It has to clear the "bumper" cover, which is missing.

bumper looks stock too. like the stock you'd find at the building supply yard.

So it is. Thank you.

Ooh, woody material... me wants.

^Want^

Not quite as pretty:

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Sarge would run out of ticket books.

Ha~!

My first thought was that he was driving it!

A note from one of my SSR Bros in Vegas this morning.
:mg:

20PSI, goddamn. At first I thought, man, he's gonna spend a fortune in tires. Then I read 20PSI, and I think he should add pistons to the list.

He has the right pistons, he has the right everything. ;)

He doesn't have the right symmetry.

Mounting limitations, I suppose.

He had to build the set up himself. The engine is offset to the passenger side from the factory. A change they made in '05 to accommodate a Tremac 6-spd.
All the electronics/electrical had to be moved out of the engine bay to the fender, for heat and to make room. He's started this a year and a half ago, has torn the engine down half a dozen times changing stuff, changed engines, replaced the trans, built a dual-fuel system, and a bunch of other stuff.

Surprise... The record set was 81,37 mph two way average.

Flea Market finds...

and gasoline!!!! hahahahhBOOM!

Alllllmost.

I like this car, the guy in the car must be admiring her hair style. ;)

Pretty slick ride.

Cragars and gangster whitewalls...Just say no.

Dude parked his car on a 1959 Vette.

I learned by reading the comments that it was a confused Old Lady what tore up that Vette.

That looks like a car built by west coast custom for some athlete or rapper, where the whitewalls are actually part of the rim powder coated white.

...

Thank god for tailfins, or else it'd be hard to tell if that one was comin or goin

Been there, seen it.

1953? Super Zoomie...

I hadn't heard of these...

VW busses.

Please pass. LOL

That one lights up, I assume on command. :)

Information has been released a drip at a time to build the hype, but it's supposed to be 200 lbs lighter than the 707 hp Hellcat, and in the neighborhood of 1000 hp. Keep in mind this was a factory prepared car for it's grand debut so not a guaranty of the same performance by the one you buy next year.

W.o.w.

You can tell by this original 1965 commercial, it took awhile for Pontiac to figure out the GTO’s target demographic.
The Mad Men envisioned their customers as the sporty married professionals in the commercial.
Pretty quick they found out the GTO’s real buyers were more likely to be found at the drag strips and drive-ins.



Pontiac ad man Jim Wangers knew, so he arranged for the GTO song to be produced, with Ronny and the Daytonas.

Man, I hate when that happens.

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Honestly, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Those tires and wheels are huge and heavy and they're obviously held on by the (relatively) tiny spindle. They get a LOT of movement, it seems like an obvious weak point.

I bet he stuck the landing though!

This is a cut-away of a 1948 Packard 327 ci, flathead, straight eight.
http://cellar.org/2017/packard.jpg

Would you like to see/hear that engine with a blower in a rat rod?

Sweeet.

Was that gear whine or a noisy blower? And where did that guy learn to shift? IMO he needs more practice.

It was a blown Packard straight-8. But he might have had a gear drive instead of timing belt.

I liked watching the shifter move around with the drivetrain.

Beer trucks...

that gps voice we all laugh at... it's laughing now.

I've seen so many pictures of Jones Street with trucks, tour busses, even limos hung up, I don't understand why it still happens.

1917, war mood, buy one for your state militia. :rolleyes:

Sounds right, a 7 passenger touring would cost at least that today. :thumb:

...the hell?:eyebrow:

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I'm guessing there's a d-i-v-o-r-c-e involoved...

Sterling kit car:

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Wiki link

Sterling Sports Cars

that's cool too!

Sterlings lost popularity when mini skirts went away. :blush:

You mean they were actually popular?

With people who disposable income for an extra, limited use, car. Think playmates in mini skirts, and wealthy men looking for that trophy 2nd or 3rd wife.

Buick Aficionados Unearth a Pair of Brand New ’87 Grand Nationals!

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592 miles and 807 miles; barn fresh; stickers still on the windows; cars are identical; build sheets are identical; consecutive VIN numbers!<--This means these cars have probably been together since the assembly line. Together on the truck that delivered them to the dealer, together. They probably left the dealer together. And they've survived together. And now they've been found together. And taken to a new home together.

That fucken rocks.:devil:

Moar pics at the link.

Wow, a buddy of mine stopped by and said he's just came from from putting $5000 down and ordering a new Camaro. I handed him the latest Car&Driver (they used to be printed on paper in those days), which had a comparison of the latest crop of muscle cars. He put down the magazine and walked out without a word, went and cancelled the Camaro, then straight to the Buick dealer his extended family had been buying Buicks from for decades. Got a super deal because this stiff collar dealership didn't have a clue. :lol:


High end cars usually have all the latest bells and whistles, which eventually work their way down to the cheaper models in time. It's a shame this brake temperature gage didn't survive the trickle down.

Trapping a Self-Driving Car is Surprisingly Easy

Would've just posted the video, but, there's essentially nothing to see.

Interesting, short article, though.

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1,000-HP 2017 Trans Am 455 Super Duty Bows in New York

They were holding out, keeping the good stuff for themselves. :(

Destruction for destruction's sake:headshake:



More aptly titled Drunks Going Whoo-Hoo! and Yeeeeaaahh!

:vomitblu:

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Different, unique, one of a kind... fortunately. :flycatch:

All it needs is a drywall bucket and a few half empty tubes of caulk rolling around in the bed.