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i know a few of you have suggested stuff to put on the 'shopping lists' and other such anti-spide sarcastic accessories. so if its possible could you list your funky ideas HERE i've only a couple so far. 1. the car will have a mix of alloys and steels, and at least two hopefully really, really naff and obvious fake alloy-look hubcaps. 2. it will have a matt black, or primered, or mixed, bonnet, with possible fake scoop 3. it may have a super-tacky backbox 4. your gonna be seeing neons lol 5. really naff spoiler that looks SO wrong? 6. sunstrip? what does it say? 7. shopping list. keep it clean[ish]. fission. alpine goat. spaxtix. NOSe. 8. random rear badging? I'm thinking of ' (not Vauxhall Astra) ' under name badge, using correct car badging for whatever car it is you pick (ie actual ford escort badge etc) 9. one sideskirt and a really badly fitting rear bumper? 10. of course the car will be absolutely bolloxed out underneath, will handle like a train (a foreign train) and go like slidy stuff off a manual lifting device...
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you're actually thinkig of deliberately building something that awful?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I don't 'get it' Sounds like a curse word idea to me - or did I miss something?
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I don't 'get it' I'm glad about that, i thought i was just me.
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See, you have to make it so obviously a curse word take or you're just going to get mistaken for a retarded chav kid.
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Mar 26, 2007 10:01:34 GMT
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See, you have to make it so obviously a pee take or you're just going to get mistaken for a retarded chav kid. Agreed. Needs to be ironic rather than just tragic.
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Mar 26, 2007 10:38:59 GMT
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I'm not convinced theres a lot of "irony" left in this. That Nova on MIGweb, the Citroen AX with the cardboard body kit, the plywood kitted Accord, etc. all have done the deliberate pish take hard and well - plus some of the cars which the young ijeets are turning out are sooooo bad you'd have to work pretty hard to make somethign look worse...
A mate and I were tossing ideas about yesterday for stuff which could be done on a budget of like £250-£400 (inc of car) and would look proper cool.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 26, 2007 10:56:30 GMT
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so much effort and love, for so little effect. Nice to see an owner standing proud next to their creation though, and I must say I fully approve of any thought process that involves looking at a touring car rear wing and thinking " yeah, upside down on the front of the car"
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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Mar 26, 2007 11:02:14 GMT
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I'm another one who doesn't get it. Are you thinking of building something like this surprisingskoda!? Surely the cash could be better spent on a Maz rotary for one of your Skuds... or a packet of Maltesers, depending on what budget you had in mind...
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phatphord
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Mar 26, 2007 11:11:08 GMT
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Just buy anything,do anything you want to it and then put a VW badge on it. Instant tragic cool ironing or wahtever.
I don't get it at all...I am uncool.
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1994 Ford Scorpio Lowrider um...and some bikes...
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Mar 26, 2007 11:29:58 GMT
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VW badge on an Estelle. No other mods. FTW.
You should also wear a blackpoloneck and a berret, maybe smoking Galoirs and if anyone asks say "thees ees not a feesh"
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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bstardchild
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Mar 26, 2007 12:36:52 GMT
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See, you have to make it so obviously a pee take or you're just going to get mistaken for a retarded chav kid. Spot on........... Most of the ones I see round here are soooo bad they are almost taking the curse word already!!!
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Mar 26, 2007 12:45:02 GMT
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That bloke standing next to the bluebird admits to owning it? Brave man Brave man indeed.I'm afraid i don'nt get it either,For me the sleeper look wins every time,Slaters metro is a good example.You want somthing like that so they think they can just blat past you on a B road until you floor it and leave them ;D.I'm not saying its a bad idea but maybe if you build one as an example we all may understand your thinking
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Mar 26, 2007 14:24:17 GMT
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That bloke standing next to the bluebird admits to owning it? Brave man Brave man indeed.I'm afraid I don'nt get it either,For me the sleeper look wins every time,Slaters metro is a good example.You want somthing like that so they think they can just blat past you on a B road until you floor it and leave them ;D.I'm not saying its a bad idea but maybe if you build one as an example we all may understand your thinking thats it exactly. i want something that is an anti sleeper though, something that is a tragic ironic car that actually does look like its really badly modded, in order to make everyone laugh AND think they can take it without a bother. unfortunately the car will be extremely fast. budget reasonable, i'll shell out for the right things. yes, its an extremely fine line. it probably wont work, but the car owes me 10p. so meh. come on, ideas!
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Mar 26, 2007 14:27:55 GMT
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what car is it? Do we assume a Skoda?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 26, 2007 14:31:52 GMT
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Still confused as to the POINT of it. You're going to deliberately create a barry'd monstrosity because that would be cool and ironic??? No one is going to 'get it', and even if you can overcome the odds (and the weight of all that fibreglass and plod), what do you have? A fast car that looks like a crock of turd. Why bother?
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Mar 26, 2007 15:45:31 GMT
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Gotta say I agree with the Pogster. The reason sleepers are cool is because they're all go and no show. Some badly modded Barry wagons are actually quite fast... so... I think you'd just be seen as some kind of Barry boy with poor taste. If I saw a badly modded car that was really fast I'd just think "wow, that's quick... shame the guy has sh*t taste" Still, if you wanna do that sorta thing go look at Barryboys and get ideas a-plenty! ;D ;D ;D
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Mar 26, 2007 16:04:09 GMT
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Why not have the barely remembered `80s sit-com "That`s my boy" as a theme? You could have the theme tune permanently playing, really loud, on repeat, full cast list down the front wings, and maybe some of the main characters airbrushed onto the bonnet, and have a few quotes and one liners from the smash TV show immortalized in the sunstrip, or as text for the numberplates. The seat fabric could replicate one of the outfits commonly worn by a prominent character.
I think that would guarantee you plenty of bewildered looks at any rate.
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Mar 26, 2007 17:55:34 GMT
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go for a 'used and abused grasstrack' look FTW etc
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