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http://bringatrailer.com/2012/08/20/ferguson-ff-prototype-1965-ford-mustang-4wd/ Prototype 4WD Mustang. Pictures aren't all that great, but it's quite an interesting concept.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwiywGK7frY I would rock the poo poo out of that Brat.
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I could swear that white car is a late 50s Buick of some sort, but I'm honestly not sure. e: definitely a 1959 Buick. The slanted "angry eyebrows" were new for 1959 and they made them a lot less prominent and brought the headlights further forward for 1960. e2: original filename "59buick-front.jpg" on GIS 
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DrPain posted:Do you mean like a tricycle big wheel? That's awesome. a real flexible jeep will do pretty much the same thing. It's just way, way easier to flop it if you do... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNqNcCjfzZc decent jeep, horrible driver, worse idea.
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Aug 23, 2012 00:19
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friends take corners real fast in a very stiff jeep and get the front inside tire to come off the road. Does that count?
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Bojanglesworth posted:My favorite part of that video is when the guy filming casually turns around and chuckles. Same. I can hear what he's thinking... "goddamn that guy is an idiot, I knew that was gonna happen" Can't embed it because it's on facebook, but check this out. Pretty sure it's one of the formula offroad iceland events, the number of rollovers and near rollovers while flying up 60 and 70 degree slopes is insane. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=485118471500859 I think the white one at 0:45 and the red one at 1:12 are my favorites. edit: here's a few I CAN embed. I'm not sure but I'd say this is some awesome combination of Dakar, eastern european style truck trials, and just straight up ridiculous power, scoop tire sandrail goodness, except 4x4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3oPVraX2I And here's another one. Pay special attention at 1:45 for an incredibly good save, and 2:40, when someone ACTUALLY MAKES IT UP THAT OBSTACLE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6-3uJU2eLc Those crazy, awesome scandinavians 
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Aug 23, 2012 01:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjKxzqxsrWQ Video filmed from the rear axle of that big black Cherokee I posted pictures of flying through the air. He drove it to PA, jumped it, then drove it home.
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Never thought I'd see an IFS/IRS Jeep concept I actually don't hate on first sight. Body styling isn't really my type, but ground clearance looks great and it appears that it would be pretty drat good in a high speed desert environment if the suspension was tuned properly. e: Just read the placard  40 mile lithium ion plus a DIESEL aux engine?  IN AN AMERICAN BRANDED AUTO? 110mpg?  No one wake me up, don't tell me it's just a concept vehicle, I'm just fine right where I am. kastein fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Aug 23, 2012 |
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Look out, CA is leaking and I don't even go there. A custom built 3 cylinder turbodiesel motorcycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikiJ3enEV0w Build thread: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=894995 Some more stuff for it: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1051389 Another 3cyl turbodiesel (this one with a yanmar engine) from the same guy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lwgZXwvpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sNOx93pjKo http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=852603 This guy gets 80mpg on this thing. Where has this been my whole life? Another custom built motorcycle:   Build thread: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=863268
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That's one way to deal with tailgaters I guess
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gonna crosspost this from the jeeps thread (not my jeep) 
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Some Russians get a tank running again... after it sat for decades, probably since the fall of the USSR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_aDMqFrUV8
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My apologies on mis-identifying the tank/tank killer and when it was used, I don't know Russian and it didn't look like it'd been sitting for that long  Russian engineering and repairs are awesome in a "as a shadetree mechanic repairing things in my yard that's exactly how I'd go about fixing a tank in a field" sort of a way.
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I am not sure how but I think it involves attaching a seat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__4wuGLTAM
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It is pissing me off so much that I don't have the money to buy that turbodiesel XJ and swap its entire drivetrain into a rust free MJ right now.
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This just popped up on my facebook. quote:So the story is a man paid his traffic fine of $137 in one dollar bills... folded into origami pigs... delivered in 2 Dunkin' Donuts boxes. Well played sir. Well played.
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I am remembering that trick in case my starter dies in the middle of nowhere.
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 Went to a car show. Got a ride in that mack hotrod  It was loving awesome. I want one so bad. kastein fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Previous land speed record setter has decided to try and break his old record, just for shits and giggles you know. He's aiming for 1000mph. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/1-000-mile-hour-rocket-car-clears-preliminary-test-6259362?ocid=msnhp quote:The test brought together three components; the rocket itself, a tank containing the peroxide-based rocket fuel and a Cosworth Formula One engine used purely to pump the fuel into the combustion chamber. goddamn 
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 Moments before impacting a rather large rock.
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Yeah, IIRC they bent a few control arms and smashed up the front bodywork a bit but that's about all. I like their oops in the MJ a lot more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBehplztn_s Oh well, we spun out. Better spin out again to get going the right direction!
