47 grille a parking lights.
I love this wagon, smooth, clean, nothing excess...
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I don't think I want my car doing that. I'm trying to keep it going straight. :haha:
Reminds me of the fork lifts with the wacky wheels.
That's where he says he got the idea.
in 1909 a race with professional/experienced drivers from NYC to Boston was won in 12 hours. Lots of mud, some DNFs,
and one pedestrian fatality.
It wasn't until 1916 the first coast to coast road was built, The Lincoln Highway, and very little of that was paved outside of cities.
Wiki says it started in NYC but it actually started in Boston. A few years later it became US route 30 in most states, the route was
changed to go through NYC and Philly before turning west again.
It wasn't until the mid 50's that Ike's Interstate System got started.
Spied in the neighbor's driveway a while back:
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It's built on a VW van chassis.
Grav, I had exactly the same thought!
eta:
re: forklift, not vw-flatbed
I found this...thing...out in the county the other day:
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Road/power line/gas line right-of-way trimmer, I reckon...30 feet long, rear-steer, 4wd, extendable boom.:devil:
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And an extremely roll-over-protected tractor. I actually laughed out loud when I saw this. Overkill much?
probably the roll over protection is secondary to the protection from the zinging saw blade at the end of a forty foot boom.
Or perhaps to protect the driver from slapback from tree branches while mowing?
The US Army motor pool in Germany. Wonder what happened to them? Melted down to become BMWs?
Wow. Inside-the-wheel suspension, among other things:
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Cool, expensive, but cool.
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That must be the limited edition Mitsuzukota Cuttlefish. Sweeeeeet!
Back when Ford among others were conscious of style over gizmos.
That must be the limited edition Mitsuzukota Cuttlefish. Sweeeeeet!
I was reminded of cuttlefish, too.:D
I found several vehicular WTFs at a site called Jalopy Journal. They have a
"WTF" thread.
Here are a few of them:
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8-Track Supertuner. I've never even seen one of these.
Uncledigr had a '77 Accord with that very same unit. This would've been in the early 80s.
This is the second one I've seen.
So, there I was walking down the street in D.C., when I saw all these binder clips laying on the sidewalk under a storage room window at some law office, and I said "Hey, I can use those to fix the window on my car."...
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;)
watch out, you'll catch the Gey from this one, it even says so on the plate. :haha:
I can't see how a Microbus would be stable upside-down in the water.
I'd say it (the boattop) lifts off to use as an actual boat. Handles front and rear, plus it's clamped onto the roof.
I can't see how a Microbus would be stable upside-down in the water.
You'd need eleven long-haired Friends of Jesus just to paddle the thing.
VW flag at half mast for their ride on their laurels.
I think all of these came from Jalopy Journal:
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Do ya suppose that's a solid tire on the outside (the smaller diameter tire)? In case of a flat?
I don't think so,
Jalopy Journal has been a daily stop for years. I suspect they came from
The H.A.M.B.Why Dutch cars didn't become popular. :haha:
yikes.
even the driver can't bear to look at it!
I don't think so, Jalopy Journal has been a daily stop for years. I suspect they came from The H.A.M.B.
You're probably right. The hierarchy there is a little confusing to me.
I think all of these came from Jalopy Journal:
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Do ya suppose that's a solid tire on the outside (the smaller diameter tire)? In case of a flat?
Maybe if you hit soft ground, you gain extra traction, handy target on the side.
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The 1979 Porsche 935 raced by Paul Newman, Dick Barbour, and Rolf Stommelen at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, on 6/19/79, to a second place overall finish,
is for sale.
First overall at the 1981 24 Hours of Daytona.
First overall at the 1983 12 Hours of Sebring.
This 2006 restoration took Best in Class at the 2007 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.
This is a mystery. A flathead ford Hot Rod with all the right stuff for 1953, but a trick ignition right out of the 21st century. Damifino?
I wonder if Linda had a key?
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Because two-up riding apparently isn't dangerous enough...Photoshop, maybe?
:driving:
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First Shelby Cobra Ever Built Breaks Auction Records at Monterey
The star of this year’s RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction at Pebble Beach was undoubtedly a blue 1962 Shelby Cobra. Not just any blue 1962 Shelby Cobra, mind you. No, this is chassis CSX2000, the very first example ever built. It’s rolling piece of history, the crème de la crème of prototypes. Over five decades, it had never been outside Carroll Shelby's stewardship, initially as part of his personal collection, and, since his death in 2012, part of the the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust. When the gavel fell Friday night, it officially became the most expensive American car ever sold at auction.
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Looks like a "B" model Mack.
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And now the big question:
Why would you one do all this to a fucking whale???:eyebrow:
Because no one would be intimidated by a trout.
I smell bullshit.
The all-electric "Volkswagen for the digital age" will have a 300-mile driving range, fully charge in 15 minutes, and cost less than similar gas models, according to the VW Group CEO. Those are high goals the company aims to reach by 2025.
A top Volkswagen exec touted a new electric vehicle (EV) planned for the 2018-2019 model year with a 300-mile range. Now the CEO of VW Group says plans include a 15-minute charge time and a price lower than gas models, according to Engadget.
Following the initial announcement, Matthias Müller, CEO of the full Volkswagen Group, confirmed the relative size and range to Autocar. Müller also spoke about charging time and pricing but did not confirm the launch year, sticking to an earlier mention of 2025 as a target date.
Would VW lie to you? Has VW ever lied to you ?
Perhaps VW isn't using a battery, but has solved the problems with using a capacitator?
There are different drummers everywhere....
Pfft...Liars.
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I'd love to have either of their garages for just one day
Fuckin' A.
I'd take Jay's over Tim's, though. Prolly more weird stuff.
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Challengers
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No yellow, so they couldn't achieve an actual rainbow gradient.
Worst vehicle color lineup ever! :D
Have a little whoopsie? why bother with expensive repairs, just paint a map on it.
A 'Where Is This?' challenge?
A 'Where Is This?' challenge?
Mordor.
Why racing is so expensive...
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What's that? Torque, you say? Got some:
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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 here for the story.
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They've been restored.
And Barret-Jackson will auction them off.
As a pair.Hmm... a fool and his money something something something...
10 grams??!!
I've got that much gold in my eye...
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Looks like something Smokey Yunick would build for those high bank ovals...
I think Mr. Yunick's hat worked the same way...
This might be a wee bit of overkill...
That's what you call compound supercharging
I call it a visual obstruction citation.
Nice Goat, but he blew it. :lol:
Ow, my wallet!
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The horror, the horror...
Man, that makes ya wanna cry, don't it?
I always felt cars of that vintage and class had way, waaaay more "go" than "stop".
Once again, the universe balances things out. :(
I always felt cars of that vintage and class had way, waaaay more "go" than "stop".
And you would be correct. Waaaay more go than whoa. Hell, they might have had decent brakes, they just weighed a fuckton. Or two.
Meh, it's only a Mopar.
1910 Studebaker electric...
I didn't know Studebakers came in a roll-on.
Must have a hell of a compressor. Maybe they're air brakes? :lol:
Bet it plays La Cucaracha.
I bet it plays [SIZE="5"]GET THE EVER LOVIN' FUCK OUT OF MY WAY![/SIZE]
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I bet Dr Josef Mengele was involved...
Or Dr. Evil and successive generations of clones ...
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It's a V-Dub inception...
Oh, the humanity...
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Just what, not why:
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Oh, the humanity...
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I'll take it!
One of the guys on the SSR forum takes a lot of pictures at events and posts them, usually in collage form, but sometimes these phony magazine covers.
the non divided headlights are a distinctive improvement
It has the added advantage of causing me to leave a little more distance in traffic and park with the front end protected. :lol2:
Oh, I love this guy:
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Amen brother! Say it like it is!
That was fun. I fell down a rabbit hole of American Graffiti youtube clips
Hate to pay the tire bill...
Of course most of us made a lot less money then...
"Mattydale at Northern Lights" sounds like a strain of marijuana...Y'know, like 'Skunk No. 1 x Northern Lights'...:fumette:
[size=1]I can still smell that shit.[/size]
Parking brake. Use it.
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A rare photo of a four abreast race on July 5th, 1969 at York US-30. Actually Steve Kanuika was driving Jungle Jim's car.
Grumpy won, Dyno Don 2nd, Sox & Martin 3rd, and here comes beetlebomb. :lol:
...and here comes beetlebomb.
:lol2:
Cool pic.
I'm always a little impressed when I see the sidewall of tires like that stressing under the load of acceleration.
like this
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Those wrinkle walls are a compromise between breaking traction and ripping the tire off the rim. You should see them rolling through the pits at five miles an hour, with 9 psi pressure. You'd swear they were broken
From
here:
"Wrinklewall" slicks are now specifically designed for the special requirements of drag racing, being constructed in such a way as to allow the sidewall to be twisted by the torque applied at launch, softening the initial start and thus reducing the chances of breaking traction. As speed builds, the centrifugal force generated by the tire's rotation "unwraps" the sidewall, returning the energy to the car's acceleration. Additionally, it causes the tires to expand radially, increasing their diameter and effectively creating a taller gear ratio, allowing a higher top speed with the same transmission gearing.
:)
Oh yes, nothing like 300 mph to make the puppy grow. :eek:
I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty, witty and gay... :hearts:
455 Olds
Heh,
where?
ETA: Also, that telephone looks huge.
Right behind the driver, it's out of a front wheel drive Toranado. That's a 60s phone.
And now for something completely different:
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He doesn't have to find a shady place to park. :rolleyes:
From here:
"Wrinklewall" slicks are now specifically designed for the special requirements of drag racing, being constructed in such a way as to allow the sidewall to be twisted by the torque applied at launch, softening the initial start and thus reducing the chances of breaking traction. As speed builds, the centrifugal force generated by the tire's rotation "unwraps" the sidewall, returning the energy to the car's acceleration. Additionally, it causes the tires to expand radially, increasing their diameter and effectively creating a taller gear ratio, allowing a higher top speed with the same transmission gearing.
:)
Awesome! Had no idea.
He even has the toilet paper mounted the right way.
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It's the Pussycar!
Better hurry before Trump grabs it!
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When cars were new and the public enthralled...
$2,500 in 1909? That's some serious cash.
The online inflation calculator only goes back to 1913, but $2,500 in 1913 would be $61,042.68 today
Rod Hall is the only one to have raced in all 24 Baja 1000 races, winning 24 class wins and one first overall.
Next year he plans on going for his 25th win, despite being diagnosed with Parkinson's, and being 79 years old.
That's awesome.
That kind of racing is brutal, on man and machine.
I remember reading about Rod Hall and Ivan Stewart in Off-Road magazine when I was an early teenager.
I remember when Popdigr bought an old International Scout about that time. I was gonna race that Scout in the Baja 1000.:devil:
Mop up that drool, ya can't have it.
It's not, repeat, not for sale, see...
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The goggles are for the blood and guts in the backwash...
No way. That didn't exist. It's a hoax.
Even if it did exist, what's the steering wheel for?
That thing looks scary. Want!!!
I think that "steering wheel" might actually be the brake. And you steer by leaning.
With that prop pulling instead of driving the wheel, leaning may keep you going in the same direction, but leaning. :eek:
Looks top heavy. More of the mass, the guy's torso, the motor, all above the equator he's riding on.
Still, unbelievably cool.
This is a new one on me...
The goggles are for the blood and guts in the backwash...
1914 D'Harlingue Propeller Driven Monowheel | Built by Alfred E. D'Harlingue of St. Louis, Missouri. A modified version of a monowheel design by Clinton T. Coates. 3cyl radial engine, steers by changing the angle of the engine and prop, skid and wheel outriggers with a counterbalance weight.
linkGood find. Lots of info and design variations on
imgurWow, those three-piece pushrods couldn't have had much of a lifespan...
I think that was designed with drag racing in mind so they wouldn't have to. It was the only way to get up through the heads, and the reason he gave it up when Ford came out with the cammer.
Did you rob a liquor store or hit and run? Maaco will rat you out, so do it yourself. ;)
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the tire is his reservoir tank? he belongs in the diy thread. very creative.
Yes, the tire is the tank. That pump could never keep up with the gun.
The very first Z-28 Camaro ever built. Owned by Hugh Heishman, driven by Johnny Moore in the Daytona 24 hour Continental, 6 Trans Am races, and 2 SCCA events. Now restored to race trim.
A '69 Z/28 (orange hard top w/white stripes) was alllllllllllmost my first car. I had the cash, but Popdigr was a little afraid to let me loose with it (just turned 16). It was nice, too. Built 350, Holley carb, 4-speed.
And only $2500.:bitching:
Model T-based railcar:
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From that angle, that car is a work of art.
Yes, they were gorgeous.
From the same time period, Chrysler and Ghia came up with this...
Speaking of Mopars, this is a new one on me...
I love the '32, but I'd settle for the '34. :lol:
Rambler. Rambler? Rambler!
U. G. L. Y.
That car ain't got no alibi
It's ugly, It's ugly
Sure, that's what makes it such a great sleeper.
Butbutbut, I gotta look at the thing every time I get in it.
I'd have to tint the windows, too. I drive a 94 Grand Cherokee (ug-leee), and even I don't want to be seen in that thing (the Rambler).
But it did remind me of this:
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Exactly, even better with a couple of child mannequins in the back seat, a hula dancer on the dash, and a plastic flower on the antenna. :lol2:
Grav, the exact same thought popped into MY mind as well.
I think I'm scared now!
Rambler. Rambler? Rambler!
Want!!!
Grav, the exact same thought popped into MY mind as well.
I think I'm scared now!
If you're thinking like me, you
should be scared!
Get a CATscan, stat!
Back in the day... :crone:
it's going to be cold and wet and it's going to last the rest of your life.
tarheel
Scooby on that shit! He crankin', he crankin'!!!
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I drove this road three times (six with returns) before it was totally paved, but not nearly as bad as in 1957. But it was hella better in 1957 than when my Uncles did it in 1949, my father in 1951, and my grandparents in 1952.
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That was pretty cool!
A couple observations. They drove that pickup 1100 miles on a single tank of gas? I'm pretty sure I'm missing something there...
Also, the bridge at 2:46 looks like the bridge at Nenana over the Nenana river where the breakup Ice Pool is held.
No, they refueled. The seals were so AAA could record exactly how much fuel was used, same as they do on the Mobilgas Economy Runs. GM only touted the 45 hours, so evidently the mileage was nothing to brag about. All the trucks were gasoline V-8 powerglides, even the big ones, so I wouldn't expect much mileage.
Now I understand, thanks.
On the job training. :lol:
I thought the guy looked familiar, but I don't know who Pigpen is.
Wait, the guy from The Grateful Dead!
Oh, he does look like the guy from The Grateful Dead doesn't he?
well, it ain't tw, since he's ridin' *and* readin'
Ever see a Ferrari Race car, make that any Ferrari, with a continental Kit?
Racing in the '67-'68 Aussie Canam series, they had to carry a spare by Aussie rules.
All the people that grouse about not having a flying car should have joined the American legion.
1955 Peacemaker
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When it absolutely, positively, has to get there overnight...
https://olympic.craigslist.org/cto/5918152576.html
My dream vehicle, but about $20000 over my budget
It's like they ran out of metal and used plastic patch panels for fenders.
Plastic where you're likeliest to have bump that doesn't leave a dent. Anyhow, they make'em with body color fenders too, and anyhow, I can't see'em from the driver's seat (or the penthouse for that matter). I'd *love* to have this vehicle, outfitted exactly like this.
I'd take it too. Hondas are reliable. And it has a lot of room for hauling stuff when you need to. Plus the camping thing. I like it.
You both would be off in the wilderness relaxing and grooving on nature, then when you got back you find out you missed a week and got fired. :haha:
Everybody agrees, lowering is cool, the lower the better, amirite?
Nope.
When I worked at the shop, we had a guy come in with a lowered VW Rabbit. It was so low it could not clear the one inch lip of the steel rim around the lower bay access in the floor. We had to back the car over the opening to get to the engine from the lower bay. His oil pan was then accessible. Now I don't think the clearance of the car was actually less than an inch, it was an unfortunate combination of the super low car, a little lip, and a not-completely-flat-or-level approach to the bay.
Still. BEGGING for trouble just like this.
Eeeevil..
It might work. I've seen them peeled off motors like you'd peel a grapefruit. It was ugly.
They don't need to be cranked down to a hundred goddamn foot pounds. They CAN, but they don't need to be.
:drool:
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That's just 70s Mopar rusting before your very eyes. :haha:
Look at the long stripe
Goes out the lot and down the road, doesn't it?
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Very early TRON.
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[snicker]It's the short van.[/snicker]
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It's good to be the Queen. :haha:
Bitching about gasoline? People have been for more than 80 years.
I love this picture, it reminds me of Bill Kanuika's stories about testing his small block Chevy powered dragster
by his Dad's house on rte 352 just above Gradyville Road, around 1960.
Today you could sit there for 24 hours and not 15 minutes would go by with out seeing a car.
In daylight, fugetaboutit.
That see through car probably impressed the shit out of people in 1939. Today people would say, ho hum, it's a probably a hologram.
"red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme"
:devil:
Interesting. And cherry. So front rider steers and operates throttle and brakes, but the back seat driver gets to stir the gearshift?
Reminds me of a Honda gold wing, though I realise it's not a flat four, just the vibe I get. A proto gold wing. The archaeopteryx of motorcycles. A Dino-wing.
Looks to me like the handle bars are long enough for the rear seat, and he might be able to reach the pedals, but then where would the front seat put his legs out of the way? This is a very rare and unusual model, maybe for taking a kid along?
Here's a 1915 single seat.
Corvair and a carburetor I've never seen...
This sexy beast is a Cheetah. It has a Chevy big block L-88, and was built to battle the Cobras on the race track.
Alas, it was all for naught, as everyone knows Cheetahs never win.
Sweeeet. Kinda Porsche-in the front. Overall, gives me a bit of a Gee-Bee vibe, but on wheels
Very HotWheels/Matchbox-y.
The rarest station wagon...
I think it's a '46 because the '41s didn't have that grille on the side of the hood and the ones in between had no chrome. But it could be customised and it sure is purty. :)
This appears to a Houston thing although I have seen an occasional picture from other places.
I love stuff like this:
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Completely de-undercarriaged that F-150.:eek:
An Outback towing an Outback parked out front at Outback:
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And what is up with that long-ass tail pipe?
Probably a straight piece of pipe off the rack rather than a tailpipe made for the Outback.
It has to clear the "bumper" cover, which is missing.
bumper looks stock too. like the stock you'd find at the building supply yard.
It has to clear the "bumper" cover, which is missing.
So it is. Thank you.
Ooh, woody material... me wants.
Not quite as pretty:
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Sarge would run out of ticket books.
Ha~!
My first thought was that he was driving it!
A note from one of my SSR Bros in Vegas this morning.
On the chassis dyno last night, we made 980 HP and 860 Ft-Lbs Torque running on E85 at 20 PSI of Boost.
:mg:
20PSI, goddamn. At first I thought, man, he's gonna spend a fortune in tires. Then I read 20PSI, and I think he should add pistons to the list.
He has the right pistons, he has the right everything. ;)
He doesn't have the right symmetry.
Mounting limitations, I suppose.
He had to build the set up himself. The engine is offset to the passenger side from the factory. A change they made in '05 to accommodate a Tremac 6-spd.
All the electronics/electrical had to be moved out of the engine bay to the fender, for heat and to make room. He's started this a year and a half ago, has torn the engine down half a dozen times changing stuff, changed engines, replaced the trans, built a dual-fuel system, and a bunch of other stuff.
Surprise... The record set was 81,37 mph two way average.
and gasoline!!!! hahahahhBOOM!
Alllllmost.
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I like this car, the guy in the car must be admiring her hair style. ;)
Cragars and gangster whitewalls...Just say no.
Dude parked his car on a 1959 Vette.I learned by reading the comments that it was a confused Old Lady what tore up that Vette.
That looks like a car built by west coast custom for some athlete or rapper, where the whitewalls are actually part of the rim powder coated white.
Thank god for tailfins, or else it'd be hard to tell if that one was comin or goin
I hadn't heard of these...
That one lights up, I assume on command. :)
Information has been released a drip at a time to build the hype, but it's supposed to be 200 lbs lighter than the 707 hp Hellcat, and in the neighborhood of 1000 hp. Keep in mind this was a factory prepared car for it's grand debut so not a guaranty of the same performance by the one you buy next year.
You can tell by this original 1965 commercial, it took awhile for Pontiac to figure out the GTO’s target demographic.
The Mad Men envisioned their customers as the sporty married professionals in the commercial.
Pretty quick they found out the GTO’s real buyers were more likely to be found at the drag strips and drive-ins.
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Pontiac ad man Jim Wangers knew, so he arranged for the GTO song to be produced, with Ronny and the Daytonas.
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Man, I hate when that happens.
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Honestly, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Those tires and wheels are huge and heavy and they're obviously held on by the (relatively) tiny spindle. They get a LOT of movement, it seems like an obvious weak point.
I bet he stuck the landing though!
This is a cut-away of a 1948 Packard 327 ci, flathead, straight eight.
Would you like to see/hear that engine with a blower in a rat rod?
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Was that gear whine or a noisy blower? And where did that guy learn to shift? IMO he needs more practice.
It was a blown Packard straight-8. But he might have had a gear drive instead of timing belt.
I liked watching the shifter move around with the drivetrain.
that gps voice we all laugh at... it's laughing now.
I've seen so many pictures of Jones Street with trucks, tour busses, even limos hung up, I don't understand why it still happens.
1917, war mood, buy one for your state militia. :rolleyes:
Sounds right, a 7 passenger touring would cost at least that today. :thumb:
...the hell?:eyebrow:
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I'm guessing there's a d-i-v-o-r-c-e involoved...
Sterling kit car:
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Wiki link
Sterling Sports CarsSterlings lost popularity when mini skirts went away. :blush:
You mean they were actually popular?
With people who disposable income for an extra, limited use, car. Think playmates in mini skirts, and wealthy men looking for that trophy 2nd or 3rd wife.
Buick Aficionados Unearth a Pair of Brand New ’87 Grand Nationals!
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592 miles and 807 miles; barn fresh; stickers still on the windows; cars are identical; build sheets are identical;
consecutive VIN numbers!<--This means these cars have probably been
together since the assembly line.
Together on the truck that delivered them to the dealer,
together. They probably left the dealer
together. And they've survived
together. And now they've been found
together. And taken to a new home
together.
That fucken rocks.:devil:
Moar pics at the link.
Wow, a buddy of mine stopped by and said he's just came from from putting $5000 down and ordering a new Camaro. I handed him the latest Car&Driver (they used to be printed on paper in those days), which had a comparison of the latest crop of muscle cars. He put down the magazine and walked out without a word, went and cancelled the Camaro, then straight to the Buick dealer his extended family had been buying Buicks from for decades. Got a super deal because this stiff collar dealership didn't have a clue. :lol:
High end cars usually have all the latest bells and whistles, which eventually work their way down to the cheaper models in time. It's a shame this brake temperature gage didn't survive the trickle down.
Trapping a Self-Driving Car is Surprisingly Easy
Would've just posted the video, but, there's essentially nothing to see.
Interesting, short article, though.
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1,000-HP 2017 Trans Am 455 Super Duty Bows in New York
1,000 hp and 1,046 lb-ft of torque
They were holding out, keeping the good stuff for themselves. :(
Destruction for destruction's sake:headshake:
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More aptly titled Drunks Going Whoo-Hoo! and Yeeeeaaahh!
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Different, unique, one of a kind... fortunately. :flycatch:
All it needs is a drywall bucket and a few half empty tubes of caulk rolling around in the bed.
1955 Chevy flatbed punkin chunker...chunkin' bowling balls, at vans, of course.
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Rims, people, *Rims*.
and tires.
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Rims, people, *Rims*.
Rimsky-Korsakov ??
No. Rims, as in [size=5]"It's Neil Gorsuch!"[/size]
Fast and furious Charger...
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Maybe they should have used an older Mopar.
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I bet it corners like a tank.
Just what, not why.[/PaulHarvey]
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Wth is that thing in the middle that looks like a spare tire?
