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Iron man would be red with gold accents I think that's just a phenomenally ugly truck with a custom body kit
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wesleywillis posted:Ok, what the gently caress is that supposed to be? You're looking at toxic masculinity literally manifest. That's it, there is nothing else to it.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:You would think all the poo poo on the front of it would stifle airflow and cause it to overheat, especially in Florida. It's actually a tesserect doing 4-dimensional cooling.
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I haven't seen the rest of the photos, but the Ryobi theme is definitely on point.
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If you're gonna drive something stupid, might as well go hog-wild.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:You would think all the poo poo on the front of it would stifle airflow and cause it to overheat, especially in Florida. You'd think it would do a stoppie under hard braking with all that weight on the front end. I'm assuming it's actually steel, 1/8" at least, of course. Because otherwise it's just poser poo poo, and what bro-trucker would do that? wesleywillis posted:Ok, what the gently caress is that supposed to be? It's a pretend military vehicle. edit: mil-spec cosplay, if you will. KakerMix posted:You're looking at toxic masculinity literally manifest. That's it, there is nothing else to it. Same thing. The Door Frame posted:You wish trucks were that cheap Where did you get those pictures? That doesn't look like any website I've ever seen. Weirdly low-res. (  )
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Packard straight eight 5.2L flat head speedster          Modern build/recreation, handmade aluminum body on shortened chassis Note the chain driven distributor
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I miss grabbing a buy n sell from the gas station as a kid
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KakerMix posted:You're looking at toxic masculinity literally manifest. That's it, there is nothing else to it. That’s how I’d look at it too but oddly enough the only two people I know who would like that are women
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Hadlock posted:Packard straight eight 5.2L flat head speedster
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Snowy posted:That’s how I’d look at it too but oddly enough the only two people I know who would like that are women Toxic masculinity isn't a men-only thing though.
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Beats the hell out of yet another model A chassis rat rod, #356,289, I suppose    Looks like it comes with all the relevant rolling chassis gear, minus the steering box for some reason Edit: the shock absorber for the front suspension is built into the upper A arm 
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Hadlock posted:Edit: the shock absorber for the front suspension is built into the upper A arm That’s how MGs worked through 1980. There’s still a great lever shock rebuilder in Wisconsin who makes them better than new —different damper rates and modern sealed bearings compared to the originals that were designed to slowly leak out. http://www.nosimport.com/Lever-shocks-remanufactured/mg-b-lever-shocks?product_id=1284
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KakerMix posted:Toxic masculinity isn't a men-only thing though. If you're a woman it's called "poisonous butchality" 
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Dear thread, I never thought this would happen to me, but in my area somebody is selling a car and I'm really tempted: 1991 Toyota Corolla 132,000 km $1000       
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That would clean up spectacularly! Do it!
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Nebakenezzer posted:Dear thread, I never thought this would happen to me, but in my area somebody is selling a car and I'm really tempted: It's an automatic, but for $1k, I was going to ask for a source until I reread and saw km instead of mi
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Hadlock posted:Beats the hell out of yet another model A chassis rat rod, #356,289, I suppose Man, they really wanted that rear axle to stay together. That's a lot of bolts. The Door Frame posted:It's an automatic, but for $1k, I was going to ask for a source until I reread and saw km instead of mi I figured the "Newfoundland" license plate would be a dead giveaway. :P Also, how short are the people that currently own that? My knees hurt just looking at the front seat position. edit: buy it, though!
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Darchangel posted:Man, they really wanted that rear axle to stay together. That's a lot of bolts. Well as Ernest Hives said, "I suppose [...] we are a little better at putting our mistakes right than most of the other people." 74 years later and that diff seal is still holding 
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Hmmm, this is looking pretty tempting
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another loser posted:Hmmm, this is looking pretty tempting Would
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cursedshitbox posted:Would Think I've worn down the wife enough to make a trip to check it out tonight.
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Hadlock posted:Well as Ernest Hives said, "I suppose [...] we are a little better at putting our mistakes right than most of the other people." 74 years later and that diff seal is still holding Oh, no doubt that's the RR way. The diff on the '70s-'80s models is like a 10.5" ring gear in an IRS. The dude that build the "zero fucks given" V8 RX-7 build a drift car out of one and learned how large it was when welding it up for drifting.
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evobatman posted:That would clean up spectacularly! This is as clean as it would ever get
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Nebakenezzer posted:Dear thread, I never thought this would happen to me, but in my area somebody is selling a car and I'm really tempted: $1000 gets you nothing nowdays. That said, look at the underside and make sure it isn't just the carpet holding the floor together.
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slidebite posted:$1000 gets you nothing nowdays. Sage advice. I also noticed in the photos that the headliner is falling off.
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Buy it, replace the necessary braking system parts, put a quart of oil in it and rev the tits off it while doing jumps
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Hadlock posted:Buy it, replace the necessary braking system parts, put a quart of oil in it and rev the tits off it while doing jumps If that's the same three speed that Toyota was still using in 2002 somehow, "rev the tits off of it" just means drive modern freeway speeds.
