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Started by ducatiz, November 08, 2010, 05:00:53 AM

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ducatiz

#105
November 11, 2010, 06:30:39 AM
you'd want one lowered like that?

seems a shame to do to the samba

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Monsterlover

#106
November 11, 2010, 07:37:49 AM
This guy lives about a half hour from me. . .





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ducatiz

#107
November 11, 2010, 07:54:11 AM
it just annoys me.. it's like buying a $200/lb steak and cooking it in the microwave.  [bang]

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Monsterlover

#108
November 11, 2010, 07:59:03 AM
That's the way I feel about those buses in their oem state.

Id have no problem pushing the button on the crusher to rid our world of one more of those.

;D
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Speeddog

#109
November 11, 2010, 09:57:31 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on November 11, 2010, 07:54:11 AM
it just annoys me.. it's like buying a $200/lb steak and cooking it in the microwave.  [bang]


You mean using a puny little small-block?
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ducatiz

#110
November 11, 2010, 10:08:13 AM
I mean gutting classic cars to make them into a frankenstein like that poor vw bus.  Seems there are plenty of dodge caravans in the scrapyard to do that with over a real classic vw!
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GAAN

#111
November 11, 2010, 10:15:54 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on November 11, 2010, 10:08:13 AM
I mean gutting classic cars to make them into a frankenstein like that poor vw bus.  Seems there are plenty of dodge caravans in the scrapyard to do that with over a real classic vw!

That veewee looks better now than it ever has or will. They were frankenstiens from the factory

ducatiz

#112
November 11, 2010, 10:33:04 AM
The basic design is from the late 30s.  Can't judge them by modern eyes.  They were very forward looking- their longevity and popularity attest to that
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GAAN

#113
November 11, 2010, 11:13:23 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on November 11, 2010, 10:33:04 AM
The basic design is from the late 30s.  Can't judge them by modern eyes.  They were very forward looking- their longevity and popularity attest to that

my pops has been a street rod builder since I was 7 or so

and

even with my ingrained appreciation for the '30's and '40's

the Volkswagon bug/bus is a turd

ducatiz

#114
November 11, 2010, 11:34:31 AM
Quote from: Mother on November 11, 2010, 11:13:23 AM
my pops has been a street rod builder since I was 7 or so

and

even with my ingrained appreciation for the '30's and '40's

the Volkswagon bug/bus is a turd

that's cool.  to each his own.  the market voted otherwise.  the Bug was made until 2003, over 21 million made..   and the bus in its various incarnations was made until the early 90s.  The Caravelle was the same body with Golf engine.

People love them.  I restored them thru college to make money.  Simplistic mechanical design, but amazing engineering.  Say what you will, but no one has a car/truck that even comes close to the cultural impact, innovation and interesting design.
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GAAN

#115
November 11, 2010, 12:49:14 PM
Jeeps are an aesthetic puss filled wound

cheaply underbuilt

aerodynamically unstable

with horrid fuel mileage

and

leak more water into the cab than they leak oil onto the road

I've driven one since I got a license and will drive nothing else

I get the veewee thing

orangelion03

#116
November 11, 2010, 01:03:00 PM
Quote from: Mike_D on November 11, 2010, 05:27:04 AM
#1  1970 Plymouth Superbird with 440 Hemi and a six-pack





A buddy of mine in high school came from a family of NASCAR fanatics...in the 70s.  He had two older brothers (both firemen), one owned a Superbird, the other a Daytona.  My friend "borrowed"  the Daytona one Friday while the bros were on duty and we drove to Riverside Raceway for the NASCAR Winston West road race...January 1974.  It was like driving a pit pass!  They let us in the gate without paying and let us park in the paddock area.   Got autographs from Gurney, Yarborough, Petty, Pearson, McGriff.  Pretty cool stuff for an 18 year old.
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Speedbag

#117
November 11, 2010, 01:59:07 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on November 11, 2010, 09:57:31 AM
You mean using a puny little small-block?

+1

It would have been far cooler with a blown fuel Hemi.
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rgramjet

#118
November 11, 2010, 02:21:04 PM
Quote from: Mike_D on November 11, 2010, 05:27:04 AM
#1  1970 Plymouth Superbird with 440 Hemi and a six-pack




Dang!
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fastwin

#119
November 11, 2010, 04:57:02 PM
Love those cars. Weird/sad story it being Veterans Day and all. When I was in high school some neighbors down the street had a son that joined the Army and went to Viet Nam. He had a 1970 yellow Superbird. The parents kept it in the back driveway covered with a tarp. I made it a point to walk our family dog down that street as often as I could. Any time I saw the parents I would go up and ask if I could look at the car. They were very nice and always said yes. I never saw it move or them ever driving it. I so badly wanted to ask them to take me for a drive but never did. I was hoping they would offer. I knew asking to drive it would be foolish so I kept my mouth shut hoping for just a ride.

Later I found out their son had been killed in Nam. I went off to college and for a long time when I came home I would look and it still would be there with the tarp getting old and ratty over time. After spending summer away at school I came home and they and the car were gone. They had moved and I have always wondered what happened to that mint, stock yellow 'Bird.
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