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And if you say 'That's your stomach, Gravdigr.", I will come to your house and shit on your porch.:mad:
top one above the gator...
A pool haul.
Wth is that thing in the middle that looks like a spare tire?
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And if you say 'That's your stomach, Gravdigr.", I will come to your house and shit on your porch.:mad:
It's a spare tire.
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Now I've always been a staunch supporter of hot rods, race cars, and you can do what ever you want with what you own. But this just doesn't sit right. :headshake
Weight transfer. Weigh back when...
'96 Suzuki Vitara for sale:
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Better bigger.
Some people on another forum are predicting this will do wheelstands. I doubt it, I don't think there's enough weight on the rear wheels to get enough bite for that. :headshake
Is that an S-10?:3_eyes:
Good job of hiding wiring, throttle cables, etc...Vurry clean install.
Ho. Lee. Shit.
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Mechanic: There seems to be a timing issue.
Owner: Burn it.
Notice all those plastic chain guides? Reminds me of LJ's motor with I think less than 50k and the mechanic told him they had about one good ride left. Replacing them in the Audi would cost more than LJ's bike is worth... after he fixed it up. have to pull the engine out.
You're right, burn it.
I'm a-guessing that doesn't go in your average grocery getter.
You buy that you can't afford groceries. :rolleyes:
Unless you're rich enough so you don't fetch your own.
A rerun, but worth it. Camaro gets beat by a Neon. Listen at the end, shocked Camaroguy says "I'm sellin' this fuckin' car.":lol2:
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maaaan, he puts the LOW in lowrider
I see it's a Flintstone-mobile...
One of yours, Bruce?
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Hell no, I'd have to carry a step ladder.
I realize it’s a top of the line, King Ranch, diesel, dually, with all the bells and whistles, but $37,500 for a 7 year old truck with 96,000 miles blows my mind.
I wonder what it cost new?
Butbutbut, it does all kinds of things to the letter P.
I don't who/where VIN is, but he has a helluva last name.
and *that* is how you keep the wife from driving the minivan.
or something like that
Was this the beginning of "specialists"?
There's a LOT of fun to be had in that Baja Bug.
The Buick I can understand, but I'm surprised I've never seen one of these Caddys. :mg: Maybe I have and didn't know it was a limo/wagon?
:devil:
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They got stoned and started rocking. Next thing you know...
They got stoned and started rocking. Next thing you know...
...ol' Jeb's a millionaire?:p:
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That's Marshall Teague's car, engine by Smokey Yunick.
Damn your eyes! I had to read your link then follow their link to the Grass Roots thread where he fires up the engine on page 86 of that thread, then read all the way to the last post on page 100 to find out how much he saved.
What did this cost?
Well, the tools section was $3150. $2800 of that was the lift, engine hoist, and three new torque wrenches. The rest is one set of inverse torx, a set of long allen sockets, and a couple of specialty MB parts to pull the cams. Slippery's tool is priceless of course.
Parts were only $3300 which is quite a lot less than I thought it was going to be, mostly because I didn't put new cam phasers on. I might regret that later, but they were $500 each and there are four of them. It would have seemed stupid cheap if I didn't have to spend that last $400 on a new AC compressor.
So the total cost, all in, to get the van back on the road was $6450. Saved myself about $50k and got a lift. Not too shabby.
"It's not the parts mate, it's the labor, init."
Any indication how many hours involved, Ford dealers round here charge $100 an hour, a Mercedes dealer, gotta be more.
I bet these would have been a hot item on the surplus market if they were produced.
"It's not the parts mate, it's the labor, init."
Any indication how many hours involved, Ford dealers round here charge $100 an hour, a Mercedes dealer, gotta be more.
My semi local Ford dealer was $275 an hour a few years ago.
Put your Ford dealer on your Christmas card list.
10-man Jeep
It looks fairly cold as shit in the first pic...PUT THE WINDSHIELD UP!!!!
10-man Jeep
It looks fairly cold as shit in the first pic...PUT THE WINDSHIELD UP!!!!
Get a Yamaha!
Hah!
I kinda asked for that, didn't I?:lol2:
I would kill for that wagon. The reality is it would drive like a '53 Chevy six cylinder automatic, with stiff springs and feeble shocks. The fit and finish would be '50s show car with little thought to longevity in the real world. I don't fucking care! I want it!
It's preeety nice.:yesnod:
I mean, it's not quite as cool as this wagon, but we can't all be cool::cool:
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By 1914 Ford had 48% of the US market share. That's because they were cheap and could be repaired with baling wire and chewing gum. But with so many people owning Fords, and men being boys, racing was bound to occur in a run-what-you-brung manor. But some of the men/boys were tired of losing to rich peoples cars with a lot more power.
Capitol Engine works primary business was converting airplane engines for boats, but they would put some pep in your Ford if you could A-Ford it.
80 to 100 years ago urban parking garages with car elevators were all the rage.
More cars parked in the space available meant bigger profits.
But some times the cars fa down go boom. :rolleyes:
My father was in the parking business. His company bought a pigeon hole garage in Philly that one end was not used. The track that the car elevator ran on was slightly higher on that end. Otis elevator leveled the track and Square Parking made a profit. Pigeon hole garages were a pain, because when the elevator broke down customers couldn't get their cars. Square Parking was sold in the 90's. They were wonderful employers and I made a lot of money with them.
From a recent photo safari; for sale locally:
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Took me a minute:
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Was that just a concept car? Looks pretty slick, except for the tilt up entry.
Yes. It looks awfully big to be built on a '63 Falcon wagon chassis, they were small.
that's weird.
the number of windows in the two photos is different. Where's the window behind the driver window that's visible in the first photo? I can't find it in the second photo.
that's weird.
the number of windows in the two photos is different. Where's the window behind the driver window that's visible in the first photo? I can't find it in the second photo.
BigV is right, those are two different cars. I call shenanigans.
Show car, work is progress as they moved from big show to big show, sometimes for two or three years. Often the color would be changed for each appearance.
If that bitch is gonna sit on the roof I'm takin' the side window out.
they make regular and super cab trucks. super cab models have a jumper seat behind the driver's seats. it's just 2 variations. why is that shenanigans?
edit:
I stand corrected. the cab converts.
The unique show vehicle in the F-250 class features a custom designed passenger compartment that expands at the push of a button from a pickup to a two-door sedan accommodating two additional passengers in the rear compartment.
When a four-passenger sedan is desired, a switch on the master control is activated and the rear portion of the cab moves 18 inches in to the bed of the truck, a roof section moves up into position and two additional bucket seats fall into place.
Thanks for the link Jim, that says a full sized wagon chassis not a Falcon like where I found the picture.
The regular to king cab conversion is interesting. With as many cross over trucks like the Avalanche and the Ridgeline, you'd think somebody would have tried to market that gimmick.
Probably expensive to build, tough to make waterproof, and if the suckers are buying what they have, no need to complicate the line.
Of course it would be easier to build now than in 1966, except for the belt and bag attach points, but I wonder how it would fare in the crash tests?
I'd buy that as an aftermarket conversion kit, Jim. Converting my Avalanche to a full bed pickup can be a hassle and I'd love to just push a button and have the seats fold up and the midgate fold down.
While I'm at it, why can't somebody invent power folding towing mirrors for it too? I hate having to manually fold the things when parking in tight spaces. /lazy
The regular to king cab conversion is interesting. With as many cross over trucks like the Avalanche and the Ridgeline, you'd think somebody would have tried to market that gimmick.
The Avalanche is not a truck as noted in the manual. It cannot tow or carry the load that a truck that size can do, cause it doesn't have a truck frame. Nor tow a fifth wheel trailer, cause of shape of rear bed.
Didn't know whether to go to 'Rims', or 'Aircraft'...I came to Rims.;)
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A '58 Vette convertible towing a color-matching helicopter, what could be cooler?
A '58 Vette convertible towing a color-matching helicopter, what could be cooler?
You'd have to add scantily clad ladies to be cooler. :yesnod:
"What kind of truck ya got?"
"It's just a plane truck."
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Shows how narrow those DC-3s were.
Now here's something every juvenile delinquent should have.:D
We used pipe caps and the oven mitt is a great idea.
At first glance I thought this van looked silly. But the more I look at it and the clever integration of the '57 design, the more I like it.
I found the tow vehicle for the camper in post #1580. It's a '57 Chevy "Handyman" two door wagon.
The line of Ford trucks has grown...
Motivation to clean up that barn, shed, garage...
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Steve McQueen's 69 Chevy baja truck:
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Steve McQueen's 69 Chevy baja truck:
WHAT is the point of a click-bait line like that without a pic of your actual STEVE McQUEEN!!!!!???????????
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Steve don't look so good as he used to was these days. :headshake
That's the desert racing truck McQueen and Vic Hickey built.
WHAT is the point of a click-bait line like that without a pic of your actual STEVE McQUEEN!!!!!???????????
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Better?:D
No no, he's holding a cigarette, that must be photoshopped out for the sake of the children... think of the children. :unsure:
I don't like children, and prefer a world without them.:right:
Spark up, kids.
Yes, kids can be annoying, however...
Each time I see a little girl
Of five or six or seven
I can't resist a joyous urge
To smile and say
Thank heaven for little girls
For little girls get
Bigger every day
Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in
The most delightful way.;)
No no, he's holding a cigarette, that must be photoshopped out for the sake of the children... think of the children. :unsure:
I wonder how he felt about those cigarettes, looking back from his lung cancer deathbed at age 50. His asbestos exposure was very bad, but my understanding is that it's asbestos exposure mixed with smoking that is the real killer.
It's a double Whammy at the least.
Ride hard, die fast. Yeah yeah, the cancer ain't fast enough, but it may be better than a long slow diminishing abilities, disappointment, and depression. :eyebrow:
Thanks, grav!
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Steve and Limey sitting in the tub
Next thing you know it's rub-a-dub-dub
First comes... [SIZE="1"]nevermind[/SIZE] :blush:
"I got me one o' them 'unmarked cars'. So I don't stand out as being da pohlees."
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How's that working for ya?:eyebrow:
ETA: Check out the car show across the street.
Looks like an early pickup and a Grand National.
What with The Juice getting paroled, and all the renewed hype around him, have you wondered...
Whatever happened to Al Cowlings' white Ford Bronco?
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Bonus: Video of the chase that 95 million people watched (only 111 million saw Super Bowl LI) at the link.
Ii say for the seventy eleventh time, i don't give a rat's ass about OJ or his ex or his buddy's bronco, or his lawyer's whore sprog.
Does it come in black?
:D
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Couches?
No, rims.
An allyuminniyum Impala...
Maybe filicide, or at least a paternity test.
I'll be his kid if he'll give that car.
The kid rejected it so he had to sell it... along with his hopes and dreams.:(
It always bites you in the ass, trying to foist your hopes and dreams on your kid... At least the kid was nice enough to be honest and let the dad sell it, rather than accepting it then just selling it for the cash himself.
Bah, must have been the mailman's kid.
The horror, the horror...
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Spotted this the other afternoon, parked just off from a local watering hole:
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That car is as clean and perfect a car as I have ever seen, positively droolworthy. Not a scratch or speck anywhere. '56 Chebbie.
Nice, unusual to see a 4 door post cared for like that.
Ever wonder why car repairs are so expensive?
I'm reasonably sure that GrandCherokeeOne has the original distributor and rotor button. It also has the original alternator. 245k miles and change, atm.
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In a KIA Sorento, they were transporting a gas grill, bottle attached, and somehow the gas was turned on (probably when loading it). And then she lit a ciggy.
Kablooey.
Blew the roof damn near off. Blew the windshield completely out of the vehicle. They both survived with non-life threatening injuries.
And then they crashed.
Oh, yeah, dude was then arrested on an outstanding warrant.
There's a little salt in the wound for ya.
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Yet another reason not town a vehicle with a name that stands for
Killed
In
Action.:yelsick:
They both survived with non-life threatening injuries.
But both were obviously already brain dead. :rolleyes:
Infiniti prototype (read show car) is quick because it's so light, but only good for about 30 miles on a charge.:rolleyes:
Concept cars like that one strike me as a waste of time and money. I understand they are technology teastbeds, proofs of concept, and such, but...
30 mile range...Why, WHY would you take go backwards? 30 mile range is a huge step backwards. Yuge.
And it's quick...Yes, so quick you can run out of range faster than anyone else. You can be the first one on the side of the road.
It's fairly attractive, I'll give it that.
Amazing, and it only took him 47 years. Well to be fair, he was only trying for about 10 years...
No reports on performance
The Builder's website.Every branch, every single branch, on the way down.
Hahahahaha, my buddy is gonna be shittin' kittens when I show him this one!
The only thing wrong with it. It's a ford.
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SOLD
For £17,500,000. That's ~twenty-two-and-a-half million damn dollars.
Dirt track racing a chopper. :mg:
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Right-side drive, buuuuunch of rake, no front brake, rear wheel in full spin/slue/skid, frame and peg in the dirt...what could possibly go wrong?
Re: the video clip
What are those, parade laps?:eyebrow:
Can't go real fast on a short dirt flat track. Like all racing speed is only important relative to your competitors.
Maybe I mistook the type of racing that was going on.
ETA: Went back and watched the clip full screen, and they're slowing down for the turns, ya can hear it. When I saw 'dirt track motorcycle racing' I assumed it was the kind where they don't slow for the turns, they hang the ass end waaaaay out, put down the inside foot (which is wearing a metal soled boot/shoe) and keep on truckin round that turn at full tilt boogie. Y'know, like a crazy person.
These people are too sane. Must be family guys.
Adrian Flux Arena
The shale-surfaced track is 342 metres (374 yards) long and is surrounded by a solid steel plate fence and like most international speedway venues, the fences in the turns are protected by an air fence.
Ain't seen this particular mod before:
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This guy has a think for barf green. :vomit:
It ain't the ugliest green I ever seen, but, dayum, dude.
When you're showing off, pay attention...
I'm hoping the silver car(which looks like a Corvette) has it's hood up for display and not the crash.
1927 Helsinki car showroom...
A friend owns this one - 1968 Chevy Impala SS 427 Convertible Pre-Production Pilot Line Car
[SIZE="3"]1968 Chevy Impala SS 427 Convertible Pre-Production Pilot Line Car
VIN: 164678S10003
Only SS427 Pilot Line Car Known[/SIZE]
In the 1960s, pilot line cars were hand crafted and hand assembled four to five months before actual production on a new vehicle series began. Typically, these pilot line cars were tested to the point that they could no longer be sold, but in a few rare cases, 1960-era pilot line cars were sold to auto manufacturing employees or sent to wholesale auctions to be sold as used cars. By the 1970s, federal MVSS regulations changed and liability became an issue, so pilot line cars were no longer made available for sale. In most cases, these pilot line cars were destroyed before assembly-line production began on the final product.
Although 1,778 pre-production 1968 Impalas are known to have been made, this particular vehicle was number three in the pre-production pilot line series. Numbers one and two have never been found, making this beautiful convertible the only known 1968 Impala SS 427 pilot line car in existence. It has been completely and professionally restored and is now available for purchase.
This pristine muscle car is loaded with the L-36 Turbo-Jet 427 V-8 engine (385 horsepower) and the 400 automatic transmission. It features power brakes and power steering, tinted glass, and mag-style wheel covers. Refinished in the correct C-Paint Code, this Ermine White beauty also features an as-delivered interior, following the two-tone red 868-Trim Code. The interior also includes perfectly restored bucket seats, console, remote mirror, and original AM/FM stereo with auxiliary 8-track player.
List of features:
• A-31 Power Windows
• A-81 Headrest
• A-01 Tinted Glass
• G-92 308 Rear Axle
• J-50 Power Brakes
• M-40 Turbo Hydra-Matic 400
• N-34 Sport Steering Wheel
• N-33 Comfort Tilt Steering
• N-40 Power Steering
• N-96 Mag-Style Wheel Covers
• U-14 Special Instrumentation
• U-57 Stereo Tape System
• U-79 AM/FM Stereo Radio
• Z-03 SS Equipment Package
• Z-24 SS 427 Engine
• AZ-9 Auxiliary Lighting
In November of 2016, Muscle & Corvette Nationals awarded this beauty the Concours Gold Certificate, a prestigious and highly desirable honor that marks it as being one of the most rare and stunning examples of early pre-production Chevy Impalas known in existence.
Very nice. Perfect for a collector to own for investment and bragging rights. The problem with the car is you can't drive it. You can't risk stone chips or hail, or any other real world hazards. It's too rare and valuable to park anywhere, even if you can see it out the window of where you are. Well you could, but a big waste of money and direct route to piraiahville. ;)
Very nice. Perfect for a collector to own for investment and bragging rights. The problem with the car is you can't drive it. You can't risk stone chips or hail, or any other real world hazards. It's too rare and valuable to park anywhere, even if you can see it out the window of where you are. Well you could, but a big waste of money and direct route to piraiahville. ;)
Exactly. He tells me he drove it once, about 20 miles. It's stored in a secure, temp-controlled warehouse in Montana, and it only leaves the warehouse (inside a sealed car transport trailer) for the occasional car show.
It's "an investment" he tells me. I say, use it or lose it! Well, not really - it IS worth a butt ton of money, but c'mon - realistically, it's not much more than a very pretty,
very expensive, paperweight.
And too big to fit on the mantle. :D
I belong to a group who own trucks that only 24000 were built over four years, the last 11 years ago.
The group is split three ways, the trailer/garage queens(wipers work? don't know never seen rain),
the Sunday/vacation drivers who got wet and took two weeks to clean it properly,
and us daily drivers who have the most fun, least worry, if it breaks fix it. :thumb:
I know the thread's about Rims. Got it. But I roll my rims through this intersection twice a day. It is a little unsettling to see all those headlights headed right at you!!!!!
Really, what were they thinking?
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I live near Vancouver WA, and most of the freeway exits/entrances are built like this. First time I encountered one, I flipped out!
The design engineers are paid a percentage of youtube videos that go viral.
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Nice to see that I am not the only one who has trouble removing lug nuts
Popdigr bought some tires at WalMart, had WalMart put 'em on. First time we went to rotate them, we took off two unbelievably tight lugs, and Popdigr said "Put 'em back on."
Then he went to WalMart and made them loosen all the lug nuts and hand tighten them back. They had to use cheater bars and muscles, to loosen the lugs, their air wrench wouldn't do it.
Morons.
I've had my bumper try and pass a time or two, but, when your wheel goes by, you're fukt.
Spotted this in town on a recent safari. Looks like we got us a Jurassic [strike]Park[/strike] World fanboy...
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I'm reasonably sure that GrandCherokeeOne has the original distributor and rotor button. It also has the original alternator. 245k miles and change, atm.
Not anymore. Carked it at 246,212 miles. 23+ years old. So long OE alternator, we hardly knew ye.
Landyacht seen at the local tractor junkyard:
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Probably pretty nice back in the day.
Tremulis convinced Ford to invest in a wind tunnel while giving some interesting facts about horsepower and speed of the era.
Rare wagon and glatt catching air...
Pssst, wanna buy a Camaro?
German dirt track racers...
I love it.
Is the car owner being serious or ironic? Hopefully ironic.
The low profile tire thing is kind of silly in its own right, so painting your regular tires to look low profile is all kinds of awesome by one upping the silliness.
I love it.
Is the car owner being serious or ironic? Hopefully ironic.
The low profile tire thing is kind of silly in its own right, so painting your regular tires to look low profile is all kinds of awesome by one upping the silliness.
I would love it if you asked them about it, and they were like,
"yo! they ain't fake, man why you trippin'??
...
nah, I'm just ƒuckin' with you :D "
Before custom cars became big business...
:sniff:
Live fast, die young.
Unique fenders... No idea how you get in the damn thing.
:eek: Hours Per Mile :eek:
Roll bar/air tank is brilliant.
:sniff:
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That one is in a lot better shape than a lot of the ones I've seen on the net.
I was surprised that crawler with the air tank in the rollbar uses an A/C compressor to fill it. Didn't know they could be used for air.
Don't cry, buy!
Can I borrow
your credit card? Just for a minute?
Want a used car, there's a shitload on them in Houston.:(
All recently washed too.
If I was dictator, I would order them all to be destroyed. They are lemons waiting to happen.
Lot of good parts there though.
That's the problem with being a dictator. These rash judgements are sometimes regrettable.
You could order them dismantled but when they tried that with the gas hog program there was a lot of hanky panky going on.
Can you really ever get the mold smell out? I guess maybe you can replace all the upholstery and still sell a water-logged engine for some amount of profit.
Upholstery and rugs, fugetaboutit. Electronics kind of depend on whether it was fresh or salt and if they were powered when they submerged. Wire harnesses try to reclaim the copper because they are probably corroded inside, plus most of them run at floor level these days.
However there's a shitload of plastic and metal parts that can be cleaned, glass can be reused. Mostly it depends on demand, parts for a Camry are more in demand than parts for a Rolls, and if the parts are cheap enough new to bother salvaging them.
But is there really anything wrong with that? Surely the glass and plastic are fine and won't cause cars to become lemons once they're installed, right?
The existing cars will become lemons because of corrosion that will occur in their wire harnesses, causing all sorts of mysterious intermittent problems.
But you're right, the glass and plastic parts would be fine to reuse. Maybe metal parts too, if you inspect them closely and they have no areas for hidden damage to occur.
Absolutely, metal, glass and plastic are mostly cool to salvage. But the bottom line is there money to be made in some other way than selling them to unwary buyers. If it takes 2 hours to recover a $1 cup holder, then no. If it takes 2 hours to pull a $1,000 pair of fenders or $2,500 front clip, then yes.
I said before try to salvage the copper in the wiring harnesses, but thinking about it that may be not worth the trouble. With the increased use of electronics the harness contains less copper than ever. The wire has become tiny and even my 12 year old truck has the wires carrying power and data on the same wire.
It's called a Sherp.
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Sherpier bigger.
I wonder if it will right itself?
music by Two Steps From Hell - Strength of a Thousand Men
What the hell, Ford didn't think of the minivan to they tried to rename the station wagon?:rolleyes:
I wonder if it will right itself?
Looks like the center of gravity is fairly low, so...
Maybe.
K-F hung on filling niches and specialty markets the big three didn't bother with. When the post war hunger for new cars had been filled the biggies decided to crush all the little guys.
I'm guessing "street" is the autobahn.
I thought after years of drought and disastrous fires in CA, the heavy rains that refilled the reservoirs took care of that. But now northern CA is ablaze.
Look at that earthquake resistant foundation.
Burn all the earthquake-proof foundations?
Yeah, because that makes perfect sense.
The Californians, ya stovebolt.
Envy will get you nowhere. And I'm not a stovebolt, I'm an LS-2.
Chebbys, a whole lot of Chebbys...
Invented by the guy who invented 33 1/3 LP records because he hated Rock&Roll.
When it's time to retire...
This looks like an artists conception, but it's a posterized photograph of a real custom car built in England and shipped over for last years SEMA show in Vegas.
KILL IT! Kill it with FIRE!
That's a lot of plumbing.
Secure your load, or, lose your head. And shoulders.
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Day-umm! Were there any survivors?
Room to uh... wrestle. :blush:
When your '07 Mercedes time-to-change-the-oil light comes on, after the oil change just reset the light. In my '06 Chevy I have to push one button then push and hold a second button, both on the steering wheel.
Typical German engineering
It runs crappy so just jerry-rig the door. :rolleyes:
It looks like that deformed spark plug would be nearly impossible to remove, yet when you look closely, there are no visible socket wrench marks on the flats where it might have been unscrewed. Did it just shoot out of its hole during ignition? What the hell happened?
Don't know, if it was an aluminum head it might have melted it's way out.
Note the electrode is still good , even the gap, so it must have been a defective plug.
Antique? Historical? Jetta? :eyebrow:
Jetta? :eyebrow:
Rabbit.
Smoked 'em consistently with my '78 Fiesta. They didn't have a clue.
That one up there, might have a clue.
WTF is
this?!
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That, friends and neighbors, is a
'72 AMC Javelin, believe it or don't.
A '72 AMC Javelin by Ringbrothers. With a Hellcat crate motor making 1,100 horsepower.
