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- Muncher0
I was at the launch of the newly reborn TVR's newly reborn Griffith (not my photographs)...
It's a nice enough looking car... all the more remarkable considering the long road back from the last decade's strange twists and turns for TVR.
It's a true-to-brand basic old fashion muscle car with a big engine and lots of noise.
It was also a predictably tragic rebirth ceremony that really summed up the British car industry. The pre-reveal anticipation-building music was 'Cum On Feel The Noize' by Slade, and then when that died down and the room fell into silence in anticipation we heard, from behind the curtain the glorious growl of a big valve V8 starting up. That lasted for about half a second, and then it died and wouldn't restart, and the curtain had to fall on a completely silent car.
- Here it is (go to 9:50), in all it's Grate British glory. We really know how to launch an exotic sports car.Muncher
- https://www.youtube.…Muncher
- bezoar-1
- detritus6
HO.LEE.SHIT.
- I likeHayzilla
- BMW 2002 lights, Alpina rimsmekk
- Like a Golf GTi and a Fiesta XR2 fucked after a drunken night in a Travel Lodge.
Approved.face_melter - More like a Golf and a Peugeot 205, imhoOBBTKN
- ^ ThisHayzilla
- Did a Chrysler PT rape a Fiat 500?Continuity
- How much pony power on this Honda?HijoDMaite
- Makes me yearn for a Peugeot 205 gtiLukeO
- Nice, has the shape of the original. The wheels don't really go, but I get its a concept car.sofakingback
- serial production planed for 2019...with same lights and smaller wheelsuan
- I like. just another concept car though :(inteliboy
- i REALLY like this. saw it on FB the other day. Cross between an old Golf and 205. Epic looking 'leccy hot hatch!microkorg
- love itmonospaced
- Looks a little like a VW but I still see mid 80s Civic.CyBrainX
- Looks like a hipster Pinto with Daytons, copying off of the Benz glowing logo.fyoucher1
- You have to hang out the window to check your charge.robthelad
- I wish Honda would do something cool. The Civic is fucking ugly as hell now, and the Fit has no power (but the manual box is nice).section_014
- looks like a toyBennn
- true, looks like a VW, neatfeel
- Like: Rims, Paint Coat
Dislike: Too fucking smallstoplying - I like itGM278
- I disagree that it looks like a golf. I own 2 of them and I can tell you these lines are much closer to the Civic early models. Look at the hatch and back windosofakingback
- https://hotrod205.fi…sofakingback
- Golfs have harder angled lines, with a pointier wedge feel. Civics have softer round lines. also, lower for and generally more compact looking...sofakingback
- even though the original golf is smaller, it's design feels more spacious, the higher roof helpssofakingback
- http://blog.caranddr…sofakingback
- Front grill is more like the golf than the civic imomicrokorg
- Love it. It's like they mashed the design language of the element with a 70s/80s civic http://i42.tinypic.c…monNom
- interesting.bklyndroobeki
- monospaced0
That concept Honda took a few visual cues from the original CVCC.
