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Geirskogul posted:What the gently caress is this? It's awesome as gently caress is what it is. Sorry about your wrongness, bro. Although the owner seems to be trying his hardest to gently caress it up with fart pipes and an AutoZone hoodscoop. Poor VehiCross. 
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neckbeard posted:Also, when did these LED lights become a thing for Bel Airs? I've never seen any before They're H4 conversion housings that also happen to have LED "angel eyes". They work on anything that has 7" sealed beams/halogens. Ebay is lousy with them. Nice looking '55s though. I don't mind the headlights much. I don't like the "diamond cut" faceting more than the LED rings. The best conversion like that I've seen involved BMW E30/32/34 ellipsoid projectors in a car with 4 5" headlights. I'd like to something like that in my Cutlass. Possibly HID projectors with an amber LED ring to use as park/turn signals, since I'd like to use the holes in the bumpers for the park lights as air scoops.
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I almost love the '55 more than the '57. Almost.
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GutBomb posted:Wouldn't that tape just melt? I thought so too until I looked closer, that muffler isn't actually getting any exhaust through it. There's a hole (right in front of the tailpipe) where it attaches to the forward part of the exhaust system. It's hanging on by that tape and a rubber hanger under the car.
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Uthor posted:PT Cruiser with chrome side exhausts! Now I'm not actually going to defend a PT cruiser, because I'm sure those are just fake pipes anyway; even if they were real it would sound like poo poo. But, that's actually not as dumb a design as you think. Notice that the exits are capped off. Those are called lake pipes. The idea being that you have a Y in each exhaust pipe; one path goes through the mufflers and out the back, and the other path goes out the side pipes, unmuffled. You keep the side exits capped most of the time, but remove them for racin'. You see them a lot on street rods; I often wonder if they're actually hooked up because I never see them uncapped. E: Also, right rear tire is on backwards. LR isn't. Hm.
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sofullofhate posted:I almost love the '55 more than the '57. A primer grey '55 210 post coupe is basically the definition of Hot Rod, to me. Bonus points for Hillborn injection, a solid front axle/altered wheelbase, bias-ply slicks, a big block Chevrolet, twin quads on a tunnel ram, a roots blower through the hood, six strombergs, or any combination thereof. I'm basically Mike Finnegan, but with less skill and resolve to see my dream through.
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Raluek posted:Now I'm not actually going to defend a PT cruiser, because I'm sure those are just fake pipes anyway; even if they were real it would sound like poo poo. But, that's actually not as dumb a design as you think. Notice that the exits are capped off. Those are called lake pipes. The idea being that you have a Y in each exhaust pipe; one path goes through the mufflers and out the back, and the other path goes out the side pipes, unmuffled. You keep the side exits capped most of the time, but remove them for racin'. You see them a lot on street rods; I often wonder if they're actually hooked up because I never see them uncapped. What's the point of that when a cutout (or 2) with a dump is easier and less weight?
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Friend of a friend just posted this to his wall (bragging) on Facebook. Apparently he didn't get the memo. Edit: My favorite reply so far - "It looks like a LeBaron cluster!"
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FuzzKill posted:Friend of a friend just posted this to his wall (bragging) on Facebook. Apparently he didn't get the memo. The only car that I'd be suspicious that the odometer had been rolled forward on.
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DiggityDoink posted:I'm pretty sure we can all agree that the 80's were terrible though. Even the cars that are cool for that decade were smogged to poo poo or had all sorts of hideous safety stuff added to it before they knew how to do either of those correctly. This post is terrible car stuff.
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FuzzKill posted:Friend of a friend just posted this to his wall (bragging) on Facebook. Apparently he didn't get the memo. We need to get this poor sod an account, like, yesterday. I want to taste his tears
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I'm not up on my Maserati dashboards, but by the comments I'm guessing that's a Biturbo
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FuzzKill posted:Friend of a friend just posted this to his wall (bragging) on Facebook. Apparently he didn't get the memo. Looks nothing like a LeBaron cluster 
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PCOS Bill posted:I'm not up on my Maserati dashboards, but by the comments I'm guessing that's a Biturbo Chrysler TC "By Maserati". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_TC_by_Maserati
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Bajaha posted:As an owner of a polarizing oddball, the Isuzu owns bones. Although I'm also a sucker for the so-ugly-it-looks-good school of automotive design. I've loved the VehiCross since I first saw it as a kid. I have this weird soft spot for some Izusus and I don't know why. Someone in my neighborhood drives a loving Axiom and I think it's rad as hell.
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thetechnoloser posted:Chrysler TC "By Maserati". TC gauges:  Look nothing like the ones posted earlier. (in all fairness I guess the TC's gauges do look like Lebaron gauges though) 
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I've loved the VehiCross since I first saw it as a kid. I have this weird soft spot for some Izusus and I don't know why. Someone in my neighborhood drives a loving Axiom and I think it's rad as hell. I loving loved the Axiom's styling. Two years ago I was actively looking for one but I guess they are massive piles of unreliable poo poo.
