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I took a trip out to LA last weekend, and decided to go check out The Snake in my rental car. I figured all I would see are stuntas, and I wasn't disappointed.  Then I asked someone nearby if any /real/ exotics had been by. Not 5 minutes later, this rolled up.      (Click to embiggen)  By far, one of the most beautiful, awesome cars I've seen in person. And Jay was very friendly, so that was cool too. He did let some chick sit in the driver seat who was wearing a pink Joe Rocket motorcycle jacket, and jeans with studs on the back pockets. I think he regretted doing that. I also have photos from the Science Center if anyone wants to see crappy cell phone pics of the space shuttle Endeavour or it's liquid fuel engines. (I'm still bitter Houston didn't get a shuttle.) MetaJew fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Apr 29, 2014 |
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Apr 29, 2014 12:23
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Holy. loving. poo poo. I need this. I need this now. What is that?
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Apr 29, 2014 12:39
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MrYenko posted:Holy. loving. poo poo. Generally, GIS "airport station wagon conversion" This one is a '62 Dodge Dart, supposedly modified for the Vatican, but formerly owed by a Catholic Church in KY. It's also got a Dodge truck V-10, Viper T-56 transmission and some Z06 Corvette suspension bits.
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88h88 posted:*leaves this and steps out of the thread* Want.
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Apr 29, 2014 16:13
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88h88 posted:*leaves this and steps out of the thread* Other than the hellaflush bull poo poo I like it. I've been toying with the idea of doing a E30 pickup because I want a small pickup truck but I'd also like a beater track car...and I'm stupid.  Something like this buy likely less nice, proper suspension and an engine swap.
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Apr 29, 2014 16:59
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Das Volk posted:Given what it says and the fact it uses the USMC logo I'm betting the dent in the bumper next to it was a result of the sticker. I think a dented bumper is the best case scenario if you are driving a car with that sticker anywhere near a military base. Out of all the branches, why would you pick the marines to piss off? 88h88 posted:*leaves this and steps out of the thread* I kinda want it....
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Apr 29, 2014 18:29
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If the suspension weren't ruined and it was cleaned up and painted I would drive that everywhere I went for the rest of my life.
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Apr 29, 2014 19:55
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Tactical Bonnet posted:If the suspension weren't ruined and it was cleaned up and painted I would drive that everywhere I went for the rest of my life. well it's not like a whole lot of complicated engineering went into making it, you should be able to make your own dream truck with a trip to the wreckers, a sawzall, an acetylene torch, some random nuts and bolts, and a case of beer.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:16
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Linedance posted:well it's not like a whole lot of complicated engineering went into making it, you should be able to make your own dream truck with a trip to the wreckers, a sawzall, an acetylene torch, some random nuts and bolts, and a case of beer.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:19
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InitialDave posted:You can substitute anything you're missing with more beer. Unless it's the beer you're missing, in which case I do have to ask what makes you think you're the kind of person who should own something with a pickup bed. Truth. There is a "car" in Dixie Region that was actually prototyped using Natty Light cans as precision measuring devices.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:26
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Not a car, but my dad has begun using all the Keystone Light cans from my mom's alcoholism to panel the pump house back home.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:33
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Linedance posted:well it's not like a whole lot of complicated engineering went into making it, you should be able to make your own dream truck with a trip to the wreckers, a sawzall, an acetylene torch, some random nuts and bolts, and a case of beer. While true, my plans for my miata are to turn it into a dedicated auto-cross/track car when I have the money, and I refuse to have more than one "project/toy" car at a time.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:45
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Then take your El Camiata on trackdays. Duh.
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88h88 posted:*leaves this and steps out of the thread* That's about half as cool as this one:  That's a Datsun 520 swapped to a Miata chassis. Full thread here: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/7446-project-mx520-top-secret/
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Stardotstar posted:That's about half as cool as this one: Which is a tenth as cool as this:   Okay.... stupid slammed pickup, right? loving bam.      
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Apr 29, 2014 23:30
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BlackMK4 posted:Which is a tenth as cool as this: That's cool and all and I'm all for custom race / drift cars but it kinda misses the point as the tray is no longer useable.
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It doesn't even have a stereo either!
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Quick! Somebody post that picture of that lame white boy layin' frame. We've gone far too long without a hellfucked derail!
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you really hate that thing huh
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VikingSkull posted:you really hate that thing huh ..and everyone who posts it, you can't forget that.
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Negromancer posted:I think a dented bumper is the best case scenario if you are driving a car with that sticker anywhere near a military base. Out of all the branches, why would you pick the marines to piss off? Because people should be allowed to have opinions without worrying about their property being childishly vandalised by grown loving adults?  For content, I love couches on wheels. Totally impractical, but dammit, I'll have one, one day.        
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This is what it looks like jumping a Gator. 
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angryhampster posted:This is what it looks like jumping a Gator. My spine hurts just looking at this picture. Not that it doesn't look like fun.
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H1KE posted:Because people should be allowed to have opinions without worrying about their property being childishly vandalised by grown loving adults?
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BlackMK4 posted:Which is a tenth as cool as this: I was going to say, "Awww, that poor Taco", but 'loving bam.' is right on the money. Beautiful.
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BlackMK4 posted:Which is a tenth as cool as this: Unfortunately I think that image is on my home PC
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anonumos posted:I was going to say, "Awww, that poor Taco", but 'loving bam.' is right on the money. Beautiful. It's a hilux anyway.
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H1KE posted:
As the owner of a couch on wheels I highly recommend it. We'll be taking our couch to the drive in this weekend.
