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Sept 25, 2004 10:37:47 GMT
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Sept 25, 2004 10:47:23 GMT
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Why?!? A friend of my brother did this sort of thing (for a laugh, mind) on a Sierra estate using wood-effect plastic vinyl - looked really funny!  |
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Sept 25, 2004 12:00:00 GMT
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What the hell?  I bet that was a nice dependable old Merc once. And I bet that wood lets moisture into the gap between itself and the steel underneath, and rots out the shell within no time at all! |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Sept 25, 2004 13:34:07 GMT
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What the hell? I bet that was a nice dependable old Merc once. And I bet that wood lets moisture into the gap between itself and the steel underneath, and rots out the shell within no time at all! Possibly But I've seen worse work right off a dealers showroom floor |
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Sept 25, 2004 14:29:05 GMT
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Why, is slapping wood on the side of an estate car as popular in Canada as it is in the US? Luckily that's something that never really caught on as much over here, besides the Morris Travellers (Minis, Minors, Oxfords) which were quite subtle really, even if the Minor Traveller has a slight problem with the wood rotting and damaging the back end badly, as the wood is structural, whearas on the Mini traveller it is just decorative, and some were sold without it.  MINOR TRAVELLER  MINI TRAVELLER Photos from www.motorbase.com |
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Sept 25, 2004 14:40:31 GMT
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Why, is slapping wood on the side of an estate car as popular in Canada as it is in the US? bLuckily that's something that never really caught on as much over here, There haven't been "woodys" around for over twenty years, Canada or US and it was never as popular as you might think. I was commenting on the work, not the taste. Notice it was done on a European car. |
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Sept 25, 2004 15:02:14 GMT
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Ah, I see, poor worksmanship in dealers is something that we do get a fair bit in this country too! I was guessing that car was American by the headlight masks on it, which we don't get much here, although I know in some American states they were mandatory, the same applied to 80s Volvos, which were fitted with 4 headlights in certain markets. Although I knew it was a home-made job to begin with. |
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Sept 25, 2004 15:34:21 GMT
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I think a lot of Euro imports to the States had headlight laws to work around in the '70's and '80's - It was something to do with US law specifying that headlamps had to be a sealed beam unit or something.... Anyway, it completely wrecked the look of a lot of Mercedes cars IMHO (and Volvo's) - The big old W116 S-Class looked awful, as did the US-spec W115 (my car) - instead of square headlamps they had awkward round ones with separate indicatiors which didn't follow the lines of the car at all. Although the SL looked pretty good in my opinion with twin round lights  . |
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Sept 25, 2004 15:35:40 GMT
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How about no you crazy Yank bastards!
This post was in no way aimed as a hate post to a nation. I would have taken the abuse much further if this was the case, which it wasn't, I would never make a post which was in way ratially motavated, or damaging to heath and safety(?) in anyway. Always lift with your knees!
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Sept 25, 2004 17:31:07 GMT
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Ah, I see, poor worksmanship in dealers is something that we do get a fair bit in this country too! [glow=red,2,300]Reffering to the early 80's factory designs, which where absolutely horrible. Good workmanship couldn't help. The last gasp of the true coachbuilders in the late 40's and early 50's when some bodywork/framing was still in wood was good. The attempts at nostalgia sucked[/glow] I was guessing that car was American by the headlight masks on it [glow=red,2,300]Sorry, I missed that all together I'm afraid. My earliest recollection of the differences between European and NA spec vehicles centred around the different headlight layouts. My bad[/glow] . |
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