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Goober Peas posted:
You're right. they're biturbo gauges. My bad.
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FuzzKill posted:Friend of a friend just posted this to his wall (bragging) on Facebook. Apparently he didn't get the memo. Why are the rpms represented in hundreds rather than thousands? Is that common for Italian cars? Edit: both Chrysler ones above are like that too, maybe that's just how it was in the 80s. GutBomb fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Aug 10, 2015 |
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Goober Peas posted:TC gauges:  THE COLOR!!! I didn't really need retinas anyway.
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GutBomb posted:Why are the rpms represented in hundreds rather than thousands? Is that common for Italian cars? They are represented in thousands?
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It's x 100 instead of x 1000 like all the modern cars I've ever had.
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GutBomb posted:It's x 100 instead of x 1000 like all the modern cars I've ever had. But the numbers on the cluster are tens, so it still indicates thousands.
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I understand that. I've never seen it this way with tens x 100 before and was wondering if that was commonplace or a weird Italian thing.
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GutBomb posted:I understand that. I've never seen it this way with tens x 100 before and was wondering if that was commonplace or a weird Italian thing. It seems like a few cars I had from the 70's were like that, but it's been a long time, so I might just be remembering wrong. It does look kind of odd now.
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GutBomb posted:I understand that. I've never seen it this way with tens x 100 before and was wondering if that was commonplace or a weird Italian thing. My E21 and E12 both had tachos in x100.
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I love the cost cutting in a grand tourer: "Hey, you think that we should get screenprinting done on the instrument binnacle for 'unleaded fuel only'"? "No - grab the stick-on label printer from the records department".
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Those 'unleaded only' labels are only applicable to the US market so no doubt the sticker was a complete afterthought.
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The Locator posted:It seems like a few cars I had from the 70's were like that, but it's been a long time, so I might just be remembering wrong. It does look kind of odd now. My MKV GTI does x100s, but I see they switched to x1000s for subsequent models.
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Rhyno posted:I loving loved the Axiom's styling. Two years ago I was actively looking for one but I guess they are massive piles of unreliable poo poo. Like the Vehicross, I feel the Axiom's styling was ahead of its time. I wasn't a fan of the Axiom at first, but 5 years later all the other SUVs started looking similar to it.
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GutBomb posted:Why are the rpms represented in hundreds rather than thousands? Is that common for Italian cars? If I had to guess, looks like the styling is reminiscent of plane gauges which measure altitude in hundreds.
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Wasabi the J posted:If I had to guess, looks like the styling is reminiscent of plane gauges which measure altitude in hundreds. My old Fiat had a tachometer that read in hundreds instead of thousands.
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My favorite thing about the cluster is that the speedo stop is set at 18mph.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:It's awesome as gently caress is what it is. Sorry about your wrongness, bro. Although the owner seems to be trying his hardest to gently caress it up with fart pipes and an AutoZone hoodscoop. Poor VehiCross. Somebody at work has one. It's the ironman edition. I had no idea what it was or how rare it was. I like how it looks.
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nm posted:Uhm, that was a 1942 Lincoln Zephyr v12 coupe. Also, they were doing at least 55mph in the right lane, which is hardly so slow as to constitute a hazard -- trucker wasn't paying attention. Oh it was... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrWoVvf33M
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angryhampster posted:What's the point of that when a cutout (or 2) with a dump is easier and less weight? I don't think electric cutouts were a thing in the fifties. Plus, I don't think most street rods care much about weight.  The 'cruiser is just aping that style.
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nm posted:Uhm, that was a 1942 Lincoln Zephyr v12 coupe. Also, they were doing at least 55mph in the right lane, which is hardly so slow as to constitute a hazard -- trucker wasn't paying attention. drat, just watched that walk around video, that thing was immaculate. Did either driver survive that wreck? It looks pretty bad in the photo's.
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The Locator posted:drat, just watched that walk around video, that thing was immaculate. Did either driver survive that wreck? It looks pretty bad in the photo's. Yes. Barry and his wife lived. Barry is out of the hospital as far as I know. They had retrofitted seatbelts in, which saved their lives. some after photos: http://s244.photobucket.com/user/barry2952/media/1941%20Lincoln%20Zephyr/IMG_2705_zpseiwmpuku.jpg.html There is some indication the trucker was on a phone or texting. The truck driver is alive as well. No fatalities, thank god. nm fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Aug 10, 2015 |
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nm posted:Yes. Barry and his wife lived. Barry is out of the hospital as far as I know. They had retrofitted seatbelts in, which saved their lives. So are Lincoln Zephyr's sufficiently rare that that will be restored? I imagine the truck driver will wish that he had been killed when he gets the at-fault accident bill.
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