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madeintaipei posted:It would not surprise me if that Astro panel van was still chugging around. Even less if the back doors don't close anymore, it has a single working headlight at any one time, no muffler, and drinks 5qts between oil changes. I liked our 2000 Astro. Passenger version, so full interior and windows, two rear benches. 190 HP 4.3L Vortec. Yeah, a bit thirsty - 16MPG as I recall, but I didn't feel like that was bad for what amounted to a 2-ton brick. The '95 Facelift made them a *whole* lot more attractive. I would love to turbocharge an AWD model. Or V8 any of them. Fun fact: they are a unibody with a front subframe, so not actually truck-based, though a lot of the suspension and rolling parts are shared with the C/K, as I recall. I still have a set of rear brake shoes for it (that were actually bought for the previous Sonoma pickup, yet still fit.)
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Applebees Appetizer posted:This thing is god drat amazing Meant to post this myself, thing's bitchin. Sick period Recaro cloth!
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Applebees Appetizer posted:This thing is god drat amazing good lord 
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MrYenko posted:Unironically prefer the second one.  Applebees Appetizer posted:This thing is god drat amazing Why is it not a Cosworth though 
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mobby_6kl posted:Why is it not a Cosworth though Dude says in the video they wanted to build something as if Ford were selling it today with modern hotrodding ideas. Stock for stock, the 2.3 EcoBoost can be had with as much as 350hp in Focus RS trim vs the YB's 201hp. Plus, from the Cosworth guys I follow, you're not getting a freshly built YB for anything less than £5000 with many builds twice that. This guy is is North America where I assume he can have his choice of 2.3's out of any number of wrecked rental Mustangs.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:This thing is god drat amazing I still can't get over the color on that beauty. Just absolute perfection.
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Someone did that with the Lancia Delta a few years ago too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZagcSGReUo Edit: And an old impreza (from further up the thread) https://www.prodrive.com/post/the-prodrive-p25-a-recreation-of-the-iconic-blue-subaru-impreza AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Nov 8, 2023 |
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Dude says in the video they wanted to build something as if Ford were selling it today with modern hotrodding ideas. Oh, thanks. I skipped around the video a bit as they launched into  backstory at the beginning. The build must've cost  anyway so I'm not sure the cost would be a significant difference, but using a common modern engine surely would make everything much easier.
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This appeared down the road from me recently -  Appears to have an actual rollcage in it. (maybe not a full cage). Strong "NFS Underground starter car" vibes.
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AirRaid posted:This appeared down the road from me recently - Hell, I think that was my NFS:U finishing car.
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That's some cool poo poo, and the guy is just so excited about it. It's infectious.
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AirRaid posted:This appeared down the road from me recently - That is sick.
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I'd be hyped to just see one of the Holden concepts, let alone the Marilyn, Coupe 60, Sandman, New Torana, Efijy, Hurricane and GTR-X all in one place.   
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AFewBricksShy posted:Someone did that with the Lancia Delta a few years ago too. I remember seeing this on Top Gear at one point. When it was pointed out that one of the buttons did nothing, the maker shrugged and said "if all the buttons worked it would be an Audi."
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Efijy This sounds like one of those alphabet soup brands.
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:This sounds like one of those alphabet soup brands. Effigy: a quick, crude copy of a real thing, meant to be destroyed as an act of ridicule or protest.
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Also, the design is based on a Holden FJ, which is where the reason for the alphabet soup name is from.
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I remember seeing the Efijy at the Toronto Auto Show back when it was new.
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Darchangel posted:That's some cool poo poo, and the guy is just so excited about it. It's infectious. You should see videos when he geeks out about drums/videogames or lovely mp3 players.
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Humphreys posted:You should see videos when he geeks out about drums/videogames or lovely mp3 players. I literally gave zero fucks about drums until I started watching his videos. They're just fun.
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I'm in to the 110 film. My old man doing a truck pull with his daily driver.  Someone else doing it there with a Golden Eagle Jeep J10 which puts this in the late 70s.  And a steel wheel tractor.  e:  Some kind of altered wheelbase El Camino  
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Powershift posted:I'm in to the 110 film. now that's a truck 
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Powershift posted:truckpull pics This is awesome, I remember going to events with my dad that looked just like that in the late 70's, and he 100% was wearing the same plaid shirt as half the dudes pictured here. We were literally the only people wearing hearing protection, and for that I'm eternally grateful.
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I got to go for a ride in a pretty neat F40 a few weeks ago. Thought I would post few pics.. I do not have driving video because, um, possibly not street legal.
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It took about a week to get all my hearing back. Any ear damage was worth it though.
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I went to a car show today and saw many awesome things. Let me share them with you. Bubble top Impalas are awesome.  This truck-rear end truck is awesome.  This long and low Pontiac is awesome (and for sale for $150k!).  Hilariously wide tires that make no effort to fit properly are awesome.  Race car Corvairs are awesome.  Wagons are always awesome.  This S10 with a drift-spec angle kit and reversed headers just for the sake of running exhaust out the hood (complete with X-pipe) is awesome.  Engine setback measured in feet is awesome.  Lastly, this hilariously tiny truck is awesome. It was like a Photoshop come to life. It would have been funnier with an itty bitty open bed though.   
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CAR WASH DAY CAR WASH DAY HEY EVERY BUDDY IT'S CAR WASH DAY https://i.imgur.com/fPRUBMP.mp4
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WTFBEES posted:I went to a car show today and saw many awesome things. Let me share them with you. Every vehicle in each of those pictures is awesome.
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WTFBEES posted:This truck-rear end truck is awesome. Yes I know it's not the right model of car for that reference.
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The woke mind virus took away the hillbillies raping Ned Beatty style of movies we all love from our childhood. Speaking of hillbillies... not sure but I think this is the correct thread? https://twitter.com/midnightdorifto/status/1721991813316432129
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Ether Frenzy posted:The woke mind virus took away the hillbillies raping Ned Beatty style of movies we all love from our childhood. Right thread, IMO. Why didn't GM make an El Camino out of the last big station wagons? I know the answer, and the equivalent low-spec C/K/Silverados were better in every way, but it would have been cool.
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madeintaipei posted:Right thread, IMO. There was a concept car built around 1995, but the Caprice was dead in 1996, so gonna guess there was zero plan to do more than that.   
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widefault posted:There was a concept car built around 1995, but the Caprice was dead in 1996, so gonna guess there was zero plan to do more than that. Bitchin!
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Raluek posted:one thing too is that the caprice is a b-body, which is a fullsize platform. the el camino has always been midsized. imo come up with a new name if you're gonna change something fundamental like that Ford has no idea what you are talking about. Nor does Mitsubishi
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