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Most recently acquired: Caterham R500 superlight, Bluedird 510, 2002, and the TRON ones were given to me by my toy designer neighbor, who is awesome and loves cars as much as we do. (He used to work for Honda motorcycles doing body design) I want to unpack all my other toys but I need some kind of display case, dusting a shitload of hotwheels sucks rear end.
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M.Renton posted:Cool racecar down the street from me. They misspelled "typist".
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wayfinder posted:They misspelled "typist". This car. This one right here. It is so late 70s/early 80s redneck that I almost want to try to love it, but it's not an A body, it's not a G body, it's not an F body. It's just another gutless shitstain with really awful 'makes its own glue' applications. Go, go, Gadget TypeR8.
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Sep 7, 2012 23:56
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I've pretty much wallpapered above my desk with Hotwheels and Matchbox cars.
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Sep 8, 2012 00:10
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Powershift posted:well he ordered them for both sides of the car, but when he got them all the flames were going one way! Why didn't he just flip them upside down? At least then they would be going the right way and I'm sure upside-down flames wouldn't be as noticeable as backward flames.
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Sep 8, 2012 01:44
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impsycho posted:Why didn't he just flip them upside down? At least then they would be going the right way and I'm sure upside-down flames wouldn't be as noticeable as backward flames.  Here, have a Beetle on a Jeep frame.  http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3200243316.html Needs pretty much everything.
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Sep 8, 2012 01:53
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There was...a thing in the junkyard, had "VW" scribbled on it in marker
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Sep 8, 2012 02:55
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Warcabbit posted:Well, they're not Hot Wheels, but... I was testing out the camera. Uh oh! Better than MAACO!
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Sep 8, 2012 03:04
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bisticles posted:That's be cool, I'd like to see what people have. All I have are these two on my desk: Sup 
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Sep 8, 2012 05:19
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I've got a whole bunch of them scattered around, though I put most of them up when my apartment was being painted. This is what I have on my computer desk right now. I'm an odd duck. 
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Sep 8, 2012 05:44
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Has someone made that thread already?
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Sep 8, 2012 07:17
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Maker Of Shoes posted:
You know... fixed up... and done right... I think I could get behind this concept.
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Sep 8, 2012 07:22
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I have a bunch of hotwheels/matchbox favourite is the matchbox version of my own car though 
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Sep 8, 2012 08:10
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hitze posted:There was...a thing in the junkyard, had "VW" scribbled on it in marker It amazes me this kit gets to the scrappers, someone paid thousands for that shell new & it can be dropped into a new chassis in about an hour.
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Sep 8, 2012 10:14
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Code Jockey posted:You know... fixed up... and done right... I think I could get behind this concept. Paint it like a ladybug?
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Sep 8, 2012 16:00
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Cakefool posted:It amazes me this kit gets to the scrappers, someone paid thousands for that shell new & it can be dropped into a new chassis in about an hour. I'd love to build a LeMons car out of it, not using some stinky old VW engine though.
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Sep 8, 2012 17:03
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Here, have a Beetle on a Jeep frame. I've seen several of these over the years, most were CJ running gear with (old) Beetles on them. I used to wheel with a guy in North Carolina who had one back in the 90s.   (gis results, not my pics)
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Sep 8, 2012 17:38
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 Hey, what's going on here?  That's better.
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Sep 8, 2012 18:06
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This was on jalponik  I don't understand how you go through the process of getting it up there and at no point stop and think "hmmm maybe this isn't such a good idea" http://jalopnik.com/5940994/whats-the-worst-way-to-tow-a-car
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Sep 8, 2012 18:23
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Huggable Bear King posted:This was on jalponik I don't understand how the truck isn't popping a wheelie...
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Sep 8, 2012 20:29
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Are there any more details on the wood interior, because I'm assuming that's not the eclipse.
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Sep 8, 2012 21:02
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Blood Magnet posted:
I'm pretty sure this rear end in a top hat used to post in AI like 7 years ago.
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Sep 8, 2012 21:28
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The car on the back of the truck was on the old thread. There's a picture of it pulled over by the highway patrol, as well.
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Sep 8, 2012 21:30
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Does this actually fool the cameras, by the way?
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Sep 8, 2012 21:33
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Is it supposed to?
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Sep 8, 2012 21:58
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Godholio posted:Is it supposed to? 
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Sep 8, 2012 22:09
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In theory those size wheels would look really good on an Xterra.
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Sep 8, 2012 22:16
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Huggable Bear King posted:This was on jalponik Haha, this was in my hometown and my parents actually saw the dude pulled over on the side of the road. i had a cell phone shot of it somewhere, but i've since lost it
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Sep 9, 2012 06:15
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whereismyshoe posted:Haha, this was in my hometown and my parents actually saw the dude pulled over on the side of the road. i had a cell phone shot of it somewhere, but i've since lost it I remember Jalopnik linking it, and googled this out: http://imgur.com/EBZ5c
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Sep 9, 2012 06:56
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wow that's great. I still want to know how he got it up there.
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Sep 9, 2012 14:25
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As Sock prooved, the forklift is the best tool one can have.
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Sep 9, 2012 14:57
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Couldn't find this one on snopes, but snopes did recently verify the plywood car as true: http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/lumber.asp  snopes posted:The materials were loaded at Home Depot. The Home Depot store manager made the customer sign a waiver before loading. Both back tires are trashed. The back shocks were driven up through the floorboard. On the roof are many 2X4s, 4X4s and OSL sheets of lumber. The load isn't all that meets the eye either. In the back seat were ten 80-pound bags of concrete! They estimated the load weight at 3000 lbs. The car is a VW Jetta with FL plates and the guy said he was headed [from Waldorf MD] for Annapolis!
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Sep 9, 2012 15:10
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This pulled up in front of my apartment the other day. 
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Sep 9, 2012 15:10
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That Jetta picture reminded me of this pic I snapped the other day: Yes, the rear half of the roof had been sawn off in order to accomplish this.
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Sep 9, 2012 19:51
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Click to zoom in on the details. I love that this car has a model of what it aspires to be on the dashboard.  
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Sep 9, 2012 20:05
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Something didn't look right about this car parked in the grocery store employee parking spot. Stop & Shop parking lot (Allston,MA)   Note the horrible seat covers in the first pic. Not pictured (because the windows were too reflective to get a good shot) the automatic transmission shift lever. Is this in the wrong thread? GutBomb fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Sep 9, 2012 |
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Sep 9, 2012 23:31
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Product placement: godlike
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GutBomb posted:Something didn't look right about this car parked in the grocery store employee parking spot. I don't understand why someone would go through the effort to make a fake GTR. Either the person seeing it won't know what a GTR is and won't be impressed, or they will and will make fun of the time and money you've wasted. It's a no-win scenario.
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