- CVCC is an engine, that's a picture of a pimped out first gen Civic.zarkonite
- I know. It used to be called the CVCC before the Civic :)monospaced
- It was never called a CVCC, It's always been a Civic. I think you're talking about the CVCC badging civics had. Think V-tec.sofakingback
- Yes. I owned one. It said CVCC on it not civic. That's how they're referred to in general in the cvcc community where I am. Didn't mean to confuse anyone :)monospaced
- I always figured civic was just the phonetic pronunciation of CVCC anyway no?monospaced
- elektro0
Saw this for sale 2 or 3 weeks ago
- do NOT buy an old car unless you are into fixing shit (i have 1973 car..)pr2
- I also have a 1973 car, and before that a 1960 car. You only need to be fixing shit if you bought a shit car.Muncher
- What you do need to do is to learn how to maintain a car properly and look after it, and frankly that's a lost art for 99% of the car owning population....Muncher
- ... and yet just as important for modern cars as it for old ones.Muncher
- yeah, "lost art" of maintaining rubber on a 45 year old car - someone lives in a fantasy world here.pr2
- That's where you've been going wrong pal. You can't maintain rubber. It perishes, and you replace it. Same as a modern.Muncher
- Sounds like you've bitten off more than you can chew out of a desire to pose in a retro. You're not alone, plenty make the same mistake & get out of their depthMuncher
- that's my point. pristine, garage kept car that's 45 years old will need constant replacement of parts. period.pr2
- so unless you are buying totally rebuild car (which means pretty much new car) - you will be spending tons of time under the hood.pr2
- NOTHING to do with maintenance (though that you will be doing too).pr2
- What rubber component on a 73 requires anything more than basic tools and an hour. That's not 'fixing shit' that's just car ownership....Muncher
- People think moderns are immune but then they wonder why they get $600 service bills. It's not an old car thing, its a blissful ignorance thing.Muncher
- So what exactly is wrong with your 44 year old car then?Muncher
- deteriorating rubber is everywhere in a car They are fucking hard to get to and replace. Cars aren't built for easy access. 1 hr can turn to day pretty easy.sothere
- Thats a corolla mango, fucking shoulda got that. they are tough to find and can look sick with period correct upgrades.sofakingback
- Miguex3
that honda concept below reminded of one my favorite toys as a kid
- pr2-1
For Muncher, re: silly comments that old cars don't need "fixing shit". This is what i've done to my "pristine" "well taken care of" "garage kept" 45 year old car in the past 9 months:
seals:
-- front and back windshield seals sealed
-- weather seal on left rear side replaced
-- weather seal near the hood replaced
-- rubber around vent windows fixed (TBD)engine:
-- battery replaced
-- battery tray replaced
-- exhaust manifold heat riser replaced
-- heat riser thermostat replaced
-- cold air intake hose fixed
-- engine air filter hose replaced
-- shifter bushing replaced
-- power steering belt replaced
-- carburetor replaced
-- carburetor adjusted
-- carburetor choke connected
-- choke adjusted
-- radiator over-fill hose replaced
-- radiator cap replaced
-- spark plugs replaced
-- spark plug wires replaced
-- heater valve replaced
-- heater valve wires fixed
-- timing adjusted
-- valves adjusted
-- head gasket changed
-- AC compressor replaced
-- AC dryer replaced
-- transmission linkage adjusted
-- transmission control rod bushing replacedchassis:
-- underside undercoated
-- rust spots fixed in the trunk
-- sound deadening all around the car
-- rust spots in the engine bay fixed
-- hood liner added
-- driver side rust fixed
-- floor mats added
-- trunk floor mat added
-- rust under battery tray fixedundercarriage:
-- tires replaced
-- rear stabilizer replaced
-- rubber exhaust o-rings replaced
-- idler arm bushings replaced
-- drag link replaced
-- steering damper replaced
-- read shock absorbers replaced
-- transmission mount replaced
-- differential mount replaced
-- subframe mounts replaced
-- engine mounts replaceddoors:
-- driver door interiors oiled
-- door check straps oiled
-- door hinges lubed
-- rear window crank replacedinterior:
-- doom light replaced
-- after market speaker grills added
-- under dash cardboard maintained
-- attached mug holder to the center console
-- attached mug holder to the rear seats
-- vents labels added
-- sun viziers replaced
-- de goo all interior surfaces
-- speaker cover fixedseats:
-- rear seats rejuvenated
-- front seatbelts replaced
-- front seat padding replacedfuel:
-- fuel pressure regulator added
-- fuel cap replaced
-- fuel vent line added-- windshield nozzles replaced
-- windshield hoses fixed
-- rubber hood seal added- What you do need to do is to learn how to maintain a car properly and look after it, and frankly that's a lost art for 99% of the car owning population...._niko
- I think you guys are saying the same thing_niko