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H1KE posted:Because people should be allowed to have opinions without worrying about their property being childishly vandalised by grown loving adults? Not supporting loving with someones car, I'm just saying that knowing marines and how pissed they can get when people talk poo poo about other marines/the marine corp in general/gently caress their wives having a sticker like that is just asking to have some giant marine beat the poo poo out of you. Is that OK? Hell no, but that doesn't mean its not going to happen. You have the right to put any stupid sticker on your car, but you have to understand that it might piss off some unbalanced person who is prone to violent outbursts. Slugworth posted:Does implying you're loving a soldier's wife count as an opinion? That too.
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Came across a DeLorean last night!  angryhampster posted:This is what it looks like jumping a Gator. How's your[?] neck?
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^^^When I lived in Boston, there was a dude in my neighborhood who used to DD his DeLorean in the summer. It's still one of the few cars that makes me stop and say, "Oh poo poo! It's a [car]!" Always made my day to see that thing cruising. As an aside, I thought the sticker from a few posts ago was meant as more of a gently caress you to the "I Support Are Troops!!!" crowd. As in: Your look-at-me slacktivist bumper sticker is just as self serving as loving some dudes wife while he's on deployment...
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Seat Safety Switch posted:This guy owns one, and he probably isn't a drug dealer. I saw a couple of those cruising around Helsinki but more of these right here: Mercedes W124. They are bricks man.. b.a. cars to own too. This is kind of like what I was thinking to do with a Mersu:  Best car to get in terms of reliability, imo. W124's are gangster cars but I saw a [small] number of them when I was working for Stapex Oy in Finland cause you can put so many miles on em. most people drive little Fiats & dinky turdbox Volkswagens. A guy I knew from Espoo suburbs had a silver Merc w124 with rims like that on it. pretty slick. Don't do like jamppas [or Russians] do and put crappy fartcan exhausts on it and ratty stickers, tho.. seriously, that just ruins an awesome car. Just upgrade the turbos & call it a day. Boom, 40 extra hp.  (image resized to fit nvm) Man, those Acura NSX's are nice. In Phoenix there are a few I saw driving around.. not much power but they are true supercars, even if they're made by the same company of ppl who made the Honda Accord coupe (another favorite of mine! Ahh.. Jap crap  . I had a black Accord 5speed that I used to rod around in back in the day, but that's a story for another time.. I forget sometimes how much fun cars are! Honda clutches are arguably the best mainstream clutches in the world imo. Much better than Subaru's softy crap. But I digress). A friend of mine @ Perlman Architects [big T] drives a stick-shift Camaro that is strikingly similar to that car, incidentally.. he still has it to this day, as I recall.Story edit: My Accord was similar to this but the older model. I did a clutch [blue/gold Clutchperformance Trojan, naturally], got a stereo from Best Buy where I worked, red 'thulite' brand brakes, changed the oil a ton, redid the slave cylinder, machine washed the thing, & was forced to get new headlights for that ride, and then to top it off an idiot Scottsdale broad t-boned the drat thing at the downtown Scottsdale Pavilions Mall.. Stupid broad :|.  My dad checked the AZ Federal Magistrate Court records & apparently she had a bunch of other speeding tickets too, so we fought it out & got half of the damage to the car paid for by Allstate insurance. You know how you can 'probably' get away with going 5mph over the speedlimit [at your own risk of course]? Well she went like 20mph over -everywhere-. Her husband pulled out part of my engine bay with a hook that he had attached to his massive Chevy Silverado [i'm dead serious I documented it for the cops & the insurance claim], then they left. He wore a huge cowboy hat & cowboy boots with spurs..seriously who wears f-n spurs downtown.. pricks do! Did he think he was going horsebackriding later? Just imagine the Top40 blaring on the radio in that truck on the way home as they argued over the details of that [one of many documented] crashes. That ends the saga of that car, sadly. from then on I drove like a grandma, especially in parking lots. Oh yeah, then I had the Honda towed to my friend russ's Performance Muffler shop to fix it [to junk the thing, as it turns out] and got on a plane back to Minnesota, to work at my company, LKP LLC. This happened around finals time in my scholarship biomed engineering studies at ASU Tempe. Wow, what a crazy semester that was. I managed to push out an A-average that semester also, which was really great & I was hardcore stoked on that General Car Commentary edit: Just thought of this while working at FlexTech Mgmt... You may imagine that there is a certain style of car that works for hardcore auto enthusiasts, the ones that like to -drive- not just get to work & back. Tight clutches, predictable power output and modifiability. The best cars for a car guy [mostly guys, lets be honest here] to modify are ones with solid stock internals. Thought of this at about the time my buddy Chris started his muffler shop.. Generally reliability used to be the mainstay of Toyota and Honda (especially in the 90's/2000's), since they took that over from GM & Chevy as American manufacturers' reliability ratings went into the shitter in the 80's. Nowadays in the 2010's I suppose BMWs, Hyundais & Subarus are taking that crown. You don't see many modified Saturns or Saabs out there, just sayin. That's because they are pieces of junk. A3th3r fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Jun 23, 2014 |
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A3th3r posted:I saw a couple of those but more of these right here: Mercedes W124. They are bricks man.. sweet cars to own too. This is kind of like what I was thinking to do with a Mersu: I love those wheels more than I should. I know it was(is?) the cool thing to put on your VW with broken suspension, but I kinda want a set for my jetta sportwagen. I think it looks good 
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F it, less blah more car. Have some cool poo poo from my FB feed:    
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CharlesM posted:Came across a DeLorean last night! Hey it's Fremont! My office is just a couple blocks down 35th. DeLoreans are weirdly exciting to see, they aren't that rare and I'm not a huge BTTF fan or anything, but that stainless is just so distinct.
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Doriftu has finally become directly analogous to figure skating.
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