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Here's a Daytona in profile, close by no cigar.
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e:^ didn't see the new page!  No way that's a daytona, it's all wrong.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:17
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Looks kinda like a Ferrari 365 GTC/4 but the b-pillar doesn't quite match up.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:20
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I think I found it. I'll spoiler my response in case you still want to challenge yourself, but would appreciate a hive mind c/d of my guess. I only came up with it because I was remembering all the really obscure European makes I could think of checking. Bitter CD
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Apr 26, 2017 19:34
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slidebite posted:I think I found it. I'll spoiler my response in case you still want to challenge yourself, but would appreciate a hive mind c/d of my guess. I only came up with it because I was remembering all the really obscure European makes I could think of checking. I think this is correct, actually.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:37
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slidebite posted:I think I found it. I'll spoiler my response in case you still want to challenge yourself, but would appreciate a hive mind c/d of my guess. I only came up with it because I was remembering all the really obscure European makes I could think of checking. That looks pretty drat good based on the general vagueness of the first pic. Never would have guessed that.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:41
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I'm inclined to agree, it's certainly the closest suggestion so far.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:42
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mobby_6kl posted:All of these are pretty close but not quite there, though I'd say Daytona is the most likely candidate so far. Could also be a kit car of course that doesn't fully recreate the original, making this quite difficult to figure out. Unfortunately I only saw it at the last moment before the green light hence the single lovely photo. Where was the photo taken? I'm not sure I know the car in traffic ahead of it... E: slidebite got it. Character crease is right, windows are right, same rear overhang. glyph fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Apr 26, 2017 19:42
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Huh, I didn't even know that "manufacturer" existed. Good find, it sure looks like it.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:49
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Agreed. Also, obscure enough I've never heard of them.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:50
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Here is a video about them from the guy that helped design it https://youtu.be/l9dxf7utTjQ
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Apr 26, 2017 20:07
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If it's not an Espada (and the nose makes me think it is) then it could well be that Bitter CD.
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Apr 27, 2017 00:09
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^^^ Espada was my initial guess too but the vent is missing. Motherfuck, that's got to be it! That's some awesome detective work, I don't think I've ever seen one IRL and never would've guessed it. Seems like you can get one in Germany now 50k or so. They also made this  80s SC model based on the Manta which is also way more affordable: glyph posted:Where was the photo taken? I'm not sure I know the car in traffic ahead of it... .jpg)
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Apr 27, 2017 00:15
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let's keep the guessing game rolling. Here's one I found somewhere I won't admit! Lookit those bulges! 
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Apr 27, 2017 00:31
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Might want to blur out the name on the fender of that one! Interesting car though.
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Apr 27, 2017 00:35
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stump posted:Might want to blur out the name on the fender of that one! Interesting car though. ugh, do I gotta do everything around here? valid point The more I look at it the more I'm weirded out. Side pipes. Needs fender flares to cover those tyres. Why the aerial there? Why the wipers coming out of the vents?
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Apr 27, 2017 00:58
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slidebite posted:Here is a video about them from the guy that helped design it It's a weird sensation learning about a sexy car I've never even heard of before.
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Apr 27, 2017 01:48
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slothrop posted:ugh, do I gotta do everything around here? valid point The side exhaust and the weird, almost dirt track style cut rear wheel well definitely have my intrigued. What's going on there?
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Apr 27, 2017 02:22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME
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Apr 27, 2017 02:59
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http://channel23news.com/2017/04/east-haven-man-arrested-for-driving-sk-modified-on-highway/
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Apr 27, 2017 03:34
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Boo this man! Also, gramatically, did he modify it on the highway?