WANT. Want
bad.:drool:
It's like if Mad Max gave a shit what his car looked like.:devil:
Looks like a Mustang Firebird. Why couldn't GM go with Pontiac instead of Buick? These should be questions Jim could answer.
Kinda like there are no new station wagons made, but plenty of SUV's. What started that trend? Maybe the mini van.
I hate to ask Jim about Toyotas since he sells Nissan's, but drives a Jeep. So if I drive a Toyota off a 300' cliff will the car stop before it hits the bottom of the ravine?
Rabbit.
Smoked 'em consistently with my '78 Fiesta. They didn't have a clue.
That one up there, might have a clue.
Yes Rabbit, thank you.
The Javelin is all kinds of cool but the front end is butt ugly.
Tarheel, the minivan replaced the wagon because the wagon had the suburban family with kids label, plus it was much more efficient and easier to tote kids and their gear. But then the minivan got the Soccer Mom tag which was the kiss of death.
They couldn't go back to wagons so they sold them on the SUVs, which is roomy but a pain in the ass for hauling the tribe. However it hadn't come to represent the MILF with spawn yet.
Now, selling wagons and minivans is an uphill struggle because you are what you drive. Image is everything.
Cool wheels, look retro but really high tech...
Tarheel, the minivan replaced the wagon because the wagon had the suburban family with kids label, plus it was much more efficient and easier to tote kids and their gear. But then the minivan got the Soccer Mom tag which was the kiss of death.
They couldn't go back to wagons so they sold them on the SUVs, which is roomy but a pain in the ass for hauling the tribe. However it hadn't come to represent the MILF with spawn yet.
Now, selling wagons and minivans is an uphill struggle because you are what you drive. Image is everything.
Meh. Through the years, I've owned three station wagons and loved every one of them. Plenty of room for peeps
and for hauling shit. Plus, I don't give a foetid rat's patootie what anyone thinks. :D
Of course, I also have a 4WD Silverado for when the load is too big for the Volvo, and for when the roads get treacherous out here. :cool:
You obviously don't represent the buying public demographic. Image sells cars. What won at the track last weekend, what a movie stars and "celebrities" are driving, what's in this year. How else would you explain Mercedes and BMW sales numbers of overpriced cars? Why do you think Porsche is building SUVs instead of wagons?
Here's the motor of that Javelin.
A beautiful '55 Chevy throws people off with '56 side trim.
A buddy was building a '56 Chevy 2-dr wagon so I bought him one of those smooth one piece front bumpers for his birthday.
He drilled it and mounted bumper guards. :smack:
You obviously don't represent the buying public demographic. Image sells cars.
"
Image"?
You mean everybody
doesn't want to be a gray-haired crazy lady that raises chickens in the woods and drives an 18-year-old Volvo station wagon?
WTF?
:D
How else would you explain Mercedes and BMW sales numbers of overpriced cars? Why do you think Porsche is building SUVs instead of wagons?
Because the buying public is stupid as shit? Seriously, every time I see someone driving a Cadillac Escalade, I have to wonder if he was dropped on his head when he was an infant.
38 Cadillac Escalade Consumer Reviews and Complaints
Remember this brilliant Lincoln truck?
Biggest Automotive Missteps: Lincoln Blackwood
Ha ha! Of course you don't, because it was a piece of crap!
IMO, if "image" is the only basis for somebody spending
waaaay too much money for something, they will surely be disappointed.
If I want a sports car, I'll buy from a company that has a long history of making quality sports cars. If I want a luxury sedan, I'll buy from a company that has a long history of making quality luxury sedans. I would NEVER buy an SUV or truck from a sports car or luxury sedan maker. It's just common sense, right?
That said, this country seems to be overrun with people who haven't one iota of common sense, so, I'll give you that. But I will continue to buck "trendy" and stick with what actually
works, image be damned!
;)
Because the buying public is stupid as shit?
:lol2:
But I will continue to buck "trendy" and stick with what actually works, image be damned!
Why, you little rebel, you.:jig:
Why are station wagons gone?
My understanding is it was the fleet fuel economy requirements that did not apply to trucks. SUVs and minivans are classified as trucks and exempt, but station wagons are cars are non-exempt. So they had to be dropped to meet fleet fuel economy requirements.
One of my favorite cars was an 81 Chevy Malibu wagon.
Also had an 83 Pontiac Bonneville (I think) wagon. I gave $200 for this one. The trans was supposedly shot on this car. I dropped the scattershield and all the torque convertor bolts fell out of it. Put 'em back in and it drove like it was new.:jig:
"Image"?
You mean everybody doesn't want to be a gray-haired crazy lady that raises chickens in the woods and drives an 18-year-old Volvo station wagon?
WTF? :D
No, as a matter of fact they don't, everybody wants other people to see them as they wished to be seen and try to present, or don't care at all. Cars are like clothes, they're are a projection of you to others. Dress for the job you want, extends to your vehicle. Even counter culture segments like hipsters, goths, grunges, bikers, etc, shown their individuality by dressing alike. :haha:
But the keep-up-with-the-Jones, and the must-impress-the-peers crowd is a huge target market. The car markers love them because they buy more expensive vehicles, are easier to upsell, and buy more often. The dealers love them for that and because they trade in vehicles that can often be sold at a higher profit than the new cars bring.
Personally I dress to be comfortable, (I told Amanda, Jim's betrothed, I couldn't come to their wedding. When she asked why not, I told her I was wearing my Sunday best, which was jeans and a pocket Tee), and I drive what blows my skirt up. I know there are a shitload of people(probably you) who feel the same way.
Pssst...wanna buy a used car... cheap.
Personally I dress to be comfortable, (I told Amanda, Jim's betrothed, I couldn't come to their wedding. When she asked why not, I told her I was wearing my Sunday best, which was jeans and a pocket Tee), and I drive what blows my skirt up. I know there are a shitload of people(probably you) who feel the same way.
Heh. :)
I did a writing job years ago, for a guy who owned a small advertising agency in Marina del Rey, CA. The agency specialized in marketing cowboy/horse stuff. He'd hired me to ghostwrite a book for him (
The Cowboy Hat Book), and offered me desk space in his agency to work on the book.
He was always dressed to the nines in his fancy cowboy duds, but his staff wore a really . . . interesting collection of attire to the office. Sweats, shorts and T's, pajama pants, flip-flops. When I asked him about it, he told me that one of the things he'd learned as an employer was that "comfort is king." He wanted his employees to feel comfortable and at home when at work; he felt it improved staff morale, productivity, communication, and loyalty.
I've carried that with me ever since. If you can't handle me wearing my comfy second-hand Goodwill clothes to the office, then I'm not the employee for you. Because, literally, I do NOT dress up for anybody or anything. I present as neat, clean, non-disheveled, (altho not particularly fashionable), and I'm good with that. Because I'm COMFY.
I spent decades working as the exec admin asst for a couple of different big-wig CEO types in LA and San Francisco. Expensive, "fashionable" suits, painful high heels, nylons, fuckin' girdles, blah blah blah, were required.
But that cowboy dude set me on the right path. Comfort
is king, baby.
Oh yeah. :thumb:
When my first wife started working for an insurance company in Boston('64), women were required to wear stockings and heels, couldn't smoke in the building(even though they only rented two floors), and were only 2 years removed from having to wear hats. :eek:
Why are station wagons gone?
I think I just bought one? Subaru Forester.
Nope, that's a "compact SUV". :haha:
Maybe it's an expanded station wagon?
This, is a station wagon...
Before Mustang, cougar was the name.
I like the old Cougars.
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This, is a station wagon...
Wow, that's awesome! Very George Jetsony. :D
I like the old Cougars.
[size=1]Heh-heh, see what I did there?[/size]:cool:
You naughty, naughty man! :yesnod:
With names like Demon and Hellcat, you'd think they could take the heat...
A friend in Texas sent me this picture of one of his many cars. Can you say sleeper boys and girls...
This '55 wagon is another sleeper...
The wagon takes me back to high school... Kent Ivey was captain of the water polo team, had not one, but two of those, same color, blue and white, but it was a two door Bel Air . Cragar five spoke wheels, was *awesome*.
A friend in Texas sent me this picture of one of his many cars. Can you say sleeper boys and girls...
I always wanted a two-door Caprice/Impala with the aero back glass.
Did he spruce up the van, or the semi?:eyebrow:
I can't tell.
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I think he insulted both.
Like this insulted god.
The real reason they went to rear engine dragsters...
Ouch.
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Anybody?
Bueller?
I think '71 or so for the El Camino.
I was hoping for Bruce's help on the id'ing, especially the Elky. The man knows his El Caminos. I got here late, he's already off foolin' 'round somewheres.
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Idk why.
Griff's right, 3rd generation Elky, '68 - '72. A Super Sport, likely a 454. I have a chrome straight front axle for that puppy.
The convertible is a '64.
The pickup is a Ford piece of shit. ;)
I was hoping for Bruce's help on the id'ing, especially the Elky. The man knows his El Caminos. I got here late, he's already off foolin' 'round somewheres.
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Idk why.
Because "Shorty's"?
Shorty's, as in
I don't know why -- because "Shorty's" is the logo on the shortened yellow van.
A friend just came back from a week in Cuba... it's ok, she's Canadian. ;)
New cabs in London, will free up a lot of diesel. Probably require some infrastructure changes.
Heard on article on NPR about the new London cabs, including comments from a cabbie. He was failry neutral but pointed out there are five thousand cabs in London, but not five thousand charging stations.
Seventy-four thousand smackers.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
And it it's uglier than shit.
And it it's uglier than shit.
That's tradition, they've always been ugly.
And the doctor said my woody days were passed. Hah, I just proven him wrong.
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Street Roadster's kids became Mustang people...
Street hahaha
Sure!
Headlights, check
Fenders, check
Emergency brake, check (out the big black parachute on top of the trunk. Probably not gonna hold on a a hill, unless entangled with the trees.)
You can keep the surfboard, but, I'll take one of those maroon mosheens.
Agree, lose the roof crap and the ads.
The "Unique '53 Chevy COE" looks like it just got lost on the way to the movie set for the Fifth Element or something. A. Trip.
When you want to know when your tires are worn out or you forget what the pedals are for...
...or you forget what the pedals are for...
I have been known to scream out the window "IT'S THE
SKINNY ONE, ON THE RIGHT!!!" at the [strike]fool[/strike] driver in front of me.
Post the Big One, WW II, anything seemed possible because few realized how rich and powerful corporations in some industries had become from the war effort, or how hard they would fight free enterprise.
That eagle is kinda cool.
I just saw the the fanny pack is a VW van, too. Neat.
If you see him in your mirror, I'd pull over and let him pass.
If you see him in your mirror, I'd pull over and let him pass.
Veritas (automobile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritas_(automobile))
Is that bottom pic the thing what wore the Edgar suit in Men In Black?
Men in Black it is. :thumb: Her name is Suzy Cockroach, she works in a Mexican cigarette factory.
Is that bottom pic the thing what wore the Edgar suit in Men In Black?
Yep. It's almost like the designer had that
exact creepy bug in mind when creating the front end of the car.
If that thing came up behind me on the road, I think I'd poop my pants.
:eek:
If you go to Africa be sure you have a windshield visor.
Four wheel drive...
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It was just sitting in the field rusting away... repurpose, reuse, recycle.
In 1937 Ford, with their eye on the 19 other countries where they built cars, came out with a smaller lighter version of the 221 ci flathead V-8 that they had built since 1932. The 136 ci V8-60 had alloy pistons and heads.
It gives this bike a low center of gravity and half the horsepower of a modern bike. :rolleyes:
The good news...
Here's a chance to grab a pair of badass Camaros.
The bad news ...
you can't drive them or the value will plummet.
Whoever buys then will have to put them in a climate controlled, insured, high security storage facility, and wait for the value to go up enough to get a return on investment plus costs.
$4200 option? $4,200? A $7200 69 Camaro? Damn.
Is that a car with three V8 engines on each side, for a total of 48 cylinders?
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Shame it didn't work when they got there. ;)
Somebody done built deyself a replica of the truck used in the tv series
The Fall Guy. Man, when I was a teenager, I wanted nothing more than I wanted this truck.
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It's for sale, too.
Through Barrett-Jack$on Auction$.:right:
Interior signed by Lee Majors.
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Wowee!!!!! I'd forgotten just how smokin' hot Heather Thomas was.:drool::love:
And look!
The screen grab from the video has the weird island intersection double crosswalk thing....
Izzat a scatter shield?!:eek:
No, that's a Zoom (I can tell by the color) pressure plate which is there because there was no scatter shield.
Ringo's Mini...
Whoops, looks like politics...
Harley cross country solution...
Across the country, maybe, but that ain't gonna be doing a whole lot of "cross country"-ing.
Dollar says he caused the whole thing:
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I'm a little impressed, really.
In the grip of the depression...
Then how about a '40 Ford pick 'em up.
Or a hot sneaky Rambler.
Beep beep, beep beep,
His horn went beep beep beep.
I hadn't thought of that song in ages.:p:
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A car with two front ends that can be driven in one direction and then in an instant driven in the reverse direction instead has gone on display in Indonesia.
Mechanic Roni Gunawan, 71, designed the vehicle.
All that tiresome reversing in and out of a parking space will now be a thing of the past. :thumb:
Link.It doesn't appear to have 4 wheel steering so it must lock the trailing end... or it's dangerous as hell. :3_eyes:
It doesn't appear to have 4 wheel steering so it must lock the trailing end... or it's dangerous as hell. :3_eyes:
Yes, I assumed that the steering is appropriate to the direction of travel.
OTOH, it's from part of the world where road safety rules appear to be honoured more in the breach than the observance! :eek:
The British car industry...
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The British car industry...
Heavens! That's a blast from the past.
The British car industry has changed beyond all recognition over the last few decades.
Most of the familiar names from that era have disappeared through mergers, bankruptcies or 'rationalisation'.
The latter often being a euphemism for hostile takeover, asset stripping and removal of competition.
Cars are still produced in sizeable numbers in the UK but there isn't really any such thing as a British car manufacturer anymore.
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Morgan is the only British owned and manufactured brand in the above group and Rolls Royce (ROLLS ROYCE!) is owned by BMW.
Ten British Car Brands… and Who Owns Them
Honda, Toyota and Nissan also have UK plants and export substantial numbers of cars.
ETA. Having watched the video it jogged my memory about the British Leyland plant at Cowley on the outskirts of Oxford.
Pressed Steel manufactured body shells in their factory on one side of the Oxford Eastern Bypass which were then moved across the road to BMC/BL for final assembly by means of a glass sided conveyor bridge.
I haven't passed that way in years so I thought I'd have a look at Street View.
The conveyor bridge has long since gone but BMW now produce the Mini on the old Pressed Steel site and a business park exists on the former BMC/BL site.
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The Oxford Eastern Bypass with an Audi dealer on one side and the BMW Mini plant on the other. How times change.
Street View
One last edit. Rolls Royce cars and Rolls Royce Aero Engines are completely separate entities.
Purty car. Never really cared for Halibrands.
This guy worked as a development engineer for Oscar Mayer when Brooks Stevens designed the first wienermobile. Rumour has it he designed this car too.
Hitlers parade car, seized by the US military the sold to Tom Austin, a tobacco planter from Greeneville, Tennessee.
It has changed hands a couple time with the current owner unknown.
Sometimes a beautiful thing will turn to shit simply because of who is associated with it.
For some reason, I keep thinking it would be hilarious if there was a box of Man-Sized Kleenex (a la Freddie Mercury) in there.
Breaker one-nine, this here's The Duck...
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Rubber Duck's (Kris Kristofferson's) Mack truck from the movie
Convoy.
You wanna slip that Micro-Bus in behind that suicide jockey? 10-4, he's hauling dynamite, he needs all the help he can get.
Don't let your Corvette become preggers. :unsure:
Too bad these show cars don't get built for John Q Public.
A lot of places will make you buy a new tire... I don't blame them.
Are we sure that's Fix-a-flat?:eyebrow:
BTW, in KY, it's state law you must inform your tire professional that there is Fix-a-flat-type-stuff in there, when you're in for a repair.
Not sure it's that brand. Yeah, notification because some use flammable gas.
When the entrepreneurial spirit thrived.
Just for the lorries, not including the motorcycles and ambulances...
This guy decided he wanted a custom American LaFrance tractor. I assume the running gear is a little newer.
Someone get that guy a glider kit! STAT!
No replacement for displacement.
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The famous SOCAL coupe...
Almost time to take the snow tires off...
I saw this on Jay Leno's Garage late last night:
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The guy built it on a Dodge Ram platform. It's front engine, with a Hemi, of course..... But they had to hand make the entire thing. Even the latch for the glove box. It's 40% larger than a regular beetle.... so EVERYTHING is 40% larger. Knobs, window cranks, hub caps, logos, everything.
Wow. I know he built in on a Ram platform, but still. That's basically doing it from scratch. A tremendous amount of work. I'd love to know how many hours are in that.
Somebody done cut dey Pawsh in half.:eek:
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This is what I want in a car...
It's like if Grandma designed the Corvette.
Not bad.
Re: the Porsche....
just...WHY? Bitter divorce, perhaps?
Re: the Porsche
Just...WHY??? Bitter divorce, perhaps?
Looks awfully neat for a rage/revenge action?
edit:
Nope, Chinese.Looks awfully neat for a rage/revenge action?
edit: Nope, Chinese.
"... have to admire the car's material is indeed cattle... The speed of a cow can drive it with a little liquid."
Moo. :D
:lol2:
Thank you for reading (and quoting!;)) that link!
Now there's something you don't see [strike]every[/strike] any day.
I'm at a loss for words. And THAT is a mighty rare event!
Might be cool at a truck show, as an oddity.
Not sure what he's trying to accomplish but the rodeo buckle is the piece de resistance. :rolleyes:
Not sure what he's trying to accomplish but the rodeo buckle is the piece de resistance. :rolleyes:
You're a Chevy guy, so you can forgiven for not recognizing a field repair for a bucking....
Bronco.
(in the shop they would have used PBRs)
Some crazy Aussies decided to put this land speed record attempt truck together for shits and giggles.
Between what they had laying around, and donated by suppliers, then only spent $10,000.
Wait'll next year. :haha:
Where's the roo bar?
I'm not asking about the pub, BTW.
They clear the course of roos before every run.
That's not a grille in the front.
It's a roo strainer.
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Dude in Germany buys land in the mountains and in clearing it find what's left of the VW 1951 type 2, Samba van.
Another dude buys it for several thousand bucks and is spending six figures (he hopes, but I know better) to restore it.
Why? Because it's the 2nd one made... and he's stupid. :rolleyes:
Isn't that more than one van?
I think it's two, or maybe even three.
VW buybacks.
Be sure to zoom in.
And that's just one lot. :facepalm:
What a waste.
Yup, what a waste. But I got $3,300.00 more than I paid for my diesel VW.
That's a lot of miles. Must live out in the country. I think it was the 80s that we first saw digital odometers in some cars. So lets say it's 30 years old. That's still 36K miles a year. Maybe it's 40 years and 27K miles per year.
36K a year is nothing for a truck.
When you live an hour from the grocery store, the miles rack up quick. I drive 25K a year, and that's just with normal around-town commuting plus 2-3 trips a month to Houston and back.
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3 million on an old Volvo
I put 97,800 miles on my little pick up in two years.
You guys must have sore butts from sitting in those cars so much.
:DOfficial Wannabe Member of the
Iron Butt Association.
I've done 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours (on a motorsickle) a few times.
In a car/truck several times.
I did a one day drive from Potomac MD to West Palm Beach Florida one spring break. That's 1,000 almost exactly. It sucked. Never again. And then had to come back. Stupid college kids.
Traffic I don't care for, of course, but, I've never really minded driving.
I don't passenger well at all.
so, I can't get to just the bare video--sorry!
But I wholeheartedly recommend clicking through to the
story at Ars Technica where they've pitted a professional driver on the drift car racing circuit against a ... semi-pro? video gamer... get this... in real Mustangs, on real dirt roads, with all the windows blacked out. The driver is watching a small video screen inside the car, showing the live feed from a camera bolted to a mast/boom on the back of the car. They race head to head on the same track. Madness!
Here's the same story from the sponsor, Castrol. Again, can't get the vid from youtube, sorry.
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These are my ppl...:sadpace:
:lol2:
The car?
The racist idiocy?
Me, in general?
What?
The racism, not you at all...
Pfft! Sissies. I clock up 5000 miles a WEEK! EVERY week.
Heh, not on your own dime, I bet.:rolleyes:
:driving:
My driver ed class had 4 door chevys. :(
Makes me want to go back to school!
Mine had a 4-door Topaz.
Yeah, we were the envy of, well, nobody really.
Damn if the guy on the right doesn't look like the warden from Shawshank.
Sure, what do you think he spent all the money he stole on.
The warden's money was spent in Z-town by Andy Dufresne.;)
Brake light switches are sensitive to adjustment and hard to get to so expensive to get replaced. Beat the system...
Jeep-ers, a penis enlargement would cost less.
What are you talking about?
That guy is 100 percent dick.
Ed Roth's home made anti-theft lock...
I kinda miss driving my bug.
From a not-so-recent safari:
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Ya don't see many of the big 'uns anymore. Chevy C-50. With a nice, old PTO winch on the back.
Saw a really sweet dump truck in town the other day. About a 58 Chevy. It was in really good survivor shape. Maybe a an older restoration.
"A really sweet dump truck"?
...the hell?
Always carry wire-ties just in case...
Sam Barris was a very talented customizer in the 1940's through 1960's southern CA scene.
His brother George was a self aggrandizing attention whore who dragged Sam into profitable but ridiculous crap.
The perfect car for you winos, 1930 Hudson with a cork clutch...
What? Corks grip the bottle just fine...
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No.
Just no.
Sherman, I'm going to the bank and will be back in 15 minutes.
While I'm gone warm up the wayback machine... oh, and attach the trailer to it.
I'll take the 63 Galaxie, sight unseen.
Even better if'n it has one o' them bubbly hoods.
1966 Mustangs by Barris...
I hope someone kicked George right in the nuts for that.
I know trying to make a ford look like a Pontiac.
Gonna take more than a split grille and some tail lights...
And he ruined two Mustangs in the process.
My masonry instructor had several Mustangs, one was a pink convertible Shelby GT350.
It was marked up like a Shelby anyway.
And he ruined two Mustangs in the process.
Too true.
My masonry instructor had several Mustangs, one was a pink convertible Shelby GT350.
It was marked up like a Shelby anyway.
Those pink Shelbys were special promotions in certain areas.
My masonry instructor ...
I thought you were a tree removal guy.
You were a mason too?
I've done a few things...:rolleyes:
I did anything that paid money.
Notice the word did.;)
Watch your youth pass by...
What motorcycle is that? And the truck under it?
Maybe Hogan’s Heroes and Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park is the green one on top. Though there have been several Jurassic Park movies.
The truck underneath is a gas powered Jeep from Jurassic Park, the original movie.
Maybe the trailer is on its way to Universal Studios?
This may be the bike...
It is a Ural, a Russian made copy of a '37 BMW 750 w/sidecar.
If Japan had won the big one, WW II, we'd all be driving stuff like this 1940 Datsun... thank a veteran.:thumb:
You can have the one they were saving for me.
Saw this on a recent Safari:
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No mistaking shotgun damage, lucky it was bird shot...
Metropolitan
Best thing that could've happened to it.
This is a great story. I love this stuff.
Man accidentally buys back his long-lost 1966 Ford Mustang
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...he pulled out a Ziploc baggie that contained nuts and bolts and a note that read, “Bolts for driver’s door.” He laughed and showed the piece of paper to Dana [not ours:)], saying it looked a lot like his handwriting. Then he opened another baggie, inspected another note, and decided, “That IS my handwriting.”
Apparently, the man has "a type".
I put in my old clunker pickup for a new master cylinder once. It would stop, eventually, but you had to plan ahead. The shop put a big sign on the steering wheel that read "Bad Brakes", just so the mechanic would be forewarned. Bet that didn't happen here!
Do airbags still work only above 35 mph?
No, the airbag is supposed to trigger at a force/deceleration rate, of hitting a solid barrier straight on at 14 mph. But the speed varies greatly with the angle of impact and the ability of the crush zones to absorb energy.
