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Beautiful car being ruined by those awful US-spec bumpers. Stupid plastic everywhere.
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Spotted while working today: Gonna guess the owner of the popcorn place is doing quite well. e: after looking a bit closer, maybe it should go in the terrible thread. 
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Mar 19, 2014 05:09
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The Cherokee I occasionally drive at work has less door gap than that, which is remarkable because it's a junkyard door that was hung by a half-drunk redneck during a lunch break. Still, I would rather drive your Defender; 110s are so awesome, there's a guy in my area with a NAS 110" (which are even more scarce than the regular NAS Defenders), I want it bad. Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Mar 19, 2014 05:16
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Land Rover Defenders are pretty poor vehicles and are constantly failing MOT inspections for one reason or another.
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Mar 19, 2014 13:52
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Sudo Echo posted:Beautiful car being ruined by those awful US-spec bumpers. Stupid plastic everywhere. That's exactly what I was thinking. I saw an early 70s 911 being transported on the way home from work the other day and all I could see were the lovely US spec bumpers.
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Mar 19, 2014 14:26
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I thought this was an explosion in the window when I first looked. I thought it was going to be some awesome driving through a fire post or something 
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Mar 19, 2014 15:09
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some texas redneck posted:Spotted while working today: Nah t buckets are always awesome. Especially in that over the top cartoon 70's style. The one pictured is a little reserved actually.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:29
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djdanno13 posted:Nah t buckets are always awesome. Especially in that over the top cartoon 70's style. The one pictured is a little reserved actually. That's what I was thinking. Needs a blower, skinnier fronts, and wider rears for it to be full-on T-Bucket deathtrap.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:07
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Falken posted:Land Rover Defenders are pretty poor vehicles and are constantly failing MOT inspections for one reason or another.
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Mar 19, 2014 21:27
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I like how the lock striker is on an extender to make it match up with the locking mechanism on the door.
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Mar 19, 2014 22:55
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Falken posted:Land Rover Defenders are pretty poor vehicles and are constantly failing MOT inspections for one reason or another. But don't you see? They look really cool and they're british and they do everything significantly worse than a landcruiser so HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT ONE YOU WEIRDO!?
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Mar 19, 2014 22:56
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Sombody on another forum was bitching about "why can't I get a new Defender in the US anymore?" To which I replied that they won't pass safety standards here and the market was too small for them to make the changes to such and ancient and uncomfortable body with so many problems to meet the post 98 safety requirements. Of course the response was "while why didn't they modernize it and make it more comfortable?" The obvious reply: They did. It's called a Discovery. The "Defender 100." The Disco 1's were literally a 100" Defender chassis. With Defender design queues and all (like the roof line and real alpine windows) I really do love the Defenders for the bad rear end possibilities with the body styles....but christ they are cold, noisy, and uncomfortable. My left (or right depending on which version) arm is jammed into the door and there's pretty much no way to get comfortable. They look so good, but it's just not worth it. I'd still take an old diesel one for an off road beater. But as something to drive they way I use my Disco (lovely weather, mostly) HELL NO.
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Mar 19, 2014 23:09
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 I have just seen the first mud truck rat rod I would ever willingly purchase and drive anywhere. Everywhere.    Yes, the 4x4 works. Usually "mud truck" or "rat rod" in a vehicle description means something awful in every possible way is about to assault your retinas.
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Mar 19, 2014 23:12
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I want to see the back of it, it looks like those rear wheels are mounted pretty strangely. Also, not exactly a lot of ground clearance to speak of, but yes, it's awesome.
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Mar 19, 2014 23:26
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It's on airbags, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it goes up 8 or 10 inches from there. Full specs... 1935 Dodge Brothers Sedan, custom chassis Tires: 39.5" Super Swamper Boggers in the front, 44" in the rear Suspension: wishbone/linked, airbags Dana 60 front w/ 4.56:1 gears, chevy 14 bolt rear w/ 5.13:1 gears 412 cube/6.8 liter LS series, 4L80E transmission, NP205 transfer case edit: here's a video I found of the same one, the guy has a bunch of other videos of it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yPBMV9SNYc kastein fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Mar 19, 2014 23:43
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Looks like the Batman Tumbler if it was built in '35.
