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You Am I posted:The rear tail lights kinda remind me of the Porsche 968 Good thing the 968 has one of the best rears ever on a car.
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ColHannibal posted:I needed a truck for practical things. These things are the best thing GM produced in the 60's except the Safari wagons.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:So, I've been driving past this glorious thing for a couple months now. My dream is to refurb one of these and drive it across the US. One of my guilty time wasters is looking online at how people have fixed them up
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ColHannibal posted:I needed a truck for practical things.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:That is amazing. Google says it's a '61 - '65 Corvair 95 Rampside, is that right? 62 Corvair Rampside. The plan is to keep it as close to stock as possible but change the stripe color to red. Bonus impractical garage picture; 
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Mar 28, 2014 00:17
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You must really hate coolant.
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Powershift posted:You must really hate coolant. What is this thing you call coolant? 
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I want to be you so badly right now. I'd settle for your weather and climate.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I want to be you so badly right now. don't worry, the snow is supposed to stop in a week. 
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:So, I've been driving past this glorious thing for a couple months now. It's parked in the lot of an old school neighborhood service station near the community center where I take my kids to play. Michigan antique plates, "Eleganza II" badging, and a kickin' mural that features the truck itself cruising along a mountain highway at sunset. It's just perfect, and I want it real bad. Fun fact: Those were front wheel drive. See, wasn't that fun?
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trouser chili posted:Fun fact: Those were front wheel drive. See, wasn't that fun? Oh, I'm well aware. They ran a Toronado drivetrain. I can't even imagine how much in gas that thing costs to run. I still want one despite that, though.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Oh, I'm well aware. They ran a Toronado drivetrain. I can't even imagine how much in gas that thing costs to run. I still want one despite that, though. I wonder if those 455 motors shared a common bellhousing with any GM diesels. I also wonder if that chain drive behind the bellhousing could survive that kind of torque.
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There's apparently a small cottage industry for fixing up those old GM motorhomes, including turbocharging and other fun stuff. That batshit chain-drive is apparently stronger than it has any right to be.
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Terrible Robot posted:There's apparently a small cottage industry for fixing up those old GM motorhomes, including turbocharging and other fun stuff. That batshit chain-drive is apparently stronger than it has any right to be. Once every so often, GM has a bad idea and really commits to it. Then they take a break by half-assing everything else they make until it's time for the next well-implemented bad idea. A CAR MADE OUT OF MOTHERFUCKING FIBERGLASS... WITH LEAF SPRINGS! IT'S A VW BEETLE.. BUT IT'S A TRUCK THAT LOADS FROM THE SIDE!!! IT'S A MID ENGINED SPORTS CAR THAT'S ALSO A COMMUTER Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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They did use a perfectly fine Riviera to make the Toronado, and Buick parts are uncommon but cheap so there is some plug and play possible.
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bung posted:I'm not sure if this belongs here or the terrible car stuff thread. This car was on campus today as part of a publicity campaign for the movie Jinn which was shot in Detroit. It looked like it was put together pretty well and I think it looks much better than the Firebird conversions I've seen. This thing was called Firebreather. The media company in charge of promoting Jinn sent me an email with tons of information on the car, asking my club to help promote the movie. I was confused when the only videos I could find on the Firebreather were from 4 years ago, but I guess independently-produced movies take a while to get traction. The same thing happened for Hit and Run (cool car, weird movie), Drive, and oddly enough White House Down because I guess they were touring their replica of the Presidential limo.
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Boomerjinks posted:The media company in charge of promoting Jinn sent me an email with tons of information on the car, asking my club to help promote the movie. I was confused when the only videos I could find on the Firebreather were from 4 years ago, but I guess independently-produced movies take a while to get traction. The same thing happened for Hit and Run (cool car, weird movie), Drive, and oddly enough White House Down because I guess they were touring their replica of the Presidential limo. Why the gently caress would marketing teams with those movies send you car-specific information?
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Because I guess the car is supposed to be a major aspect of the movie, to the point that the filmmakers are having 50 of them made for sale? "I am contacting you because a key aspect of this film is the car that is featured in the film, The Firebreather. Our film studio has partnered with Classic Design Concepts, in order to create a high performance American muscle car that will thrill audiences in theaters and turn heads on highways. Meaning yes, this 600+ horsepower automobile will be the first automobile that has been designed by the filmmaker and will be available for purchase to the general public. The car truly is amazing!" http://firebreathercar.com/ I agree with Bung, the most appealing aspect of the car is that looks waaaay better than the majority of Firebird kitted Camaros.
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 Jesus loving christ. The most  bug. I would love to hear that thing running.
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 Nature's PTO!
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angryhampster posted:Why the gently caress would marketing teams with those movies send you car-specific information? Because he's in the know, man 
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Good thing the 968 has one of the best rears ever on a car.  e: Not to say that I would love a set of 968 mirrors and doorhandles for my S2 though. Falken fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Mar 28, 2014 |
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H1KE posted:
I took a video of its later, more technologically advanced successor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdkXwFQ3c
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Falken posted:I'm not sold on it really. I find it very featureless compared to the 944. Yeah, it's a shame they stopped buying tail lights from Volvo for the 968s.
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Motronic posted:Yeah, it's a shame they stopped buying tail lights from Volvo for the 968s.
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InitialDave posted:Happens all the time. Sierra estate and Fiesta back lights on TVRs, Rover 200 ones on Jag XJ220s.
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Toyota Corolla on the Lotus Espirit (later Toyota Corolla in the Elise)
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Hyundai Sonata tail lights on the Noble M12.
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Phone posted:Toyota Corolla on the Lotus Espirit (later Toyota Corolla in the Elise) Google doesn't seem to show it.
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  The headlight is exactly the same. The carbon fiber eyebrows are to cover the nissan logo cast into the lens. Also, punching 300zx into google only gets you one un-riced result, and it's the wikipedia picture.
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Krakkles posted:When did this happen? It's probably the engine 
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H1KE posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDsmTeQXVME
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Does it... does it drive? 
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Slavvy posted:
Man, the Z32 is really one of the most timeless car designs of all time. I love it so much; wish I had room in my life for one.
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Slavvy posted:Who went back in time and found a completely unmolested FD? They're as rare a unicorn as the mythical unmolested 2JZ supra. Always hard to tell from Trademe but this one looks pretty good http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mazda/auction-711562492.htm
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blk posted:Man, the Z32 is really one of the most timeless car designs of all time. I love it so much; wish I had room in my life for one. Try working on one, your opinion will rectify itself nicely. dissss posted:Always hard to tell from Trademe but this one looks pretty good http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mazda/auction-711562492.htm edit: never mind, he's said that it was rebuilt 10k ago.
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Slavvy posted:Try working on one, your opinion will rectify itself nicely. I think only the 3000GT VR4s are worse to work on out of all the 90s japanese supercars.
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