War is heck, try to explain to his mother he got hurt in this thing...
The incredible Mickey Thompson...
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The incredible Mickey Thompson...
Thank you for posting that piece.
I knew it before watching, but, Mickey Thompson
was awesome.
Yeah, I knew it too, but didn't have a clue how far his influence reached.
Watch your youth pass by...
I happened on a short video clip by someone passing that truck load of movie cars and grabbed a screen shot of the rear.
Ain't from around these here parts, but it's a left hand drive country.
saw a car carrier mostly upside down in the median last weekend with a copy of Herbie the Love Bug nearby. Sad.
For the accuracy challenged...
I imagine the restoration took a couple years and a chunck of time after that before he took the money.
The dumbshit could have paid the tax and doubled or tripled the remainder.
I was watching an episode of Antiques Road Trip from SW Scotland a little earlier when one of the presenters, Charles Hanson, took a break from buying overpriced tat and selling overpriced antiques to visit the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Heritage Trust.
He was shown an
Austin Gipsy fire engine which had spent part of its working life on the Isle of Arran.
At an unknown date (possibly 1965) it was stationed at Lochranza on the Isle of Arran in the garage of the Lochranza Hotel.
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The Austin Gipsy was essentially a poor man's Land Rover having steel instead of aluminium bodywork and never sold in any great number.
After his visit Hanson was allowed to drive the vehicle much to the amusement and horror of his guide.
If I say that Charles Hanson is to driving what Liberace was to cage fighting, I think you'll get the picture.
LinkIf I say that Charles Hanson is to driving what Liberace was to cage fighting, I think you'll get the picture.
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I like the way you talk.:D
That Austin Gipsy looks perfect for narrow mountain roads and off road.
Over here Jeeps are used a lot by companies that have to go into buildings like factories and warehouses where aisles are narrow.
I think the Gipsy looks an awful lot like the Jeep.
Hey, it ain't got no wipers...
I think the Gipsy looks an awful lot like the Jeep.
...and the Land Rover.
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Hey, it ain't got no wipers...
Rain wouldn't dare fall on that.:love:
And put those wire covers back on the headlights!
No one in it, but,
DAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMM that's catching some air!
Sorry 'bout the Bacefook vid.
Worthy.
Damn... just damn. :notworthy
That's just nuts, ain't it?
But, then again, John Force has always been a bad mofo.
:devil:
And still is, as are his girls.
So is Ken Block, but sometimes. The video from the in car camera doesn't look like a serious crash but the flames are immediate.
I must be missing the point. Those are different cars.
I must be missing the point. Those are different cars.
Its probably Jewish lightning the wheels were changed before the fire.
They are similar cars from Block's Hoonigan team/garage.
Do you hate the sound of flip flops? If so you'll hate this truck. :lol:
Good thing it's Australia, otherwise it would be a lot of weight on the front suspension. :haha:
I always liked the Pinto wagon.
Mom & Popdigr had a 73 or 74 hatchback. Backseated that thing to Pike's Peak once. Once.
That's the biggest...supercharger...I've ever seen! :love:
Might be left over from Mad Max 5!
That baby's stacked, bet her blowing brings the boys to the yard. :haha:
Today was the no reserve auction at the Hudson-Terraplane museum and nobody bought me this that I know of.
Of course it was in Shipshewana Indiana, so they might surprise me tomorrow. I'll put on clothes tomorrow just in case.
And it came w/matching yellow tow tabs, how quaint.
Big Daddy Don Garlits is hardly "another redneck"
I agree w/Bruce about Garlits, but, who ever is driving that Caddy is absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt, redneck material.
Garlits would not carry his rail to the track on a Caddy. He'd drive the Caddy to the track, change the ring gear, race the Caddy, re-swap the ring gear, then drive that sumbitch back home with a trophy in the back.:devil:
I think it's a photoshop of Garlit's rail on somebody's caddy.
Today was the no reserve auction at the Hudson-Terraplane museum and nobody bought me this that I know of.
Of course it was in Shipshewana Indiana, so they might surprise me tomorrow. I'll put on clothes tomorrow just in case.
Sold for $77,600.
Well, if I'd known it'd go that cheap...
In 1956 GM was riding high...
Way ahead of the SUV craze... too far ahead.
Crazy amount of engineering and work...
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I don't like the vertical headlight GTOs. I just don't. Give me the 64. Give me any others but the 73 and newer models. Skip the 65, 66, and 67 models. Having said that...
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I think I'm in love.
Forgot the link. Not there was much else.
Link.
I will be
SO glad when this day is dead and rotting.
Can anyone spell y e l l o w.
Actually I don't think that's a bad yellow. Not my cuppa, but I've seen a lot of yellows that are much worst. That just needs some scallops or at least pinstriping to break it up a little.
Well it's got all the basics, plus a seat made from a drum. :D
The drivers front tire is over-inflated.
That could be dangerous.
Pig-n-Ford...
Isn't that in TN? In the Smokies?
I think it's style of racing, a cheap way to get your thrills. I've seen races here at the state fair, county fair. Never saw one in TN but I bet it's there too.
From the graffiti on the wall, the writing on the drum head, and being right hand drive, I'd guess it's not here.
I think it's style of racing, a cheap way to get your thrills. I've seen races here at the state fair, county fair. Never saw one in TN but I bet it's there too.
I was making a poor joke.
Pig - n - Ford, Tennessee?
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Your mastery of jokes is fine, my mastery geography is an abuse of the language.
Something I think about too much...
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WTF, how do you get the extra penny in the labor charge? I'd be curious to see that itemized out. What's the hourly rate, and how many hours?
Manufacturers specify a time down to 0.1 of an hour for replacing each part on the vehicle. The labor rate is set by the dealer/shop. My local Chevy dealer is $120 an hour but can't charge that on warranty work. Sounds to me like if you have to remove part A and B to replace part C, they are charging for A, B, and C separately.
Yeah, that's kind of my point. $120/hr broken down into tenths of an hour increments gives you a nice even $20 for every tenth of an hour. The labor total should be divisible neatly by 20.
It depends on what that shop charges for labor rate.
That's one of the dumber things I've ran across this year...The whole schmeer, not the penny.
The good old days of NASCAR...
5,000+ pounds @ 175mph...steel dash...glass glass...solid steel steering columns...steel seats...running on molten steel...added weight to keep them on the track instead flying through the air...with blue steel bawlz bigger than the cars they were driving.
:devil:
Back when it was called Stock Car Racin'.
Back when they resembled dealer-stock cars...somewhat.
:drool:
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Years ago, I drove a 68 - 69 GTX. Four-speed.
It was...manly.
All the chest hair and whiskers I have rfn popped out that afternoon while driving that car.
I really think you'd need a spotlight as powerful as the Bat-signal behind your dashboard for this to work.
No, if it was flipped the numbers would be backward.
The top image looks flipped because it is the backside of the dash panel--supposedly this guy removed the whole thing and put those bits of paper behind the cutouts before closing it up again.
They say "Post-it notes" but I think they mean Post-it tape flags.
edit: and even if they don't mean that, I think the tape flags would work better. More vibrant.
The top image looks flipped because it is the backside of the dash panel--supposedly this guy removed the whole thing and put those bits of paper behind the cutouts before closing it up again.
Yes, can't show the backside without flipping it over or up.
They say "Post-it notes" but I think they mean Post-it tape flags.
edit: and even if they don't mean that, I think the tape flags would work better. More vibrant.
Unfortunately, the colored part of the tape flag isn't sticky.
No, if it was flipped the numbers would be backward.
Well, goddamn, man don't ya think I know what numbers look like?
The other one, maybe?:eyebrow:
How the fuck would you see the back side if it wasn't flipped? :facepalm:
These were cool but didn't happen...
They are slick looking.. I can see the Corvair in the first two, but the bottom two... some kind of Pontiac, from the split grille and the badge/emblem on the left rear fender in the bottom image. But what Pontiac?
Oh a Corvair. My grandfather had one in Miami, FL. He carried 3 fan belts. He would be driving and it would flip off somewhere and he would stop and put on a new one.
We lived in New Orleans and met him in Belmont where the Perry's hail from. Everything was sweet until we got to the blue ridge. That little car couldn't make it up the hills. They removed their luggage and put it in my father's Buick. The little car still couldn't make it. My granddaddy was a GM man, but when he got back to Miami he traded it in for a Tbird.
Slickest one I've seen:
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Found in the wilds of the Interweb.
Apparently the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport is a pretty good car.
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If ya can keep wheels on it. No, not tires,
wheels.
In 40,000 miles wheels were bent or cracked ten (10!:3_eyes:) times.
In all, we spent $4098 on wheel repair and replacement-seven repairs and three replacements, for an average failure rate of once every 4000 miles.
Hope it comes with a gallon of eyebleach...
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That is impressively ugly. Really, I appreciate the extra effort.
Makes me think of Dick Tracy for some reason.
The pattern in the boot is very swastika esque.
Love the shape.... But weasel leather? Is that a thing? I bet it's really human skin. Crazy Oligarchs.
It's crazy that these super-rich, predatory business overlords with unethical influence over the government and legal system have so mush cash piled up that they waste it on these unnecessarily ostentatious displays of wealth!
Over there. Where the bad people live.
Makes me think of Dick Tracy for some reason.
All these new(er) cars w/the high belt line and short side windows remind me of the cars from Dick Tracy. Yer 300s, and yer Magnums, especially.
high belt line !!
like men's suits in the 40s
:p:
I wasn't sure what to call it.
Yes, it's the beltline, Chrysler raised it to make the side windows shorter. According to their research, that way the occupants feel more secure without lowering the roofline.
Or maybe people like it because they can be bigger assholes if they think nobody can see them.:eyebrow:
Anyway, Rolls-Royce hood lady.
I believe some artistic liberties were taken there...
Or, the sculptor was blind.
Yes, it's the beltline, Chrysler raised it to make the side windows shorter. According to their research, that way the occupants feel more secure without lowering the roofline.
I figured it had something to do with side airbags, door airbags, safety curtains, etc. Smaller hole to be thrown through in a crash...
But weasel leather? Is that a thing? I bet it's really human skin.
That made me remember this album by Ted Nugent,
Nugent.
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The inner sleeve says at the bottom "This record is manufactured with 100% reprocessed back-stage nookie hide." Or words to that effect.
The other side says "For maximum effect, this record should be played loud, and often." Or words to that effect.
I'll take a dozen...
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$381 in 1927 equals $5,306.53 in 2018. I'll still take a dozen. :yesnod:
I believe some artistic liberties were taken there...
Or, the sculptor was blind.
You may have missed this fine print :
*not to scale
"$381 in 1927 equals $5,306.53 in 2018. I'll still take a dozen"
But you can pay $30,000 or more for a new Ford truck.
But you can pay $30,000 or more for a new Ford truck.
With rubber floor mats and radio and A/C delete, maybe...:neutral:
A Ford King Ranch is closer to $100,000.
Yes, it's the beltline, Chrysler raised it to make the side windows shorter. According to their research, that way the occupants feel more secure without lowering the roofline.
Or maybe people like it because they can be bigger assholes if they think nobody can see them.:eyebrow:
Anyway, Rolls-Royce hood lady.
The hood ornament looks better.
They came pretty close on the production version...
Would you buy this for $12,000? It is all original and runs like a bat outta hell.
$12,000?:eyebrow:
Something's up with that car, or it's in pretty rough condition...
The VIN # alone ought to be worth close to that.
'68-69?
This is sounding better and better all the time.
Why do airbag's get the apostrophe but electric windows don't?
Because people who drive VWs are dumb.
Plus one for attention to detail
He's wrong about the electronic injection though.
Some of the bells and whistles on newer cars make them more reliable.
My dad was always talking about "the points" being the problem when our 70's era VW bus wouldn't start. He had this thickness guage that he was regularly using to adjust them. Kept the guage handy in the ashtray up front. Modern ignition systems and fuel injection are far superior to points and carburetors and make a car exponentially more reliable.
Yes more reliable with less maintenance, but when it doesn't work you need some very expensive diagnostic equipment to find out which of the eleventeen expensive computers is at fault.
Modern ignition systems and fuel injection are far superior to points and carburetors and make a car exponentially more expensive.
What Bruce said.
One thing leads to another...
At SEMA in Vegas today...
Good lord.
I, personally, don't speak fluent metal. But I must say I love the soaring musicality of such a performance.
W.O.W.
If that's paint it must be as think as Bondo. :eyebrow:
It is thick as bondo. They build it up, carve it, then spray the shiny coat over it.
$12,000?:eyebrow:
Something's up with that car, or it's in pretty rough condition...
The VIN # alone ought to be worth close to that.
'68-69?
Hurricane Florence has forced many sales because people need fast cash. It is a buyers market.
More here.
My spell checker is working overtime this morning or maybe I shouldn't have smoked a bowl while sitting in the drive thru at Walgreens. Disco is playing on the radio. Life is grand.
It's newer than 95. I had a 95 S-10, bought it new, it had the older style headlights, not the flush mounts.
Here she is:
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One of five known to exist, coming up for auction in the spring...
Most people are familiar with Jeeps, Willys wagons, Jeepsters, and of course the Cherokee/Wagoneer lines.
But there have been some almost Willys...
I've seen the other generation F-bodies with this treatment, but, I've never seen this one. A 85 T-top, 5 liter, 5-speed, Kammback Firebird.
I kinda like it. I think the side view is the best shot.
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It's going to a Mecum's auction.
LinkTearing up the back 40...
I doubt it, the headers come straight out each side, no mufflers at all.
'Swhat I were getting at.
What's that, about a ten inch collector?
Yep, real quiet.
They've got a speed bump in the track...
I'm setting here trying to click the play button.
Cut that shit out!
I'm setting here trying to click the play button.
Cut that shit out!
LOL. Me too!
Sorry, a screen shot is the only picture I could find. :blush:
Seventeen hours to make thirteen laps?!!?
That is a BRUTAL track, fuck, what a long race.
How about this 2005 Ford GT?
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Never owned.
Six (6) miles.
No, I said six.
Original sticker read $149,995.
Current asking price is $449,900. But, w/only 20% down, you can drive this little gem to Piggly Wiggly every damn week for only $4309 per month
When GM was the baddest mofo in the valley of death.
:drool:
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1500-mile Buick Grand National pair need new owners (again)
Only 31 days til Christmas, just saying.:cool:
Number 20.
Out of 21,000,000.:3_eyes:
Oldest known production VW Beetle has been restored
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Saw this old Hendrickson in the corn field the other day. Had a stubby (short) grain trailer behind it.
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Turns out it's a locally famous truck. Says 'Dino' on the door. Everybody I mentioned it to said "Ol' man Smith's had that truck for a hunderd years, remember when his boy hooked it up to the sled at the tractor pull, made a full pull, and just kept going?"
People don't have fun anymore.
Number 20. Out of 21,000,000.:3_eyes:
Oldest known production VW Beetle has been restored
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That is a beautiful car.
Cockroaches of the highway. :vomitblu:
A threefer from internet stumblings:
1964 Chevy Greenbrier:
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And a wasted Fairlane:
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Apparently a custom kit that can replace the body of various other cars.
Yes, this is what you have to do to replace the clutch disc. :facepalm:
You wouldn't believe what's involved with changing a timing belt or other front of the engine pieces on high end Mercs, BMWs, and Audis.
That's accurate, just have to be prepared to pay 15 or 20 grand to have the clutch replaced. :eek:
The 2 throttles, 2 shifters, and 2 clutches were tied together to work as one...
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The black intake manifolds are fed by an updraft carburetor in the valley...
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Voisin, a French Aircraft Company built these cool profile cars...
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Bottom pic looks kinda like somebody took they Bentley to Bonneville.
:devil:
El Catalina, they built one but there was no market, the El Camino and Ranchero didn't sell enough to jump into that market.
I mighta bought one of those. I'm a Pontiac guy.
You knew ya could get a '67-'77 Bronco restored for crazy money. But, didja know ya could
buy a brand new '67-'77 Bronco, RFN? For stupid money.
New sheet metal.
New frame.
New, modern engine/trans.
Built by Gateway Broncos.
Under license by Ford Motor Company.
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All that work and all that money to end up with a Ford. tsk tsk :lol:
A lot of people have told me they wish they could buy a 4 wheel drive the size of the old Broncos because the newer ones are too wide to fit between trees.
I actually kinda like the old Bronco, but not 120k's worth.:headshake
I'd give $120k for this Saleen S7:
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Garage queen Saleen S7 has done only 240 miles in 13 years!
They're a bit thick in the rear, but,
damn if that ain't a beautiful automobile.
0 - 60...2.8 seconds
0 - 100...5.7 seconds
0 - 200...27 seconds
Top speed...248mph
I guess it'll do.:drool:
Going to auction, with
no reserve.
The $120,000 is OK, but it would cost a fortune for a full time guy to pull me up and out of the damn thing. :haha:
My best friend's mother kept her late husband's dually Chevy, because it was so easy to get out of. She'd had both hips replaced and didn't do the rehab, so she was worse off than before, but she could climb into the thing pretty well, with the running boards and whatnot. Getting out was as simple as sliding out and falling to her feet.
Your, and my, left hand would always be dirty from putting it down to get up out of that car.:lol2:
Then again, I could live in that car.:love:
noticed in town
Well it is easier to get in and out of now. :lol:
Do you think it feels like riding in a stage coach?
I don't know, but I bet
this one does.
So, I came across
this story.
Never mind that.
This car is pictured at the link and not mentioned anywhere in the piece:
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Pretty rad looking piece of kit, no?
Please to notice that there is no provision for a driver.:eek:
And that it says
Roborace on the spoiler/splitter.
Fully autonomous racing at ~200 mph. What could go wrong?
Slot cars done growed theyself up!
Remember when you were told it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?
Not always a good plan...
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Christmas at the Chevy dealer...
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Went looking for the place across the street form the Chevy dealer. Quick look, didn't find.
I found a nice bumper/fascia cover for a Grand Prix, though.
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Steve McQueen’s 1979 Pontiac Trans Am pulled from Illinois barn
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From Steve McQueen's last movie
The Hunter:
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McQueen played real-life bounty hunter
Ralph 'Papa' Thorson. McQueen stood ~5'9" weighed what, maybe 175 lbs, Thorson was 6'2" 310 lbs.
...there is a "different Papa than the modern day bounty hunter. Papa is also "a church bishop; Master bridge champion; renowned astrologer; criminology alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley; child nutritionist, aficionado of classical music."
~Christopher Keane author of the biography the movie was based on
If it wasn't pink it would be cool...
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But I'll never be as cool as this guy...
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:facepalm: :lol2:
I almost said he fucked that car up but good...
...then I saw it's a Seville. Damn near anything is an improvement.
This makes me drool, and weep. This guy has more drool-worthy cars than I've seen in one place. Over a million dollars' worth of 59 Cadillacs. Corvettes, including a 9 mile 1980 model. Superbirds, prolly over a million dollars' worth. Chrysler 300s. A Chrysler Airflow. Jaguars. Beautiful fucking Jaguars. Road Runners. Daytonas. Superbirds. A Dan Gurney Special Torino.
All out in the country, talking
BFE here. In barn, after barn, after barn...An old man and his dad amassed these cars. He bought/traded for what he thought was cool, not because he thought they would increase in value.
Almost all of them increased in value. Most are either restored or in as new condition.
I think they owned a dealership at one time.
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So much better bigger.
If you like cars, bring a napkin.:drool:
Certainly everyone has seen the Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life.
These are two of the actual cars used in the original movie.
Was it Bert or Ernie that drove the cab? The other was a cop, I think.
Anywho...
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This is one of the more interesting episodes of Jay Leno's Garage. A magnificently restored 36 Cord. My God, what a beautiful car:love: I learned a lot about Cord that I didn't know. Very interesting show.
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Much more beautiful bigger.
The Cords and Auburns were gorgeous.
Rule of thumb, your mileage may vary...
Was Leno funny enough to make all that money?
Funny enough, plus frugal. While he was making $40 million a year hosting the Tonight Show, he didn't touch that money but did comedy clubs and shows for money to live on. I read his collection was worth $50 million but it must cost him at least a million a year to support the facility and employees to maintain them. It's good to be the king.
I was watching him ride a then new Triumph Bonneville.
His chin sticks out from beneath a full face helmet.:lol2:
That's funny.
I never found the guy laugh out loud funny. Humorous, but not funny.
Almost forgot why I came...
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Would you give $5000 for an 86 Plymouth Reliant Wagon?
What if I told you it was turbo-charged?
What if I told you it was one of maybe 60 ever made?
For the military?
And was never available to the general public?
No wood grain = 1 of 1
Golden Bronze Metallic paint = 1 of 3
Yeah, no, me neither.:lol2:
Ford's Mach 1 Mustang concept, circa 1966:
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I like it. Kinda.
LinkIt looks like two different cars, kinda.
Looks like a MatchBox, or HotWheels, edition.
Put some redlines on it, and I'll take it. In that color.
Ford's Mach 1 Mustang concept, circa 1966:
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I like it. Kinda.
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I'd take it too. If it has sunroof. Or the seat is directly on the floor pan. Or comes with a voucher for a trip in a time machine to 1966 when I was able to fit in that squashed cabin.
Pretty though.
I'd take it too. If it has sunroof. Or the seat is directly on the floor pan. Or comes with a voucher for a trip in a time machine to 1966 when I was able to fit in that squashed cabin.
Pretty though.
In 1966 I was 9 years old. And I thought then as now that fords SUCK!!!
Just what, not why:
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Tried to track down that picture. It's been on the net since before 2013, mostly Russian sites, but it's only on sites that post pictures without explanation or background. :(
Moving forward, Caterpillar tires...
Tried to track down that picture. It's been on the net since before 2013, mostly Russian sites, but it's only on sites that post pictures without explanation or background. :(
I figure they're delivery vehicles of some sort.
Maybe they pick up ya at the curb at the airport and take ya to your car in the parking lot.
That's an interesting idea I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking advertizing or hell drivers(thrill show).
Some old cars are tired, this one is TIRED...
I kinda like it.
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LinkDamn it took forever for that post to make the trip.
I've been noticing that it's been taking longer, a lot longer, for my posts to go up onto the Cellar. I've noticed no difference on other sites.
There was a bad bot that was hitting us but I think it's been crushed, now.
Remember the Dodge/PPG M4S Pace Car?
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Here's a fairly good, and fairly long, write-up on how it came to be. Pretty good, if ya like the story of how a one-off car came to be.
Tidbit: The back glass on this one-off, totally fabricated, hand made car? Off a Datsun 240Z. I said
Datsun.
ETA: My Firefox did
not get along amicably w/that site at the link.
Here's a one-off that was total bullshit, just a promotion piece that you can't drive and too big to put on your fireplace mantel.
All Barris did was the paint but takes the credit for the "creation".
This modified Mercedes Gullwing is a crime against classic cars
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They call it a crime. I like it. Needs new shoes, though, these are a little bland.
When ya got it, flaunt it.
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Selling at auction is this 1965 (?) Shelby Cobra 289 4-spd. The last 289 4-spd Cobra made, and the last 289 Cobra sold to the public, Mr. Shelby kept the very last one.
Mecum's pre-auction estimate is that it will bring between $1.2 and $1.4 million.:eek:
It's purty and all, but, daaaaaaaaayyyyyuummmm.
One of the SSR forum guys is selling his kit Cobra because it keeps trying to kill him...
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The 2019 McLaren Speedtail makes 1,036 hp.
Price: $2.62 million
A total of 106 will be made.
All of them are already sold.
About a third of those will come to America.
No side airbags (driver sits in the middle), and no side mirrors (cameras are used instead) means this car cannot be titled, registered, licensed, or driven in America.
Zero - 186 mph in 12.8 seconds.
Top speed limited to 250 mph because of the tires.
Info from Automobile Magazine, Feb 2019
I'd rather have this old school Vicky I could drive. :haha:
I'd rather have this old school Vicky I could drive. :haha:
:drool:
Me likey.
McLaren at $2.6 mil: About the same as a good sized tuna.
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Hey, it's got doors which is more than you can say for the CJ-5. :haha:
I suspect it would look pretty good to a guy that's been looking at the ass of an Ox or Mule his whole life.
