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Yesterday I was sitting at my desk which overlooks the road outside when I saw a tow truck drive by towing an almost mint mid-90s Oldsmobile 88. Why was it not completely mint, you ask? Well, there seemed to be some sort of V8 engine sticking straight up out of the windshield. I was too slow pulling my phone out to get a picture but it was easily one of my more WTF car moments ever. I imagined the guy at the junkyard first trying to fit it into the trunk, then studying the car for a moment before having the brainstorm of "just drop it into the windshield!" wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Nov 4, 2012 |
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:Yesterday I was sitting at my desk which overlooks the road outside when I saw a tow truck drive by towing an almost mint mid-90s Oldsmobile 88. Why was it not completely mint, you ask? Well, there seemed to be some sort of V8 engine sticking straight up out of the windshield. I was too slow pulling my phone out to get a picture but it was easily one of my more WTF car moments ever. Sounds pretty AI to me.
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Nov 4, 2012 14:57
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Das Volk posted:I'm pretty sure it was the stupid rear camber that reduced his contact patch to that of an Opel Kadett. That and the lack of suspension travel.
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Nov 4, 2012 21:51
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Went to get coffee and saw that the Sasquatch Research Team is in town!  Found a picture of the owner...  You might also be unsurprised to know there was a xenophobic "I'm an American, take back America" sticker on the front windshield.
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Nov 5, 2012 02:49
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Are these guys for real? Or is it just a gimmick to get a tv show?
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Nov 5, 2012 16:54
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Meanwhile, hiding in the far corner of a Wal-Mart parking lot.. Not horrible, but still enough to get a 
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Nov 5, 2012 18:02
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some texas redneck posted:Not horrible, but still enough to get a Three liters of Vulcan FURY must breath! 
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Nov 5, 2012 18:04
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veedubfreak posted:Are these guys for real? Or is it just a gimmick to get a tv show? Worse than that. They're not the guys from the show. Which is what I thought at first. I was going to get a ironic picture and autograph. This is just some local big foot hunter society.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:11
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Aurune posted:Worse than that. They're not the guys from the show. Which is what I thought at first. I was going to get a ironic picture and autograph. This is just some local big foot hunter society. My excuse to take awesome camping trips.
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Nov 5, 2012 22:17
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At first I was shocked to see a Holden in the US, then I saw it was LHD. Rebadged GTO?
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Nov 5, 2012 22:53
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Slim Pickens posted:At first I was shocked to see a Holden in the US, then I saw it was LHD. Rebadged GTO? Probably. I saw a fully-converted (aside from LHD rather than RHD) GTO at a car show here in Seattle about 6 months ago. It was actually very, very well done, with all the correct interior and everything. (the one I saw was white).
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Nov 5, 2012 23:02
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Kenshin posted:Probably. I saw a fully-converted (aside from LHD rather than RHD) GTO at a car show here in Seattle about 6 months ago. It was actually very, very well done, with all the correct interior and everything. (the one I saw was white). Did it still have the fuel tank stupidly placed in the trunk?
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Nov 5, 2012 23:36
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kimbo305 posted:Did it still have the fuel tank stupidly placed in the trunk?
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Nov 6, 2012 04:57
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It's happening again.   At least the A pillar isn't an important structural member. http://autobotanik.livejournal.com/31952.html There's a whole bunch more of these here: http://autobotanik.livejournal.com/
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Nov 6, 2012 06:20
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Powershift posted:It's happening again. OK, I know this is horribly unsafe, but god drat if they don't do fine looking work. The panel gaps even look factory.
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Nov 6, 2012 07:00
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Russian cut and shuts  I could stare at these nightmare inducing repairs all day. e: that one is actually some pretty quality work, though that vehicle never should have been repaired... and they should have used a proper spot welder, not mig spot welding. And it's going to get eaten alive by rust at all of those seams within five or ten years, and come right back apart, since they didn't dip it in anything and all those seams have bare metal inside them now. kastein fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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Nov 6, 2012 07:22
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kastein posted:Russian cut and shuts This guy will be dead/in Siberia by then, who cares.
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Nov 6, 2012 07:42
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Judging by the accident that vehicle's already tasted blood. It will not rest until it takes the next owner's life. 
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Nov 6, 2012 07:57
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Powershift posted:It's happening again. To be honest, that's pretty similar to what I've seen a lot of high-dollar muscle cars go through. Reading through the translated version, it appears they spent months making sure every single part they got was OEM.
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Nov 6, 2012 08:24
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What blows my mind is that is a lot of loving work and TLC dumped into a Skoda of all things but not just that it's one of the most generic at that! It's not even a proper classic Skoda but a modern model that you'd probably be able to find used for roughly the same as repairing the drat thing with OEM parts.  That work however is truly amazing and the people that do that are very skilled at their craft.
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Nov 6, 2012 10:27
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I sort of want to take an old rusty 240Z and drop it off there for a few months.
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Nov 6, 2012 17:21
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I sort of want to take an old rusty 240Z and drop it off there for a few months.