- That sounds like a total clunker. I think yr secretly pissed at yourself for getting seduced by an aspirational self image and ripped off trying to pursue it.Muncher
- You wanted this for yourself... https://i.pinimg.com…Muncher
- And you got this... http://topclassiccar…Muncher
- that "doom light" thosofakingback
- Never replace the doom light. Never do that.Muncher
- and I really hate it when the mug holders have to be replaced. Damn.Muncher
- Maintaining the under dash cardboard is an absolute bitch. I hate under dash cardboard maintenance so much that I might get a Nissan Leaf next time.Muncher
- Got a quote for $500 to replace floor mats recently tho, so I'm saving up for that.Muncher
- dude, you never held a screwdriver, have you?pr2
- Your retort makes no sense. I have rebuilt engines on stands in the street. You have listed 'replacing a battery' in your list of fixes that have vexed you.Muncher
- and also 'tires replaced' because that affects old cars exclusively, right? Should have bought a modern car with those modern everlasting magic tires on.Muncher
- Why did you add a fuel pressure regulator PR2, and where did you fit it? Can you tell me which type of fuel pump you have? and what the new carburetor is?Muncher
- Muncher-2
PR2 you are clearly inexperienced and got ripped off, because there is an ocean of disparity between the classic car descriptor "Pristine" which you have used, and the long list of faults you have listed as being present over the last 9 months. You've been seduced by some car polish and bought a shiny dud. You also list some frankly hilarious items of maintenance, but let's not get distracted.
Pristine is not a polished car that hasn't been inspected. Pristine is a well maintained car. Clearly you have paid a high price for a badly maintained car. Don't condemn all old cars because of your own ignorance about what constitutes pristine or not.
As for me I've owned my current 1973 car for around two years and it has had one failed component in that time, the brake servo.
I paid a small price for the car, and it came to me with lots of apparent running faults. On paper its apparent faults would have added up to a seriously faulty vehicle to anyone that didn't have very much knowledge.
It took me half a day to get the car running sweet, and it has run sweet ever since. I do do maintenance checks on the car and will decide whether or not I want to take action to prevent further problems as and when I feel I should, but my car is as good and reliable as my wife's 2017 car, with the added assurance that it was built strong enough to still be on the road 44 years later without issue, and designed and built in such a way that there is almost no issue at all that cannot be dealt with using simple tools and a few hours.
This week I decided to drain and change the diff oil for example. This is not something that is relevant only to old cars. All cars need their mechanical fluids changed regularly. But it's hard to do on modern cars, and nobody even knows that it needs doing anymore, so new cars don't get all of their fluids changed annually as they should, and as a result new cars can incur serious knock-on effect problems. To change my diff oil I had to raise the car, remove the Watts Linkage and lower my rear axle onto jack stands due to the position of the filler nut. It took three spanners, a jack and two sets of jack stands, and about an hour to complete. I did it outside my house in the street. It cost me nothing but the price of 1litre of differential oil. In a modern car that could have cost me about £200 in garage time at a guess, and would have come with other charges for additional things that were discovered whilst doing this.
When my wife's car needs its fluids changing, she will have to take it back to the dealership and pay for it to be done by their certified technicians because it's nigh on impossible for the owner to do it now for various reasons. She will have to pay $X00s to get it done, but it has to be done. It's no different.
Modern car owners suffer from 'out of sight and out of mind' and assume their cars don't need any maintenance. They do need maintenance, but all the owners know about is the service bill that they have to pay, which lists additional things they didn't ask for and so they are certain it is an attempt to rip them off. It's ridiculous really to own a car, never do a damn thing to check or maintain it, and then grumble in suspicion that the garage that is looking after your car for you is ripping you off. They are merely trying to keep you safe by doing what needs to be doing, but if you don't understand cars, you can't understand that.
When people first buy classic cars they try to transfer their 'modern blissful ignorance' approach to old cars, and then find they have problems. You'd have the exact same issues if you bought a new car and failed to have it maintained though, in just a few short years.
- proud of yourself aren't you?
christ, what drivel.imbecile
- proud of yourself aren't you?
- sofakingback0
Im not gonna read all that shit, but I'll say this about owning an older car. It's not for everyone.
I own a 74, 87, 87, 80.