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true story I have a 97 and the first time I drove it on the highway I thought it was missing a gear or something
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This is right up the road from my house...    I'm guessing it's 90% Crown Vic so parts would be cheap. I have no reason to buy this other than it's my style. I have an '07 Legacy now. Absolutely nothing wrong with it other than not being a beautiful couch on wheels. Someone talk me out of this.
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:This is right up the road from my house... If you're caught up on bills and your kids don't currently need shoes, I can't imagine a better pairing between you and this car for the $3000 they'd probably let it go for.
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NoWake posted:If you're caught up on bills and your kids don't currently need shoes, I can't imagine a better pairing between you and this car for the $3000 they'd probably let it go for. I get a decent first impression from a company that took 2 minutes to clean the car, type up the ad with reasonable info and stick it in the window. I suspect it's probably been maintained with fluid changes and better maintenance than 90% of vehicles with 1/4 the mileage since it appears to have almost made it to the moon and back and looks as good as it does.
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Ah yes we typically run our vehicles to four hundred thousand miles because after that they turn to dust. I mean, it seems like an interesting choice. Not the most fun car, should be a comfortable car that I'd drive with a low level anxiety due to the wear.
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I'd have to assume it's due for an engine rebuild even if those were a lot of easy miles.
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The seller is a bus/limo service so i'd imagine everything was serviced well over the years. With that kind of mileage the engine would have been replaced or rebuilt at some point right? Heads at the VERY least. I don't know of any regular engine in any car that will go 430k with the OG internals intact. I've been making some calls about selling a few things. If the planets align and it's still there once I gather $3k, and it drives Ok I'll buy it. Who knows, I might fall in love with the thing and sell my Subaru. Or I could throw a stereo in it and flip it to someone at work and pocket a few hundred bucks. Or it does a blues brothers the moment I hand over the cash. Also, I got a pic of the interior and VIN...  
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:The seller is a bus/limo service so i'd imagine everything was serviced well over the years. With that kind of mileage the engine would have been replaced or rebuilt at some point right? Heads at the VERY least. I don't know of any regular engine in any car that will go 430k with the OG internals intact. I've been making some calls about selling a few things. If the planets align and it's still there once I gather $3k, and it drives Ok I'll buy it. Who knows, I might fall in love with the thing and sell my Subaru. Or I could throw a stereo in it and flip it to someone at work and pocket a few hundred bucks. Or it does a blues brothers the moment I hand over the cash. I'm pretty sure that the million mile Volvo did it without replacing or rebuilding the engine, and I know for a fact that the million mile Tundra did it on the stock transmission, too: https://www.motortrend.com/features/million-mile-tundra-the-tear-down/ quote:Tearing down would confirm their suspicions. From the piston heads, valve stems, crankshaft journals, and the block itself, the engine was in impeccable condition. Examining the parts in person was quite amazing. There was very little carbon buildup on the valve stems, the cross hatching was still visible on the cylinder walls, and the crankshaft journals had no visible wear marks. The only real blemish found was one slight mark on a bearing.
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I would assume if an engine had been rebuilt or replaced the seller would mention that but sellers are often dumb so who knows.
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I have a Town Car of that same year, but with ~70k miles. From what I can tell, it was owned by an old person who spent some time driving/parking by braile before they stopped driving, and then the car sat for some number of years. I love my big mobile couch. It's not fast but it's not SLOW, and all of the issues I've had with it can be traced back to either sitting for a long period of time, or parking-by-braile. It's like driving a couch and it corners like a spanish treasure galleon. It gets crap gas mileage, but I really like it. One issue with these cars is the clearcoat will most likely start peeling off, mine started about two years ago, one year after I bought it and started parking it outside. If the clearcoat on that one isn't peeling, it's been parked inside and probably been kept fairly clean. The transmission might be another thing to look at, but the ad says it was replaced so maybe it's fine. The engines in these cars are the Ford 4.6, which uses a timing chain. It could possibly be stretched or need chain guides, but it shouldn't have the kind of catastrophic failure a timing belt might. They do share a lot of parts with a Crown Vic. 2003's and later were the final version, with slightly upgraded suspension and maybe some other better bits compared to previous years. I'd like to find a Police Interceptor Crown Victoria (P71 in the vin number) and swap the limited slip rearend from that into my Lincoln, but I don't know that I ever will. High mileage like that on these cars isn't that unusual, you can find ex-fleet/taxi/police cars with similar mileage. They're pretty solid, last of the body-on-frame dinosaurs. Pretty color too, mine is a boring white. The price seems extremely reasonable, used cars have gotten expensive but most people aren't looking at old grandpa boats like that. I'd say you should go take it for a test drive and see what you think, do some figure-8's in a parking lot to see if the body roll bothers you (one coworker of mine says he gets seasick when riding in my car).
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Leperflesh posted:I'd have to assume it's due for an engine rebuild even if those were a lot of easy miles. Depending on the climate, it's probably got a poo poo ton of idle hours, too. The ford mod motors get a bad rap for their common glaring failures, but i can't think of a passenger vehicle engine out there that has moved more people/stuff more distance. I don't think there's an engine out there that more people have been personally been transported by, at least in North America. a 400k mile ford would still give me pause. Even if the engine and trans are solid, all the switch gear and stuff, ugh.
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