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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2007, 10:43:14 PM »
I'd love a garage size lathe

someone must need a giant robot

http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/1166650664/1166650664ss.htm

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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2007, 04:54:00 PM »
How about a mid engined old school Prelude?

http://www.casc.on.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=10110
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #27 on: January 12, 2007, 03:51:08 AM »
The perfect marriage of utility and crusin' style. Maybe you can tell me how a love so right can turn out to be so wrong?

The seller says:

Hi.  This started out as a 97 Plymouth Grand Voyager.  What it is now  is kinda hard to explain :)  Hopefully pictures speak for themselves.  No, I didn't do any of the work and don't know who or what was done, again, hopefully pictures are adequate.  3.0 V6, auto, runs decent, shifts fine, puffs some smoke at start up, rides like a buckboard. switch on dash to raise and lower rear suspension.  Appears to have windshield frame cut down.  No windshield, no wipers, no rear seats, no cupholders, no warranty and no, I wouldn't recommend driving it home :) Tires rub. Clean AZ title. $100 nonrefundable deposit.  If you get here and it wasn't as described then you don't have to complete purchase.  AZ residents will have to pay 6.1 % sales tax.  This is a project!!  Please don't expect more than what you see, although again, it does run and drive.   Someone put a tremendous amount of effort in this cruiser.  Let your imagination take it to the next level!   Thank you for looking!!   Brian


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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2007, 09:36:02 AM »
Quote from: The seller on January 12, 2007, 03:51:08 AM
  Appears to have windshield frame cut down.  No windshield, no wipers, no rear seats, no cupholders, no warranty and no, I wouldn't recommend driving it home :)

Back in school we were taught this simple "rule of thumb" equation for determining chassis stiffness. It went something like:













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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2007, 10:06:09 AM »
shame the link wasn't posted - I was ready to buy the open air minivan  :P
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2007, 10:35:30 PM »
Unlike the rest of the assorted detritus in this thread, this little gem is worth serious consideration:




Winter is here! No law says your off-season daily driver has to be boring.

$3,800.00
1988 Mazda GTX,rare car, 5 speed, 106k on body , 30k on new motor (have reciepts) red, with grey and blue interior. Aftermarket ECM 16psi of boost, stock vj14 turbo, factory front mount intercooler, 4 wheel disc brakes, extra set of factory wheels w/ kumho rally tires, momo steering wheel, autometer boost gauge, summit tach, new dist. coil, cap and rotor, brakes, extra trans (needs rebuild), briley blowoff valve, ground control coilovers, jap spec kyb struts, car runs really good and is very fun to drive, $3800.00 or best offer
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2007, 05:10:01 PM »
I have no idea what exactly you might do with this...maybe factory five GTM? Regardless, someone needs to buy this:




C5 Corvette rolling chassis

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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2007, 05:28:30 PM »
Quote from: Stephen M on January 19, 2007, 05:10:01 PM
I have no idea what exactly you might do with this...maybe factory five GTM? Regardless, someone needs to buy this:




C5 Corvette rolling chassis



This is sweet.

Rich, you too broke to buy this?  You could put it under your MG.   :drive:
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #33 on: February 02, 2007, 08:33:18 PM »
Howsabout some thunder from down under!



Screamin' Yellow Torana GTR XU1

It's spotless inside and out, and when you change the oil, it drains the other way!
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #34 on: February 03, 2007, 04:33:57 AM »
I really shouldn't read this thtread when I'm in this state. I could wake up wituth one of these thiongs in my driveway.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #35 on: February 05, 2007, 07:57:21 PM »
The perfect parts-getter! Small block & body-on-frame construction for durability, rollers for easy-in, easy-out loading, and a partitioned "storage" area for those must-have fenders and engine blocks!



Bring your project car back from the dead!
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #36 on: February 05, 2007, 11:10:44 PM »
Quote from: Stephen M on January 12, 2007, 10:35:30 PM
Unlike the rest of the assorted detritus in this thread, this little gem is worth serious consideration:




Winter is here! No law says your off-season daily driver has to be boring.

$3,800.00
1988 Mazda GTX,rare car, 5 speed, 106k on body , 30k on new motor (have reciepts) red, with grey and blue interior. Aftermarket ECM 16psi of boost, stock vj14 turbo, factory front mount intercooler, 4 wheel disc brakes, extra set of factory wheels w/ kumho rally tires, momo steering wheel, autometer boost gauge, summit tach, new dist. coil, cap and rotor, brakes, extra trans (needs rebuild), briley blowoff valve, ground control coilovers, jap spec kyb struts, car runs really good and is very fun to drive, $3800.00 or best offer

I just bought a set of GTX powercoated rims with some rather nice tires attached. Surely that deserves partial credit.  :P

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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2007, 11:35:30 AM »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on February 05, 2007, 11:10:44 PM

I just bought a set of GTX powercoated rims with some rather nice tires attached. Surely that deserves partial credit.  :P


PARTIAL CREDIT AWARDED! You've opened up a lead in the "someone else buy this" competition! Let's take a look at the scores:

Arthur Dent: 27 points
Everyone Else: 0.    ;D

C'mon, everyone else! Surely there's something you don't need and can't justify buying somewhere in this thread. Like, for instance:

TWO blown Mercury Marine 454s!