It prolly did.
But an ox ass is all that thing has beat.
I am
digging thi$ camper.
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I could live in that.
If someone bought it for me.
'68 Barracuda-S with '69 Ontario plates, and 4 snow tires...
...'specially w/the top down.
Save gas with phony flames...
I can tell ya exactamundo how to get that lug nut off.
First, cuss. If you can't cuss worth a damn, get help.
Then find yerself a drill, and some little bits. Then drill a series of holes around the perimeter of the nut.
Sooner or later, if ya make enough holes, ya can just tap a screwdriver in there and break the nut apart piece by piece. Viola.
Or ya can drill the stud out from inside the nut. That takes more drill bits. Studs are tough.
Ask me how I know these things. Go ahead, aks me.
Had to do this very thing to GrandCherokeeOne, because Wal-Mart put the lugs on with Paul Bunyan's personal impact wrench.
We've went through this twice. Broke a four way lug wrench.
Make sure it is not a Dodge.
So...
I got this used set of wheels and tires.
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They got 85% treadlife left on 'em. I'm asking $100,000.
Interested?
Some info:
They're off a Bugatti Veyron.
They're made specifically for the Veyron, to handle it's top speed.
At top speed, the tires are good for 15 minutes.
Bug charges $150,000 for replacement wheels/tires.
They recommend replacing the tires every 2,500 miles.
The wheels only need to be replaced every other tire change.
Great, now gas is cheaper I could take a trip to CA and only have to replace the tires twice and wheels once before I get home. :rolleyes:
Schaawiiing!
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Great, now gas is cheaper I could take a trip to CA and only have to replace the tires twice and wheels once before I get home. :rolleyes:
But the trip would only take 20 minutes.
20 minutes each time you fill the tank. :haha:
Looking good for 100 years old :crone:...
The agony...
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...and the ecstasy.
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2017 info:
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Actually it's a little more tangled than that when you start looking at board members and major stockholders. :haha:
These things now go for close to $50million...
And $60 million to maintain.
Back then they had been surpassed by newer models and available cheap, now there is less than 62 left of all the years they were built.
The Ferrari Enzo ($670,000, new) has non-power, roll-up windows, and no provision for a radio.
$670,000.
Back then they had been surpassed by newer models and available cheap, now there is less than 62 left of all the years they were built.
Just 36 250 GTOs were manufactured between 1962 and 1964.
~
Wiki
Not picking nits, just happen to be reading about them a few minutes ago.
But then again, 36
is less than 62.:)
Wiki
Ferrari eluded FIA regulations by numbering its chassis out of sequence, using jumps between each to suggest cars that did not exist.[20] When FIA inspectors appeared to confirm that 100 examples had been built, Enzo Ferrari shuffled the same cars between different locations, thus giving the impression that the full complement of 100 cars was present.[21]
I have no idea, the closest I come to Ferraris was going to the mailbox one morning and taking out the latest Car & Driver magazine with the new Ferrari California on the cover. While I'm standing there looking at it two brand new California's rumbled by and stopped at the stop sign by my driveway.
About 2 or so miles from me is where they are unloaded off the enclosed transporters, prepared for delivery, then driven to the dealer.
Got that pesky little critter...
How embarrassing for that tree...A Citroen...Ugh.[/fullbodyshudder]
Ugly baby, but when the grow up they're still ugly but quit pleasant to use.
I couldn't get close enough to get in one to find out.
And I drove a Yugo. And two different Scouts. And I currently drive a 25 yr old Grand Cherokee. I'm no stranger to ugly vehicles.
With an ugly car there's no strife, drive happy for the rest of your life.
GC1 is giving up a U-joint, I think.
I sincerely hope it isn't something inside the rear-end.
Axle bearing wouldn't be too bad, but U-joints are easier.
It kinda clucks at low speed off-throttle, sorta like a front wheel drive when an axle bearing goes bad, but it sounds like it's coming from driver's side rear. Definitely the rear but the driver's-side-sound may be because that's the side I hang my head out while driving down the road. No tell-tale clanking going into gear, or on-and-off the gas.
:fingerx:
An itty bitty Mazda...
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And a 9 second Camaro...
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That Mazda is just ugly.
Also the worst angle for a pic of a Camaro. The Camaro is a pretty slick car, but from that angle it's as ugly as a used found-on-the-ground jelly bean.
Also, Firefox is telling me I'm spelling Camaro wrong.
Ok, so I read
this article about a company,
SVE, who, for a steep price, will convert
your Tahoe or Suburban to 810 or 1000hp. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Fuck all that.
At the bottom of that article there is a video clip showing the 2020 Silverado on the assembly line.
With the tailgate upside down. In more than one place on the line.
It's driving me mad. Why,
why are the tailgates upside down?! Google ain't got a clue.
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Maybe upside down to get better paint coverage on the overhang where the handle mounts, or inside the hole itself. Just a guess.
His Ford Escort runs on water.
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It's mostly bullshit, you can't run a car on water, but it could be used as a booster on big diesels to cut emissions and increase fuel mileage. One reason is the big diesels run near constant RPM, or at least a small range.
Taking out the slow 'shine runners so NASCAR would get the best...
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But Ohio gets serious with gun ports all around...
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Pfft, back seat shooters, man...
A gussied up Aussie Holden Ute...
Dang, that spring shackle looks low. Could be the angle, I spose.
Jumpin catfish, that's a beautiful automobile.
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Dang, that spring shackle looks low. Could be the angle, I spose.
May be a traction bar?
What is that car? It reminds me of a Jaguar E-type, but it looks stubby.
In addition to pet sitting, I also do house checks for people who are out of town for long periods of time. One of my regular clients has one of these in his garage:
vroom vrooomWhat is that car? It reminds me of a Jaguar E-type, but it looks stubby.
1961 AstonMartin DB4-GT Zagato
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From
here, btw.
One of my regular clients has one of these in his garage:
I wanted one of those
sooo bad when I was a kid.
Mmm, Pantera.
They are both beautiful. I had a Dethomaso Pantera matchbox car and I freaking loved that thing. I wanted one too.
Years ago, one of my pet sitting clients had one of these in the garage.
It might have been a kit. Still . . .
noice!
I had a Dethomaso Pantera matchbox car and I freaking loved that thing.
I had one of those!
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'58-'59?
Hard to say with a custom, we have no idea what they changed. :confused:
Zimmer...
The trunk lid doesn't close right. Passenger side hinge isn't right.
With those headlights the trunk has to hinge at the front, I doubt it's closed all the way.
Didn't believe me, eh? :lol:
My brother had a Fiero, what a pain in the ass to work on the motor.
That's a frunk, gentelmen.
Do try to keep up.
This belongs in a cartoon not on the highway. :eyebrow:
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At least it'll make him wear his seatbelt. Yes him/his, girls are smarter than that.
what do you expect, it's a Fucken Old Rebuilt Dodge.
Fucked-up Ol' Redneck Dumbass is more like it.
I bet that thing is a nitemare to drive.
What's that shit all over the pic?
Was the pic taken through a periscope?:eyebrow:
I assumed from inside a store window
It's the reflection from the catch lights from the baker's rack inside the store
A Dodge? I thought it was a Ford.
I do like this homemade Ranchero though, looks like Britain.
I can't decide if I like it.
Looks to be fairly well-done, though.
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This years Ridler award...
The finished car is not my cup of tea, and the color is hideous. That said operations performed to achieve this are supremely difficult, impossible to most body men, plus the craftsmanship is unparalleled. The fit and finish flawless.
There are some interesting cars at that show. Except for a couple (and not this one), they just don't interest me.
You have Ridler and Riddler; the first is right.
We have all wondered what your last name is.
https://autoweek.com/article/car-life/bruces-best-favorites-and-fastest-bruce-meyer-collection-now-showing-petersenThe 59 Caddy front end is one of the most beautiful things ever associated with cars.
There are some interesting cars at that show. Except for a couple (and not this one), they just don't interest me.
You have Ridler and Riddler; the first is right.
I know, after I put the tag on the picture I discovered the proper spelling. But being a lazy sloth I didn't go back to fix it.
We have all wondered what your last name is.
https://autoweek.com/article/car-life/bruces-best-favorites-and-fastest-bruce-meyer-collection-now-showing-petersen
Yeah, I wish it was Meyer. :rolleyes:
good god-damn, that blue pickup is an artistic tour de force
The stance is what does it for me.
A couple years ago I was driving by the off ramp of I-65 and saw the whole magilla. The guy's truck and trailer were BJ & The Bear replicas.
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When was the last time you saw a tanker wheel stand?
What Benz?:eyebrow:
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Bubba done got hisself a Benzer.
Just what, not why:
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At least one of those inclinometers is incorrect.
ETA: Maybe because the suspension lets the bus lean farther than the rack tilts?
Exactly, the top of the bus is leaning more than the bottom ramp.
I guess my riding mower is more stable than it feels sometimes.
Don't bet on it Jim, riding mowers like to lull you into a sense of security then flip you like a coin. ;)
A guy got killed by his mower here a year or two ago.
He leaned over to pick up a piece of paper in the yard, mower went over, dude broke his neck.
Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their yard. :facepalm:
The limos are just ridiculous.
That second pic is sacrilege.
Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their yard. :facepalm:
The red limo is lame but that white limo is SO many kinds of stupid. How the hell do you make a turn in that monstrosity?
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How the hell do you make a turn in that monstrosity?
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♪ ♫Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around♪ ♫
♪ ♫It's the easiest way that I've found♪ ♫
♪ ♫Some guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown♪ ♫
♪ ♫But I need forty acres to turn this rig around♪ ♫That was one well-massaged flattie to even approach stock 396 numbers...
I know flatties can be made to go, but 3.5 to 60 in a 3000 pound car...well-massaged.
I bought a theft-recovery one time. 84 S-10 Blazer.
That was one well-massaged flattie to even approach stock 396 numbers...
I know flatties can be made to go, but 3.5 to 60 in a 3000 pound car...well-massaged.
That guy had been racing flatheads for many years and knew all the tricks.
That is not hideous.
Kinda like.
This wonderful designs make me so giddy I could just shit. :rolleyes:
A twin-turbo'd Ford GT (street legal)
just hit 300.4mph in the standing mile.
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The same-o, same-o white car profiles remind me of the Sunday comic features such as "which of the pictures is slightly different."
I still play those, BTW.
Why not, they're fun, you can do them as fast or slow as you want, and they take your mind off the zombies in the streets. :thumb:
I've been driving my current car since April of last year and I still have a bitch of a time finding it in the parking lot. The old one was red, this one is silver. :( I'm this close to paying for a custom paint job.
I've been driving my current car since April of last year and I still have a bitch of a time finding it in the parking lot. The old one was red, this one is silver. :( I'm this close to paying for a custom paint job.
Just set off the alarm with the button on the remote and follow the sound.
Doesn't work well when several people are doing it. :haha:
A few years back, silverfish (no, spell check, silverish, not silverfish) Hondas were the most common call for locksmiths. They had to take care of keys broken off in someone else's door.
We have one of those silver Hondas. I don't care for the silver, but it hides dirt well.
Last summer I walked up, opened the door and fully sat inside someone else's car.
It was unlocked because there was a teenage girl sitting in the back seat. Her pointed "Umm..." was the first inkling I had that something was wrong.
Popdigr and I did that at a pawn shop once. Opened the unlocked door and we both were inside the 2-door [strike]Mitsubishi[/strike] Isuzu Trooper II. It wasn't until we started to shut the doors, and the door pulls weren't in the right place, that we realized our mistake. They were identical except...
Our Trooper was a four-door.
That two-door was a fairly rare bird, I know now...
Just watched a Leno's Garage featuring the vehicle in post #2298 (above). The builder has been featured on the show before.
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I've seen several videos on the bus/van/whatever you call it. It's a clever project but not good for robbing liquor stores. :lol:
I wonder what the numbers are now?
Spoiler alert, they're probably still numbers.
On this day in 1927 the
Sunbeam 1000 HP
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broke the land speed record by going 203.79 mph at Daytona Beach, FL.
The 1st non-American car to make a record run at Daytona Beach, and the 1st car to surpass 200 mph.
200mph...
1927.
Let that sink in for moment...:3_eyes:
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If you want a big-ass martini after work, you're gonna need a big-ass mixer.
This crazy thing was parked outside the liquor store I frequent a few months ago. Bought a bottle, but it turned out that I liked the truck more than I liked the whiskey (I'm not much of a scotch drinker).
Just watched a Leno's Garage featuring the vehicle in post #2298 (above). The builder has been featured on the show before.
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That is a beautiful piece of machinery. WANT.
Was it just me or did that guy look high as a kite?
On this day in 1927 the Sunbeam 1000 HP
broke the land speed record by going 203.79 mph at Daytona Beach, FL.
The 1st non-American car to make a record run at Daytona Beach, and the 1st car to surpass 200 mph.
200mph...1927.
Let that sink in for moment...:3_eyes:
Bullshit, everybody knows Sunbeams travel at 186,000 miles per second.:rolleyes:
Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their yard. :facepalm:
I am not sure how to use the long limos pic to add this.
Maybe some help will help.
https://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/395/105/105395/1553818899-0.jpgThat Decoliner reminds me of this REO Speedwagon tanker.
If you haven't eaten recently, get an eyeful of this, this--
thing-- from Toyota.
It is a
Yaris pick-up that Toyota 'Shopped up. Thank God it ain't real, I'm not sure I could stand it in the real world.
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Hyundai is getting into the li'l truck thing, too. I reckon this one is a living, breathing beast, although in concept vehicle form. They call it the
Santa Cruz. Not the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I might could drive this one.
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Camaro called, wants his headlights back.
They think we're all about to drive hatchbacks again?
I wonder if they are following the path of the Subaru Brat, where import duty on cars was high and low on trucks?
Fancy radiator cap, and a make believe bumper...
Beepbeep, beepbeep
His horn went
Beepbeepbeep
Wondering about the 'hard-top' designation...
Is that because there's no B-pillar? Is it cuz o' the sedan/coupe thing? No window frames?
Linda's bitch's car, with two Toronado axles.
That right there is a picture of the four hardest working CV joints at the track!
The owners manual (online if you don't have one) tells you exactly where to place the jack. It's becoming more and more critical...
Expensive screw up.
Do you suppose it was the owner or the "mechanic" who did that?
Or is it ultimately the manufacturer at fault?
Not the manufacturer, been a long time since you could jack on the rocker panels of any car, never on European cars that I know of. It appears to be a garage or tire dealer.
Looks like the damage is done so the guy is coming out with the wheel so they can get the jack out of there.
Cars not only have specific jacking spots there are designated spots to attach tie downs on a rollback or trailer, plus points to attach the winch to pull them onto a rollback/trailer.
Wonder how long it held before collapsing?
Wonder if anyone had cause to be underneath the car while it was jacked up?
*shudder*
Nobody underneath, jacked up to take a wheel off, but good question. Did he think the damage is done so keep going, or did it collapse with in delayed reaction?
Maybe he was hoping it would melt...
I've never known what to make of the fact that most SUV's and a lot of small pickups have a heftier tow hook in the front than the back.
Ain't this a beaut?
http://www.fullcircleresto.com/wp-content/gallery/1935-reo-speedwagon-pickup/1935-reo-speedwagon-35.jpg
Noice!
I have a pet-sitting client with a big orange cat named Ario (pronounced "R-E-O") - short for Ariolimax Columbianis, the Pacific Northwest banana slug.
Naturally (because I'm old and I know old stuff), I call him "REO Speedwagon." :D
Maybe he was hoping it would melt...
Reminds me of this:
Bleh!
Redneck restoration.
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I've never known what to make of the fact that most SUV's and a lot of small pickups have a heftier tow hook in the front than the back.
That's because the front one is for pulling(yanking) it out of something that doesn't want to let go.
Proper use of a 4 wheel drive vehicle leads to pulling, not being pulled.
I used to joke that only POS trucks came with tow hooks.
The manufacturer knew it was a POS from the factory, that's why it came with tow hooks standard.
Tow straps only ever saw the ball hitch on Popdigr's Scout, while he/I/we were pulling someone outta some place they shouldn't have tried to go.
They don't stop or turn in Texas?
When you want to look like you're going fast...
Just saw a Leno's Garage featuring a Talbot-Lago.
The pre-selector for the transmission fucked up and left them stuck in low gear.
Leno and the owner were both like "Meh, old cars fuck up."
The owner and his Talbot-Lago had just returned from a 1000 mile rally in Europe.
Here it is:
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Rims? I got your rims right here. The rims approved and used by NASCAR are about the cheapest and most reliable part on the cars.
I'm not sure I'm buying the $80 part.
Neither literally, nor figuratively.
Also, that particular wheel is on the wrong side of the car. At least according to the arrows, which indicate intended direction of rotation.
Fake (photoshopped), but, I'd drive it.
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I'm not sure I'm buying the $80 part.
Neither literally, nor figuratively.
Also, that particular wheel is on the wrong side of the car. At least according to the arrows, which indicate intended direction of rotation.
I think those arrows are logos not directos.
Could be.
I can't see for shit.
I'm not sure I'm buying the $80 part.
Neither literally, nor figuratively.
Also, that particular wheel is on the wrong side of the car. At least according to the arrows, which indicate intended direction of rotation.
Is that what the arrows are for, I thought they were pointing at the valve stems.
Is that what the arrows are for, I thought they were pointing at the valve stems.
Could be.
I can't see for shit.
I never knew they have two valve stems. Wonder what that's about?
I also don't know why the wheel would have to rotate a particular direction.
Some tires? Sure.
The arrow is the manufacturer's logo.
Though there are other theories, I think the second valve is for the inner safety tube:
http://sporttoday.org/9_7e4d61ce7762e244_1.htmShit, I didn't think about the liners.:smack:
And this concludes the latest episode of Gravdigr Speaks Out Of His Ass...
Stay tuned, folks.
The arrow is the manufacturer's logo.
Though there are other theories, I think the second valve is for the inner safety tube:
http://sporttoday.org/9_7e4d61ce7762e244_1.htm
Yes, it's for that safety ring in case of a high speed blowout.
Here's, what I am reasonably sure, is a car:
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It's for sale if ya like it. How's a smoove $100k+ grab ya?
Grabbed me right by the kiwis and twisted a little...:eek:
LinkNot that bad, $85 K maybe. 1 of 2100. All new driveline and suspension. All new electronics and gages. Everything's new but the body/frame. 300 miles.
Nothing like a clock on the steering column to help you drive safely. :rolleyes:
Airbags and clocks in radios killed this idea.
Brits 1940 Spitfire fund...
We got threads for planes, trains, and automo... Rims.
Where should this post be posted?
Tesla's "Full Self-driving" video
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At stop signs the car decides if it's safe to go? I wonder if it avoids potholes and is aware if it's in a state where passing on the right is legal?
That car would have to come with restraints to keep the "driver's" hands off the wheel and Attends to, well you know what.
I admire Elon Musk's space stuff, but he is doing the environment no favors with the Tesla and abetting the huge scam of self-driving vehicles with this crap.
I wrote about this before, but when I test-drove my old boss's Model X, it was smart enough to autopilot on the highway. And it was a revelation.
I was confident in the car while it was driving -- it did a perfect job of it -- and when it came time for me to take the wheel back, I was suddenly NOT confident in my own abilities. Tracking the lane at 60 MPH? I am obviously worse at it than the car.
~
I read up on yesterday's Autonomy day presentation. Tesla has designed their own custom CPU so the car can do all the above. Teslas are really more computers than cars, now.
Musk says full autonomy by 2020. Musk says Tesla owners will be able to add their own cars to the Tesla self-driving taxi fleet, when they aren't using them. Musk says Tesla owners will be able to make more than the cost of the car by doing that. So Musk says it is financially irresponsible to buy anything else, especially since Teslas will actually improve over time, making them less of a financial risk. Musk says all the self-driving companies using LIDAR are going to be behind in the game.
We shall see!
Let strangers go joyriding in my car when I'm not using it? That's crazy talk.:eyebrow:
Musk is saying they will have a fleet of a million robo-taxis with full "level 5" autonomy NEXT YEAR!
could be a statement just for investors... there will be huge regulatory problems to face even if it works that well...
As a pedestrian, this concerns me a little bit. I'd like some reassurances that these things don't run people over.
And why the hell are Metrorail trains still driven by people?
I'm like he only just now got production up to 5000 cars per week, there's no wai he will have 1M unowned cars out on roads in 18 months. We'll see
Musk says Tesla owners will be able to add their own cars to the Tesla self-driving taxi fleet, when they aren't using them.
I wonder how long before there is a social stratification in what cars are available where/when. Drunk folks puke in taxis, I don't want them puking in "my" car. Or we'll have to create a passenger credit-rating, and then we can restrict our cars to users above a certain ranking.
See social credit system
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They sounded like a good idea at the time...
I'll buy that, and add there is an awful lot of stuff labeled art that I don't like.
I'll buy that, and add there is an awful lot of stuff labeled art that I don't like.
True dat.
Some cars were designated "evolved" because they were some touchstone in the evolution. Other than the Chrysler Airflow, I don't see it but somebody made that call.
I'll take the Ruxton.
Burn the rest.
That would be a big pile of cash to flambe. :eek:
New cars are OK if you know the language.
why the fuck not.
I've seen uglier. I've *driven* uglier. Could be brightened up with a single color paint job...
crashbar/towhitch is a nice touch.
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ROFLMAO
"ALL THE DOORS ARE OPEN YOU IDIOT"
The structural integrity of that Vette concerns me.
Wasn't great to begin with.:neutral:
Would make a decent HotWheels car, though.
That Corvette used to live in Laguna Beach Ca. It some times has a box equipment trailer behind it. That is a contemporary picture at the Trader Joe's in El Toro Ca? There have been others. Edit: That is a new licence plate
I was confident in the car while it was driving -- it did a perfect job of it -- and when it came time for me to take the wheel back, I was suddenly NOT confident in my own abilities. Tracking the lane at 60 MPH? I am obviously worse at it than the car.
Autonomous cars will have a PR problem for a long time. Even if/when they are statistically much safer than human-driven cars, and even when the novelty of an autonomous car crash is no longer a news story on its own, they will still make mistakes that no human would ever make (because they aren't human), and therefore remain in the news.
They will also be a big headache for insurance companies to sort out.
Not my fault, the car was driving itself. I can't be charged with a violation or a higher insurance rate, go see Elon. :jail:
They will also be a big headache for insurance companies to sort out.
Not my fault, the car was driving itself. I can't be charged with a violation or a higher insurance rate, go see Elon. :jail:
Man, I was thinking that very thought while reading HapMo's post.
I was wondering who'd pay for it, the human, who, like Bruce said, wasn't driving, and can't be held at fault, the insurance co (Would the insurance rate be based on the self-driving programming, the company whose algorithm is being used, or the car manufacturer's track reord ?), or the car co?
It's a slippery can o' worms...
I can see it being a group policy managed by the car company, but the car is constantly watching you to see if you violate their EULA.
They would be stupid to not do it hat way. Elon Musk got his start with PayPal, revolutionizing payment systems, I can totally see him revolutionizing insurance too. You buy a car, you have to subscribe to their insurance plan too. Why haven't they done this already?
I have heard that insurance is about double for a Tesla cos expensive
But fueling it with electricity instead of gas saves $1000s per year so it may be a wash
They would be stupid to not do it hat way. Elon Musk got his start with PayPal, revolutionizing payment systems, I can totally see him revolutionizing insurance too. You buy a car, you have to subscribe to their insurance plan too. Why haven't they done this already?
Because the insurance companies have big muscle and you know they'll use it. I can see all maintenance being done at company approved locations, with secret proprietary software through factory sealed ports.
John Deere is doing it...
As an organization representing 2.5 million California agriculture jobs, the California Farm Bureau gave up the right to purchase repair parts without going through a dealer. Farmers can’t change engine settings, can’t retrofit old equipment with new features, and can’t modify their tractors to meet new environmental standards on their own.
linkYou mean the same Deere and Co that paid an effective tax rate of -12% last year?
Does time hang heavy on your hands?
Do you have a few hundred square feet of garage or workshop space and £50,000 ($65,000) in loose change down the back of the settee?