2 ground up builds, 2 "well maintained/low miles"
I don't give a shit who you are, how pristine, well kept, low miles, etc. After 30 years, shit breaks, hardens, rusts, etc. Rubber is the worst, it cracks all over the fucking car. Motor mounts and suspension rubber especially.
You want an old car? Ok, cool. Just set aside coin to replace essential parts.
On the positive side, these cars feel amazing once you get them back to spec.
- Yeah, true it's not for everyone, but when people do it and then bitch about it I think "You only have yourself to blame" because...Muncher
- shit will break on a modern car too, but it's all hidden behind a screen of ignorance about how cars work when you buy something modern.Muncher
- Post pics of your cars Sofaking... would love to see them. I can put some of mine too, although my car is fucking filthy at the moment. = )Muncher
- I was just gonna say, I've owned new cars too and those are more costly when something goes wrong. Old cars can be fixed by just about anyone.sofakingback
- I avoid having electronics like power windows when I can, its a nightmare when you can't figure out whats wrong with the system. at least with 80s carssofakingback
- I have somewhere on this thread, i can post again if its not seen as attention whoring. lolsofakingback
- I also prefer to avoid any fancy electrics. Post them up. Maybe we should have a different thread for car owners stuff.Muncher
- that would be cool. great ideasofakingback
- Muncher-3
Okay so I'm going to concede that there is an overlap between your point PR2 and my own. And I agree with Sofaking that older cars are not for everyone, because part of the deal with owning old cars is that you ought to really be able to take advantage of the fact you can do a lot of the ongoing maintenance work yourself, rather than paying out a tonne of money to specialists who do very simple things for you because you can't do them.
So I think the experience between old and new is simply that old means you should know what's going on yourself, and you need to maintain it yourself (and enjoy that as part of the experience), and new means you drive around without so much as lifting the hood even once (why bother... there's a big piece of logo-embellished plastic underneath that's shaped like the top of an engine, and it hides the engine below) and you drop it off once a year to specialists, and pay for other people do do simple maintenance and prevention work for you, without ever really understanding what they've done.
I get a little bit annoyed by the perception that old cars are unreliable though, because they are really quite the opposite. My car is 44 years old (or 45 going by PR2's estimate) and it has survived climate, hundreds of thousands of miles, and periods of neglect and is a turn key faultless driver.
That's not a definition of unreliable, that's the very definition of reliable. And sure, stuff will be wearing out, but how many of today's cars will still be on the road in 15 year's time...
... very few. Because there is so much more stuff that can become obsolete and un-replaceable on modern cars.
- I think my old vs new point is made adequately if you visit any forum that gathers modern car drivers together, because they are full of people...Muncher
- asking for help because they have a juddering clutch, a water leak, locked brakes, error codes that put their cars into limp mode, sensor problems....Muncher
- ... hard starting, overheating, weird noises, wobbly steering etc etc.Muncher
- But people say "Old cars are hard work"... it's bullshit. Looking after a car is hard work, full stop, and shit goes wrong on every age and every brand of car.Muncher
- 2013 BMW...
https://s26.postimg.…Muncher - 2017 Honda CRV...
https://s26.postimg.…Muncher - Car forums are populated by millions of people with modern car problems they can't solve themselves.Muncher
- new cars are plagued with either poor assembly years or faulty equipment. But thats not always the case, there's good new cars out there. Few, but there are.sofakingback
- I agree that older cars are just as reliable as new cars. But I'll say this, new cars tend to have a more comfortable daily driver experience.sofakingback
- I love my old cars, but daily driving them can be a pain some times. Not to mention the fear of having someone damage the car.
When I use a new car, I rest...sofakingback - a little easier. There's nothing cool about it though, its like brushing my teeth or doing laundry. ZZzzzzzz....sofakingback
- detritus1
I've been surprised recently reading a fair amount of forum feedback around tehwebs about how apparently poor quality a lot of German and luxury cars are and how much time they spend getting fixed up in the garage over a couple year span - and these are new cars. This from the context of people defending/accusing electric cars of having more/less problems and service issues.
