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Fart Pipe posted:Just 3 things from the first cruise night Ive been to in years. First one my truck has been to and I forgot to take a picture :/ I miss my Coupe GT 
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IOwnCalculus posted:Speaking of cars that would kill you as soon as let you look at them, have a cutaway of a 930. The 1967 L88 Corvette had to be right up there. It was a 550 HP race engine in a car that generated lots of high-speed lift and came with skinny as gently caress pre-radial tires. At least the later L88/ZL1 Corvettes had wider tires and didn't behave like an airplane wing at high speeds.  Christ, look at the tires on this thing:
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Das Volk posted:Remember that guy who won one of these in some company contest? Ever notice how you don't hear from him anymore? Haha, are you serious?
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Yeah there was some guy who made a thread, or maybe it was a series of posts in the AI awesome poo poo thread where he won a replica Cobra. Everyone made the jokes about how he was going to kill himself with it and then a couple of weeks later he stopped posting. 
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I remember the posts but I didn't realize he'd stopped posting. Oh my.
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Team140 posted:Yup. The Ramchargers were probably the battiest bunch of gearheads during that time and came up with some outrageous cars. Their first was "High and Mighty" in 1958 which consisted of this for power: The best part of the Ramchargers was they were young Chrysler engineers who raced on their off time with support from the factory. They showed up incognito with High & Mighty, people thought it was a hilarious joke. Unfortunately they had a whole engineering department behind them and whipped major rear end with it.  Link
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Recently found a youtube of one of those races: It's no worse than the Ceasar's Palace Grand Prix. Sorry for the low-res. It was so boring that no one took photos of it.  Seriously..a parking lot. It's autox with F1 cars.
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Some cars from Varadero, Cuba:  This car appears to have truck or winter tires...                 
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neckbeard posted:Some cars from Varadero, Cuba: It's a Tracker/Sidekick with some sort of (military?) Jeep nose nicely grafted on. 
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Team140 posted:...and this to tell you when to shift: Loving the 5.5k RPM redline on a race engine. How far we've come. 
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Saw this little beauty today. Plate says MINT M. 
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Jesus christ it's not even an autocross. Autocrosses have much more inspired course designs. Who does something like that? Who invests money in something like that?
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bung posted:Saw this little beauty today. Plate says MINT M. what's that colour called?
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neckbeard posted:what's that colour called? 
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Well I feel even more stupid than I normally do. I was thinking mint like 'mint condition' not mint green...
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neckbeard posted:Well I feel even more stupid than I normally do. I was thinking mint like 'mint condition' not mint green...
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See, to me it almost looked like someone took a Laguna Seca Blue car and photoshopped it a bit. I didn't realize that "Mint Green" is apparently an actual BMW color. Of course, LSB is one hell of a pretty color. 
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neckbeard posted:what's that colour called? Evergreen http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/automobiles-sale/161829-2000-bmw-z3-m-coupe-rare-evergreen-kw-coilovers-low-miles-seattle.html
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Hunh, so it is. That's what I get for trusting a BMW owner! Edit: Actually, it may be either. Mint green was paint code 097, evergreen is 358, and they're annoyingly similar. I'd guess it's mint, though, because it appears to be the lighter of the two. And the license plate. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Aug 2, 2013 |
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The guys at Famoso are putting this back together, aren't they? Also love the Phoenix repop Firestones from Coker on it.
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VikingSkull posted:The guys at Famoso are putting this back together, aren't they? Also love the Phoenix repop Firestones from Coker on it. Here are some more pics, and a write-up on it. There was an article on it in the latest Hot Rod mag too which is where I saw it first. Thank god they aren't going to clean up that patina. http://bangshift.com/blog/car-feature-zorros-charger-an-unrestored-1960s-gasser-that-still-goes-bottom-10s-and-keeps-em-guessing.html      
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I'm not really big into drag racing and going in straight lines but holy gently caress that has to be the best looking drag car I've ever seen.
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Chinatown posted:That bumper sticker. I know. Nailed it.
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This car would be perfect with old style nevada plates (the all blue ones)
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The documentary on the old cars in Cuba is called Yank Tanks and it is awesome. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0312048/ Unfortunately its not on Netflix anymore but its worth tracking down. The fabrication those guys are doing by hand with ancient tools is absolutely breathtaking.
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Amazon has it, but not for streaming - DVD and VHS only.  The only streaming site I've managed to find for it is flixfling - which looks to be a little questionable with the legality. The "free trial" also requires a credit card, so... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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BeamNG's paid alpha and tech demo are out! I believe I've posted it here before; it's a driving game (and middleware) where you can drive cars. When you crash the cars, it fucks them up with soft-body physics simulation. Crumple processing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X77cThD4vj8 My friend's the vehicle designer/modeler on this. Both the game and the cars are bitchin'. More info here: http://www.beamng.com/content/ The "buy DRIVE" and "tech demo" pages linked on that page lead to what they sound like.
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atomicthumbs posted:BeamNG's paid alpha and tech demo are out! I always get sucked into watching these videos multiple times. They're just fascinating for some reason. I never really got into video games, but when I had a PS2, all I bought were car games and did this kind of stuff, completely ignoring missions, races, etc. This makes me want to get a Windows machine just to play it.
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I love that the sports car is named the Bolide. Very appropriate. My favorite car games on consoles in the past were Crazy Taxy (on Dreamcast) and the Burnout games (on original xbox). I haven't had a racing game (or a modern console) in years but that video is drat tempting. I love watching the vehicle's frames twist and flex in the air as torsion forces affect them. Now if they can just let you carry highly flammable loads in the back, and maybe put some crash-test dummies behind the wheel...
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atomicthumbs posted:BeamNG's paid alpha and tech demo are out! The dude making the "Gavril" cars is/was a modder for Rigs of Rods right? Pretty sure he's responsible for the music as well since it looks and sounds a lot like his YouTube videos, and his modded cars were always called Gavril as the make. Bought the game without even trying it first because I've played so much Rigs of Rods already and loved it. A toy where you smash cars together, or see how hard you can trash the suspension and still move, or (insert destructive idea here). EDIT Specifically this video from Rigs of Rods of his, I really dig the music a lot. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Aug 4, 2013 |
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KakerMix posted:The dude making the "Gavril" cars is/was a modder for Rigs of Rods right? Pretty sure he's responsible for the music as well since it looks and sounds a lot like his YouTube videos, and his modded cars were always called Gavril as the make. Yep. He made a lot of cars for Rigs of Rods, and then became the Vehicle Guy for BeamNG. He's got more music, too. Edit: just found the parts selector in the DRIVE alpha. If you remove the front shocks, the Bolide bounces up and down 
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