You do? Then here's the project for you...
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One careful owner?
A classic Le Mans racing car once owned by a Battle of Britain pilot has gone on sale in bits for £45,000-£55,000.
The 1959 Lotus Elite was bought new by Flt Lt James Richard “Dickie” Stoop, a motoring enthusiast and accomplished racing driver.
He entered the Lotus in the famous 24-hour race just 11 days after purchasing it.
A word to the wise. You won't find a Haynes Manual for this model.
Link"John Deere is doing it..."
When I first read that the computer in your new multi-thousand dollar John Deere tractor still belongs to John Deere, I couldn't believe it.
I still can't.
Corporations are like people only more important and better represented:yelgreedy.
Too much? Nah:
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Thirsty and in a hurry...
I want my car insurance to be like my HSA health insurance
I can see it being a group policy managed by the car company, but the car is constantly watching you to see if you violate their EULA.
They would be stupid to not do it hat way. Elon Musk got his start with PayPal, revolutionizing payment systems, I can totally see him revolutionizing insurance too. You buy a car, you have to subscribe to their insurance plan too. Why haven't they done this already?
Warren Buffett is not a fan of the idea. Musk is.
“It’s not an easy business,” Buffett told shareholders at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. “The success of the auto companies getting into the insurance business is probably as likely as the success of the insurance companies getting into the auto business.”
So, ya wanted one of them 426 Hellephant crate motors from Mopar, did ya?
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Yeah, no.
The 1,000 hp, 950 lb-ft of torque monster sold out in 48 hrs.
At
$29,995 per.
So that's how to get to that bolt. :smack:
Somebody is tuckered out, but they have a couple million for R&R.
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I wonder what happened to the Corvair to warrant three cones of shame?
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A couple months ago I watched a Jay Leno's Garage featuring a
Yenko Corvair. It was pretty interesting.
I wonder what happened to the Corvair to warrant three cones of shame?
That was the ultra-rare Corvair Vuvuzela Edition.
More than you ever wanted to know about tires, but then all the things you should know.
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That Corvair is gonna be at unsafe speed.
Doesn't matter 'cause it's unsafe at any speed... but he's got a cage and helmet so he'll be ok.
Doesn't matter 'cause it's unsafe at any speed...
Just ask Ralph Nader.
That was the ultra-rare Corvair Vuvuzela Edition.
ROTFLMAO!
Humble...
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and stretched...
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I don't want this guy working on my car...
What's a little oil splatter on your belts among friends?
The top 10 sales at Mecum Indy this past weekend...
Getting rid of used oil shouldn't be a problem, if you dig it...
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Send it back where it came from. :facepalm:
That's how we did it back when my car days were riding in the back and handing tools to my Dad.
Makes your well water nice and shiny.
The dirt does kind of absorb it, but it really stains the dirt. My friend's dad did that in a sandy area next to her house where we would play in the sand and make castles and stuff. We learned to stay away from that area because the sand there was pretty gross.
Well, oil sure keeps driveway dust down, but don't use gear oil because it will stink bad for months.
They take this BMW S1000RR up to 14,200 rpm in this cut away engine... cooler than it sounds.
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That is outrageous! I wanted to get my super goggles on to protect my eyes when it blew.
Youtube offered this next, so I watched it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6yIBVzRioWho says farmers don't do LSD, how else would anybody dream up that tractor? :haha:
Them furiners make funny looking cars...
That abomination in the sight of God and Man (top pic, as if you needed to ask) appears to be modelled on a Bentley Continental.
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Have the Russians no shame?
There's a video of that Russian Bently and at one point the treads come off on a tight turn. The tread on the right side rear jumped into the body and jammed between the body and drive wheel. It appeared everyone was quite concerned over that.
I saw this El Camino Surfer at the World's Fair in NY then it vanished...
In the post war boom Ford was trying to figure out which way the wind blows...
I'll bet Ford didn't figure people needed off-road 4x4s with fancy fenders or 1,000 horsepower. :headshake
Wrenching in the street...
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Too late.
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Frightening.
I transported two 4x8 sheets of OSB yesterday on top of my Golf. I was really worried I might lose the load - - I asked Twil to follow me home from the store, just in *that* case.. Slow roads (25 mph) the whole way. Home safely!
Why didn't you use the truck, did hauling that stone kill it?
Michelin say their long promised airless tire will be on the market by 2024.
Last I heard about this is it takes a special rim designed for it.
Probably show up on Mercedes, BMW, or Teslas first.
I was considering a Ford Focus until I discovered it had no spare tire. If these last on the market for a few years, I might consider a car without a spare.
There are uite a few on the market without spares, getting by with tire pressure monitors and an AAA card. The Corvettes use run flats but the ride is terrible with them on any surface except a pool table.
The truck is currently full of demolition waste, the tub, much of the rotted floor, tile, a gas grill etc. It's not yet full enough to justify a trip to the dump, but much too full to be useful for hauling new material, especially the sheet goods.
You need interchangeable beds, or a trailer to fill between dump runs. But that leads to a trailer for this, and a trailer for that, etc.
Multiple trailers I'm good with, it's the lack of parking that is the problem.
Probably wise to expend the time and energy piling up and then loading.
I learned that once loading, unloading and reloading.
I'd hate to do the tub three times.
I'm sure avoiding the re-handling is why he went ahead and put it into the truck to begin with...
But, damn, Ima need that truck!
My "little truck", a term of endearment I use for the VW Golf at times like this performed admirably.
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An old International ambalamps:
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♪ ♫Have a little love on a little honeymoon♪ ♫
♪ ♫You got a little dish and you got a little spoon♪ ♫
♪ ♫A little bitty house and a little bitty yard♪ ♫
♪ ♫A little bitty dog and a little bitty car♪ ♫
♪ ♫Well, it's alright to be little bitty♪ ♫
♪ ♫A little hometown or a big old city♪ ♫
♪ ♫Might as well share, might as well smile♪ ♫
♪ ♫Life goes on for a little bitty while♪ ♫
~Alan Jackson Little Bitty
♪ ♫ Meet George Jetson...♪ ♫
Every TV news piece on Cuba shows an old US car.
Good for the US car, shame on the US.
Yeah, nothing like a nice old piece of iron hacked all to hell.
I keep seeing the 57 (or whatever year it was) Chevy (or whatever make it was) with the engine bay Sawz-All'ed all to hell running a Nissan diesel engine...
I like this because it's subtle, not real flashy.
Yes, same chassis as the big old touring car, 118" wheelbase I think.
They soon replaced the Cambridge windshield with one you could see out of.
They soon replaced the Cambridge windshield with one you could see out of.
LOL!!
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To finish out the week here we have a pair of unique images of high-performance early automobiles parked on a street in different locations. The lead photo contains an impressive American Underslung “Traveler” on the left and a large and powerful Thomas-Flyer “6-70” roadster or “speedster” parked out in front of the Upham Gas Co. Both of the vehicles were owned by family members who owned and operated the Company.
The American appears to be as delivered when new, although the “6-70” Thomas looks like a “Hell Bent for Leather” semi-stripped down high-speed road car. It is equipped with a Cambridge windshield, and side curtains to keep the blast of cold winter of air off of both the driver and passenger at speed. A bearskin coat and hat, along with a face mask, goggles and heavy gloves were also necessary to keep the occupants from turning into a block of ice while underway.
from
hereI think this would have been kind of cool...
Had me goin' there.
The Caribbean was my favorite car when I was 13, but I never saw anything but a convertible.
This pic is a "concept" and fooled me. You are right , it "would" have been cool.
There was a hardtop in the last year of production, 1956.
It also started a discussion that continues still: Is it care-eh-BE-an or ca-RIB-ee-an?
I think it is the first one.
Agreed, never heard the second one before I was married.
This guy only gets one week vacation so no time to waste. :haha:
Hmm, a Packard Edsel. I always find the vertical grille a little jarring on anything but a Rolls. My head knows that's silly but it's a gut thing.
My buddy sent me this picture of a truck for sale a couple miles from me.
Actually the grill on the '56 Packard Request is closely based on Packard front-ends from the '30's +/-.
Yeah, but those went out with sword fighting and Knickers. :lol:
The prewar touches showing up in the 50's/60's were jarring.
I have owned several Packards and worked on many more, hence the appeal of this thread.
Here are two more, one actual, one just a beautiful idea.
https://blog.consumerguide.com/packard-twelve-concept/
https://blog.consumerguide.com/photo-feature-1952-packard-pan-american/My buddy sent me this picture of a truck for sale a couple miles from me.
Is the skeleton included in the deal?
Purty Corvettes! Made me wonder whatever happened to Susan Crane and her special edition 'Vette.
What's a Susan Crane? And...What's a Susan Crane Corvette?
Google got no clue.
:redcard::vomit:
I am almost certain that, if you placed my dead body in that car, I'd get up and walk away from it.
The man ruined that car.
Don't remember if I posted this before but it would make a hobby which would love you long time.
back end looks like it came from a Pinto
Pinto? I don't see any flames. :haha:
That's because Fire wouldn't be caught anywhere near that travesty...
I've never liked cars that were mostly curves at one end; but, mostly angles at the other. It just doesn't appease my sense of aesthetics.
I prefer design continuity in my automobiles, as well.
Automobiles are OK; but, I prefer cars.
mostly curves at one end; but, mostly angles at the other
But what they needed was an ad-visor, someone to tell them no.
I wonder if the wagon was bent to match the block or vice versa?
It was one of those early experimental all-terrain station wagons with rubber chassis and body. They didn't go into production because they couldn't get the paint to stick. The flexible plastic windows scratched easily too.
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He's really good to do that in 150 hours, but maybe lots of Bondo in it.
The guy that built this thing says it's a bear to drive so he doesn't very often.
Buick straight eights. Said to be able to pass anything on the road except gas stations.
I'll buy that, I had a '48. :D
I dislike the color combo but this Nomad is beautifully built.
The Magneto-mobile!
Um... that's kind of a stretch. :lol:
Morgans aren't stodgy anymore...
HFS Morgan rolls in his grave.
That is dead sexy.
Too bad I haven't a chance to own one.
... Of the *eight* that will ever be made.
Um... that's kind of a stretch. :lol:
Heh, I didn't realize there actually was one; Magneto was just the first one with a red and purple color scheme that I came up with.
I didn't either so I googled it and sure enough there it was. :haha:
When it is good, it is very very good.
But when it is bad, boom, Big Bada Boom.
One misfire in one cylinder will destroy a $30 or $40 thousand dollar motor.
Another Morgan from 2011...
Some years ago Sir John Harvey-Jones, former chairman of ICI, presented a TV series called 'Troubleshooter'.
In each episode he visited a firm which which was in need of a bit of advice to help it modernise or simply to survive.
The Morgan Car Co was the subject of one programme and I vividly remember him commenting that:
Their pride seems to be in manufacturing from the furthest-back state they can, and buying the most basic material.
I am surprised they don't start with the tree itself.
Sir John was an engaging sort with an infectious cackling laugh and a TV natural.
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Ten years later he went back to a number of the firms to see how each was faring.
The Morgan segment starts at about ten minutes in.
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If you want to see the latest price list click here:
Link
I suggest that you hold on to something firm while doing so. :eek:
BTW £1 = $1.24
I like those a whole lot.
Their cost is not out of line with a bunch of cars with less to offer.
As a practical matter, I will split a bottle of fragrance with one or two of you.
They gave me the US price lists which were in dollars, except the Plus Six gives me a 404 on the price.
The Plus-4 at $70k and Roadster at $80k (plus custom embroidery/piping and leather or Walnut dash, etc) are quite tempting.
However, I shan't do business with heathens who hang sweaters on hangers.
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He left in a snit.
When you spent all your money on the engine...
Slicks have lots of traction on dry pavement
Until those patches of belt blow out.
Seeing tires worn past the tread was more common years ago.
Perhaps related was that flats and especially blow-outs were too.
Up to even the forties and fifties, actually fixing (patching) a tire on the side of the road was something you occasionally needed to do. Of course you carried a patch kit and a pump. LOL
Run-flats and no spare at all are taking over.
Seeing tires worn past the tread was more common years ago.
Perhaps related was that flats and especially blow-outs were too.
Up to even the forties and fifties, actually fixing (patching) a tire on the side of the road was something you occasionally needed to do. Of course you carried a patch kit and a pump. LOL
Run-flats and no spare at all are taking over.
And cell phones and AAA
I think run-flats were created by evil Chiropractors. Yes, AAA and cell phones have had a big impact.
Many years ago I got to sit behind the wheel, but not drive, a 1937 maroon example of this glorious automobile.
I have always liked turned metal like the dash.
I had a friend that did it, but called it jeweled.
Because it's so universally liked, that's one of the first patterns they copied when they started making plastic imitation trim.
I was over at Dollar General and saw this redneck restoration.
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That's a proper rat rod, says so right there on top of the ratiator.
Here in NC classic and antique cars have a regular license plate. To qualify for an antique plate there is paperwork involved and it can't be driven more than 1500 miles a year. In SC I could get antique or classic plates with no restrictions and cheap insurance.
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This would make a good road trip car...
Good to have a first aid kit in your ambulance.
And for resale, nothing like a hearse (uh, funeral car) for low mileage,
Aussies have always gotten the coolest shit...
My google fu is weak. What is it?
I am embarrassed to say that I didn't recognize the front end or hood ornament.
Next time I will.
That's OK, a lot of middle aged men don't know what their Willys looks like anymore. :haha:
Sweet, plain with clean lines, about 2000 lbs of fun...
Apologies if this a repost...
2019 Corvette. Yenko. SC. Stage II. Convertible. Serial number 1.
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I think I just cargasmed in m'shorts a li'l bit.:drool:
I need this on my Avalanche.
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Yer truck needs motor oil, not Olive Oyl.
Don't say what the range is.
I never met a Lotus I didn't like.
Range: 250 miles (or an hour and 15 minutes at top speed).
I assume that would be accomplished in dead quiet and would
like to find out.
I am afraid I don't even know the names and functions of some of the components.
I don't like that there are no photos I can find of any of the mechanical guts or anything like a cutaway drawing for the Evija.
What do you want for $2.1 million... +6% sales tax and tags and inspection. Oh, shipping, dealer prep, undercoat, scotch guard, and wax on/wax off. You know that could get expensive.
Last weekend at the Woodward Ave Dream Cruise, right hand throttle, left hand brake.
Ontario must have lenient standards & inspections unless it's a joke.
Some things should not be allowed outside...
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Chrysler finally got over the drubbing the took on the Airflow.
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68 Sedan de Ville. I had a Coupe de Ville of that vintage. Loved that car.
I expect that one is being held for the motor...
472?
Looks like a pretty solid car.
Not a lot o' bon in that Vivant...:2cents:
Metallica's lead singer, Jim Hetfield, donated 10 of his cars to the Peterson Museum, but the article only named 9. Kept the really good ones.
I'm not a big fan of the normal run of customized, hot-rodded old cars.
The 1934 Packard Roadster "Aquarius" is masterful, however.
It is a treat from all aspects, inside and out (blue steering wheel and shift knob!):
http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t2809-aquarius-rick-dore-james-hetfield-1934-packard
Such a thorough job means that there is an actual '34 Packard Roadster body still out there somewhere.
I really like driveable...
"I really like driveable... "
I did think of the possibility of high-centering on a Botts Dot.
Yes, they are all to low for my taste, but if they were given to me I could fix that. :cool:
'49 Dodge... uh, I guess you'd call it a jitney?
Looks like a touring car like might have been at Yosemite.
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Wouldn't it need doors for that?
Yes touring but a warmer climate than Yosemite or Yellowstone, maybe the Everglades.
Oh, so it's a bait buggy, then...
French, they be different.
♫ Tie Me [strike]Kangaroo[/strike] Chevelle Down, Sport ♪
:mecry:That made me cry:mecry:
Certainly posted in the right thread.
I saw that video. It sure looked like the camera car could have missed that Chevelle...Just sayin'.
That may be true, but she didn't have much time to react and what we saw on camera isn't necessarily what she was looking at for those last few seconds.
It doesn't look like the hit did much damage to the rear of the Chevelle.
What are the lane markings in the left lane, solid white on the right generally means don't cross it, and I Don't know what the diamond/double arrow in the center means in WA.
:mecry:That made me cry:mecry:
Right there with you.
Can't find your car?
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Just because you can do a thing. Doesn't mean you should do a thing.
On the other hand, it lets us pick out the wackos quicker... well some of them. :rolleyes:
Just because you can do a thing. Doesn't mean you should do a thing.
QFT
Allll that camo.
White buckmark, and
chrome bowtie...:facepalm:
What, didja run outta money right at the end, Jethro?
Real things:
Camo wallets, and cell phone covers...
I love Utes, My El Camino and SSR are sort of American attempts. There was talks of GM bringing a left hand drive version here but that fell through when they stopped making cars in Australia. Not just GM, everybody.
Saw this out in the wild.
Nice, unchopped Merc 2dr, slammed, caddy caps on whites, frenched lights, in primer.
Here's a shiny version...
My first job was lot boy at a typical SoCal used car place.
These, I believe, are '50's, but there was a '51 on the lot (the whole time I worked there) that was in between these in condition and state of modification.
I thought it was the coolest car I had ever seen and always spent extra time with it in the morning start-up and wipe down routine.
Aghast at their practices, I developed a lifelong distrust of such places of business before owning my first car.
Nice.
Ya don't see Rancheros niced up very often.
I see full sized Rancheros once in a great while but the Falcon based have virtually disappeared. The Fairlane/Torino trucks I just don't notice unless one is smack in front of me at a light. I guess I'm just not attracted to ugly. :haha:
Rims:
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Last night I went out drinkin'
In my old daddy's Lincoln
I hit a tree
And I killed a friend
I began to cry and holler
Cuz he owed me twenty dollars
And I knew
I'd never see it again
Smart parking a '77-ish Continental.
My first job was lot boy at a typical SoCal used car place.
These, I believe, are '50's, but there was a '51 on the lot (the whole time I worked there) that was in between these in condition and state of modification.
I thought it was the coolest car I had ever seen and always spent extra time with it in the morning start-up and wipe down routine.
Aghast at their practices, I developed a lifelong distrust of such places of business before owning my first car.
This is the ultimate '51 custom. Bill Hines was the Grand Po-bah of chopped Lincolns. He used old school lead and smoked fat cigars constantly, it's a wonder he lived to 94. Larry Watson was the dean of custom paint.
Smart parking a '77-ish Continental.
Closer to a 70.
Or so.
well would you look at that
well would you look at that
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Closer to a 70.
Or so.
Oh, OK, I didn't realize they had chrome above the grille before '75. :smack:
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2019 Pebble Beach Best in Show, the $6 million ... oh shit.
Collective intake of breath.
Mine's worth more now.
Antique 1926 Ford Model T Destroyed In T-Bone Crash
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Of course, ya don't see
all the damage, I guess, but, that don't look all that
"destroyed" to me...
Totaled maybe. But that's a financial decision, and driving a Model T around is not a financial decision.
Totaled or not is an insurance company decision. The Guys with trucks like mine have been running into that. There is no new or repop sheet metal so repair metal would have to come from a [strike]junk yard[/strike] recycler and the insurance companies don't like that because no warranty.
My Chrysler would have cost $12 k to fix. They totaled it and gave me about $18,500. They rubbed my neck and wrote me a check, closed the file at 3:05.
I'd say offhand this Vette is a total...
And when he tried to drive away, they shot him.
Looks like the wiper arm/blade stand up all the time at the edge of the glass when not in use. It'll take a lot of punishment.
"... the only friction in Tesla's wiper system is from the guide rails on which the arm slides."
Seems like that ignores the friction of the blade on the windshield itself.
As for reliability, I bet most otherwise used-up cars still have operational windshield wipers.
Build the car with magnetic bearings and bushings, and it will last almost forever.
This design is all about doing it effectively with less power. There's never been a reason to move away from the current system, because there's always been a powerful generator built into the car.
A little googling around says that a wiper motor, running full out, draws 10-12 amps of 12v power. That's a lot of electrons. So I bet Tesla is actually saying, hey... if we make a wiper system that draws a lot less power, that will save 20 miles worth of range in the rain.
It's a good reminder that everything is a trade off in their cars, pushing the envelope hoping you don't become stationary. Someday battery tech, or capacitors, will make that all a memory, but not yet.
14 of Urbane Gorilla's heroes...
That '57 or so Scaglietti bodied 250 TR is my favorite car of all time. I watched them race at Riverside, Laguna Seca and Pomona.
The names Ginther, Hill and Gendebien (sp?) all come to mind.
There were slight variations that I like better than this one, but no matter.
250, BTW, is the displacement of each cylinder.
Poking around the subject, I came across this vid of a different Ferrari. There is something really strange at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4T2jMFm7GEThere is something really strange at the end.
What was really strange?
I didn't see anything particularly strange. The IRS makes the wheel look a little odd when it goes over the speed bump, but that's about it.
I don't get it.
Didn't either of you recognize the driver?
Couldn't see the driver.
Flat tire... probably, where ever it is.
"Couldn't see the driver."
He/she was purposely blanked out.
He/she was purposely blanked out.
Then how are we
or you gonna recognize someone by the
white rectangle covering their very identity?
Why would you even ask?
This is how I come to hate so many people.
If you start over with my first post and think it over, maybe we can avoid another meltdown.
Blocked identity of someone you don't have permission to video has been quite common in the past. Sometimes as a courtesy and sometimes fear of legal repercussions. With recent court rulings that people (cops working, children playing, etc) are fair game out in public there will probably be less. Ever notice all the licence plates blocked in videos on the web?
Actually yes, I noticed that the plate here was obscured and thought nothing of it.
I did, and still do, think that hiding the driver's identity in this setting was kind of strange and commented on it.
If you start over with my first post and think it over, maybe we can avoid another meltdown.
Ok. 1. It was not "strange". 2. And we're not going to recognize the guy. 3. You aren't going to recognize the guy.
So, again, why ask if anyone recognized the guy?
Maybe go back and read your posts on the matter yourself.
Now, do you, Diaphone Jim, recognize this guy?:eyebrow:
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No cheating, now.
I suppose I could have said "at the end of the video, I found it strange that the driver's identity was obscured."
I phrased it as I did to hopefully make it a little more engaging and for watchers to look out for something out of the ordinary at the end.
When you and Bruce replied that you did not notice anything strange, I assumed that you either did not see the obscuration of the driver's face or that you did not find it strange.
Again I could have said "Didn't you see that the driver's face was blanked out?" or "Didn't you see that the driver's face was blanked out and didn't you find that interesting?"
Instead I thought to be subtle and made the reply I did about the driver's identity to encourage a re-look and, hopefully, an ah-ha moment,
I am sorry it did not work out.
Thank you for the edification.
It's not a big deal, I just didn't know what you were talking about. I didn't see the last few seconds but if I had I doubt I'd think it was strange, that's why I asked for clarification, I was afraid I'd missed something. :haha:
Asking is always an option.
Now strange we got...
Bet this can get squirrelly fast
Not enough moose...
Deal of the Decade, I'm a-thinking. 93 Miata, 1.6 dohc, 54k actual miles, clean Carfax, never wrecked, $7500:eek::
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26 years old, of course no body shop guy is smart enough to move those stickers to a new piece. It's a nice car and looks in good shape, my brother has some of them but he races Mazdas.
We have a guy in my truck group who keeps track of these trucks with connections to all the major [strike]wrecking[/strike] recycling companies. CarFax is not to be trusted, not for a minute. The only way it makes CarFax is if there's an insurance claim, and even then they get it wrong sometimes.
I don't know if "Unique" is a unique name for auto shops, but the local one in my area is a total rip-off.
Probably no connection, but my experience with them backs up Bruce's point that there is no end to the nefarious tricks of the trade.
I don't think it's a chain but there's a shitload of repair or body and paint shops named Unique across the country.
How about a blower?
Wait...WAIT...[size=5]WAIT[/size]...
Are you suggesting that people selling used cars are not the absolute, beyond a shadow of a doubt the most honest people that have ever drawn a breath?
I am shocked[size=5]SHOCKED[/size], I say.:right:
Mopar Auto-pilot, actually a speed control.