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Nov 6, 2012 17:56
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Nitrox posted:So they can do a great looking paint job over the rust? Those cars get repaired so they could be sold asap. It's not difficult to paint over rust/improperly prepped metal and make it look good. For a year or so.
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Nov 6, 2012 18:33
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Tanz-Kommandant posted:What blows my mind is that is a lot of loving work and TLC dumped into a Skoda of all things but not just that it's one of the most generic at that! It's not even a proper classic Skoda but a modern model that you'd probably be able to find used for roughly the same as repairing the drat thing with OEM parts.
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Nov 6, 2012 19:47
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At the wages those guys are probably being paid I could afford to have every panel on the car cut and rewelded.
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Nov 6, 2012 20:20
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Boomerjinks fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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Nov 6, 2012 21:40
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Uhhhh: OK i have two thing to trade i have my newly built custom computer built 4 months ago and a 1994 ford probe 2dr automatic i have title for the car i just recently bought it but problems of it spitting out white smoke came a day later of buying it i've been told several things it might be but i'm no mechanic .. I'm looking for a reliable car i don't care about the cosmetic damage i just want it to last and run i per-fer a car with either 4 or 2 doors automatic with 1.4 or 1.6l engine no trucks, suvs, or wagons i drive a lot and need a good mpg car i have a video of my computer and this is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-i7SvAw1tQ&feature=g-upl so please let me know what u have send me pics with info on it must be automatic and reliable please please please i use it for work i drive a lot and im despretly in need of a reliable car with great gas milage   v- T(aurus) WReX. Viggen fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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Nov 6, 2012 23:40
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some texas redneck posted:Meanwhile, hiding in the far corner of a Wal-Mart parking lot.. It looks like a WRX with Downs. Or a melted WRX. I don't know which. Powershift posted:It's happening again. This is a fairly competent rebuild, I've seen way worse at the auction I work at. Seriously. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Nov 6, 2012 23:58
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Am I missing something? Looks like your standard beater.
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Nov 7, 2012 03:31
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Some Russian dudes took an equally hosed Focus and a Suzuki SUV and put them both back together in a similar way. They looked pretty much new when they were done. The workmanship was crazy good, but the cars were in no way worth the effort.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Am I missing something? Looks like your standard beater. I'm trying to figure out what's going on around the turn signal...the fender lines up everywhere else, and the hood lines up on the other side...what's actually wrong? Edit: VVV It seems like the fender and hood would line up in that case. They line up against the windshield. It's like the fender is too short. Godholio fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Nov 7, 2012 03:54
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Godholio posted:I'm trying to figure out what's going on around the turn signal...the fender lines up everywhere else, and the hood lines up on the other side...what's actually wrong? It looks like it was hit in an accident, and they replaced the fender, signals, and that wheel. It probably doesn't line up because it was twisted.
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Nov 7, 2012 03:58
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Am I missing something? Looks like your standard beater. A beater don't need 2 parking spots.
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Nov 7, 2012 04:16
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Kotaru posted:Three liters of Vulcan FURY must breath! [/nerd]
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Nov 7, 2012 04:21
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Am I missing something? Looks like your standard beater. My guess is they took a fender from a newer year of the same model car that bolted up, but was slightly different. Looks like there's more space for a larger, more rounded side marker light that would line up more with mid-late '90s design trends than the late '80s / early '90s that car looks to be. I feel dumb that I can't place it, I was thinking early '90s Geo Prizm, but the front end doesn't match up. The white fender looks similar to that of a late '90s Prizm, but the side moulding doesn't match and it doesn't have the little crease in the fender.  e: Content: People doin' hosed up stuff to Metros   (Wrong thread?)   Black88GTA fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Nov 7, 2012 04:24
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:It looks like it was hit in an accident, and they replaced the fender, signals, and that wheel. It probably doesn't line up because it was twisted. It looks like the fender is from a different model year or maybe a different car. Still, standard beater. e: beaten. That's what I get for reading other threads. some texas redneck posted:A beater don't need 2 parking spots. But the fender's the only nice part of the car!
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Nov 7, 2012 04:41
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Black88GTA posted:(Wrong thread?) Yeah, definitely wrong thread  I wonder what kind of rig that thing is sitting on?
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Nathan Explosion posted:Some Russian dudes took an equally hosed Focus and a Suzuki SUV and put them both back together in a similar way. They looked pretty much new when they were done. The workmanship was crazy good, but the cars were in no way worth the effort. There are a whole bunch on that dudes Livejournal posted above In addition to the Airtrek and Yeti they've done fairly major repairs on 90s Vauxhall Vectra Hyundai Getz x3 00s Nissan Primera 90s Corolla 90s Nissan Primeras x3 None of which would be worth repairing if you did any more than scratch the bumper in my part of the world
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Black88GTA posted:e: Content: People doin' hosed up stuff to Metros If it's built well... ...with lightweight materials... ...and the aerodynamics are actually good. Ok, who am I kidding, that belongs in this thread.
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I always wonder what the shelf life of those ghetto-fab crawlers with the roofs cut off is. A year? More? Maybe it's because I live in Boston.
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