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Larrymer posted:Account required.      Required unspecified repair, but it had a sink and fridge. But nine hunnert dollars.
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Initially I thought it was a burned out husk before I realized it was just rust-colored murals 
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Of course it's lot 420.
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I spent some time last night reviewing the little dash-cam footage I do have. Sadly, running a $40 Chinese cam that was gifted to you has it's drawbacks. Like it stopping to work after the first day. I still have 28GB of footage. Most of it boring, but there's enough there for a highlight reel I think. DoritoPower has a bunch of GoPro footage as well, apparently 70 hours worth... In addition, I tossed up a compiled chronological build thread on the Grassroots Motorsports forums since their annual challenge inspired the build portion of this event.
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please make sure it has an awesome soundtrack 
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SneakyFrog posted:please make sure it has an awesome soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-SKVL_1Nm4
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Sweet Chili Heat is being a difficult oval office. I'm two hours in and I just got the drivers side LCA pulled. Holy poo poo is it fuuuuuuuucked. I'm taking pictures (side by sides with the"new" parts) that I'll post when I'm done. Which at current rate of progress will be around 0300. Edit: I thought the drivers side LCA was in bad shape. The passenger side is super duper mega chooched. If any AB:AI goons want to swing by and help, there's pizza. Edit 2: Motherfucker, I can't get the drivers side inner tie rod removed from the drag link. Heats not working, sea foam deep creep isn't working and I can't get a gear puller on it either. McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Aug 14, 2016 |
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Here's what I managed to extract from our dash cam. It's mostly sweet chili heat bothering people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Hrt8_RIbU
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DoritoPower posted:Here's what I managed to extract from our dash cam. It's mostly sweet chili heat bothering people. I missed that delightful sound 
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DoritoPower posted:Here's what I managed to extract from our dash cam. It's mostly sweet chili heat bothering people. gently caress that Malibu.
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Aug 16, 2016 15:51
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I have a deep fondness for the pink dancing flamingo.
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I love that the Sienna walks away from you, ignoring the amazing sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Hrt8_RIbU&t=50s
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It is important to note that the significance of the clip with the Sienna is that the noise you hear is from SCH which is ahead of the van yet sounds like it's right next to us.
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Also keep in mind that was recorded with a dashcam. Not exactly studio quality audio pickups on those. It was a glorious noise.
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Slung Blade posted:It was a glorious noise. *ahem" It still is. Remember how I said the control arms were a royal pain in the rear end to remove? Here's why:  Driver side.  Passenger side.  This is what a straight LCA looks like. The swaybar endlink hole is directly in line with the balljoint centre.  Yeah, she's chooched boys.  This little lovely piece of cheese is why we most likely had zero steering input going in to that corner. But Sweet Chili Heat is all better now.  The "MCM style budget street cred" fender paint repair is pages from the FSM electrical diagrams of the car.
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McTinkerson posted:
You should get this fucker to a shipyard or something proper and get some good wallpaper quality pics.
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Good work McTinkerson, glad to see her on her feet again.cursedshitbox posted:You should get this fucker to a shipyard or something proper and get some good wallpaper quality pics. Man this is Alberta. Nearest shipyard is an eleven hour drive away. Plenty of industrial brownfields though.
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Rust is Rust imo. 
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Slung Blade posted:
Calgary Naval Museum would be adequate  Good job BTW Mctinkerson.
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slidebite posted:Calgary Naval Museum would be adequate Photographing a rotary in front of a bunch of vehicles that will never move again is bordering on cruelty.
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Different from the current Canadian navy how?
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Shipyard Lake, Alberta is a real place. Which means it wins, on a technicality.
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Leperflesh posted:Shipyard Lake, Alberta is a real place. Which means it wins, on a technicality. Technically correct, the best kind of correct!
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So are you keeping the same spacers in there McT? I still feel like those were contributing factors to the bent drag link. Also: Seat Safety Switch posted:gently caress that Malibu. Seriously.
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Slung Blade posted:So are you keeping the same spacers in there McT? I still feel like those were contributing factors to the bent drag link. I huge loving piece of angle iron is being welded the entire length of the drag link. This supposedly shifts the problem down to the inner tie rods, which are stronger and also $15 a piece as opposed to NLA world wide.
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 SCH rides again! Now our fellow weirdos can take a test drive before giving us the moneys
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Prairie car-photo backgrounds: Gravel pit  SD 144 Topper and Ferry 2 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrLow angle from the ditch, clear blue sky background  Truck! 1 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrDusk at the Badlands  Horseshoe Canyon 2 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrUnderground parking lot at a grocery store  Underground Chrysler 300 2 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrBarbed-wire fence  Prairie Chrysler 300 5 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrPassing a shiny, shiny truck  Transcanada 13 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrThe wan glow of the tow-truck's lights  SD 135 Towed 3 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrAcross a frozen lake  SD 120 Ice Crossing Riverhurst 6 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrTake that fucker off-road  OR Prelude 02 by Martin Brummell, on FlickrBecome one with both the Earth and the Sky  SD 040 Car & Landscape meld by Martin Brummell, on FlickrI'll be in Alberta starting tomorrow, for about 3 weeks. Come find me - I'll mostly be at Seba Beach, 80 km west of Edmonton - and we can make photos like these happen to any car. That goes for anyone, I'm gonna be bored and kicking around a boring rental car. There are also interesting *things* for backgrounds around, like Inland Terminals and there's even a lighthouse in Cochin, Saskatchewan.