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Apr 27, 2017 03:37
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fakeaccount posted:http://channel23news.com/2017/04/east-haven-man-arrested-for-driving-sk-modified-on-highway/ 
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Apr 27, 2017 04:01
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‘The Barn Find of a Lifetime’: Two matching cars, window stickers still attached, gathering dust for 30 years, and sequential VIN #’s too. Buried beneath dust and old leaves, a couple of Buick Regal Grand Nationals, test driven only, never purchased, the sticker still in the window. And here's the kicker. The vehicle identification numbers, or VIN's, are in sequence. http://kfor.com/2017/04/19/the-barn...tial-vin-s-too/
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Apr 27, 2017 06:00
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fakeaccount posted:http://channel23news.com/2017/04/east-haven-man-arrested-for-driving-sk-modified-on-highway/ What a patriot  Metal Geir Skogul posted:Also, gramatically, did he modify it on the highway? A "modified" is a class of car for circle track.
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Apr 27, 2017 08:49
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Lime Tonics posted:‘The Barn Find of a Lifetime’: Two matching cars, window stickers still attached, gathering dust for 30 years, and sequential VIN #’s too. I don't get why this matters. "These cars...they're...brothers."
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Apr 27, 2017 20:43
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Larrymer posted:I don't get why this matters. "These cars...they're...brothers."
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Apr 27, 2017 21:08
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InitialDave posted:It kind of has significance if you take both, I suppose, but yeah, it's not really much more than "oh, cool, I guess". It's kind of a cool story, which probably adds some value for a certain segment of collectors, but yea they would need to keep them together for that.
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Apr 27, 2017 22:22
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Another racecar being built by a local shop: 
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Apr 27, 2017 23:57
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I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. I mean yeah okay some versions were pretty powerful for the time -- which isn't really saying a lot, because that was the era of early smogged 350ci V8s wheezing out like 180 horsepower. And man are they unattractive cars.
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Apr 27, 2017 23:56
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Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. I think it's one part rarity, one part TURBO
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Apr 28, 2017 00:02
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Crustashio posted:Another racecar being built by a local shop: Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. Also the capacity of those engines to make  outputs.
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Apr 28, 2017 00:11
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Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. I'll fight you over this. The g body is one of the last greatest general motors platforms. Also g body shuffle. It's really an awesome car for the time and sure didn't put down big horsepower numbers but man did it shoot my little kid self into the plush seats.
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Apr 28, 2017 00:39
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Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. If you wanted a fast quarter mile car in 87, you bought a turbo 6 Buick. They're big angry slabs that sound like banshees when you mash the gas pedal and I loving miss mine so much
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Apr 28, 2017 00:55
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Apr 28, 2017 01:59
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^fuckin owns and i dont even really like metal any more
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Apr 28, 2017 05:05
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slidebite posted:I think I found it. I'll spoiler my response in case you still want to challenge yourself, but would appreciate a hive mind c/d of my guess. I only came up with it because I was remembering all the really obscure European makes I could think of checking. drat you. I just spent a couple of hours looking at images and reading about Bitter. Now I want one. that's a good looking, understated car. The SC as well. Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get the appeal of Grand Nationals. Not just pretty powerful. The GNs could pretty much spank a Corvette of the time, and still had usable rear seats. Lots of folks like G-Body GMs just for last of the RWD V8 GMs, and, personally, I like the square-ish styling. They built a lot of G-bodies - parts are cheap(ish) and available. The Grand National is pretty much the pinnacle of G-body. Actually, the GNX is, but it's limited production. The GN is also GM actually trying something different for once, with a turbo V6, and they did it well, for a change.
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You ain't fuckin' metal 'til you've got a clutch pedal.
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Darchangel posted:The GN is also GM actually trying something different for once, with a turbo V6, and they did it well, for a change. If I ever have access to a time machine, I'm going to somehow get GM to put the GN Turbo V6 in a Fiero.
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Apr 28, 2017 06:51
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slothrop posted:let's keep the guessing game rolling. Here's one I found somewhere I won't admit! Interest seems lacking so here's the big reveal: Torino 380w
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boxen posted:If I ever have access to a time machine, I'm going to somehow get GM to put the GN Turbo V6 in a Fiero. They took 1500 surplus GN engines and put them in Trans Ams in 1989, is that close enough?
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