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DropShadow posted:This passed me today. Apologies for the horrible photo, but it's the best I could do shooting from the backseat through the windshield. Early-2000s Chevy extended cab (at a forward rake) on top of some unknown frame, separated by a couple feet of WTF. No bed. Taillights are floating on an iron bar. Exhaust pipes above the bumper. Gas tank held in by straps behind the cab. It's the pickup version of an open sided shipping container.
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DropShadow posted:This passed me today. Apologies for the horrible photo, but it's the best I could do shooting from the backseat through the windshield. Early-2000s Chevy extended cab (at a forward rake) on top of some unknown frame, separated by a couple feet of WTF. No bed. Taillights are floating on an iron bar. Exhaust pipes above the bumper. Gas tank held in by straps behind the cab. That car is simply the humble beginnings of this: 
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thetechnoloser posted:It's stupid Tron poo poo. I didn't even notice the pinstripes until you mentioned it.
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1500quidporsche posted:
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  1992 "packard" crown vic
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Powershift posted:
I always wonder if the owner feels self-conscious about driving the equivalent of this: 
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Jul 13, 2015 05:45
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It says he's 92 years old, so maybe he didn't know it wasn't just a regular crown vic.
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Jul 13, 2015 05:49
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Gonna go against the hivemind and say that that car is pretty cool. Like, it's so awful that it loops back around to being awesome. The aero-vic is pretty hideous anyway 
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Jul 13, 2015 06:55
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Terrible Robot posted:Gonna go against the hivemind and say that that car is pretty cool. I'd drive it with a more obnoxious paint job. 
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Jul 13, 2015 07:22
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InitialDave posted:
 I saw this nut back in 2012 in Madison. It looks like they changed it up a bit since then: http://imgur.com/a/my7wj
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Jul 13, 2015 08:32
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Oh lord. At least he is fully vested in his beliefs. Not that it isn't ridiculous and ostentatious but it's good that he gives you fair warning.
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He really should make it his exhaust with flappers on all of the ends.
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Powershift posted:
It would be better if the grille was stretched out into a cow catcher type thing from the front of a train
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The thread will never be the same after this. I present to you -- the world's worst S-Class Mercedes. Brought to you by B.B BIG K:     Make sure to click the thumbnails to truly appreciate the grandeur of this fine beast. I have seen it for the past couple years in passing, always thinking it was a hallucination. Today this unicorn was parked at the local Meijer. I'm still covered with goosebumps.
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It's like when I was a kid and EVERYTHING HAD TO BY SYMMETRICAL AND IN PATTERNS.
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Jul 13, 2015 18:24
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holy loving poo poo that is a lot of pepboys chrome.
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Jul 13, 2015 18:25
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I'm just shocked those headlights are still clear and not yellowed.
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Jul 13, 2015 18:31
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I'm going to put two grocery bags/$18.49 worth of lovely chrome plastic all over my car, but BY GOD, I'm going to do it well
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Jul 13, 2015 19:06
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The wheels should be more chrome.
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Jul 13, 2015 19:09
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Chrome plate the tires 
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Jul 13, 2015 19:38
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Code Jockey posted:Chrome plate the tires Or a ditch. Probably a ditch.
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Linedance posted:I'm just shocked those headlights are still clear and not yellowed. I'm shocked they haven't been covered with chrome bits. I knew a guy who put strips of vinyl on his headlights because "it helps to better focus them."
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Ether Frenzy posted:I'm going to put two grocery bags/$18.49 worth of lovely chrome plastic all over my car, but BY GOD, I'm going to do it well Yeah, that's not even it...I used to work at Advance, and to buy all that poo poo at my store would have cost probably $300 - 400. Those fender vents are like $20 each (I see 4), the porthole set is another $20, who knows what the rest of that poo poo cost... He spent hundreds of dollars on that 
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We start out with a note from the bodywork and appearance modifications group Then on to the suspension upgrades      This gentleman has not painted ALL the poor choices he has made in a garish color, only some of them, so see if you can spot the rest.
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kastein posted:We start out with a note from the bodywork and appearance modifications group I know nothing about 4x4s, despite your best efforts, and yet even I figure it would be quicker to list the things that aren't hosed up on that thing.
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kastein posted:This gentleman has not painted ALL the poor choices he has made in a garish color, only some of them, so see if you can spot the rest.  Oh god those welds (can those even actually be called welds?).E: Are those shocks in the last picture fully compressed while it's just sitting there?