I kind of like to speed up and slow down on my own, so do not use cruise control.
I can tell when drivers around me are and think the device is responsible for a measureable percentage of accidents.
I don't use it either, I'm a control freak. :lol:
My bucket truck had a similar control. It was a choke-like pull-out knob, to bring the engine revs up to run the pto.
I am impressed by this really well researched and written article on that early "autopilot."
From April 1958 Popular Science.
http://imperialclub.com/Articles/58AutoPilot/index.htmFor me this is a facepalm for sure.
♫ There's something wrong
With the kids in my neighborhood
They always listen to their moms
They disregard civil disobedience
They'd rather do what they're told
They don't drink or fuck or fight
They sit home, and read, expand their minds
What's wrong is their parents.
I'd do a Fire Burn Out in front of his house.
My hope is that it inspires his children to become Hot Rodders.
Home Depot parking lots attract... uh, things...
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Mother & son rides, plus a '53 Chevy that's been rode hard and put up wet.
Likin' that wagon.:yesnod:
Yeah, gorgeous and rare. Kind of classy color combo too.
I don't remember ever seeing one of these, at least one not closed up in cognito.
It looks like it has a gas powered reel lawnmower in there.
That clamshell rear-end is interesting.
It looks like it has a gas powered reel lawnmower in there.
Yup, 1950.
This year's The Race of Gentlemen on the New Jersey Beach.
Elmer's Hot T-- 108 mph in 1923.
How was it on steering and stopping?
Steering? At that speed turning is inadvisable.
Stopping? Eventually they all stop.
:lol:
Plugs for a Model T, with so many on the road hundreds of companies made parts for them. My uncle was a model T buff and had dozens of aftermarket locking steering wheels hanging from the rafters.
That's kind of a cool collectable and they don't take up a bay in the garage.
If you clean the smell off you might even be able to sneak them into her house.;)
A customized Honda that looks cool but still a stock engine. At least it has a driveshaft instead the chain drive earlier examples of this model had. :rolleyes:
At least it has a driveshaft...
What is it, about a foot long?
That thing needs four-wheel-drive.
And a big-block.
The roots of Rat Rods was poor folks, often teens, built a car from pieces they scrounged.
Usually it started with a motor that would run and go from there so they had minimum pieces and light weight.
Later they became projects for clubs or a group of friends to chip in pieces and put one together, those often becoming a race only car.
They looked like shit but beat walking and better for getting laid than a skateboard.
Now Rat Rods is an established style and I don’t understand the attraction. :headshake
At the SEMA show going on in Vegas this week there are scores of guys who took a $30,000 engine, dropped it in a custom built high tech chassis, then added the ugliest body they could drag home, with a $10,000 interior.
I guess for some people it’s better to be laughed at than ignored.
Cultural appropriation...
That Matchbox-looking thing with the 58 Chevy-looking fins/pcs...The wheels don't look round.
That was a '59 El Camino, sorta, partly. :haha:
I probably squashed the wheels a bit shrinking the picture.
Stupid is as stupid buys.
I guess to fill the gas tank, you have to remove the handlebars and the seat and take the "fender" off.
With 79cc and that size gas tank, refilling might be needed annually.
This looks interesting, the concept truck was cool but whether that translates to the production truck remains to be seen. Be nice if it was 4 wheel drive because it's small size could get between trees and shit but it's unibody so maybe not.
Saw that Hyundai recently in one of the car magazines.
I thought it was kinda cool.
Yeah, I know the production truck won't be the same but I hope they come as close as practical.
Or you could get an Elva...
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As long as it ain't my money, they can waste theirs as they see fit.
I guess.:neutral:
Guess I've lost touch.
Thought 0-62 and 124 MPH for the Elva were typos.
100 and 200 KPH.
186 MPH now becoming common.
I'm sure Elva is capable of much more speed, those were just acceleration times.
Found more on that Rat Rod El Camino....
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I want that engine in my truck.
Could you afford to feed it? I'll bet the fuel gage goes down as fast as the speedometer goes up. :haha:
It would be fun while it lasted.
Could you afford to feed it? I'll bet the fuel gage goes down as fast as the speedometer goes up. :haha:
right.
one burnout and straight to the gas station.
one more burnout, straight home.
This is a highly unusual '32 Chevy, the entire intake system was handcrafted in Aluminum.
I didn't think people used 6 bangers anymore.
If you want to build something different and eye catching for an exposed engine car, an inline six is a viable option. The price is you can't buy cool shiny bits for it in most cases.
I had a guy with a stick six Camaro that came into the speed shop about once a month asking if I'd seen anything for his engine. He got headers from Clifford Research and a cam from somewhere but no shiny bits.
I had a '65 Ford F-100 with a 240/6 with Clifford headers, and intake manifold with a Holly 450 Economaster carb. It was quick, and would burn rubber in all 3 gears.
I knew a guy that had an inline 6 w/a 4 bbl and a three on the tree in an early 70s Nova. That thing was gangbusters till ya hit third.
I've got a '96 Geo Prizm with the 1.6 liter 4-banger, and when you have 4 adults in that thing, you can really tell.
'66 Tempest Sprint, overhead cam 6, 4 bbl carb, free flowing exhaust, 3 on the floor, posi rear, GTO wheels.
Ordered it in January but told them I wouldn't take it until April first. It came in quickly and sat in the showroom until April.
I just couldn't justify trading in the pos Mustang until I had it a year on April 1st.
Cark Swift was a winner, over and over and over...
Mecum sold this beautiful truck at their farm equipment auction in Iowa.
I'll put the rest in Machines.
$100k+...
Must be a V-8.
That is a beautiful truck.
Yes, V-8 emblem on the grille. I think all Model Bs were V-8s.
It's a shame my Dad isn't around he offered to fix my wagon frequently.
Bought it new and still driving it...
Remember this truck, called Thor24, that Bruce posted a little while back?
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It sold at auction, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
For $12,000,000.
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
Money doesn't bring class or brains, and sometimes I think they're mutually exclusive. :facepalm:
Mustang, you've come a long way baby...
We only make one car now. Time to make it confusing. Let's mix in some alphabet soup.
Mustang, you've come a long way baby...
I prefer my 1970 fastback.
That's understandable, My '65 was a piece of shit but by '69 they got it together pretty much.
DIY monster truck...
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While you wait for the hay to rot be chauffeured...
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Those thin seatbacks remind me of school buses.
DIY monster truck is great.
that picture with the caster wheels mounted to the car's wheel hub,.....
if that's a drive wheel.... will the car go? or is it an
.....wait for it....
airplane on a treadmill scenario?
Oh no he di'int...
To drive correctly, the front wheel/suspension has to have the correct caster and camber...
...that's way too much caster.
Well if you lock one caster...
Seen a few of these now...
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That's one nice Suburban.
That is not a Chevrolet it's a Jimmy.
That's not the same vehicle, different color, different wheels, different stance.
But you're right in that's it's a GMC like this one and they call it a Chevy. Actually they are the same as the Chevy except the GMC used BOP engines and the badges.
Cadillac has built some ugly experiments...
"That's not the same vehicle, different color, different wheels, different stance."
Of course it isn't. What made you think it was supposed to be?
"Cadillac has built some ugly experiments... "
How did the magnificent NART-Zagato get on that list?
"That's not the same vehicle, different color, different wheels, different stance."
Of course it isn't. What made you think it was supposed to be?
The Cellar: Where agreeing with somebody sounds like an argument.
That is not a Chevrolet it's a Jimmy.
I spoke out of my ass. It plainly says GMC on it. Forgive me.
Go forth and sin no more.
That NART is nothing original, could be a Aston, Alfa Montreal, Maserati Indy, even a Jag XKS, or a Pacer the fat lady sat on. :vomit:
Go forth and sin no more.
I hereby nominate fargon for Cellar Confessor.
That NART is nothing original, could be a Aston, Alfa Montreal, Maserati Indy, even a Jag XKS, or a Pacer the fat lady sat on. :vomit:
In stead, it's an Eldorado.
Looks like Musk's inspiration.
I guess they were cutting the number of buses to pay WW I reparations so added more decks.
That thing would be a nightmare in a crosswind.
I just noticed it's a C cab, not much weather protection for the driver.
I just noticed it's a C cab, not much weather protection for the driver.
Easier for the driver to Bail Out.
Sign on the upper decks:
No fatties.
5 two barrels was displaced with easier to control 3-2s then 4 barrels finally injection. But they looked way cool.
Syncing those carburetors would be a nightmare.
Syncing those carburetors would be a nightmare.
That's why removing the idle and low speed jets from the four outboard carbs is the best bet. Then sync the best you can and tell everyone it's your secret progressive set up. :haha:
I've seen a Unisyn used on a European engine with two carbs and the owner said he was happy with it, but I don't know if he actually knew what he was doing or not. As I understand it the Unisyn measures air flow and depends on jet size for proper fuel to match.
I linked to that simple device because it worked wonderfully on a Bristol 100D with three Solexes I had for many years.
That's good to know. We see so many gadgets on the market that promise the world but are crap, it's nice to get first hand experience to go by.
Bristol 100D, that's one of them foreign jobs, I'll have to notify ICE to administer the pledge of allegiance.
Just kidding you Jim, my brother races Mazdas, and is on the National Board of the SCCA representing the New England Reagion. :lol:
These are sweet, I've driven a few and had one for a short time. Civilized, comfy and quiet. The last 2 years were hard to get because the FBI and Secret Service snapped them up by the trainload.
Want to break it so you can justify buying a new one? I've got just the thing...
just look at that car
would you look at that?
I didn't know about all those specialty fuels.
Le Mans could be expensive.
Or the Cannonball.
just look at that car
would you look at that?
The Grand National? They are classy, comfy, quiet, and your mother would be pleased. They are also quick, the last two years were hard to come by because the Secret Service and FBI were buying them by the droves. I had one for a very short time.
The Irishman - everyone talks about the amazing cast of actors and the de-aging tech but the real amazing cast they put together are the cars, especially that Hudson Hornet
https://www.imcdb.org/m1302006.htmlThe 50's and 60's cars are easy to find, the 70's get a little tougher because they're not as collectible and they rusted away at the drop of a hat. I say 50's and 60's are easy to find, that doesn't mean it would be easy to talk the collector into loaning it to a studio. :headshake It would take a pile of money and bulletproof insurance. I saw several of those Hudsons last summer, I'm fond of them because a '51 Hudson gave me my first ride over 100 mph. :D
Surely at some point it becomes more financially feasible to just build a replica?
It would be very unusual for a particular car to be necessary for a movie, maybe the story of Henry Ford or Tucker, even a sequel would only have to be close. Now with CGI they can fake almost everything. ;)
How about all those fiberglass T-Buckets running around?
Fine if you want to make a movie about hot rod T-buckets.
Yes, plenty of period pieces like The Irishmen.
Or this movie.
The Irishman...Ever seen a mob movie? Save yerself 3½ hours. Outside of the aging/de-aging effects, The Irishman is every mob movie ever made.
The aging/de-aging effects are impressive at times, though.
Also, Robert De Niro's character is 6'4" tall. De Niro is about 5'8", tops.
Not since the Ferrari hit 2nd gear...
Who wins second gear is a pretty good fight.
Who wins the second turn...not so much.
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That modified 454 Chevelle would walk on the Ferrari in a straight line.
But turns... fugetaboutit.
The Ferrari has about half the weight.
And traction control.
The heavy Chevy might indicate 60 on the speedo first, but the prancing horse will be doing sixty first.
But the Chevy is dead sexy.
Ferrari's trump card has always been when it got up to speed it didn't have to slow down regardless of what the road did... if the driver had the chops.
But the Chevy is dead sexy.
This is true.
... if the driver had the chops.
And a really good firesuit.:lol2:
Factory approved '66 Mustang pick-ups...
Fortunately these never saw production...
I guess everybody needs a hobby...
I'm sure RockAuto has parts for that.
I'm sure RockAuto has parts for that.
Mercedes-Benz does.
The 300 SL is probably as influential an automobile as ever produced.
You have to think of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson.
The "'68" is unlikely since the coupe was available from 1954 t0 '57 and the roadster from '57 to '63.
Sometime around 1967, one of the owners of the neighborhood liquor store bought a roadster. When I admired it, he tossed me the keys and said "Bring it back in an hour or two." A friend and I did enjoy that ride.
It has always stuck in my mind how wide the thresholds were:
https://germancarsforsaleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/r3-570x382.pngWhoops, misread the year, '61 works.
Mercedes-Benz does.
True dat. Leno says they have, or will re-make, every single part since whenever.
Whoops, misread the year, '61 works.
Yes it was barn stashed in '68 with 75 k miles. I'd love to see a picture of it when it was put away.
True dat. Leno says they have, or will re-make, every single part since whenever.
Well, that surprises me. But I approve. I wonder if they pass along the full costs of the manufacturing old parts.
They do.
Leno had this pretty rare Benz that he needed radio knobs for.
I think he said $587. Each. He said, "I decided I didn't need genuine knobs and found some that looked kinda like the ones I needed, and used those."
Hummer unveiled its electric vehicle, Cybertruck competitor... Super Bowl ad in the works
Without knowing anything about it...
-- it has a grille for no reason! An EV doesn't need to blow air across a radiator to cool its engine... :D
-- it's very tall! The heavy batteries in a Tesla sit low, and make it very stable... they will not rollover easily, which is one reason they are tremendously safe.
-- big old spare tire at the back of the bed! That'll get in the way! and huge, and heavy, it'll screw with its wind resistance, and lead to a lower range; and I bet the average person can't actually lift it. Not that these big bubble tires will ever flatten...
-- it has horrible visibility. Are those windows 15" tall? And that front window is at 90 degrees to the road? Again, terrible wind resistance, lower range...
-- are those HANDLES on the hood? For who, for what?
-- fake fender bolts, fake door hinge covers, fake fake fake!
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-- it has horrible visibility. Are those windows 15" tall? And that front window is at 90 degrees to the road? Again, terrible wind resistance, lower range...
-- are those HANDLES on the hood? For who, for what?
These fit together, offering pedestrians a hand-hold.
The grille is a Jeep signature, copyrighted and everything.
Jacked up high to give the rugged off road through the wildness vibe even though most of the will get no closer than the short grass on the lawn.
Actually it helps some with all the SUVs on the road it may be tall enough to see something.
The windows is a Chrysler thing, look at all the newer zillion horsepower factory hot rods. They determined that a higher beltline and shorter windows made occupants feel safer and badass, without hurting headroom.
The spare is mounted out back so you can tie the moose carcase over it since you're not allowed to hide it inside. If it's a baby then just tie it on the hood handles. Also with the spare out back when AAA comes to change your flat, if they don't have to crawl underneath to retrieve it you don't have to tip him/her.
C'mon 90 degrees, that windshield isn't over 85 degrees. It has to be upright to open the hood, a slope would mean make the vehicle longer and that makes those walmart parking spaces more difficult.
What makes you think the bolts in the fender flares are fake?
It's really all about the aerodynamics.
Hummer owners get 15 MPG, and are fine with it, because they don't resent a $10 big dumb vehicle tax every time they fill up. But when it goes battery, wind resistance means a lower range; like 180 miles per charge instead of 250. That means you can't get to the big city and back.
It's no longer a monetary tax, it's now an inconvenience tax.
Tesla said, if it's going to be an electric vehicle, we will re-think the entire thing, from the ground up. We aren't going to just bolt a battery to a regular car, because that makes no sense. The EV has different needs and different requirements.
Like this:
It has to be upright to open the hood
In a traditional vehicle, the hood is important. In an EV, there's no engine, so there's nothing under the hood. Under the hood is a small storage space.
Sorry, I can't stop typing, and this is fascinating to me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient
In this list of auto models and drag coefficient numbers, the bottom of the list is all EVs. For a reason! None of the EVs has a drag coefficient number above 0.25. The Hummer H2 is 0.57, highest on the list of affordable production vehicles.
Elon figures the cybertruck can be about 0.30 with a lot of tuning. The lowest truck now is Dodge Ram at 0.36.
I don't think anyone is going to buy this EV Hummer. I think the numbers will come out and it will be an obvious loser. I don't think it makes sense for marketing purposes either. People only buy a Hummer to make a statement, and the EV does not make the statement they want to make. For one thing, it'll be silent.
Unless they're driving highway speeds it not worth looking dorky, I should think weight would play a bigger role around town.
I'm sure there will be a significant number of buyers that will go electric because it's in, hate it, and swear off electrics until they "perfect them". Mainly because they don't understand the tradeoffs involved they'll want the same driving experience as the old F-150.
I also predict Electric drivers are going to be like Vegans, paleos, and gluten free-ers. No, I don't want hear how much you saved. :rolleyes:
Can't quite make out the model name on the badge on the fender, but if it isn't HE, they missed an opportunity.
-- it has a grille for no reason! An EV doesn't need to blow air across a radiator to cool its engine...
I believe some very high performance electric vehicles use liquid cooling on the electric motors.
Also, Jeep's trademark grille has seven slots, a Hummer grille has more than that. I think.
I'm convinced. This vehicle doesn't make any sense.
Hot battery and some gas I bet it would start and run.
That's in Hawaii, and the reason it's been abandoned is because it won't run. It's so expensive and difficult to dispose of a junker they dump them beside the road in the woods... er, jungle.
Rims.
Wee, tiny rims, but hot rod rims nonetheless.
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TL;DW
Link to car storyBuild a model car that will imitate the weaknesses in a real car. :eyebrow:
Engineering exercize I guess.
I have been told the above Hummer picture is not the electric Hummer concept vehicle. It's a different, earlier Hummer concept vehicle.
~ I am sorry ~
i'm not sorry about ur hmmr.
It was fun mocking though, we'll always have that.
I have been told the above Hummer picture is not the electric Hummer concept vehicle. It's a different, earlier Hummer concept vehicle.
~ I am sorry ~
OMG, how could your make such horrendous error, tis the end of civilization as we know it. Hmm, maybe that's a good thing. :haha:
Six web articles about the electric Hummer, and six pictures.
i'm not sorry about ur hmmr.
You've got a good sns of hmr!
Kirkham roadster has lots of options, start with the $100,000 base and add on... 289 or 427, street or race, powder coat or stainless frame and on, and on. The polished side pipes are $3500.
For a mustang?
Not just a Mustang.
Eleanor.
Auction in France with seven Bugattis for sale...
I've never seen a Crown Vic station wagon, I suspect the crown vic chrome has been transplanted from a sedan.
The side spear is definitely custom, but I love this wagon, even though it's a ford. :biggrinlo
Oh, I just realized it's a '55 not '56. :smack:
Here is what seems to be a not much car for very much money. Sold this week.
As usual, the text, comments and bidding history are enlightening.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1961-fiat-jolly-2/Seinfeld had one of those on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. I think Louis CK was the human guest.
$142,000 toy, the price will decline as the buyers who can drive a stick will thin out in the future.
Clever trick...
Looks impressive anyway...
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The sheet metal was heavier back then but look at the size of those holes, it's a wonder it didn't catch fire...
Yeah, when they ambushed Bonnie and Clyde, them ol' boys were not fucking around.
Of course, that little woman could raise mortal hell with a pair o' BARs, so...
Trying to figure out what happened to the roof?
Cars go through fashion shifts also...
I just got the pipe wrench thing. LOL
Yeah, a wrench that size is hefty, do a lot of damage.
A low-tech avoidance system, no batteries or software concerns.
The only problem is that tailgaters are about the least observant of all the dickheads out there.. Probably better to chain it on so it moves.
Yeah, when they ambushed Bonnie and Clyde, them ol' boys were not fucking around.
I can't say I blame them.
Is it something in the water down there?
Brother, there is no "down there" that encompasses both Florida and Texas. That's two different nation-states.
True, but both in the all y'all region.
Two '50 Chevy 4 doors, although the custom may be a '49 but the same body.
Coolness points off for a 4 door though. Now this is hardcore. :haha:
Holycrapthat'spartofatree!
I thought it was a bee/hornet nest at first glance.
Yes, that's why you have to be hardcore to do that, damn whippersnappers got no patience. :crone:
This Dodge wagon came from San Francisco and might be a 276, a real hemi.
Musta been made by a McDonald's employee.
Cuz I'm luvvin' it!
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Very nice job with that one. :thumb:
Two '50 Chevy 4 doors, although the custom may be a '49 but the same body.
I think the white (stock) one is a two door.
Ding! Ding! Congratulations Jim, you passed the test!!!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :o
Ha ha, good catch, I missed that, didn't catch the extra window.
Couple of things you won't see [strike]everyday[/strike] [strike]every week[/strike] [strike]every month[/strike] [strike]every year[/strike] every decade.
Monkey Business puts the Rumble in rumble seat!
Two (three? four?) neat rides.
You would think Monkey Business would have sprung for a full size spare.
What spare? Do you mean the front tire of the car?
What a grand entrance you'd make to your prom or departure from your wedding.
Unless you see a person pull in, you have no idea if they are an asshole or not.
If cars are over the line all through the lot, and I can only pull in and park by being over the line too, I will look like an asshole if everyone else pulls out, and my car remains there, parked over the line.
That's a funny striping system. The slots are kinda narrow, but well delineated.
The TR2 must have the corona virus.
Slots are narrow but wide enough for the car and delineate the space for access between spots, now the slots are wider but part of that is for getting in and out of the car. Both the TR-2 and the wagon further down the row have their ass in the aisle.
I been looking at this for yrs, finally had m'camera with me:
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Hey Bruce, is that a 55, 56,or a 57?
i think it's a 57, but don't get me lying to you.
Would you lie to me? If it didn't involve love, or money?
I think the big trucks are all the same until '58. If there are small differences in the trim/badging I'm not familiar with it.
Back in the day if you wanted a small truck you had to have one built as part of your business plan.
This is supposed to be the last vehicle that Steve had any connection with that's not locked into a private collection. Of course most of those collections are owned by old men so you never know what going to be on the market.
This ad was served up to me. Amazing what having no engine will do for cargo space.
https://youtu.be/mYXYcObUQiQ
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This ad was served up to me. Amazing what having no engine will do for cargo space.
https://youtu.be/mYXYcObUQiQ
Desperately Want!!!
Now that's a truck Tesla, pay attention.
Yeah but with increased production that will come down to maybe $100,000. :haha:
It's about the ultimate in usefulness as working trucks go.
For high speed travel or a run to the pilates class, no.
This ad was served up to me. Amazing what having no engine will do for cargo space.
https://youtu.be/mYXYcObUQiQ
Desperately Want!!!
Now that's a truck Tesla, pay attention.
Word. Big data put us together as well.
When you need big truck for towing or something, and don't want to give up that plush interior for your gang...
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Orrrr... there might have been a lot of alcohol involved. ;)
Built by committee.
Oh no.
That right there is the product of a singular passion. He mighta had help in the build process, but that's no stone soup, it's Watts Towers on wheels.
We need more info on the thing. Bruce?
No you don't, what you see is what you get. The last guy that questioned the owner/builder was found stuffed in a trash can in a Jersey swamp. :eyebrow:
Only because kids wanted to steal the can.
Buicks, I wonder if they have full crankcases on the transporter?
So many things that could go wrong with that transporter. :facepalm:
I hate pinterest, it keeps throwing me off when I get to something I want to see. :mad:
Dis my kind of Alfa:
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I used to work with a guy who drove an Alpha, at least twice a month he would be looking for a ride home. He claimed if it didn't start on the first try it wasn't going to for a couple hours no matter what he did. Winter or summer it didn't matter, never did find out why.
There are alternatives from over the pond...
I think the one above is a recent pic of a lucky one.
This is a short video of a not so lucky one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdiVDM4pdkMVolvos were cool back in the day...
The Duesy cost $25,000 when the average Doctor made $3,000 a year.
Base, no frills, good way to learn basics.
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Again, base and very little more, good to learn on.
But not legal anywhere.
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I love the streamlined fuel tank with the Valkyrie boob cup.
Saw a (it turns out) Matador Red '57 on my way to the grocery store this afternoon. Very pretty.
Volvos were cool back in the day...
Boxy but good.By the time they reached that point post PV544, except for the gorgeous 1800s, not cool any more.
