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Mister Kingdom posted:That car wants to be this car, but it'll never make it. That's like a kid aspiring to be Clint Howard.  
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365 Nog Hogger posted:That's like a kid aspiring to be Clint Howard. I thought the Forty-Nine was pretty neat as far as retro styling goes. Beats the PT and the HHR, at least. Speaking of the Miura, I added one to my die-cast collection today.  
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Mister Kingdom posted:That car wants to be this car, but it'll never make it. It's actually modeled on the GAZ M20, that there looks like when someone turned a BMW 6 series into a GAZ m21, with far better results.  The impressive(potentially fatal?) part of the white one is that i looks like they actually stretched the wheelbase. unfortunately, even after all that work, he didn't swap out the wankel.
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Powershift posted:The impressive(potentially fatal?) part of the white one is that i looks like they actually stretched the wheelbase. unfortunately, even after all that work, he didn't swap out the wankel. Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh. I could not for the life of me place that roofline. (RX-8 for any other dumbs like me.)
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More BMW fun, I saw this today, sorry for the lovely photos:   The Perspex had bowed inward from years of being old plastic, I guess. Very cool to see in person.
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I found the most excellent Hot Wheels ever Alfa Romeo 8C.
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I bought that EF two weeks ago in blue.
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Apart from the rims and the steering wheel she was stock as far as the eye could see.  Also had a Nismo plaque on the side so I thought it might be something special but the Nismo sticker on the back isn't period correct and it's missing some lip spoilers if it is. xzzy posted:Hope the owner doesn't leave it out like that a lot, those things are pretty high up the list on thefts per year. Luckily car theft isn't a big threat here in Japan, not to say that it doesn't exist but at the same time people will gladly leave their keys in the ignition with the engine on while they pop into the convenience store for cigarettes. No idea on the mothballing, I've been by there a couple of times and not noticed it before though.
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She's stock too! (from what it appears) Time to buy a few and join the "preservation class" God I LOVE R32's.
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InitialDave posted:Don't you find it annoying when people say "R32", and they mean some bloody Golf, not a Skyline? Yup, 100% agree. I always ask for them to clarify, and if they say "Yea, the Golf!" I walk away. THERE IS ONLY ONE R32 TO RULE THEM ALL. 
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I love how precisely placed the H logo is on the hood, and then for the headlights they were like HERE HAVE SOME loving SILVER PAINT SOMEWHERE gently caress YOU!!!!
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BoostCreep posted:I love how precisely placed the H logo is on the hood, and then for the headlights they were like HERE HAVE SOME loving SILVER PAINT SOMEWHERE gently caress YOU!!!! Sounds about right for a modded Civic.
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xzzy posted:Sounds about right for a modded Civic. a really realistic one wouldn't hae the Honda logo on it anywhere.
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atomicthumbs posted:a really realistic one wouldn't hae the Honda logo on it anywhere. It does look like the fading/peeling clear coat is right though
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On the way down to the outlets we stopped in Palmetto FL at a great breakfast spot called Norma Rae's. I took the restless kids out for a walk and across the street was an old drive-in/car club/junk yard that had a fairly eclectic mix out front:     And the one that caught my eye to begin with: 
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Rhyno posted:I bought that EF two weeks ago in blue. It comes in blue too? If I would have know that I would have looked around a little more and found it so that it matches the one that my father has in real life.
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screenwritersblues posted:It comes in blue too? If I would have know that I would have looked around a little more and found it so that it matches the one that my father has in real life. If I see another do you want me to pick it up?
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Almost there! Almost there! Hnnnnnnggggggggggggggg!
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revmoo posted:Almost there! Almost there! Hnnnnnnggggggggggggggg! Pretty weird fetish.