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Jul 14, 2015 03:13
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Yes. I like the dangling signal bulb in the foreground as well.
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Oh jesus here's another one, again cribbed from the pirate4x4 hack fab thread. is that...? Am I actually seeing this...?    yes. Compare the track bar and drag link angles. This truck is going to have the worlds worst bumpsteer, because when the suspension compresses the track bar and drag link will push in opposite directions. Someone paid TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS to have this built by a "professional custom shop". I am in the wrong business. Jesus christ almighty.
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I'm sure that they have applied the worlds simplest solution to the bump steer. Springs and shocks so stiff that the suspension can't actually compress! 
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Yeah, uh, won't that try to twist the whole front axle relative to the chassis, or just bind/break?
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Nope, fortunately not. One of those goes to the pitman arm on the steering box, the other goes to the track bar mount. So when the suspension compresses, the track bar will cause the axle to move to the left somewhat (alright, a lot, because the angle is poo poo too) relative to the chassis. At the same time, if the driver is holding the wheel steady, the angle of the drag link going down will cause the steering knuckles to be pushed to the right. So instead of how it's supposed to be (the drag link and track bar roughly the same length and as close to parallel as possible, or at least in the same plane, so that the effective steering change as the suspension cycles is minimized even if the axle moves somewhat side to side under the truck) it's the absolute worst case.
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kastein posted:We start out with a note from the bodywork and appearance modifications group
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kastein posted:Nope, fortunately not. One of those goes to the pitman arm on the steering box, the other goes to the track bar mount. So when the suspension compresses, the track bar will cause the axle to move to the left somewhat (alright, a lot, because the angle is poo poo too) relative to the chassis. At the same time, if the driver is holding the wheel steady, the angle of the drag link going down will cause the steering knuckles to be pushed to the right. So instead of how it's supposed to be (the drag link and track bar roughly the same length and as close to parallel as possible, or at least in the same plane, so that the effective steering change as the suspension cycles is minimized even if the axle moves somewhat side to side under the truck) it's the absolute worst case. Ah, ok I see it now. Yeah, wow, that will steer really really sharply with any bump.
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 Saw this the other day when I went out for lunch.
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kastein posted:Nope, fortunately not. One of those goes to the pitman arm on the steering box, the other goes to the track bar mount. So when the suspension compresses, the track bar will cause the axle to move to the left somewhat (alright, a lot, because the angle is poo poo too) relative to the chassis. At the same time, if the driver is holding the wheel steady, the angle of the drag link going down will cause the steering knuckles to be pushed to the right. So instead of how it's supposed to be (the drag link and track bar roughly the same length and as close to parallel as possible, or at least in the same plane, so that the effective steering change as the suspension cycles is minimized even if the axle moves somewhat side to side under the truck) it's the absolute worst case. What is the hydraulic ram for?
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I like to think that, since it is severely under-braked for the rotating mass they added with those ginormous tires, the front suspension is actually in place the way it is to act as a crumple zone for when the idiot driver tries to stop, can't, and runs into someone's midsize sedan, tires-first.
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kastein posted:Oh jesus here's another one, again cribbed from the pirate4x4 hack fab thread. I realize it's probably just hidden behind a coil spring, but I can't see the front driveshaft and I like imagining that it's actually a dummy axle and the truck's 2WD.
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rdb posted:What is the hydraulic ram for? There are a series of suspension compression and geometry monitors that feed into a computer that uses the ram to automatically counteract the bump steer. (Not really. I wonder what it's doing there, too)
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It's probably the world's ghettoest steering stabilizer. poo poo PAW THIS THING DONE KICK LIKE A MULE WHEN I DRIVE OVER BUMPS GET ON THE JC WHITNEY CATALOG SON http://www.jcwhitney.com/hydraulic-steering-stabilizers/p2006042.jcwx
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rdb posted:What is the hydraulic ram for? It's a hydraulic assist ram, tapped in to the power steering box. It extends/compresses when the driver turns the steering wheel, providing some extra oomph to move the tires. The hoses are tapped into passages in the steering box such that turning to the right forces fluid to extend the ram, and turning to the left compresses the ram. Completely standard modification these days for big tire 4x4s. Except these guys will have reversed the hoses so that it fights the driver's input. The thing that gets me is they clearly have tons of room to put the track bar in the correct orientation to match the draglink. There's no visible obstructions to running it from the driver's side jungle-gym to passenger side axle truss. Absolutely strange.
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