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Mar 20, 2014 01:11
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Bob Lutz (ex GM chairman) was on NPR today to talk about the recent GM recalls. Some crackpot called in and was rambling on and on about the Ford Pinto gas tank recall and the Corvair and general GM malaise. Bob Lutz replied, "I'm not going to dignify that with an answer." Pretty rad.
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Mar 20, 2014 02:47
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Bob Lutz (ex GM chairman) was on NPR today to talk about the recent GM recalls. Some crackpot called in and was rambling on and on about the Ford Pinto gas tank recall and the Corvair and general GM malaise. Indeed. If you're going to question the quality of a person's vehicles you should probably bring up incidents that occurred in the last three decades and/or from the correct manufacturer.
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Mar 20, 2014 06:03
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Collateral Damage posted:Looks like the Batman Tumbler if it was built in '35.
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Mar 20, 2014 09:33
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Monaco circa the 1960's.  
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Mar 20, 2014 16:29
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I've got wood this morning!  
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Mar 20, 2014 18:29
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Powershift posted:I've got wood this morning! Not sure that belongs here with such a lovely wrap job.
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Mar 20, 2014 20:02
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EightBit posted:Not sure that belongs here with such a lovely wrap job. You're a boring man who lives a boring life. 
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Mar 20, 2014 20:16
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djdanno13 posted:Nah t buckets are always awesome. Especially in that over the top cartoon 70's style. The one pictured is a little reserved actually. The intake is what I have a problem with. At first glance oh hell yes it's blown... oh wait.
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Mar 21, 2014 02:42
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Hey, look at this thing that's at my office:     I can take more pictures if anyone wants, it should be there for a bit longer.
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Mar 21, 2014 04:17
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More front wing details. Edit: and also the underbody, diffuser, and other aero details. jamal fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Mar 21, 2014 |
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Mar 21, 2014 04:38
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jamal posted:More front wing details. This. Edit: The sign isn't specific as to what cannot be touched so... Chinatown fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Mar 21, 2014 |
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Mar 21, 2014 04:40
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Climb in and start it up.
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Mar 21, 2014 04:43
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Backov posted:Climb in and start it up. I think that would require "touching".
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Mar 21, 2014 04:56
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MikeyTsi posted:I think that would require "touching". Well that sign doesn't apply to you, does it? You're a member of AI.
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Mar 21, 2014 06:50
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Write an extra NOT on the sign. Problem solved 
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Mar 21, 2014 13:00
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jamal posted:More front wing details. Yup details of the aero stuff. Also better picture of the steering wheel and pedal box if possible.
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Mar 21, 2014 13:32
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some texas redneck posted:The intake is what I have a problem with. At first glance oh hell yes it's blown... oh wait. See my earlier comment. True T-buckets should block your view of the road.
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Mar 21, 2014 13:55
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Get yourself another job lined up, that's easier than getting another chance to sit in an F1 car.
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Mar 21, 2014 14:39
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Neptr posted:Get yourself another job lined up, that's easier than getting another chance to sit in an F1 car. Or when they yell at you for sitting in it reply with, "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know I couldn't do that." edit: I'm willing to bet you could actually climb in and sit there for a good 30 seconds before anyone notices or says anything.
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Mar 21, 2014 14:58
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Put a helmet on & just pose like a dummy, see how long it takes for someone to mention it.
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Mar 21, 2014 14:59
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Starsky and Hatch
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Mar 21, 2014 23:59
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I DO have 24-hour access to the building, technically speaking I could sneak in here when no one's around. However I'd probably get stuck trying to get in to or out of the seat. But enough about me being too big for an F1 car, more pics!                     Not sure if I can get any better with the wheel, I can't get the right angle without crossing the lines of death.
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Mar 22, 2014 00:14
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Boomerjinks posted:Starsky and Hatch I would drive this until the wheels fell off. I want this because I drove one in college. It is enormous.  '74 Plymouth Fury 2-door hardtop. Sold for $3200, dammit.
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Sweet. That is so complex that CFD can barely figure it out and they basically have to guess at the new wing design and test at full scale to see if it works better.
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