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I have officially taken SCH off of my insurance so that I stop driving it. It's also been submitted to Grassroots Motorsports magazine ( https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/who-wants-to-see-their-car-in-the-magazine/121026/page1/ ).
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Double Post! Why? Because I finally was able to go through the (sadly) few pictures I took with my phone throughout the rally. Here's everything from the trip in chronological order.  SSW and Slung Blade present SCH with a ceremonial pre-rally candle. It burned the brightest and self extinguished first.....yeah. Should have seen that one coming.  I am super happy with how this one turned out. The entire head of the handle acts like a prism and creates some great light patterns. I have no idea if this was intentional on Asahi's part or not. Most if not all environments where this tap handle would be used would never have the lighting conditions.  This was our campsite the first night. It is bizarre to have such a thing right in the middle of town. SCH also looks completely out of place. I guess technically it's out of place in all of polite society.  Now things start to get fun. The whole point of this rally was to flog our shitboxes on roads that would necessitate signs like this.  That's better.  This was probably my second favorite part of the rally. Highway 6 from Kelowna to Merrit is incredible.   Cool Ranch doing it's thing - that's a documented flyby.  Rear ward visibility in SCH isn't great. Still in the lead though!  Cool Ranch marking it's territory.  This is how close we came to having a very bad day.  In addition to greatly assisting in conveying our desire to having those vehicles ahead of us pull over / let us pass, the light bar also served as excellent illumination for the rescue effort. I'm not sure if I ever pointed out that the vinyl striping was the reflective Ken Block stuff. It photographs well.  All loaded up in Pemberton at ~0200.
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McTinkerson posted:
Man, it's nice to see that trailer getting some kilometers under it. We bought it in Strathmore, and it's spent the last 7 years going between my house, my folk's place, and the park grounds in Irricana. Probably less than a thousand kilometers since we bought it until it made the GRAND VOYAGE. I had no idea that vinyl was reflective, that looks really cool. McTinkerson posted:I have officially taken SCH off of my insurance so that I stop driving it. It's also been submitted to Grassroots Motorsports magazine ( https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/who-wants-to-see-their-car-in-the-magazine/121026/page1/ ).   Sad day here too, in preparation to sell the Hellica, I took the placards off. At least I was able to save them, put one up in the window.  Also these loving lights have never worked right.  Junkyard replacements for the switches in both doors and we're in business. Finally.  Got the antenna off the rear glass, and that pokemon card, the parking pass plastic it was stuck too was a bitch and a half to clean off as well, but I'm glad it's done.
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Slung Blade posted:Man, it's nice to see that trailer getting some kilometers under it. We bought it in Strathmore, and it's spent the last 7 years going between my house, my folk's place, and the park grounds in Irricana. Probably less than a thousand kilometers since we bought it until it made the GRAND VOYAGE. I had no idea that vinyl was reflective, that looks really cool. That trailer saved our rear end, thank you! The trade requests are getting better for SCH. I have in all ads for the car stated in nice big bold letters, no trades. Doesn't make a difference apparently. Instead of complete cars, it's now cash & audio equipment. Any goons want to write a Kijiji ad for the car?
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WITNESS THE APOGEE OF SOICHIRO WANKEL'S AUTOMOTIVE FEVER DREAM HESITANTLY TOUCH YOUR SHAKING, SWEATY HANDS TO THE IMMACULATE WOVEN-CLOTH INTERIOR AND FEEL THE POWER COURSE THROUGH YOUR WEAK BODY YOU MAY DIE, BUT SWEET CHILI HEAT WILL LIVE FOREVER. DRIVE AN ICON TODAY.
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That settles it, I'm buying a lotto ticket today in the hope that I'll win, not so I can pay off bills and fix my fleet of derelicts, but so I can buy SCH.
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Just use SSS' tumblr as ad copy. I don't know if it'll sell, but it'll definitely set the tone.
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First legit offer of $2200 received I countered with $2600. If we can agree on $2500 it's gone. Edit: If this falls through, I'm listing it for $100/day on Turo. McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Sep 1, 2016 |
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McTinkerson posted:First legit offer of $2200 received hahaha that loving Turo idea is awesome
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So now that we've had the wedding and all, which car won the Bridesmaids' Choice??? I was counting on that poo poo with my chick car 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:So now that we've had the wedding and all, which car won the Bridesmaids' Choice??? Honestly, as far as I'm concerned this was literally the only criteria.
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I totally forgot about Bridesmaid choice. poo poo. Alright, each team must submit two photos of their vehicle. I will submit those in an email to each Bridesmaid and ask them to pick their favorite. In other news, DrakeriderCa and I sold Sweet Chili Heat for $2700. Here it is being driven away by it's new owner. 
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