I grew up believing german cars were unreproachable and I guess I'd assumed that luxury would equate to well-built.
Point is, I'm no mechanic but I'm fairly confident I could bluster my way through basic repairs and maintenance on an older car, but whenever I see under the hood of a modern car, it's not even magic — it's like staring at an epoxy-coated microchip — it's a total fucking mystery where anything even is, never mind how to fix it.
- Today is the day of run-on sentences, apparently.detritus
- I'm not too sure I ended up resolving a point in all that. Apos.detritus
- You make a good point. It simply isn't possible to self-maintain a modern car without some serious diagnostic equipment, proprietary skills and...Muncher
- a willingness to throw away a whole chunk of the car just because a bulb or a sensor has died.Muncher
- As for German stuff. It used to be thoroughly over-engineered. Get a W123 or W124 Merc and you're good for life (with care and maintenance)Muncher
- but the German auto industry learned to downgrade quality for economy from the rest of the world and now they are no more sturdy or reliable than anyone else's.Muncher
- pr2-1
Muncher you got on some self-induced delusion ride making up claims i never made. To say "don't buy old car unless you like fixing shit" doesn't automatically mean that old cars aren't reliable (as in it does start all the time and drives). They are quite basics devices devoid of computers so they will run unit something major breaks down. You are, as pointed out by sofaking above denying basic physics and chemistry which annoys me more than your personal insinuation about how little i supposedly know about cars. The never-ending list of shit i had to do to my garage kept, fixed-at-dealership, well-cared-for car should at least clue you in that you are not talking to someone who never held a screwdriver - so have some basic respect. You can keep your car in a garage and drive it for 1 mile every few months and 45 year old rubber will deteriorate. Period. And there is way more rubber on cars than just door seals. The padding will turn to dust after decades and vinyl will start showing small cracks here and there. This is not, as i stayed already, due to lack of maintenance but because chemistry and physics. You can keep you car in your living room and massage it every day before going to sleep and you will still run into shit like speedo cable starts grinding inside the speedometer. Nowhere in the maintenance books does it say - lubricate the speedo cable - because no maintenance book assumes people keeping a car for 45 years.
Cars this old, no matter how much love they got in their life, will slowly break down. All rubber components will have to be slowly replaced and you will have to re-lube strange places you never think of lubbing up. Unless you love it (and i personally don't mind it at all) or want to keep on discovering new "shit to fix" every few weeks - don't buy an old car or spend $$$ to buy a totally re-built car (in essence a new car). Don't take my word for it. Go to any classic car forum and they will tell you the same thing: you have to love that car as you are in for a long ride.
Again, this doesn't mean you will not love that you know exactly how your machine works. You will visit every nook and cranny of your car and know intimately what makes it go and there is tremendous sense of satisfaction it. This "know how shit works" is more important to me than countless hours i've put (and still am) into fixing it but i'm certain someone else might not be so keen about spending so much time in their garage.
