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AirRaid posted:It would look cooler if the suspension wasn’t broken. That's not broken, that's just low. I see no demon camber VIP asshattery. As Nero Danced posted:Speaking of, Smyth Kits made a new charger conversion kit Hell yeah! Wrench Every Day just converted their cop Charger "Roadblock" to a ute with the Smyth kit after a tree fell on the back window and trunk. Perfect situation for it. I kind of want one, too. Actually, I want to ute my Crown Vic, but it's a lot more difficult with the fuel tank location on the last generation Panthers (it's over and just behind the rear axle - right where a bed floor would go,) which I guess is why Smyth hasn't made a kit for those. Adds a bit of complexity fiddling with the fuel system.
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What the actual gently caress? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujOX_rzSH8
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I like how the word Ute seems to be catching on overseas. I thought it was just an Aussie thing 
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Finger Prince posted:What the actual gently caress? I remember seeing the press shot like a year ago. I am shocked its running Subaru boxer tbh This one 
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There's a big old Black Rifle Coffee sticker on the back which I'm not thrilled by.
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um excuse me posted:There's a big old Black Rifle Coffee sticker on the back which I'm not thrilled by. Yeah I noticed that, and I remember them being controversial for some reason. Sucky, but I mean, it's race car sponsors. How woke do you figure private equity firms and wealth management services are, really. Maybe they get a pass for not being vocal chuds?
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Went to a car show with my dad today. First car show I've been to in like 10 years, first one I've been to with him in probably 20+. It was good, I remember going to car shows when I was a youngun' with him and my now deceased uncle hearing all the music from the 50s and 60s which I happen to like, maybe because of that, maybe not. The smell of hotdogs, hamburgers, and fried onions in the air. Some old fat dudes walking around the show screaming out that they were selling 50/50 tickets, and of course the usual hotrods, restorations, survivors, and so on. My dad who is 80 now and forgets a bunch of poo poo, but can still tell the difference between a 48 and 49 Chevy*** from 50 feet away, and 15 different ways to tell a 55 Thunderbird from a 56 just by looking at it. It was a small local show, put together by some random dude that likes cars. There was a pretty decent turn out. A lot more cars than I was expecting anyway. *** I have no idea how different a 48 and 49 Chevy are from each other, maybe they're totally fuckin different, but even them shits that are almost exactly the same he can tell which is which. Here's a bunch of pics in no particular order.                                         
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Finger Prince posted:Yeah I noticed that, and I remember them being controversial for some reason. Sucky, but I mean, it's race car sponsors. How woke do you figure private equity firms and wealth management services are, really. Maybe they get a pass for not being vocal chuds? The further you go, the shittier the news gets, friend.
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There are too many to try to boycott them all, so I personally draw the line at the ones who explicitly make their chud identity part of their marketing, a la Black Rifle, Chic Fil A, Hobby Lobby, etc. Any brand someone might see me with and more or less reasonably either assume I'm 'one of them' or that I don't care. I'm not one of them, and I do care.
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Imagined posted:There are too many to try to boycott them all, so I personally draw the line at the ones who explicitly make their chud identity part of their marketing, a la Black Rifle, Chic Fil A, Hobby Lobby, etc. Any brand someone might see me with and more or less reasonably either assume I'm 'one of them' or that I don't care. I'm not one of them, and I do care. That's a reasonable stance to take, and I'd like to think I'd do the same, but I don't know how blurred the optics get on the other side of the table. I've never had to court motorsports sponsors. Maybe when half your job is schmoozing lovely people with money, vetting their ethics comes second to "we'll give you half a million dollars to put our logo on your car". I know that as a spectator, I can't unenjoy the sight of a bonkers old subaru with transformers-esque active aero flying up a hill because I caught a glimpse of a shithead brand logo on the 8th pass.
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Finger Prince posted:That's a reasonable stance to take, and I'd like to think I'd do the same, but I don't know how blurred the optics get on the other side of the table. I've never had to court motorsports sponsors. Maybe when half your job is schmoozing lovely people with money, vetting their ethics comes second to "we'll give you half a million dollars to put our logo on your car". I know that as a spectator, I can't unenjoy the sight of a bonkers old subaru with transformers-esque active aero flying up a hill because I caught a glimpse of a shithead brand logo on the 8th pass. AFAIK Black Rifle has been like THE chud coffee but it's not quite like when Richard from Binky personally told me to gently caress off and stop watching the videos if I had a problem with his politics so while I'll side eye them from now on, it's not a reason to completely tell them to eat poo poo.
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Large Testicles posted:...it's not quite like when Richard from Binky personally told me to gently caress off and stop watching the videos if I had a problem with his politics...  covid denier who then started making GBS threads it when his family caught it.
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Large Testicles posted:AFAIK Black Rifle has been like THE chud coffee but it's not quite like when Richard from Binky personally told me to gently caress off and stop watching the videos if I had a problem with his politics so while I'll side eye them from now on, it's not a reason to completely tell them to eat poo poo. Wait you're not talking about Richard Brunning from BOM are you?
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fridge corn posted:Wait you're not talking about Richard Brunning from BOM are you? He is. Do not follow the Twitter feeds of your heroes.
