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As Nero Danced posted:I wonder how this will work with transmissions. If I still had my comet (and the money to afford this, and wasn't terrified of old safety tech) I'd be all over this Yeah I wonder how the computery parts will be with it to support transmissions, etc. For some, the benefit of an electric motor means no transmission right?
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I don't think we've seen anything about Chevy's since they showed off that electric K5 at SEMA last year.
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tuna posted:Yeah I wonder how the computery parts will be with it to support transmissions, etc. For some, the benefit of an electric motor means no transmission right? Just put the manual valvebody C6 in 3rd and let ‘er rip.
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Very, very good plate. https://twitter.com/TychoTithonus/status/1428435776803524610?t=mUDtR2Kp95ek5l8_lddr-Q&s=19
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Aug 20, 2021 12:35
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I wonder how many hoops they had to jump through to get that plate set up correctly. It is very good. 
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Aug 20, 2021 12:52
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Paint one of the rings orange and it’s perfect.
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AirRaid posted:I wonder how many hoops they had to jump through to get that plate set up correctly. As was the pun in this post.
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Can someone please explain (so I can roll my eyes)? E:CO2? Been a long time since I took chemistry.
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Suburban Dad posted:Can someone please explain (so I can roll my eyes)? The fish is jumping through the hoops.
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Suburban Dad posted:Can someone please explain (so I can roll my eyes)? The center C is positioned to look like it's an O the fish is jumping through.
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Ok that's kinda funny. I saw the Prius license plate tab name and starting thinking emissions.
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Solar Coaster posted:I got a Volvo 245 @ a friends place sitting there with no engine.... Legit would consider this if its any kind of reasonable price I'd love to use this in a Transit. It would keep it all in the Ford family too...
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Aug 20, 2021 16:09
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I thought it was a coho salmon reference at first.
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Today on cute trucks I saw parked:
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Are those 0’s or O’s on that plate?meltie posted:I'd love to use this in a Transit. It would keep it all in the Ford family too... A classic one right? Cos otherwise surely it’s easier to just buy the electric Transit.
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As Nero Danced posted:I wonder how this will work with transmissions. If I still had my comet (and the money to afford this, and wasn't terrified of old safety tech) I'd be all over this those outputs look like yoke/shaft outputs, so my guess is that you install this in place of the transmission, and then use the under-hood space for batteries or if fwd, space over the motor i guess idk
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Aug 21, 2021 08:04
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 Somebody at work refurbed the tow motor and took the time to paint pen the letters on the tyres.
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Aug 21, 2021 08:29
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That's awesome. I'm sad i didn't get a good pic, but when i got rid of that forklift i had, the only wheels/tires i had handy that would bolt on to it to get it moving were the chromies and wide white walls off my Lincoln. unfortunately i had already scrapped all the wire wheel caps. 
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Powershift posted:That's awesome. Pretty remarkable that the CIA let you use the moon landing set to do that work  White walls/painted letters are awesome.
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Powershift posted:That's awesome. Got that three wheel motion on them 100 spokes.
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StormDrain posted:Got that three wheel motion on them 100 spokes. The beer distribution companies around here used to give out Chevy Astros as take home vehicles. Once a salesperson made management, the tradition was to buy a set of mag wheels for your van. Same size, but different wheels from stock. My uncle used to think this was pretty funny. When he went to being an independent delivery contractor (from working as an employee), his first truck was a 2000 GMC box truck with shiny Alcos, straight back dual exhaust pipes, headers, pod intake, bigger brakes, a stupidly high ratio gear, and a shift kit. It was a gloriously stupid truck to drive around town. "WAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH, SKREEEEEEK, VRHOOM, VRHOOM, VRHOOM, VRHOOM. BRRRRrrrrrrr.... Crackle, crackle, crackle." "Good morning! I'm here to deliver your Famous Amos cookies!" "Gerry, do you ever just leave your vehicles alone?" "Pfft. No!"
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Aug 21, 2021 16:49
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24hrs of Le Mans, y'all.
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Must be a top gear car.
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Solar Coaster posted:I got a Volvo 245 @ a friends place sitting there with no engine.... Legit would consider this if its any kind of reasonable price Well considering the aluminator is 20 grand I doubt it. I would imagine that motor will be similar in price then you will need a battery pack and charge controller. So like probably 30k for just those things.
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Electric motors are super simple compared to an engine so I'm not sure that comparison is fair. Can't imagine it would be that expensive but who knows.
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Help me, for I cannot embed. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRYWeAqR/
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it exists https://twitter.com/badobsessionmsp/status/1429298220941852678
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MrYenko posted:Help me, for I cannot embed. If you paste the longer version of the link that has the @ and a 19-digit number at the end, the forums will automatically embed. Not sure if it works on mobile.
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Memento posted:If you paste the longer version of the link that has the @ and a 19-digit number at the end, the forums will automatically embed. Not sure if it works on mobile. Ah, I didn’t have the original link. TikTok has a horrendous signal to noise ratio, and I don’t use it straight-up. Thanks!
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Rude Dude With Tude posted:it exists Oh wow, it's actually all done?
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Rude Dude With Tude posted:it exists the WHEELS! 🤩
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Cannot wait to see it in action. I assume there will be some shake-down they need to do, they're never going to be happy with just "good enough". Meanwhile, this is utterly captivating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-85_Nx7pg The bit at 5:13 where it starts climbing its own wheels is, man.
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I've not watched the last couple of Binky episodes so I hadn't realised how big those arches are. They look very obvious painted that colour, the ones I'm used to seeing on Minis are either black or carbon. Body coloured ones kinda make the car look older than it is.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm into this. oh my god it looks like a Micro Machine  Rude Dude With Tude posted:it exists Somehow it looks so... mundane? in a still photo all assembled. After all that work and fabrication I expected it to glow slightly or something. Maybe it'll be different once there's footage of it driving around.
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Rude Dude With Tude posted:it exists 
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FBS posted:oh my god it looks like a Micro Machine I think they've put effort into making it look as mundane/stock as they can throughout the build. The were very against changing any body sheetmetal (other than the flares), lengthening the wheelbase, or even putting a scoop/power bulge on the hood for more clearance. They also didn't go overboard with the paint. It's going to be one of those things where from 20 feet away you think "huh, that's kind of neat", then once you get closer you see how much work actually went into it. Something along the lines of "if you do it right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all". If anyone ever sees these guys at a car show, walk up to Binky and say "oh wow, that bolted right in, huh?"
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boxen posted:They also didn't go overboard with the paint. I feel like you skipped the paint episode. Catch that car in the right light and from the right angle and it's 1000% overboard in a very good way.
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boxen posted:If anyone ever sees these guys at a car show, walk up to Binky and say "oh wow, that bolted right in, huh?" British goons, we are all counting on you.
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Motronic posted:I feel like you skipped the paint episode. The paint is way overboard, but in an extremely subtle way. It's not like they painted it neon green with flashing LEDs in the undercarriage. It's intended to look like a very boring, stock Mini until you look closely. Only then does the "holy poo poo" set in.
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