- So, Why did you add a fuel pressure regulator, and where did you fit it? Can you tell me which type of fuel pump you have? and what the new carburetor is?...Muncher
- ... because I'm interested in learning from somebody with far greater experience and knowledge such as yourself.Muncher
- I'd love to know what grade of fuel line you fitted when you were replacing the carb and presumably the fuel pump, and fitting a new carb.Muncher
- Because it would be dumb as shit to fit a shiny new carb but keep on using old fuel hose that's being eaten by modern fuel. What kind of fuel hose did you use?Muncher
- (and fitting a new fuel pressure regulator^^)Muncher
- and can we see your car too please? That would be awesome. I'd love to see what a proper classic car guy drives.Muncher
- Heres a few shots of me and my buddy pulling his V8 to replace head gaskets and intake manifold. Took us a whole morning because we're so clueless haha!...Muncher
- https://postimg.org/…Muncher
- ^ Started at 9am but didn't get thing back on the road until almost 2pm, what with new headgaskets and various other things we decided to do.Muncher
- on every classic car forum (and i'm part of 2) there is always one guy who talks a lot but when it comes to details, he runs away.pr2
- it seems you are one of those guys.pr2
- you think you can catch someone's fallacy by pointing out that you don't need fuel pressure regulator with electric pump but it's only proving how limited...pr2
- ...your knowledge is. Some carbs, i bet you didn't know that, require lower pressure than even mech pump outputs.pr2
- any other questions that reveal more about you?pr2
- you clearly are not afraid to get your hands dirty but i suspect when it comes to theory, why shit works the way it does, you would rather skip that class.pr2
- i can bang on the wall with "shit gets old - those are the rules of the universe" and you still would answer "no it doesn't" to which all i can do ...pr2
- ...is tell you to vote for Trump again.pr2
- Oh dear. Nothing you say makes any sense. You're just lashing out angrily. Sorry I upset you. Just enjoy your car and learn as you go.Muncher
- 2 pieces of advice based on 30 years of experience: 1 focus on getting the mechanicals rights and sweet before you start doing the cosmetic stuff.Muncher
- 2 Don't add anything to try and solve a problem. It might appear to work, but you haven't solved the problem, and it will get worse...Muncher
- Very few old road cars need a fuel pressure regulator, and if it didn't come with one from factory, it wont need one now unless you have made significant mods.Muncher
- Significant mods doesn't mean changing the carb. You may need a different pump, or somebody removed your RTT, or your carb float is set wrong, or wrong jets.Muncher
- Happy to have a chat directly/offline if you want to discuss any issues. I may be able to help.Muncher
- I'd be interested to know what the symptoms are that you have tried to fix with the FPR. I suspect you either have wrong pump, busted pump, or air in fuel.Muncher
- And finally, I do concede your original point to a degree... it's a gamble buying old cars, but it's not a given that it will always be a lot of work...Muncher
- I buy cars that don't run, and I make them run again. Once they are right, they are easy to live with and reliable. It's cars that are not looked after well...Muncher
- that cause problems for people getting into classic cars for the first time. My current car is a 73 - still on a lot of its original rubber parts. True story!Muncher
- sofakingback0
gentlemen, gentlemen, lets get back to the real issue here.
Why hasn't Jesus answered my prayers and blessed me with my dream car yet?!?!?!?!
ugh, been drooling over this car for 20 years now. It just gets more and more expensive too. fuck.
- It's a beauty for sure. The price will never go downwards on these. = (Muncher
- yea, hell no. This one is in the history books. The best I can hope for is a replica made out of the normal GT model. The GTR 2000 is well over $200ksofakingback
- Muncher-2
My current car isn't a car I'm very fond of or attached to. It was a cheap consolation prize to replace a much loved and unique car I owned before it. I had to get rid of that though because it was all custom engineering and very expensive to have as a road car (it was a track racer that was converted from a factory built works rally car in 1960), and I decided to leave my job just as it really needed a bespoke throwout bearing with a special bearing race made from scratch to replace the one that had finally worn out after 50 years of hard competition. So that went back into the hands of a racing team and I bought something cheap and easy to tide me over, with a view to selling it on after a year of enjoying it. I'm two years in to owning it now but will be selling it in the Spring and I hope to buy one of these because I've always wanted one...
Vintage pan-American rally rebuild. *DROOOOL* And you can get a replica of Fangio's original pan-American Chevy too *DROOOOL*
- so dope, I love those pan-amaerican rally cars. So you're trying to buy that one?sofakingback
- No not that one. These things are built on commission to enter into serious long distance rallies, and the people who commission them quickly want to upgrade...Muncher
- So there is a heathy market in cars that have done a couple of campaigns and are put up for sale. The owners rarely understand mechanics, so they'll...Muncher
- sell them on because something is busted, and they will require some work but are essentially good solid vehicles. Hard life for cars tho, long distance ralliesMuncher
- I'll look at what's available next year. Buy cheap, fix the busted bits, live happily ever after.Muncher
- The kind of starter cars I will be looking at are slightly underpowered which is the main reason for upgrading, but easily good enough for road use. =)Muncher
- very cool. start up that thread, keep us posted theresofakingback
- eh, I'm a ways of buying one of these yet. I have to sell mine first.Muncher
- trooperbill0
currently obsessing over 1960-70 (pre power cap) classic american muscle cars. no idea how to import one to the uk or maintain one but #midlifecrisis lol
loving the plymouth fury, amc amx etc
- There are lots of examples already in the UK, and lots of forums where they are bought and sold, and importing them is quite easy (but can be pricey and risky)Muncher
- ebay is surprisingly good for US muscle. Only issue you get with yanks in UK is when you need a part you have to wait months sometimes to find it.Muncher
- '67 Fury, £8k...
