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keykey posted:It's been too long.. I was going to post some pictures of my adventures this weekend later but now I have to give a taste. I was at Imports & Kitcars at Carlisle, a dirt racing museum, and a Jalopy Jamboree yesterday.    WEEEEEEEEEEE! We're at a car show! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!       
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Saw a few cars on my bike ride yesterday:  In addition to the clearly visible cars in the photo were a Ford GT (just barely visible), an R8 spyder, a Ferrari 458, and probably one or two others that I'm forgetting. A minute or so after they passed, a 308 GTB went by; no idea if he was with the other cars. This has been parked for a rather long time:  and a bonus motorcycle with bonus cylinders (photo taken by a passenger, not me while driving):  It look veeeerrry squirrely on the highway.
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That's a Boss Hoss, and they are, in fact, huge pieces of poo poo. They have small block Chevys in them (or some flavor of V6 if you're on a budget) and are essentially for when one of those big 1800 Honda cruisers or a Screamin' Eagle Stage 3 Ultraglide isn't enough to compensate for your bald spot and erectile dysfunction. Content: 
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I never understood that aspect of cruisers. Do they deliberately try to be as flashy as possible so they don't get run over by a Tahoe?
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This guy was at Cars & Coffee yesterday Turbo LS1 swapped RX-7. Sounded great but the owner was kind of a dick to some of the other attendees. Then it died on him when he tried to leave and we all laughed our asses off at him raging at the car.  I also met the founder of Focaljet who is a really cool dude.
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Nice car. Shame the owner was a douche. Never have been a fan of French interiors but something about this one makes me want one badly. Renault Safrane BiTurbo
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:That's a Boss Hoss, and they are, in fact, huge pieces of poo poo. They have small block Chevys in them (or some flavor of V6 if you're on a budget) and are essentially for when one of those big 1800 Honda cruisers or a Screamin' Eagle Stage 3 Ultraglide isn't enough to compensate for your bald spot and erectile dysfunction. Hahahah, good to know. I don't know poo poo about motorcycles. Here is something nice: 
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Yeah, here's their incredibly lovely website Boss Hoss Motorcycles Just look at 'dem fahn mocheens. Here's a picture of my usual kind of interaction with Boss Hoss riders: 
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That's a pretty awful website. The local BMW dealership got some nice decorations:
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Not my pic and not my style, but funny enough. I guess.
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Rhyno posted:Turbo LS1 swapped RX-7. Sounded great but the owner was kind of a dick to some of the other attendees. What did he do? Shoulda just kept it NA.
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kimbo305 posted:What did he do? Shoulda just kept it NA. A few guys locally own Cobalt SS's and Saturn Redlines and were discussing the available aftermarket parts and places that specialize in those cars. RX7 dude started dismissing everything they said as a waste of time and that their cars were essentially garbage. These guys are some of our best C&C attendees, they always show up with a good attitude and are generally chill dudes. RX7 guy was just being a jerk for no real reason. This also showed up 
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Well on the off chance that one of the dudes was Tussen Takk, it was maybe pardonable. Ooh, post some pics of that matte Focus.
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kimbo305 posted:Well on the off chance that one of the dudes was Tussen Takk, it was maybe pardonable. Nah, both our local Redline guys have black cars. We've got three Cobalt SS owners in the local crowd as well. Sadly that's the only pic I have with the Focus in it.
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ZZPerformance is an amazing site for aftermarket SS and Redline parts. Intake, exhaust, pulley kit and a tune and you can make 300hp at the wheels.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:ZZPerformance is an amazing site for aftermarket SS and Redline parts. Intake, exhaust, pulley kit and a tune and you can make 300hp at the wheels. That's the place he dude was talking poo poo about!
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Rhyno posted:A few guys locally own Cobalt SS's and Saturn Redlines and were discussing the available aftermarket parts and places that specialize in those cars. RX7 dude started dismissing everything they said as a waste of time and that their cars were essentially garbage. These guys are some of our best C&C attendees, they always show up with a good attitude and are generally chill dudes. RX7 guy was just being a jerk for no real reason. North side Fort Wayne goon spotted. Cars would be the only good reason to go near the trolley bar. 
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_Loser_ posted:North side Fort Wayne goon spotted. Cars would be the only good reason to go near the trolley bar. I'm friends with the owner (Todd Smith) and frequent his establishments all the time so NYAH! (And I live Southwest)
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I escaped New Haven last year, so I can't really talk. Just wasn't expecting to see that particular mini mall in this thread, heh.
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_Loser_ posted:I escaped New Haven last year, so I can't really talk. Just wasn't expecting to see that particular mini mall in this thread, heh. I work (and will shortly live near) Jefferson Point. We meet up north because the coffee house there is nice enough to give us full use of their lot and we leave before the Trolley lunch rush. Found a half picture of the matte wrapped Focus 
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Rhyno posted:I work (and will shortly live near) Jefferson Point. We meet up north because the coffee house there is nice enough to give us full use of their lot and we leave before the Trolley lunch rush.