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  Now, if you really wanted, you could get an M54 5-ton or M123A1C 10-ton, put a pickup in the back of that, and then put an experimental class airplane or smart car in the back of THAT. I suggest keeping an eye out for bridges and low telephone lines, however.
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holy poo poo she's awesome. I know dudes a third of her age who won't change their own oil or spark plugs.
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A friend of mine got brought to court for assault after using one of those. He lost and now has it on his criminal record. Use them wisely and out of the range of security cameras.
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I dunno, some butthurt failure at life construed it as a threat or something and made his life hell over it. I think that kind of litigious crap is bullshit too, but it's the way life is now and you gotta either be ready to deal with it, or avoid it happening. Me, I'd just make sure there was no way a name/license plate/vehicle description could be connected with the note I left (i.e. no cameras looking that way) and do it anyways. kastein fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Oct 19, 2012 |
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It went on his criminal record iirc as an assault, since the retard who couldn't park "felt threatened" by his note about their subpar parking job. I'll have to ask for details next time I run into him.
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I think those are cragar D-windows, not soft 8s. Close but not quite the same. I'm partial to the V-5s.
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Not sure where to put this, maybe the 4x4 thread but it's pretty goddamn awesome. Just the thought of trying to drive up this obstacle freaks me out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDwBER_HBBA goddamn
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHdkwtI5TS0 ALWAYS a good idea.
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They're butchering that thing. What kind of idiot tries to randomly, blindly drill new body panel mounting holes without first measuring and marking where the old screw stubs are? Hell, make a small Sharpie line on the bottom cover panel along the centerline of each old fastener, then simply drill between em and wipe the Sharpie off with some isopropyl. 
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How the hell would you even keep that thing planted? And how does it track straight? It looks like the front and rear axles aren't on the same centerline... That is straight up insanity.
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http://www.advanceautowire.com/mgbgtv8/ Completely rebuilt MGB with a very clean V8 swap, 3-linked rear, custom front suspension, etc.
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leica posted:That car is incredible. Wish I had the time/money/space/knowledge to build something like that. The wheels are a little blingy and I think some of the chrome is unnecessary, but I honestly didn't even notice it until that was mentioned. I was too busy making googly eyes at the amazing fabrication/suspension/drivetrain work.
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dem tractors  I think I could spend the whole night watching speed plowing videos.
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can we just agree that this is going to turn into a stupid discussion and should have been posted in the HF thread? I'm pretty sure TT put it in here just to piss people off anyways. I personally don't like the way that subaru looks but I don't feel like reading a bunch of mad posts about it either.
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That elco engine swap is one of my favorite videos of theirs. They're all pretty drat good though. I think the furthest from home I've ever worked on my cars was 1000 miles away, in Indiana, in a gravel parking spot in a campground in early March. It snowed while I fabricated myself a custom rear bumper... cooled the welds off a little faster at least.  No pics of the actual work in progress, but I brought a drill press, angle grinder, and welder, and built the drat bumper on the spot because I needed a rear tow point to pass tech. If we hadn't had 6" of snow the day I left home I would have built it in my yard but I got unlucky.
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Ride her hard through the forest, sometimes bumping along slowly with a big load of wood in the back? I'm down either way 
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A few things - - the 2 door JK is indeed better than a TJ IMO. The 4 door is ridiculously long and low unless lifted and/or significantly larger tires installed. - The picture jonathan posted of the traction bar doesn't seem badly done, except that the angles make it look like it's triangulated below the axle housing instead of above. That's a huge waste of ground clearance. If I'm wrong and it's triangulated above the axle tube, it looks well done to me. - the traction bar murphle posted looks kinda hack. It'll probably work for a long time, but none of it is designed very well. That style truss does almost nothing to strengthen an axle housing (since it's only attached at one point on each side of the diff and is fairly delicate), they're more intended for 3/4 link builds to give the builder a convenient spot to mount the upper link tabs. The welding looks about like mine and it appears the shackle at the frame end is mounted in single shear. None of this is going to result in anything bad unless it's pushed hard but it all could have been avoided with only slight changes to the design. A well executed traction bar is a significant upgrade to a leaf spring suspension - they're commonly used on offroad vehicles, mud boggers (a lot of those are extremely badly put together by people from the shallow end of the gene pool...) and track/drag strip applications. They're generally known as "ladder bars" in the pavement world while offroad types call them traction bars.
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It's descended from the inline 4s that were in those wars, I guess, sorta, but it's a 100% civilian motor. I don't believe the 258 or 242/4.0 ever saw combat. IMO they should have gone with the 3.9L V6 (though they stopped producing that at the end of 03.) It's a good strong reliable motor and puts out about the same power/torque as a 4.0 in a shorter, slightly wider package.
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