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Powershift posted:Strange coincidence, this was just posted on a russian forum i frequent. That is a Cadillac Seville Grandeur Opera Coupe, a $200,000(in today's money) GM K-body. This is a Stutz IV Porte, a $200,000(in today's money) GM B-body. https://www.google.com/search?q=stutz+blackhawk&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vQL8VKuZDovBgwTspYOIAw&ved=0CCsQsAQ http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/pictures/stutz_blackhawk_1969_prototype.html I guess the IV Porte is the 4 door version?
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Quick edit, ya lucky bastard. The Blackhawk was the coupe, the Bearcat the convertible, the Duplex/IV Porte the sedan. They also made this, the Defender(coupe) and Bear(convertible. based on the suburban. looks more to me like the homer.)   Still would drive the gently caress out of them, but they're very, very terrible.
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The USA did sure make many many terrible cars in the 70s, 80s and 90s
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Powershift posted:Quick edit, ya lucky bastard. The Blackhawk was the coupe, the Bearcat the convertible, the Duplex/IV Porte the sedan. Those headlights remind me of the Family Trickster. 
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Those Alfas are kind of ugly, but I don't know if I'd call it terrible car stuff. At least that one is labeled appropriately.
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wouldnt stop me from driving that thing everywhere
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Mar 9, 2015 07:41
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It looks startled
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Powershift posted:Quick edit, ya lucky bastard. The Blackhawk was the coupe, the Bearcat the convertible, the Duplex/IV Porte the sedan. Was that a presidential limo? It reminds me a lot of Cadillac One. 
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Crotch Fruit posted:Was that a presidential limo? It reminds me a lot of Cadillac One. And at the bottom, a video of the beast getting owned by a transition from driveway to pavement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvABn7L_So
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Mar 9, 2015 16:34
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The story goes that wasn't a a simple matter of being high centered. It was some "dump the suspension" protection measure that got tripped. Of course, everything about the vehicle down to it's weight are classified, so we probably won't know with certainty for at least 50 years. (note the front suspension as soon as you hear the noise)
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Motronic posted:The story goes that wasn't a a simple matter of being high centered. It was some "dump the suspension" protection measure that got tripped. Of course, everything about the vehicle down to it's weight are classified, so we probably won't know with certainty for at least 50 years. I'm presuming that feature is to prevent an explosive from being throw underneath?
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Mar 9, 2015 19:33
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Crotch Fruit posted:Was that a presidential limo? It reminds me a lot of Cadillac One. What's the point of making it limo shaped when it's that large?
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Well it has to look like something, might as well go for what the common folk see as the pinnacle of luxury transportation.
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xzzy posted:Well it has to look like something, might as well go for what the common folk see as the pinnacle of luxury transportation. I like the Suburbans with the miniguns more.
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FogHelmut posted:What's the point of making it limo shaped when it's that large? The same reason his detail is full of bad rear end mofos wearing suits rather than fatigues: the appearance of (non-military) civilian power and prestige.
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Mar 9, 2015 20:28
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Let's play guess the car!  apparently an S13 Silvia!
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Mar 10, 2015 11:11
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I'm gonna guess mitsuoka le seyde
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Bovril Delight posted:I'm presuming that feature is to prevent an explosive from being throw underneath? I'm guessing blast protection for when an explosion already HAS been thrown underneath.
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Powershift posted:I'm gonna guess mitsuoka le seyde That's what it is now but I meant what it was before, in a similar vein to the million and one Fiero kits. http://noriyaro.com/2012/11/gotham-drift-mitsuoka-le-seyde-sideways/ Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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mitsuoka also did terrible things to the S197 mustang. not as terrible as zimmer, but still fuckin terrible.
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angryhampster posted:I'm guessing blast protection for when an explosion already HAS been thrown underneath. So, the Presidential tank (gently caress calling that thing a "limo") throws itself on grenades?
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Mar 10, 2015 12:43
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Yeah its called going into siege mode, you lose movement speed but you gain a ton of armor and you can shoot artillery a long way
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MrYenko posted:So, the Presidential tank (gently caress calling that thing a "limo") throws itself on grenades? Yes, probably. You lose comfortable suspension travel but the Beast can likely bumble itself around at slow speeds after the suspension pops. Of course this is all speculation.
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88h88 posted:Let's play guess the car! Another William creation?
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Mar 10, 2015 17:30
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At least nothing of value was lost.
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88h88 posted:Let's play guess the car! Is there no rear tire?
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Journalist buys H1. Some prime quotes: "I've kind of started to wonder if they were made to challenge Land Rover's dominance in the highly competitive "SUVs that have a 50/50 chance of getting you home" segment. " "every single Hummer was fitted with a 6.5-liter General Motors turbodiesel V8, which combined the 194 horsepower of a Toyota Camry with the 438 lb-ft of torque from an angry farm tractor." Read more here: http://jalopnik.com/buying-a-hummer-is-a-lot-harder-than-you-might-think-1690595197
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Motronic posted:Journalist buys H1. Some prime quotes: Drive HMMWVs every month, can confirm.
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angryhampster posted:I'm guessing blast protection for when an explosion already HAS been thrown underneath.
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Looking through pics, found these of a car that was towed in to me after another shop (purposely) mis-diagnosed the issue in order to rip off the customer. The work was denied and the car was sent out like this:   It was rebuilt, correctly diagnosed, and lived to run another day.
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freelop posted:It looks startled A perplexed Skeletor
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Motronic posted:The story goes that wasn't a a simple matter of being high centered. It was some "dump the suspension" protection measure that got tripped. Of course, everything about the vehicle down to it's weight are classified, so we probably won't know with certainty for at least 50 years. You can also hear the BMW that comes out first scrape over the apex also.
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More Iowa.jpg Taken outside of a Goodwill thrift store: 
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Mar 13, 2015 06:23
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I think a junkyard headlight assembly would have been cheaper than two flashlights and what appears to be an entire roll of gorilla tape. That poo poo is expensive.
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 I have no idea. e: Apparently this is a thing in Australia? https://www.flickr.com/groups/mini-supercars/pool/11105382@N08/ Wolfsbane fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Mar 13, 2015 |
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Rolling shutter on a smartphone, probably. Or just a good old fashioned photoshop. edit - or maybe it's actually real, that's kind of nuts. double edit - nah, after looking at comments in the flickr album, they're definitely photoshops. xzzy fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Mar 13, 2015 |
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Mar 13, 2015 14:44
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Yeah, I dug into it a little bit and they're photoshopped. Some of them are really well done though.
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I think I originally saw those on SA actually. Made a few myself as they're incredibly simple to do. 
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I thought I'd go and see if anyone had tried to build one for real. Inconclusive so far, but I did briefly enter the world of smart car body kits. Hey, that's actually pretty  
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