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bandman posted:Rarest thing posted so far in this thread. I dunno, man. I knew mine was 'the one' when she stayed up all night with me before her college graduation to strip parts off a Toyota minitruck somebody had abandoned and burned in the woods. Aside from that, none of our vehicles is particularly rare, unless you count my FJ40 since there really aren't all that many left. Though, the Leaf is sort of rare...
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The perfect thread for me to plug my own car. No: 435 of 724 though a lot fewer of them are around these days. Mine is currently not running but I aspire to have it as close as original as possible. *Edit: It is a Volvo TP21 (Raptgb 915 / Sugga / Sow). Fimbulvetr fucked around with this message at 17:20 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 10:54
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That thing is awesome and I hope it comes out perfect. Nothing I own is rare, or more rare than five figure build quantities anyways. I ruin poo poo too fast to buy rare things  What I work on 5 days a week though... one of one (so far) and one of one legally*. In fact, this is the only 2009 model that will ever exist. The next will be a 2014 or 2015, I believe we will be making a few dozen of those.  * unless you know of another vehicle with both a VIN plate and an aircraft identification plate, that is  E: I have driven it, but it wasn't certified for two pilot operation at that point so I haven't gotten to fly it. kastein fucked around with this message at 15:44 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 15:40
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Is that the Aptera?
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Not terribly rare cars, but I may be the first person I know to own pretty much the entire early 80s Honda lineup 30 years after the fact.  
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May 21, 2014 16:24
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Fimbulvetr posted:The perfect thread for me to plug my own car. So , uhm. What am I looking at?
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Raluek posted:There's a UK goon who talks about almost nothing else, however I think he drives a black taxi? Computer viking posted:So , uhm. What am I looking at?
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May 21, 2014 17:16
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Computer viking posted:So , uhm. What am I looking at? InitialDave posted:Volvo Sugga, I believe. Yes, that is a Volvo TP21, or "Sow"/"Sugga". Officially it is named "Radiopersonterrängbil 915" and was in production between 1954 and 1957. So, sorry that I forgot to include what car it was, I have edited the original post.
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May 21, 2014 17:19
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I first encountered the Sugga in Just Cause 2 (video game) and assumed it was just some awesome thing the game designers made up. When I found out a couple years later that it was a real vehicle I was amazed. I love the looks of it, but due to the rarity (and off-road ability) they are rather expensive. I hope you'll post more about it Fimbulvetr.
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May 21, 2014 17:28
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That is a gorgeous car - I looooove me that sloped overhang over the grille and lights. First-gen (OK, 5th gen, too) Mustang, E12, E28, E23, E21, E30, hell the C10 Skyline a little bit: sign me the gently caress up!
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May 21, 2014 18:12
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Kenshin posted:Is that the Aptera? It's the Terrafugia Transition. Almost all carbon fiber, Rotax 912 (ULS in the current prototype, iS for next prototype and production) @ 100hp (limited by class - as a light sport aircraft, no more than 100hp is permitted), drives like a car, flies like a plane. PS: we are hiring - I believe current positions include vehicle mechanical engineers and CAD designers, but not entirely sure. Check the website for more info if anyone's interested in working here.
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May 21, 2014 18:18
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kastein posted:It's the Terrafugia Transition. Almost all carbon fiber, Rotax 912 (ULS in the current prototype, iS for next prototype and production) @ 100hp (limited by class - as a light sport aircraft, no more than 100hp is permitted), drives like a car, flies like a plane. Wow, I want to ask all about this but this isn't the appropriate thread. I bet you'd get a lot of positive responses if you made a thread in AI about your job and the car-plane you work on. (unless you already have and I haven't seen it!)
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May 21, 2014 19:28
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Fimbulvetr posted:Yes, that is a Volvo TP21, or "Sow"/"Sugga". No worries. I see we never bought it over here - apparently the Norwegian army survived on leftover US trucks and jeeps for a few decades.
