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Ringbrothers Built a Gorgeous, Coyote-Powered '68 Mercury Cougar I dig it.
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^^^^ Looks pretty good eh? Has the trend of slamming it and tucking RIIIMMMZZZZ in to the fenders died off?
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Feb 27, 2021 18:41
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That's actually subtle for a Ringbrothers build, I like it.
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Feb 27, 2021 19:36
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That color is really good.
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Feb 27, 2021 20:42
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https://i.imgur.com/q3d4lRe.mp4
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Feb 27, 2021 21:46
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Dude had me fooled; thought he was gonna Clarkson a few times there, but he knew exactly what he was doing.
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Feb 27, 2021 22:11
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They also had some nerf bars on the front to keep him upright. Not that they needed them.
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Feb 27, 2021 23:00
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Fornax Disaster posted:I just mocked it up in Forza Horizon, maybe this needs to happen.. That looks correct. The orange works with the green in the silver, since orange-green is complementary. I’d guess the only other stripe color available with that silver would be black. I’m not sure on the ‘68, but on a ‘70, at least as a primary color, Olds didn’t call that orange, they called it “Rally Red”. I have a 1/18 scale 442 W-30 in that color, with black stripes. It’s more or less Chevy Engine Orange. 
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Feb 27, 2021 23:16
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This guy rules. Love the exocage, just in case.
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Feb 28, 2021 01:39
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I'm surprised Koenigsegg or Pagani haven't done something as cool as this. Some of the new EVs are getting pretty creative with the charge plug port. https://gfycat.com/ifr/MixedUnfinishedAmericanquarterhorse
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Feb 28, 2021 19:54
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    Blog run by the guy that owns the only one of these ever built
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Mar 1, 2021 02:10
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25 miles away from me. That's where he bought that drat thing from. I didn't realize I lived so close to a unicorn. That thing is loving unreal.
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Mar 1, 2021 02:29
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So just how much blow got done in the backseat of this thing?
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Mar 1, 2021 07:52
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Wow if you scroll down that blog it was a mess when he got hold of it. Dude is an absolute hero for restoring this bizarre dinosaur of a car.
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Mar 1, 2021 08:26
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:So just how much blow got done in the backseat of this thing? For a brief but significant period, all of it.
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Mar 1, 2021 09:05
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Wow if you scroll down that blog it was a mess when he got hold of it. Dude is an absolute hero for restoring this bizarre dinosaur of a car. I liked the HOA story.
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Mar 1, 2021 12:33
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C-Bangin' it 
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Lots of things amaze me about that car, but the first thing was the fact that ridge in the roofline was there from the concept drawing stage.
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Mar 1, 2021 18:11
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That entire extra roof bump must have been sound insulation to cut down the wind noise from that roof bump.
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Mar 2, 2021 01:44
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I was not aware Pontiac made a CRX https://twitter.com/TamerlaneBlog/status/1367274262885638144?s=20
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Mar 4, 2021 16:41
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Well I mean who doesn't love a Cavalier.
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Mar 4, 2021 16:59
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Well I mean who doesn't love a Cavalier. I saw a late 90s/early 2000s Cav today and was impressed since I live in the Detroit area. Covered in rust but not something I've seen for a long, long time. Here it's mostly newer domestic stuff mixed in with rusty trucks.
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Mar 4, 2021 17:14
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I had new next door neighboors move in last years and one of their cars was a 3rd gen Cavalier with a set of new tires and a 'happy 16th birthday' message on the rear glass. I couldn't help but think, "We're still doing this to kids?" I would have thought they'd all been teen-driven into the ground by now.
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Mar 4, 2021 18:16
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Boys who love boys
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That car has definitely seen some poo poo.
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Mar 4, 2021 18:21
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monsterzero posted:I had new next door neighboors move in last years and one of their cars was a 3rd gen Cavalier with a set of new tires and a 'happy 16th birthday' message on the rear glass. That generation Cavalier/Sunfire, although completely unmitigated trash, is practically Soviet in its unkillability.
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Mar 4, 2021 19:17
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Aw, I had one of those.  Still kinda miss it in the "I didn't give a poo poo about the car" kind of way. It was freeing just not giving a gently caress about it.
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Mar 4, 2021 19:21
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I feel strongly that if you're a millennial that grew up in the midwest the first time you rode in a car without an "adult" the car in question was either a dark green J-body or a first/second gen Chrysler minivan with the red interior. [raises hand]
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Mar 4, 2021 19:28
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Finger Prince posted:That generation Cavalier/Sunfire, although completely unmitigated trash, is practically Soviet in its unkillability. Yeah, figure it's like my GMT800 where every time you slam the driver's door shut some stupid piece of plastic part will break but you'll still be able to drive to and from work while you wait for a $6 eBay part to arrive. I believe that homegirl did not appreciate the Cav that grandpa gave her... it was shortly after replaced by a 4th gen Accord that is surprisingly clean and I have more than a little impulse to protect it from Teen Driving.
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Mar 4, 2021 19:29
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I was not aware Pontiac made a CRX Huh, me neither. I had to look up what engine that would've had. Going by the "OHV/FI" badge on the front fender, it's the "LT2", 2.0 liter SOHC TBI GM Family II engine. I didn't even know that was a thing, I thought 80's GM 4's were all Iron Dukes and Quad4's. 96 horsepower! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Family_II_engine#LT2
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Mar 4, 2021 19:31
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The last Pontiac J2000 I saw in the wild was a dark green wagon that had inexplicably survived in Anchorage until 2018. No idea how.
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Mar 4, 2021 20:23
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I was not aware Pontiac made a CRX Holy poo poo, I actually love this.
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Mar 4, 2021 20:58
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amenenema posted:I feel strongly that if you're a millennial that grew up in the midwest the first time you rode in a car without an "adult" the car in question was either a dark green J-body or a first/second gen Chrysler minivan with the red interior. Yup
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Mar 4, 2021 21:01
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amenenema posted:I feel strongly that if you're a millennial that grew up in the midwest the first time you rode in a car without an "adult" the car in question was either a dark green J-body or a first/second gen Chrysler minivan with the red interior. I think it was a brown Chevette, but pretty close.
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Mar 4, 2021 21:03
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amenenema posted:I feel strongly that if you're a millennial that grew up in the midwest the first time you rode in a car without an "adult" the car in question was either a dark green J-body or a first/second gen Chrysler minivan with the red interior. Totally true. Though I feel like the Dodge Shadow deserves an honorable mention here.
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Mar 4, 2021 21:07
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Grey Olds Cutlass Supreme.
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Mar 4, 2021 21:52
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White Ford Tempo and Green Mercury Villager
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Mar 4, 2021 21:57
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Uthor posted:White Ford Tempo and Green Mercury Villager Well SOMEONE was in a Ford town. The tempos were really aggressively bad cars.
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Mar 4, 2021 22:17
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Yeah, a lot of tempo and topaz's. One kid had a 68 coronet. Good god that car stuck out like a supermodel at a Trek convention.
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Mar 4, 2021 22:18
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1978 Fiat 128 Sedan. No, really.
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Mar 4, 2021 22:38
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The CRX is a perfect car in every sense and I still rue the day that I sold mine.
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Mar 4, 2021 22:45
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Puddin posted:The CRX is a perfect car in every sense and I still rue the day that I sold mine. Yeah until you get in an accident and it tears apart like a beer can I loved my EF Civic but no way I'd drive one on public roads these days Good track cars tho that's for sure
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