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StormDrain posted:I really wanted one of those when I was looking for a project car. I feel like I had seen a few maybe, and now I see none. Check the craigslist thread. 
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 It even started wearing the lower strut. I can only imagine what the brakes and caliper looked like.
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PainterofCrap posted:
That’s unsurprising if you were looking for a Ford Corvair Rampside.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Check the craigslist thread. It took me like three tries at search terms to find that one and it was the only within 1500 miles of me.
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Sep 2, 2020 04:55
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I want to drive this solely for the experience.
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Sep 2, 2020 05:32
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I think it be fine until you hit a bump then Jesus take the wheel as that tire goes all over. Turning would definitely be an experience though. The noise alone must be insane, let alone the noise from the bearing which has to be shot.
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Sep 2, 2020 12:38
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Yeah but how did it get so ablated? They must have been driving on it for quite a while, and the wheel's still on. Prolly could get another 100 miles out of it with some zipties.
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Sep 2, 2020 12:44
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The level of "I'm not listening" that some people have on the roads is insane I remember many many moons ago I went out to a customer and his courier van, where he had been turning up the radio to drown out the death rattle from his engine that got louder and louder. In the end, running it along the highway at 130km/h with no appreciable amount of oil in his Mazda E2000 van caused it to blow a hole in the side of the block you could put your fist in. The guy asked me, "so can you get me going again?". Me? No.
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Sep 2, 2020 12:54
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Sep 2, 2020 13:48
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That appears to be 2 different loads (the drive by and the crash), but holy poo poo I hope that guy's insurance was paid up.
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Sep 2, 2020 14:18
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Iridium posted:the note on it was "They only came in for a starter" And they probably left with it like that I have no time for people that refuse to acknowledge serious safety issues with their cars.
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Sep 2, 2020 14:37
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LifeSunDeath posted:
I am horrified that I think I can tell there's a Monte Carlo under that somewhere
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wallaka posted:That’s unsurprising if you were looking for a Ford Corvair Rampside. Ugh. I went to bed after posting this. I think we all know why. I was looking for a Corvair rampside. I actually had the Econoline. ...nope. Post is still idiotic.
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Sep 2, 2020 15:07
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PainterofCrap posted:Ugh. You were driving one of those in the 80s, we have to assume you've lost something along the way. It's fine.
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Sep 2, 2020 15:27
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What the gently caress is that axle made out of to be able to eat through that much of the knuckle without breaking down?!
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Sep 2, 2020 16:02
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Astonishing Wang posted:What the gently caress is that axle made out of to be able to eat through that much of the knuckle without breaking down?! Is the knuckle aluminum?
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Sep 2, 2020 16:12
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Yeah it's pretty amazing the cv joint didn't separate long ago sending the wheel on it's own journey.
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Sep 2, 2020 16:19
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Must be Moog 
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Sep 2, 2020 16:22
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Astonishing Wang posted:What the gently caress is that axle made out of to be able to eat through that much of the knuckle without breaking down?! I believe they’re usually made of chromoly like a 4140 or tool steel like 1090. My brain is melting on how it got so far unnoticed. I love stuff like this.
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Astonishing Wang posted:What the gently caress is that axle made out of to be able to eat through that much of the knuckle without breaking down?! The knuckle looks like aluminum, and I'm assuming that the bearing seized, so it could be the bearing race eating through the knuckle (hard to tell since the axle is covered in wiped aluminum) , either way the axle and bearings are both made from extremely hard steel, that will effectively turn aluminum into an ablative bearing material. E: knuckle could be a soft steel casting too, but that'd be more likely to just seize the axle.
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Sep 2, 2020 17:14
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It's just a few thousand thou of play, I don't see what the problem is
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Sep 2, 2020 17:24
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AFewBricksShy posted:That appears to be 2 different loads (the drive by and the crash), but holy poo poo I hope that guy's insurance was paid up. Oh poo poo it is different...still the sideways one had some equally expensive cars, ugh, walking back into the office would be brutal after that, might as well just go home and never answer your phone again.
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Sep 2, 2020 18:17
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BitBasher posted:Driving around Vegas... Oh hay, that guy lives in my neighborhood! I see him at Tacos Tijuana sometimes. His vantruck is a cool vantruck.
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Sep 2, 2020 19:15
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Oh hay, that guy lives in my neighborhood! I see him at Tacos Tijuana sometimes. His vantruck is a cool vantruck. 2 Vegas goons unite in the thread, what are the odds?