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May 21, 2014 20:17
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your photo makes it look like a flying box truck
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May 22, 2014 01:07
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God drat I want
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SimianNinja posted:That is a gorgeous car - I looooove me that sloped overhang over the grille and lights. First-gen (OK, 5th gen, too) Mustang, E12, E28, E23, E21, E30, hell the C10 Skyline a little bit: sign me the gently caress up! You can have this car for scrap value. It just started smoking to the point where I'm embarrassed to drive it and I'm more into volvos now anyhow. compression is 145 125 144 125. I have a spare engine and a whole bunch of parts. It's too pretty to go to the junkyard and I don't have the time to fix it so it sits in my yard taunting me.
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I think my 1989 Isuzu Impulse turbo with handling by Lotus is somewhat rare. The only figures I could find were from 2010 registrations in the US totaling 1650, 99 of those being 89's. Also according to wikipedia: "The Impulse was produced in very low numbers, totaling slightly over 13,000 units, with that number including the production of the Isuzu Stylus. The Impulse is considered today to be one of the rarest 80's/90's era automobiles." With that said, I'm currently swapping a 3.4L 60* V6 from an F-body into it. I might throw my Xterra Eaton M62 supercharger on it later too. 
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NinjaTech posted:I think my 1989 Isuzu Impulse turbo with handling by Lotus is somewhat rare. The only figures I could find were from 2010 registrations in the US totaling 1650, 99 of those being 89's. Also according to wikipedia: "The Impulse was produced in very low numbers, totaling slightly over 13,000 units, with that number including the production of the Isuzu Stylus. The Impulse is considered today to be one of the rarest 80's/90's era automobiles." Oh god I love the Impulse, please contact me if you ever want to sell it.
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Interesting thread, I'll play. I had a 2001 Audi S4 Avant in Cactus Green. After doing research and contacting Audi of America, I concluded that Audi only bought in 13 of these cars for the B5 S4 chassis run in Avant form painted with the Cactus Green color. It was a fuckin' sweet color.   
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Leroy Diplowski posted:You can have this car for scrap value. It just started smoking to the point where I'm embarrassed to drive it and I'm more into volvos now anyhow. compression is 145 125 144 125. I have a spare engine and a whole bunch of parts. It's too pretty to go to the junkyard and I don't have the time to fix it so it sits in my yard taunting me. Where do you live? Seriously.
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May 23, 2014 00:12
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GramCracker posted:Cactus Green  that's an awesome color. That looks sexy as hell.
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Rhyno posted:Where do you live? IIRC he lives in Florida. No Accord for you
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leica posted:IIRC he lives in Florida. No Accord for you Curses!
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:
Yea, it was sexy as hell and silly unique  Except I'm an idiot and sold it...for an Abarth 
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blk posted:Oh god I love the Impulse, please contact me if you ever want to sell it. Where were you 2 years ago when I was trying to sell it?! At this point I don't think I'll be selling it. It's also missing a decent amount of the original parts.
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Leroy Diplowski posted:You can have this car for scrap value. It just started smoking to the point where I'm embarrassed to drive it and I'm more into volvos now anyhow. compression is 145 125 144 125. I have a spare engine and a whole bunch of parts. It's too pretty to go to the junkyard and I don't have the time to fix it so it sits in my yard taunting me. I wish I had the know how to fix it. Because you're in florida Id love to snatch that poo poo up. Its so nice. Who wants to help rebuild it and teach me how to play mechanic? I'll provide beer! I'm totally serious. EbolaIvory fucked around with this message at 18:17 on May 23, 2014 |
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Personally I like this car: What type of Honda is it and what year was it made? Thank you.
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Fimbulvetr posted:Personally I like this car: That's an 85-86 CRX.
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blk posted:Oh god I love the Impulse, please contact me if you ever want to sell it. If you are seriously looking for an impulse, I know a guy trying to sell his.