http://www.ebay.co.u…Muncher - Dude, those AMC AMX are siiiiiiiiiiick. They might not have a great build reputation, but the aesthetics are awesome. love'emsofakingback
- These look like good fixer-uppers, but it depends on your budget. I tend to go cheap and broken, then fix...Muncher
- http://www.ebay.co.u…Muncher
- http://www.ebay.co.u…Muncher
- This one could be a problem child...http://www.e...Muncher
- Yea, I can't afford anything thats trending. Which makes for some interesting options.sofakingback
- http://www.ebay.co.u…Muncher
- http://www.ebay.co.u…Muncher
- One word of advice... never buy a convertible classic car.Muncher
- (^ To TrooperBill)Muncher
- Wife's uncle has 3 1970 Dodge Challengers in his barn. One he's restoring with another parts car. And another numbers matching t/a that needs frame off resto.dirtydesign
- sofakingback1
how about a Plymouth Road Runner
Possibly in green! dead.
- fooler-1
I always loved the Road Runners baby brother, the Dart Swinger.
- my uncle has his still - brown with glitter/sparlkes (or whatever you cal that paint finish)Gnash
- Candyflake.Muncher
- ^ what do you know about cars, poser!Gnash
- (thanks, Muncher :)Gnash
- I like those too.sofakingback
- Also, it's called Metallic Paint if the sparkles are small and can't distinguish them immediately. This form is most commonly used on carssofakingback
- Then theres metal flake, which is has bigger flakes and are very distinguishable. Candy, just refers to the color type. You can have candy paint without flakes.sofakingback
- Although candy paints usually have a different mixture application process than normal auto paint, which gives it that dynamic look hot rod guys likesofakingback
- automotive paint is insane and a nightmare. But the end results can be mind blowing.sofakingback
- HijoDMaite1
start @ 1:23
- _niko0
Hey Muncher, am I doing this right? Am I putting enough carburetor in the Johnson rod?
- lol. where is this from?VectorMasked
- "putting oil in the engine"trooperbill
- You're doing okay, but make sure you torque the plenum bypass orchestrator... and PUT SOME DAMN OVERALLS ON.Muncher
- I saw a similar video years ago, but with a Ferrari or something pricey. Stupid.sofakingback
- There was another one of a Redbull promo girl filling her Redbull promo mini with cans of Redbull because she'd run out of fuel.Muncher
- < This one has to be fake though. Camerawork, styling and lighting say 'slapstick movie clip' to me.Muncher
- It's from a german comedy-show. https://www.youtube.…Longcopylover
- haha Muncher :)monospaced
- Muncher0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/…
This year's flying car concept creating a buzz, like all the others going back to circa 1999.
I love the fact that people are pushing at this, but I wonder why so many people throw so much money at developing these things. They sit on a fault line between road use and aviation and can't be used for either.
You wouldn't be allowed to use airfields, and you wouldn't be allowed on the road. The best innovation that anyone could focus on when trying to bring about the dawn of personal airborne transport is to tackle the rules and legislation that defines what's possible.
And then after that, design and get approved a whole new set of laws, rules, and operational networks that these hybrids can use.
Then it might be worth investing millions in developing a product.
At which point anyone who might buy one would realise that it's quicker to drive from point to point than to fly around the circuitous safety route needed to get their by carplane.
Sigh.
Good effort though. Well done.