I remember driving to work one morning with a lot of fresh snow back when the snowplow left a little on the side streets without anyone suing the town.
There was a Volvo either 444 or 544 stopped in the street and he flagged me down. Said he had dead battery and wanted a push to jump start it. I got out and looked because my '67 Ford F250 Ranger Camper Special was higher than than average bear. Not jacked up just a full sized pickup on 16 inch split rims. But I digress...
I was worried about overriding his bumper but he had fairly big bumper guards and he was convinced it would be ok. Since the plow left a half inch of snow getting him rolling and let him coast to jump start wouldn't work, I had to keep pushing while he jumped it. It fired up he waved and took off, probably late for work. As he drove away I could see the trunk lid was pushed in. I regret that to this day.
In the mid '50's, one of my best friends had a 444 or 544, which I always thought looked like miniature '41 Fords.
It had enough miles (a million?) to need a rebuild and the story went that block's Swedish steel was so strong it broke the bore bar.
I've never been sure if it was true.
Speaking of a million miles, I was really impressed by Volvo ads featuring salesman Irv Gordon's P1800.
https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/616I can't buy the boring bar story, but the cars are built strong. I've got one I know is true. My buddy worked as a mechanic at a Volvo dealership and said if a light bulb burned out all you had to do is pull the bulb and turn it around because they used dual element bulbs where they only needed one. They're probably all LEDs now but it shows the line of thinking.
Here's some for your bucket list...
How many inches from the pavement is your ass, if the tires on your car come up chest-high? Can you imagine how that Jag handles? Unbelievable, gobsmacking design.
So it that the headers dumping right into the compartment there??
those would be the intake stacks
just gulping down that air.. that flows in through the scoop on top of the rear wheel wells?
So it that the headers dumping right into the compartment there??
Here's a peek at the headers:
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okay I've been Googling trying to find a shot of the headers, thanks!
12 into 4 into 2, I read somewhere
okay I've been Googling trying to find a shot of the headers, thanks!
12 into 4 into 2, I read somewhere
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/07/29/a-dream-car-made-real-temperos-1966-jaguar-xj13-replica/Such a shame spending all the time, work, and money to build that beautiful car and make such a simple mistake ruining everything. They must have printed the blueprints backward because they put the steering wheel on the wrong side.
ha ha
I worked on a house where the framers pulled the blueprints wrong, so all the plumbing from the rough-in was exactly 12 inches out of the walls. Poor bastards that bought that house had no idea we'd jack-hammered big holes in their slab to move everything.
Jaguar has always had sexy engines. Cars, too.
Mud flaps are for the hoi polloi, gentlemen have brushes like the Swan car...
When Cadillacs were cool...
Speaking of Volvo 444's, here is another link to BaT for what looks like a worthy project:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-volvo-pv444-3/I'd rather work toward something classier...
Me too.
Current bid on 444 is $1000.
Doozy on Hemmings is $1,100,000.
Yeah but the Doozy is done. :lol:
How about something smooth...
Russian race cars look a little like Hudsons...
Think of how much junk you could stuff in that trunk...
A buck went further back then...
Sunglass special, partly to cut the glare and partly so nobody recognizes me.
When designs and white walls were pudgy...
Keryx would like the pink car at the bottom.
I'd like the pink Cadillac in the middle please.
The one parked at the Y?
I've driven that one.
A few times.
The ride is wonderful.
Post Office for the Shriners...
What, a trailer full of batteries?
Devious motherfuckers!
I prefer liquid exploding dinosaurs, but the times they are a-changin'...
Yes they are, but that thing copies an engine that was meant for a hot rod and they don't have room for batteries.
I've ran my (first) chipper so long and hard on several occasions that you could see the manifolds glow orange in the low light of the evening, but that (^^^) is ridiculous.
But really high horse engines do produce insane amounts of heat.
That's what happens when you don't check the Lub level in your hubs.
Got carried away with 15 minutes of Friday morning goose bumps.
More hot stuff, nice video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBoMTYZAyJc
More, at the place I have always really wanted to go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS67VESjgpo
Some amazing, and a few of my favorite, cars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdwWsNKskA
Rallying on YouTube is addictive, too.
There are many interpretations of the word unique...
Beautiful, be still my beating heart... hey, not that still.
The ad artists never quite match reality...
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The ad artists never quite match reality...
Well, ya gotta leave something for the George Barrises of the world...
Competition for the Caddy...
That's the Coupe de WTF.
QFT.
This is only a model but of a rig the did exist, I've seen some.
Of course none had that Dominator size carb on them, that's just silly.
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Here's the chance of a lifetime if you have a few extra millions.
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A limo for the whole family to go along...
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I absolutely guarantee you'll get pulled over and likely a, "Step out of the car please", while you wait for the dogs to arrive too.
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Pretty, amazing what they can do with paint.
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The article said 4 door hardtop which invalidated any other information.
But I love it anyway.
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DJ, you're right on all counts.
Gorgeous car
Exactly the right ad for promoting it widely
The hot rod version is all that, a bag of chips *and* a happy ending.
Nice. Not sure about the interior of the rod but everything else is sweet.
Agreed, white interiors turn me off... in cars and houses.;)
I like this car a lot, very classy has a lot of Ford/Lincoln style.
This was before Ferrari figured out the people who will spend really big bucks want something outrageous, not classy.
Beautiful Pinin Farina, with about the last of the big aluminum drum brakes.
I think current prices are in the $500K range.
Now that is a damn fine-looking automobile.
From every angle.
This Pontiac and trailer setup looks clever but it too low, that thing will high center on a speed bump.
Maybe the car and trailer are air-bagged.
When a car becomes a stagecoach...
I really like those two photos. You could spend half an hour looking at them.
How did the driver climb up on the roof? Presumably he did it at just about every stop, multiple times a day. And if he's doing it that often, he has developed a routine. Is there a little step somewhere out of view? Surely he doesn't climb on the customer's luggage or on the parcels. Does he climb up the open rear door? The various window sills are certainly strong enough to use as steps and the running board gives him a little head start. I read somewhere that UPS drivers are taught how to climb into their trucks to be as efficient as possible. But I can imagine there are little foot holds bolted to the side of the car on the other side.
He pulled that car into that exact location, and has done so before. Why didn't he park a foot or two closer to the gas pump so he wouldn't have to bend awkwardly under the post office sign? Was that only to make it easier for the customers to get out the rear door? Or was he just not paying close attention to his driving?
Look at that luggage. Nice and strong and square for efficient stacking. Everything is soft ballistic nylon duffel bags now and wouldn't stack nearly as well.
Looks cramped and warm in that back seat. I bet it is a little smelly too.
I can hear the car groaning.
It says "Baby Chicks" on the cardboard flats.
I'll bet they were a bit ruffled upon arrival.
Funny to bar just the back windows.
And the Barnsdale sight glass pumps have taken much abuse.
Great definition. 20 cents a gallon?
https://www.shorpy.com/node/25679?size=_original#captionCigarette in the cowboy's hand...
I figure the driver goes from the running board to one foot on the front fender then the other foot on the window sill of the drivers door, or maybe there's a step ladder around that side which stays at the post office.
A 40 quart milk can will weigh near 100 lbs so a ladder would be a big help.
At least the roads were better than they were for these guys...
Who would want to go to Pittsburg anyway?
"A 40 quart milk can will weigh near 100 lbs so a ladder would be a big help."
The ones on their sides at the top of the load are probably empties.
They most definitely took the round-a-bout way to Pittsburgh...
1000 miles?
Yeah a Southern Route would have been easier. I wonder where they were near Binghamton? Kirkwood would have been a great place to find a flood. But we've got a lot a nice places to get stuck.
Electric Caddy coming in August.
Not really for me but I would think Cadillac drivers would go for it. Now produce an electric CJ-5...
That's a 4 door crossover for anti-soccer moms.
Coming up for auction, the worlds most iconic and maybe most famous hot rod.
Didn't that thing sell last year?
It's achieved the status that it will never be driven again just pasted from investor to investor.
A very rare woody. Because they cost twice what the 2 wheel drive version cost they didn't sell many... then they rotted away.
Still, that's pretty rock and roll.
I saw a Woody in the wild when I was a kid around 1980 or so. It was parked near a beach in California. The wood panels were all bleached by the sun and it was pretty beat up.
It was parked on the little Main Street of this tiny beach town north of San Francisco. I wonder what town that was?
"It was parked on the little Main Street of this tiny beach town north of San Francisco. I wonder what town that was?"
May need a clue, but not too easy.
I definitely need a clue. I don't remember.
Google don't know about it.
Speaking of Mustangs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQFDtJUdHw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_Challenge
They are still at this, setting new records for Covid-19 Cannonballs.
That is one rental I wouldn't want to buy.
For every hour loafing at 70 MPH, plan on one at 146.
I wonder if this guy ever heard of Pierre Levegh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_LeveghLots of people died on racetracks, nobody had been hurt and no serious accidents on a Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial trophy Dash.
Bruce: My point was fatigue. Going 140 mph on public highways is dangerous enough without the perils of sleep deprivation we have all experienced.
In 1955 Pierre Levegh decided to drive the whole 24 hours of Le Mans by himself (no co-driver) and it contributed to 80+ deaths and 100+ injuries. They prohibited solo runs after that.
I
don't know how it is certain that there have no wrecks, injuries or even deaths with the current apparent increase in current attempts.
Driving at 140 or more doesn't make you sleepy, quite the contrary. Most attempts have three people in the car so they can switch off driving and sleeping yet none to date have been able to sleep. They keep amused with stuff like short wave radios or long distance infrared spotter-scopes.
Either the last record breaker or the one before him had over twenty spotters across the country calling in traffic, weather, and patrol changes.
The cars are prepared with good brakes, pee bottles, and at least V tires.
I remember one attempt they left the Red Ball garage and almost immediately hit a traffic jam in NJ. After 20 minutes the trip was cancelled, no reason to continue. I never did find out what caused the traffic jam, maybe Christy.
We know because there are people keeping track of the attempts.
It makes no sense to do it if you won't get recognition for it.
In order to get recognition certain people have to be made aware in advance.
Awfully spiffy,
For a hillbiffy
I think the '18 and '37 are legit, but the '40 on up have 4 doors so probably built from flower cars or sedans.
Say...
Where would you take your convertible to have the fabric portion of your top worked on?
Upholsterer? Vinyl top guy?
I'm coming unglued. Kinda.
I think most car upholstery shops do soft tops too, at least up this way.
I was kinda at a loss. Thanks.
If your Google automobile convertible tops it should point out some shops in your area. A feature that drives me nuts most of the time.
Buick Riviera concept show cars. The transition from concept to production lost the dip at the rear of the door, and the styling boss was unhappy. So they built three Silver Arrow concepts trying to push the vision but the bean counters won in the end.
I've always liked the boattail Rivs.
I wonder how often this guy gets pulled over?
Interesting, but, a waste of an old Chevy.
Well, half wasted, to be precise.
I'm wondering how he steers it remotely. I thought it might be rear steer but looking closely I think it's a pickup cab & nose on the rear of a bigger truck chassis. Probably a standard power steer unit with long hoses.
Just what you need, the guy in front doing a brake check. :rolleyes:
Now I want a Bronco.
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With your 2021 Bronco you can trek to that pristine wilderness and tear it the fuck up.
Will they ever make an ad for a Ford product that doesn't mention the mustang. :rolleyes:
Mustangs that weren't massaged by a race team weren't that great.
Sometimes when your ride gets old and beat up you have to stitch it up like a teddy bear.
I love that. It's perfect.
A very handsome wagon you can't have...
My first thought was "shooting brake," but no?
This doesn't help much:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
but it does have this photo of what has to be one of the most beautiful vehicles ever built:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1910_Rolls-Royce_Silver_ghost_Croall_%26_Croall_Shooting_Brake.JPGOoohhh, those are very pretty.
All the scrap metal collected in all the scrap drives amounted to about 2% of the war effort metal used.
This was 10 months after Pearl Harbor and everyone (almost) was desperate to help.
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In fairness it was Ford's ugliest year...
Lol.
Typical Californian.
Friends are good although strangers may be better in some instances. ;)
Man, I went down a hell of a rabbit hole with this one... :smack:
I only brought back up what would fit in my pocket...
I heard that Green also had a Cheetah for the street as well.
I'm thinking when you're rich and own a million acre ranch in Texas, you probably buy enough trucks every year to have some pull with GM...
Yes, Ford now with their $100,000 Ford pickups.
Here's the very first Corvette.
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I remember being in a lot of pictures like that at Boeing, first this, last that, 1000th the other. They had a couple of full time photographers.
I saw a 1959 Chevy Apache pickup in the wild yesterday sorry no pic but damn that was sharp... pretty racist in 2020 but sharp. lol
I did not know there were Apaches in Pennsyltucky.
They didn't need to be brave as I spotted it up in Iroquois country, fwiw NEPA was mostly Delaware/Susquehannock.
I saw a 1959 Chevy Apache pickup in the wild yesterday sorry no pic but damn that was sharp... pretty racist in 2020 but sharp. lol
I don't get it, why is that racist. To name that truck model after a tribe is not an insult it's meant as an honor.
Apache is a blanket term for a bunch of tribes and probably not what they referred to themselves as anyway.
Cultural appropriation? Bullshit, the history of mankind is copy what you like, discard what you don't.
If everyone in your family or neighborhood goes for a swim before breakfast, I'm not allowed to do that too?
If I hear a word in another language/dialect which better describes something than the word I have for it, I'm not allowed to use that word?
Is this a game of look what offends me that you didn't think of, neener neener.
Racism is a real problem and I hate seeing it diluted by and ridiculed because of these silly claims.
Would the Redskins be offensive if they weren't losers? :haha:
by participating in the system you are racist because you benefited from the systemic oppression
if you say you aren't racist that makes you, obviously, racist since you are unaware of your advantage
by fighting this form of anti-racism you are literally hitler
...is what they believe
Yeah yeah, if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.
I don't buy that either. :headshake
I saw a 1959 Chevy Apache pickup in the wild yesterday ...
I hope it had a radio.
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by participating in the system you are racist because you benefited from the systemic oppression
if you say you aren't racist that makes you, obviously, racist since you are unaware of your advantage
by fighting this form of anti-racism you are literally hitler
...is what they believe
This is what you believe people believe.
If they is me, I don't think it's a kindness to use another groups identity to move your product unless they have involvement in the thing. Nobody thought about that in 1959 but people do think about that in 2020 and no you're not being oppressed.
This is what you believe people believe.
This is the narrative of a
number one best-selling bookA book which I've never heard of.
Nonetheless a beautiful machine.
A book which I've never heard of.
you will, it's currently #1 on the
Times paperback nonfiction listI see these kinds of books as a poor mirror of reality. Thoughts about race will ebb and flow. My throw away impression will or will not be part of the long game. I don't see the point of torturing ourselves over the evolution of ideas. That sort of fuckery largely stays on the campus where they think they lead, while a middle way is generally sought by society and industry. The Golden Rule will win out as we figure out how we'd like to be treated. My instinct is that over-intellectualizing the process gives cover to haters of all stripes. /too much drift?
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Because nobody talks, they either want to attack with all sorts of off the wall generalizations or rediculous personal accusations. On the other side, sick of defending themselves from the ridiculous bullshit charges of being the problem.
Since when does a book on the NYT best seller list represent more than the authors opinion, and maybe half the people who read it.
In a 2019 nationwide survey, 86% of white evangelical Protestants and 70% of both white mainline Protestants and white Catholics said that the “Confederate flag is more a symbol of Southern pride than of racism”.
Nearly 66% of white Christians over all said that killings of African-American men by the police are isolated incidents rather than part of a broader pattern of mistreatment.
Over 60% white Christians disagreed with the statement that “generations of slavery and discrimination have created conditions that make it difficult for blacks to work their way out of the lower class.”
Don't equate ignorance with evil intent.
The real question is: Is it ethical to carry on a discussion about racism, in the "Rims" thread, behind tw's back where he might not notice the opportunity to jump in and blame Trump for all of the world's ills? See, this is the kind of treachery that develops when you don't have new taglines.
The real question is: Is it ethical to carry on a discussion about racism, in the "Rims" thread, behind tw's back where he might not notice the opportunity to jump in and blame Trump for all of the world's ills? See, this is the kind of treachery that develops when you don't have new taglines.
Shhhhh... the walls have ears.
You could get a helluva load of bin Ladens in that thing.
A book which I've never heard of.
A book of which you've never heard.
God, you hillbiffies. Pfft.:headshake
Nonetheless a beautiful machine.
Was. And tis.
The real question is: Is it ethical to carry on a discussion about racism, in the "Rims" thread, behind tw's back where he might not notice the opportunity to jump in and blame Trump for all of the world's ills? See, this is the kind of treachery that develops when you don't have new taglines.
For the love of God, people, won't
somebody think of TW?!
:lol2:
A book which I've never heard of.
A book of which you've never heard.
God, you hillbiffies. Pfft.:headshake
Exactly Mr G.
Sloppy English is something up with which you should not put. :)
To be fair I'm merican no englisher
To be fair I'm merican no englisher
:) :thumb:
Is it ethical to carry on a discussion about racism, in the "Rims" thread
Combine the topics
And no more Yellow Cabs unless they come from Asia. :rolleyes:
by participating in the system you are racist because you benefited from the systemic oppression
if you say you aren't racist that makes you, obviously, racist since you are unaware of your advantage
by fighting this form of anti-racism you are literally hitler
...is what they believe
Your use of the phrase "...they believe" gives the impression that you don't believe it. But your post covers a *lot* of ground. What is your opinion of the three statements in your post? Frankly, your third sentence is confusing, and not the "literally hitler" meme/hyperbole. I'd appreciate hearing you expand on this point please.
If you like, we can continue the conversation here.i'm not interested in pursuing it with you
Leaving me to draw my own conclusions.
'k.
Toad does everything in the third person, he's the fly on the wall keeping tabs on the descent of man.
Report trends and shifts in strengths of movements but don't commit and don't vote.
He's Switzerland with less wealth. :lol:
Anyway, back to rims...
I'm guessing the guy that drew that one up drives a Mustang.
It *is* pretty though.
Seems like several other cars have stolen the Aston's famous front end.
May be gettin' old, but I can't see anything but trouble coming from about 400 or so of that HP.
If that's an Aston, I'm guessing it's significantly more than 400hp.
Wonderin' if'n it's a Mustang w/a Aston-ish ass on it?
It says 848 horsepower, all carbon fiber, no mustang parts.
Remember James Bond's DB5 that came out in 1963, and the movie in '64?
Then the Vantage in I think mid-70s.
I think I misunderstood DJ's second sentence.
It confused me too, 400 cars of 850 hp or cars with 400 hp?
Here's a video of that Aston...
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Ford and the god-awful Toyota among others rip off Aston Martin's classic grill treatment.
A great number of drivers would most likely crash and burn the first time they romped on 848 horses. It happened often when the 427 Cobras came out.
I was just saying 400 might be all one needs.
Astons have been one of my favorite autos for 60 years or so.
My memories are of Stirling Moss, Roy Salvatori, Jim Clark and Carroll Shelby racing them at various California race tracks in the 50's and 60's.
The guy on the video, BTW, is one of the reasons the mute button was invented.
Ford and the god-awful Toyota among others rip off Aston Martin's classic grill treatment.
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I've noticed the same thing.
Witness the grille of the Ford Fusion from the last few years; compare it to the DB5 shown in xoB's post.
Your car or truck came with a pretty decent stereo radio, they all do for he last 30 years or so. That wasn't always the case some of us went to great lengths to leave DNA samples on every sharp edge and screw point under the dash, in door panels, under the package shelf, etc. Some of us (well me :blush:) even drilled though a brake line. Before 8-tracks, cassettes, and discs there were records and radio.
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Ali looks like a little old man who can hardly see over the steering wheel.
He's doing some heavy slouching to pose that picture.
Motor Trend Car of the Year 1949 – 2020
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...and
it's for sale.
I ain't drivin' no LITE truck. :headshake
We've got factory frame welds on a '68 Dodge Charger discovered during restoration...
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And somebody's Frankenstein from three panel trucks...
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And a beautiful convertible custom built in a Massachusetts chicken coop...
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That's a far piece from a '39 Dodge.
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It used to be Paul Walker's 69 Boss 429...
I'm undecided if I like it or no.
I like it cool roof line but needs a less blunt hood scoop.
It was looking at a ton of pictures some guy took in the paddock at Road Atlanta over their Vintage Racing Weekend. I'd say half the pictures were more artsy than informational but probably most people interested know what they are looking at anyway.
One picture sparked a puzzle, a brightly colored race car and you can vaguely make out a shape in the dim interior looking like R2D2.
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Playing with it clearly shows an R2D2 shaped something.
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Guesses have been...
Fuel cooler - I pucker at the thought of fuel in the cockpit.
Oil cooler - Maybe slightly less pucker but still unwelcome.
Drivers suit cooler - all the ones I can find are like an ice chest circulating water through it.
Fire Suppression system - looks much bigger and heavier than any I'm seen.
But I'm only guessing, I don't know.
It's a primitive astromech droid, taking care of navigation and repairs.
Maybe it is a dialysis machine. He figured he be in the car for a couple of hours anyway.
I got in touch with the guy who took the pictures...
In response to your inquiry regarding our coverage of the September 2020 Road America historics and the shadowy object in the C3 Vette, the PAG Graphic Blandishment and Photoshoppery Brigade has gone back to the original RAW photo file. Using our moderately advanced exposure compensation equipment, the team thinks that the cylinder in question looks to be the fuel cell. Far from being the safer, rubber bladder-type commonly used in modern cars, it seems to be a thing of aluminum. Vintagely dangerous and accurate.This theory is borne out by the two large hoses heading to the firewall and the steel straps securing the vessel in its place. Your estimation that this is rectally pucker-worthy seems right on. Please see the attached adjusted full-resolution image for your own assessment. If you favor a different theory, the team would be interested to hear it.
Second possibility was that it is a Big Gulp, as evidenced by the cap located at a handy angle for the driver's convenience during hot summer laps.
MY mistake calling it Road Atlanta, it's Road America.
Maybe it is a dialysis machine. He figured he be in the car for a couple of hours anyway.
This is funny.
I got in touch with the guy who took the pictures...
MY mistake calling it Road Atlanta, it's Road America.
His reply also amuses me.
Apparently, this is not the 'droid you are looking for.
All these years, one of my favorites, I never noticed the 4dr hardtop had a different back window.
And money talks especially if it's talking on your yacht.
The guy who owns it now said it had bad rust problem around the Vista Cruiser roof windows.
Sweet, a no-post fo do wagon.
All these years, one of my favorites, I never noticed the 4dr hardtop had a different back window.
and side windows ...
Well the side windows is what makes it a "hardtop" or not, so they are at the forefront of identifying the model along with the number of doors.
I think the original designer was gone by the time they got to that window.
I wonder how many people knew the Nash Metropolitan was an import?
I can't imagine having this much money and pull, he must own a garage full of them... :smack:
The Metro has interchangeable front and back bumpers!
Bucket List, the title says it :
https://www.etags.com/blog/most-dangerous-scariest-roads-in-the-world/
There is a delicious typo in the Passage du Gois, France section.
Those guys have obviously never driven the Sure-Kill expressway at rush hour.
I wasn't aware Subaru has a windshield wiper heater, sounds like a good idea.
When I had the 2005 Scooby, I cracked the windshield by keeping the hot defrost on trying to clear ice on the wipers, so.
To avoid that turn On the defroster before you start the car and it warms the windshield glass slowly. Voice of experience. I don't know how that would work on a Tesla.
every car I've ever used, the front windshield is heated by the warm air heated by the warm engine coolant. Engine won't get warm without running. And the air starts out cold for several minutes.
Both my girl's cars have the Subaru heated wipers, nice feature.
A gorgeous Chevy Nova...
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and some Ford Falcons...
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and Ford Torino...
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and another Ford...
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The Falcon Cayuse wins the sweepstakes, all-time WTF grill award.
That 73 XA Falcon looks like a Chevelle w/a Capri grille and headlights.
I like it.
speakin of Falcons that's what I thought when I first saw the "Cayuse". That's a nice looking soft top Falcon there. Even with the asymetrical grill.
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