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trouser chili posted:If you are seriously looking for an impulse, I know a guy trying to sell his. You could say that were anyone in the market for one, any purchase would be...  An Impulse buy.
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Noeland posted:You could say that were anyone in the market for one, any purchase would be... No you couldn't, because that would get you punched.
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May 24, 2014 14:03
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This probably doesn't count as "rare", but Also a couple of ST185s.
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May 24, 2014 14:29
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I had no idea you were the original owner. You very well may be the only original owner of a completely unmolested and unthrashed ITR. I know someone with who owns that exact same type-r who bought it new. So there is at least two out there.
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Fimbulvetr posted:Personally I like this car: It's an '84 crx. The first year ever made. The 85-86 models had slightly different headlights and front fascia. Also, the si model came out in '85. All of the '84s were carb'd.
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Data Graham posted:This probably doesn't count as "rare", but From the spoiler I'm guessing that's the V8? Either way, how do you like it?
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Data Graham posted:This probably doesn't count as "rare", but Twin turbo V8? My friend had one of these until he passed away and his son had to sell it. I got to drive it once, and my hands shook for an hour afterwards. It had after market BOV and was chipped. poo poo, what a car.
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Data Graham posted:This probably doesn't count as "rare", but I should probably know what this is but I have no idea. I do, however, know that it looks sexy as gently caress and I want one.
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May 24, 2014 21:43
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It's a late model Lotus Esprit.
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Yup, a 2000. Made shortly before they replaced the taillights with the round "Elise-style" ones that are the wrongest possible thing they could ever have done to the car stylistically. Round does not go on an Esprit, fuuuuck. Stop even trying to pretend those two cars were designed by the same people. How do I like it? It's been temperamental, but good to me nonetheless. Stock, it desperately needs more cooling capacity than the weak-rear end radiator it comes with provides; it overheated like a mother for a long time before the headers cracked right off the core (lovely epoxy is the other good reason to replace it). Also a coil-on-plug conversion is a must because the plug wires are routed right between the heads and they get all toasty and cracked and you have to explain to the people at the meetup that you're driving one of the ultra-rare twin-turbo V7 models. One of these days it's getting a transmission swap too, because the stock Renault-sourced one won't tolerate much more than the 400 hp you can comfortably tune it up to via chip mods. But other than that, geeez it's been a fun car. I drove it cross-country back in '07 and it didn't complain a bit whether I was climbing Lincoln Summit west of Cheyenne or crossing the Bonneville Salt Flats at 160+ (  ). I was pretty pleased with myself for having the most interesting car in Nebraska, but then just west of North Platte a loving Veyron went past in the opposite direction 
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Oh man, that Esprit is so awesome. Totally on my car bucket list. I have a couple things that are probably rare, Im not driving them yet so it doesnt really count, yet. The first is my 1926 IH "speed truck". Its all there and its soon up on my getting running list. Its not rare in the sense of production numbers but its all original and complete. Wood cab and all. It "ran when parked" about 30 years ago, Im hoping it just takes cleaning out the old varnished gas because I cant imagine that anyone in the world makes parts for it anymore. I think I'm going to have to work with what I have and make parts as needed.  It even has a crank start. I was never ever going to mess with that but I found that it also has an electric starter.  But this car, needing a total restoration is really rare. Its a 1932 Buick Roadster. There were only 238 of these made that year. It had 105hp that year which was incredible compared to the Stovebolt Chevys and the first year of the Ford flathead. It would have smoked both of them in easy Buick straight 8 smoothness.  Im going to practice my restoration skills on a few more cars/trucks before I get to the Buick but oh man, it will be worth the wait. Ill be pulling it out of the barn this year sometime and I cant wait. It has some weird feature where you can pull a lever and adjust the suspension stiffness. I dont know anything about that yet but its what my uncle tells me about it. I know Im kinda disqualified from the thread since neither of them are driveable yet but I cant imagine anyone in AI having something older than 1926.
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