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tonedef131 posted:when do these happen? That's like 3 miles from my house and I've been meaning to try that coffee shop anyway. I thought I invited you! We do them Saturday mornings, 10-12 and then some of us usually get lunch afterwards. I'll hit you up on FB.
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Got to ride around in this for a bit today: It's a 1937 Rolls 25/30, completely unrestored.
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So there was a local car thing yesterday, and I took some pictures..                    This was probably the most popular car there, according to the board there's only 50 left:     
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travisray2004 posted:Why on earth would anyone want a 600+hp FWD car? (hell, 300+hp) This forum is called Automotive Insanity for a reason. 
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A M3 engined MGC. Some more information here: http://www.gpe.fi/index_mgc.htm
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Ughhhhh I groaned then started drooling. I need that MGC in my life.
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travisray2004 posted:Why on earth would anyone want a 600+hp FWD car? (hell, 300+hp) There's another video of that car pulling 891HP on the dyno. I know a kid with a SS/SC making 309HP at the wheels and he said it drives fine.
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Steve French posted:Hahahah, good to know. I don't know poo poo about motorcycles. Here is something nice: Summer summer summertime!  What is it with these things? 
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travisray2004 posted:Nice car. Shame the owner was a douche. Oh The glorious fleetingh moment of french electronics where everything works at the same time. Pretty sure that is rarer than halley's comet.
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Ok so Slung Blade is looking for a project car apparently and this guy near us is being forced by new ordnances and nosy neighbors to clear out his stock of project cars. We went and took a look - a lot of the cheap stuff is gone, a lot of the expensive stuff isn't, so what was left and what we can afford ended up being the weird stuff. I took cameraphone pictures where appropriate, but I missed taking pictures of some nice stuff like the amazing Challenger R/T and Ferrari 308 that the owner had stored indoors. Of particular AI interest is this Mercedes with Twin Tires. This guy was actually one of the Canadian distributors for the invention and he had a handful of new tires for this system and a bunch of wheels left over. This particular wheel was made by Speedline but they also subcontracted to Enkei from what he told us.  Amerigoons who are less liberal than 'Blade and I will be interested to hear that he had Ronald Reagan's governorship limousine on the premises. It was pretty beat up but seemed fairly authentic. Apparently he is thinking of listing it on BaT.  This old Ford towtruck is incredible. The cab and paint were left mostly intact, and a new chassis was jammed underneath complete with brand new tow gear. The interior was restored as well, with some Dynamat and new carpets. Note that the truck is not actually a manual transmission.    We came to look at a few cars. This '75 Nova was one of them. Its little six fired right up with some starting fluid and a boost - the battery was basically done for. Sounded healthy and had the old The quarters were pretty gross but nothing that can't be fixed. The sills were also pretty gross. The primary obstacle to picking this one up will be caring enough about a smog era Nova.   Sills:  The buttal region:  We didn't come to see it, but I think this is what Slung Blade and I wanted most in all the world after we saw and heard it. This is a Plymouth Satellite with a 440 swap. Behind it is a Coronet with a "Coronet 440" badge and a 318.  Someone took all the badges off but most of them were still around.  More butts, please:  In profile you start to appreciate how god damned huge this ridiculous car is.  Here's where the problems start. Both rear quarters have been Bondo'd to hell and back.  The interior - with buckets, I've never seen buckets on a Satellite before! - is clearly intended to be some kind of long forgotten race car project from a previous owner.  The bondo is worse on the driver's side.  There was also this cool handbuilt hod rod for sale with a Corvette 427 in it. None of this thing was fiberglass - all actual steel! I have a lot of appreciation for whoever was able to craft this.  Here's a familiar sight for die hard AIers - a Ford Thames van.    Check out the fatty rear tires:  I forgot that doors open and tried to take a picture through the drivers' side window here.  I don't remember what this was but it was beautiful. It sat next to two Laurentians and a Humber. There was also a Meteor Ranchwagon. I was too overwhelmed by patriotism to take pictures of those.   What I came to look at was his '59 Renault Dauphine Gordini (nice, but rusted and the interior was pretty worn), collection of Sunbeam Alpine GTs, and a 1975 Jaguar XJC with a 350 Chevy swap which was too much of a project for me to take on and which I will regret not buying until the day I die. The owner was super AI. Very chill, relaxed, story for every car. He said that he preferred to collect weird and rare cars rather than cars that might fetch a lot of value someday, and that he definitely prefers driving cars to letting them sit like this. Serial entrepreneur - through his various automotive-related jobs he estimated to us that he's bought and sold over eight thousand cars. I have a new role model. So that's our trip in a nutshell there. I'll try to take more pictures when we go back to get a car for Slung Blade. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 22:24 on May 20, 2013 |
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