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I'm not even sure what you could put these on but they're very cool. https://twitter.com/jak3saysthings/status/1543627292987068419?s=20&t=HlcACHUrseMrHkM__ZLJlg Walter Wolf is an interesting character! https://kyushashoes.com/whoiswalterwolf/ quote:It wasn’t until I aged and grew into motorsports a bit more, that I realized the existence of a seventies Formula 1 team that shared the same name. Then in 2013 I came across the name again. This time it wasn’t in relationship to wheels or motorsports at all though. Instead it was on my evening news. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jul 4, 2022 |
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Saukkis posted:He is. Do not follow the Twitter feeds of your heroes. Oof
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm not even sure what you could put these on but they're very cool. Absolutely an old boxy mercedes. Something like a 90s 500e.
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Finger Prince posted:Absolutely an old boxy mercedes. Something like a 90s 500e. YES. Mk1 MR2, Lotus Esprit or something. I'm into it. https://twitter.com/hassanrahim/status/1543959800983089153?s=20&t=umXJ5PyDIevkArsPR3Nmsw
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm not even sure what you could put these on but they're very cool. R30 Skyline
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Olympic Mathlete posted:YES. Mk1 MR2, Lotus Esprit or something. I'm into it. That's a cool effect. Not sure about taking it down to bare metal around the headlights, I think it would have cooler to leave some paint there. Maybe it was necessary though.
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dphi posted:R30 Skyline Early 80's Mazda Cosmo/Luce four door hardtop.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:https://twitter.com/hassanrahim/status/1543959800983089153?s=20&t=umXJ5PyDIevkArsPR3Nmsw There's an older truck around town with a similar "sanded down lots of paint layers" look, think they finally called it finished and shot a couple layers of clear over it. Looks really good in person
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Anything threat is original and not perfect show paint job with perfect chrome is cool to me. Starting to see some car shows that specify that rat rods, patina rods etc… will not be accepted because of the young poors can have it then it isn’t allowed in our boomer safe space dagnabit.
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World's gnarliest Taco rides again https://youtu.be/sN3VaqBIc4s
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Olympic Mathlete posted:https://twitter.com/hassanrahim/status/1543959800983089153?s=20&t=umXJ5PyDIevkArsPR3Nmsw It's a cool effect and cool story, but not quite the "beater Miura" of my dreams. dphi posted:R30 Skyline 
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Everything but the wheel. https://twitter.com/CedricFreour/status/1544040890536235011?s=20&t=Y9qC0Br2gjKWOq-WQZii3g
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Everything but the wheel. The wheel is pretty funky, but it does look like they left the plastic wrap on it at parked in the sun. I wonder if it's actual marble or marble-look? The seats kind of look like a bowl of popcorn.
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Finger Prince posted:The wheel is pretty funky, but it does look like they left the plastic wrap on it at parked in the sun. I wonder if it's actual marble or marble-look? The seats kind of look like a bowl of popcorn. If it's actual marble, I give it 2 drives before the entire wheel snaps off. Marble (especially one with veining like that) is super fragile at that thickness. You'd probably break it if you hit it with your legs while getting into the car.
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Finger Prince posted:What the actual gently caress? loving airbrakes? And a big old air duct from the roof to the rear diffuser. Olympic Mathlete posted:YES. Mk1 MR2, Lotus Esprit or something. I'm into it. That's neat. I ran into a 2002 at our rotary car meet on 6/4 that had something similar done to it:   It's a rotary, too, with a Holley Sniper EFI:  There was another 2002 there as well:   Also EFI, but using the stock FD mechanicals, at least, and a turbo:  This nice old thing also   And this:  V8, not V12 - still neat. He had just sold it to someone, meeting them in an adjacent parking lot.
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Finger Prince posted:What the actual gently caress? Welp, Travis is a chud too, huh?  Darchangel posted:loving airbrakes? What does the duct to the diffuser do? More air = more downforce? MetaJew fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Jul 5, 2022 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Everything but the wheel. Immediately thought of this custom Visa for sale: https://www.nettiauto.com/en/citroen/visa/12909124 
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  Crossposting from the AI Facebook group, some very awesome (and tempting) AI poo poo for sale near me! Legitimately debating on talking to my bank because holy poo poo.
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T1g4h posted:
If you have to talk to your bank to come up with 2 grand to buy an untitled Dodge Daytona with a definitely legitimate 35k miles, Shelby decals or no... Maybe pass.
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Finger Prince posted:If you have to talk to your bank to come up with 2 grand to buy an untitled Dodge Daytona with a definitely legitimate 35k miles, Shelby decals or no... Maybe pass. What is this, Financial Sanity?  I know you're definitely right but goddamn, seeing an actual Turbo Daytona Z in the wild does things to my brain that make sense and logic go out the window. Especially when my current daily is a P71 that guzzles gas and my thought process goes "Well it's a 4 cylinder so you could daily it and save money while working on the cop car" 
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T1g4h posted:What is this, Financial Sanity? No, but if you need a loan for a $2k basket case you obviously can't even afford to make it run. Or even if you did afford tires to make it barely safe to drive. Sorry dude. Sometimes there has to be some sanity.
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Motronic posted:No, but if you need a loan for a $2k basket case you obviously can't even afford to make it run. Sorry dude. Sometimes there has to be some sanity. Psssht, someone clearly didn't read the window where it says "Runs and drives"
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T1g4h posted:What is this, Financial Sanity? Offer them the P71 in trade. Be that guy.
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I'm not trying to harsh your fever dream. But you asked. Also, that car is a piece of poo poo. Hope that helps.
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