Stored for 12 years for optimal lake water pickling! Gas mileage is over-rated! And at least ONE of them is bound to spin the right way for your application!
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2007, 11:42:21 AM »
Hmmmm, they would probably go a long way toward improving the acceleration of my Prius, I suppose...... :o
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #39 on: February 25, 2007, 02:16:44 PM »


So many possibilities:

1) Chrome it, put it in the living room... instant post-industrial objet d'art

2) Project car: remove upper links, convert to true swing-axle design for optimal handling

Cayenne rear suspension assembly

For $3K you can't afford NOT to buy it!
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #40 on: February 26, 2007, 10:17:03 PM »
On second thought, I don't need an Objet D'art for the living room. What I need is....



An E30 M3 Labatts Race Car!

Why let sound deadening and suspension compliance get between you and the ultimate driving machine? Plus, where else are you going to find a race car with alcohol-themed livery?
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2007, 12:05:25 AM »
Got one of them already. It's a bit sissified (read:stock), compared to that, and it's not alcohol fueled, but it sure is loud and bumpy.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #42 on: February 27, 2007, 09:32:02 AM »
Quote from: porridgehead on February 27, 2007, 12:05:25 AM
Got one of them already. It's a bit sissified (read:stock), compared to that, and it's not alcohol fueled, but it sure is loud and bumpy.

Noted, and scores updated!

Arthur Dent: 27 points
porridgehead: 52 points
Everyone Else: 0.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #43 on: February 28, 2007, 10:48:34 PM »
I'd by that M3, but it's not quite excessive enough.

This, on the other hand:



Skyline powered Triumph!

WHY NOT, is all I can say.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2007, 01:15:17 AM »
Well, an M3 is just an M3. But anybody that's running a Star or a Lea-Francis or a D-type replica... well, that's another league altogether. The M3 is a terrific car, but some of us are running history... and you can't compete with that.  In fact, I don't want to compete, I'd much rather go for a drive and sit agog as I listened to the sounds of a straight 6 Jag at full chat. Or a Duhc.

If somebody would want a turn behind the wheel of a humble M3, I would be more than honored.

Good company we have here. Remarkable, in fact.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2007, 12:17:12 PM »
Quote from: porridgehead on March 01, 2007, 01:15:17 AM
In fact, I don't want to compete, I'd much rather go for a drive and sit agog as I listened to the sounds of a straight 6 Jag at full chat. Or a Duhc.

If somebody would want a turn behind the wheel of a humble M3, I would be more than honored.

Likewise, I think I'd prefer a turn behind the wheel of an M3 than one of the more historics. I'd be too afraid of stuffing them into a corner to really enjoy it them way they were meant to be driven.

The most personally tempting of all the finds thus far was a Bizzarrini hill climb car from a while back. It had chevy small block mechanicals and maybe 6 additional moving parts. I'd looked like it was actually serviceable, and of no great historic import, so it could have been driven with comparative abandon. The bidding soared beyond my indulgence limit all too quickly, though.
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #46 on: March 04, 2007, 11:43:01 PM »
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #47 on: March 19, 2007, 07:49:30 PM »
Who's got some free time?



Jensen Interceptor! Not an FF, but it's got a 440.

Nothing like a little (or big) Detroit iron under the hood of lightweight (or heavy) European body. Just needs a little (or a lot) of TLC. And parts are as close as your nearest neighborhood junkyard that happens to have another interceptor in it that hasn't been picked clean of the part (or parts) you need!
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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #48 on: March 20, 2007, 05:22:47 PM »
I love Jensen Interceptors. Almost bought a MkII years and years ago. Gone by the time I had a garage and money together. Went with a much more sensable Triumph Spitfire instead. Interceptors are fantastic rusters and cost a fortune to restore. Combine that with relatively low values when done its probably a best bet to buy one that is done up already. One day I might still. Of course knowing me I'll buy the basketcase.

Who needs a hovercraft? Cheap too!

http://www.usedcalgary.com/classified-ad/2742919&category=airplanes-helicopters-ultralights

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Re: Someone else buy this!
« Reply #49 on: March 20, 2007, 07:29:11 PM »
Needs more 'hover' and less 'craft', if you ask me.
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