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Started by KnightofNi, October 21, 2008, 07:15:06 PM

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OwnyTony

#30
October 22, 2008, 04:12:55 PM
17 years to build in a the comfort of your basement and a place you have access to no matter the conditions out side.  If the project would have only taken a week and you had to bust open your house to get to it then maybe dumb.  17 years?  The longer it takes to build,  the smarter it seems to me.

17 years to build, one day of demoing a 12x7 cinder block wall and couple cubic yards of dirt.  Not bad [clap] [clap] [clap]

derby

#31
October 22, 2008, 04:14:37 PM
Quote from: KnightofNi on October 22, 2008, 04:10:57 PM
i think he should have just added a secondary entrance. i mean he already has the hole there.

that argument might not work with his wife....






...oh, you were talking about putting a door in the basement!  ;D
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ducpainter

#32
October 22, 2008, 04:18:18 PM
Quote from: KnightofNi on October 22, 2008, 04:10:57 PM
i think he should have just added a secondary entrance. i mean he already has the hole there.
Quote from: derby on October 22, 2008, 04:14:37 PM
that argument might not work with his wife....






...oh, you were talking about putting a door in the basement!  ;D
honey...

you always wanted a walkout...

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KnightofNi

#33
October 22, 2008, 04:21:23 PM
Quote from: derby on October 22, 2008, 04:14:37 PM
that argument might not work with his wife....






...oh, you were talking about putting a door in the basement!  ;D

that would be a 3rd entrance.
that usually doens't fly.
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Monsterlover

#34
October 22, 2008, 05:07:11 PM
Quote from: KnightofNi on October 22, 2008, 04:10:57 PM
i think he should have just added a secondary entrance. i mean he already has the hole there.

Yeah, seriously.  How else would he get the next project out?
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NeufUnSix

#35
October 23, 2008, 08:24:16 AM
This guy makes kit car makers look like tools. Where most people would just slap a fiberglass body on a Fiero, he built a correct frame and bodywork from scratch and installed a kickass race motor. I'm staggered, and I want videos of it on the road!

It would be neat if someone built a series repro ala Superformance GT40 - for the same cost of a ratty old Countach you'd get all modern construction and mechanicals and likely better overall performance than the original. Think about it, it would be wicked.
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#36
October 23, 2008, 08:44:39 AM
Anyone else think of how much it would suck for him to wrap it around a guardrail two weeks into getting it on the road?
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Gator

#37
October 23, 2008, 10:28:11 AM
Quote from: somebastid on October 23, 2008, 08:44:39 AM
Anyone else think of how much it would suck for him to wrap it around a guardrail two weeks into getting it on the road?

It would give him something to do.


I just think if he had rented smokey and the bandit instead of cannon ball run he could have bought a trans-am and kept 17 years of his life. ;D


Great job.
maybe I'll look him up and see if I can use his basement/skills to build a desmosedici now that he has nothing to do.

Speedbag

#38
October 23, 2008, 10:41:40 AM
I think 17 years of labor might count up a bit. Probably cheaper to just buy the D16 now and enjoy it.  ;)
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darkduc7

#39
October 23, 2008, 09:59:04 PM
this guy is a god. here i am worried about a 2v motor swap  :o
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