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You always see old hearses, but never flower cars. That is pretty dope. To contribute: Took this pic while I was in the city. NYPD and their sneaky ways!  Apart from the strobes in the grille and the small black antenna on the trunk, it is pretty much impossible to differentiate between this and a regular NYC cab. I've seen them also do this with Nissan Altima cabs. Example: Here's a pic of the rear end end, but you can see on the trunk:  This is the interior of the Altima. They even went so far as to install a fare meter on the dash: 
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loving witchcraft
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Turns out the local car club (I'm in Poznan, Poland) has a little display section in the city center shopping mall thing. I took some pictures. Apologies, they're phone pictures and some of them are blurry. I just completely stumbled on it while waiting out the rain. I didn't take notes as to what most of the cars were, but a lot are very recognisable, and for others, you guys may as well have some fun playing identify the car. Hansa something. Sweet vents on the sides of the front.  Some kind of Firetruck from Auto Union.  Czech car. I believe the company was called Aero, though I might be mistaken about either of these. I want one.   Polish Fiat from 1937. Apparently Poland has a far longer history of building modified licensed Fiats than I thought.  Behold the majesty of 50s  cars.  I like the grille.  More Polish cars.   The FSO Polonez. I grew up riding in one. It was a 70s shitbox, and a Fiat 125 underneath. Body styled by Giugiaro, apparently, though I always thought it looked crap. But it was scary fast after an engine rebuild Dad did at one point. Rally versions were pretty cool too.  Sweet East German bikes.   I love this one. Looks menacing without being over the top.  Kinda hideous bug.  Karmann Ghia and a Volkswagen Something.     Lorraine-Dietrich. Ridiculously long.  The superbly-named Reo Gentleman's Roadster. 3.5 liter 2 cylinder engine producing 15 horsepower. Quoted maximum speed of 60kph. Anyone that would go anywhere near that fast has no fear.     I assume that's the horn, gear shift lever and handbrake, but I have no idea what the metal thing on the sill is.  Triumph TR6    I have no idea what these are, and I forgot to write it down. The silver one had "Bertone" in the name though.  Overall it was a pretty drat cool thing to stumble into. Zeppelin Insanity fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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My neighbor at work. A very rare place I can be hit with true envy every single time I go in  I was helping someone looking at a cammed out n/a mustang, but as cool as that was it was hard to even care about it surrounded by everything else. Even when I bought a car there I spent more time looking at the other cars Non camera phone picture of the sweet gtr 
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:
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Rhyno posted:If I see another do you want me to pick it up? I'll find one eventually. Don't worry about it.
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Powershift posted:It's actually modeled on the GAZ M20, that there looks like when someone turned a BMW 6 series into a GAZ m21, with far better results. I have loved the Holden Efijy ever since I first saw pictures of it.   They made 1 that worked but thats it.
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Negromancer posted:I have loved the Holden Efijy ever since I first saw pictures of it.  
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Powershift posted:and 4 years before that, the buick blackhawk. But instead, we get the PT Cruiser & HHR. Whyyyyyyyyyy.
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Boat posted:But instead, we get the PT Cruiser & HHR. Whyyyyyyyyyy. It could have been worse  
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Sorry for the poo poo quality, was busy working on it, but figured you guys might enjoy. Volunteering on a team building an electric dune buggy with the end goal of competing in the Baja 1000. I'll try to get some better pictures at some point, but with no light and a phone this is about the best I could do. 
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T1g4h posted:
My mom's boyfriend used to have an old Caddy flower car. He sold it though. Very cool.
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Powershift posted:and 4 years before that, the buick blackhawk. An homage to the Y-Job. 
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iwentdoodie posted:Sorry for the poo poo quality, was busy working on it, but figured you guys might enjoy. Volunteering on a team building an electric dune buggy with the end goal of competing in the Baja 1000. I'll try to get some better pictures at some point, but with no light and a phone this is about the best I could do. Awesome! What class are you hoping to join? I don't think there's any kind of alternate/electric class. To contribute, have a wonderful e-type: 
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angryhampster posted:Awesome! What class are you hoping to join? I don't think there's any kind of alternate/electric class. Class 1, so unlimited buggies. It has plenty of power, the issue so far is motor controller programming (guy they contracted to is way past his deadline) and funding period. The car runs roughly the same battery pack as a Tesla, which isn't cheap. They have two, and are hoping to get enough money raised to buy two more that way they can be hot swapped during "fuel" stops. The owner/driver has won at Baja before in a Beetle, so at least there is experience behind it. But it really is a fascinating project, that I'm super happy to have even a small part in.
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