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Sep 2, 2020 19:22
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Memento posted:The level of "I'm not listening" that some people have on the roads is insane While sitting at a light, I watched a dude sitting at the cross-street turn lane blow his engine, and then just keep revving the tits off of it until it caught on fire. I saw the fire first, then, since no one else seemed to be interested, I shifted over and made the right turn to pull up beside him across the divider, and let him know he was on fire. When I rolled down my window was when I finally heard the engine, now shy a cylinder or two, revving to the moon. Sadly, the SD card in my dashcam was corrupted and I got no video. RIP that '90s Buick. AFewBricksShy posted:That appears to be 2 different loads (the drive by and the crash), but holy poo poo I hope that guy's insurance was paid up. Yeah, there's no Mustang on the first one - that's the glaring standout. And same on the insurance. That's going to be a bit of a hit, to say the least. Applebees Appetizer posted:And they probably left with it like that And when it inevitably fails, it will be because "that car was a piece of poo poo." No, *you* are. Entropy increases, everything needs maintenance. Professor of Cats posted:I believe they’re usually made of chromoly like a 4140 or tool steel like 1090. My brain is melting on how it got so far unnoticed. I love stuff like this. It wasn't unnoticed, it was ignored. People have an amazing capacity for that.
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Sep 2, 2020 20:26
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Darchangel posted:And when it inevitably fails, it will be because "that car was a piece of poo poo." No, *you* are. Entropy increases, everything needs maintenance. Blaming the car is easier than taking an introspective look into their own failings. Are car carriers just inherently unstable or something? Every time I see one on the road at interstate speeds, seems the driver's just a baby hair away from losing total control of those rigs. Saw a couple of truckers nearly eat guardrail recently.
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Sep 3, 2020 05:48
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Oh hay, that guy lives in my neighborhood! I see him at Tacos Tijuana sometimes. His vantruck is a cool vantruck. It's an Astro so it's already an S10 underneath.
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Sep 3, 2020 07:05
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For everyone wondering how this drove, I have at least a vague idea. When I was a mechanic, we had one come in similar to this, but it was only about half an inch of vertical play and it was the rear. The car actually came in because the ABS light was on, not because there wasn't a wheelbearing anymore. On the 5mph drive from the parking area, through a dirt lot, to the back of the shop I realized something was VERY wrong with the car. Taking corners at 5mph on dirt felt like the car was going to lose control, it also sounded like the end of the loving world. I have NFI how she drove it there (or long enough to do that damage). Of course the ABS light was on because the tone ring hit the sensor and broke it. Customer was pretty upset that in order to extinguish the ABS light I had to replace the knuckle, axle, brakes, etc... So, although I've never driven one that bad in the front, I have at least an inkling of what it would be like to drive, it's HORRIFYING.
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90s Solo Cup posted:Blaming the car is easier than taking an introspective look into their own failings. Tangential but this line made me think of every time I've ever heard "I was just driving along minding my own business, when OUT OF NOWHERE this other car appeared and X happened" Like .... are you literally suggesting that the other car teleported out of another dimension, just to gently caress with you? No, THAT car was driving along minding its own business, YOU weren't paying attention to it! This story does not exonerate you anywhere near as much as you think it does or make you sound like a competent driver AAAAHH
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LifeSunDeath posted:Yeah but how did it get so ablated? They must have been driving on it for quite a while, and the wheel's still on. Prolly could get another 100 miles out of it with some zipties. Horrible Mechanical Failures: Prolly could get another 100 miles out of it with some zipties
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Sep 3, 2020 17:10
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Honestly I consider the fact it's moving under its own power a huge mechanical success
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Beach Bum posted:Honestly I consider the fact it's moving under its own power a huge mechanical success Had an engineer friend in college who I was complaining about car reliability issues to, and he said "if you only realized how much of a miracle that cars run at all is, and in many cases for years without much maintenance while living outside, you probably wouldn't say that." He went on to work for apple so not sure I trust his opinion.
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MrLogan posted:Horrible Mechanical Failures: Prolly could get another 100 miles out of it with some zipties
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MrLogan posted:Horrible Mechanical Failures: Prolly could get another 100 miles out of it with some zipties Do it mod!
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shame on an IGA posted:I am horrified that I think I can tell there's a Monte Carlo under that somewhere Its a Geo Metro XFi. It lives somewhere around me, I've seen it before a few times, and a chopped roof 2 door XJ that has a similar build....quality?
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Dr.Smasher posted:It's an Astro so it's already an S10 underneath. No, it's not. The suspension and brakes are more related to a full-size Silverado of the era, but it's unibody. Source: owned one. LifeSunDeath posted:Had an engineer friend in college who I was complaining about car reliability issues to, and he said "if you only realized how much of a miracle that cars run at all is, and in many cases for years without much maintenance while living outside, you probably wouldn't say that." He went on to work for apple so not sure I trust his opinion. He's.. not wrong. I stop and think about that myself from time to time.
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Sep 3, 2020 22:23
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Apparently that is Beirut and that car is driving the day of(?) or the day after the explosion. Impressive it can even move either way
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LifeSunDeath posted:Had an engineer friend in college who I was complaining about car reliability issues to, and he said "if you only realized how much of a miracle that cars run at all is, and in many cases for years without much maintenance while living outside, you probably wouldn't say that." He went on to work for apple so not sure I trust his opinion. 
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Darchangel posted:No, it's not. More like G-body front suspension, really. The rotors interchanged, at least. But that’s pretty much a truck suspension anyway.
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