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Oct 21, 2020 16:00:57 GMT
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I suspect the OP has a bit of brand beef and the next crack will be about indicators..... Let me start. The other day I saw a modern what-ever, it has '<' shaped strip sidelights in the headlights, and the indicator was inside the tip of the '<'. It was daylight and he had his sidelights on, I simply didnt see him indicating because the sidelights seemed so bright and the indicator just seemed to be overpowered by it.
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Oct 20, 2020 14:15:46 GMT
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There are plenty of perfectly practical cars out there that are 'show only' cars, so building seemingly totally impractical cars like some of these is fine by me, I love seeing how far some people will take certain trends, even donks amuse me in that way.
Aside from the fact that some of the cars in this thread may or may not be impractical, they still look pretty cool. Carry on..
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Oct 19, 2020 21:15:19 GMT
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Ultimate?
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2020 21:15:59 GMT by bmcnut
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Oct 19, 2020 20:30:34 GMT
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If its being heavily lowered, with those plastic arches width might be more important than diameter, can I suggest Heavily banded.
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Oct 18, 2020 21:37:37 GMT
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The boneshaker has come to a temporary halt while i decide what size wheels to use, so I started something else. Ive had this La troca for a while, its awful. Awful wheels, paint, graphics, mould lines all over it, awful goldness. Dispite all that, I quite like it, so I stripped it, spent a fair bit of time filing the unwanted bits off the body, changed the wheels for a set of realriders that I had on a pickup that I wasnt going to drill, and found a trailer. Better. Ive only got 4 of the chrome steels, the rear wheels on the pickup are some standard 5 spokes, seemed a bit of a waste to cover up the steels. The trailer is the back half of a pickup of which I ruined the cab a while ago, its not quite the same as the la troca bed, but its good enough. Ive got another one on the go at the moment, but I accidently melted some wheels today trying to strip some paint off them, so thats come to a halt as well.
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Oct 18, 2020 13:15:22 GMT
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I do find the MoT exemption worrying. I know people with old cars who know very little but consider themselves experts. I consider the opinion of an independent expert very important but they won't. If people are dragging old snotters out of long-term storage they were put in because they were shot to pieces, that's even more worrying. I know of a car thats a prime example of why the MOT exemption is a bad idea. It 'passed' its last MOT 2 or more years ago, seldom gets used, when it does get used the brakes are either stuck or binding, goes 5 miles down the road, and then sits for another month or 2. Since its last MOT nothing has been checked or serviced, and it will continue to get used until something stops working. I, for one, wont travel in it, if it gets sold I wont have anything to do with it. The bodywork is deteriorating so I shudder to think what its like underneath.
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Oct 17, 2020 16:29:08 GMT
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Ive always had a soft spot for this shape Corrola, its probably just the round headlights when nothing else new had round headlights But spotlights and taxdisc fitted for extra retro spotter points! Also, I don't really do Porshes, don't get me wrong, I get it, but they don't really do anything for me. Also.... ...I lied. Giggidy.
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Oct 16, 2020 11:51:40 GMT
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They did use hydrolastic from around '64 to '71. Not hydrogas. What year is the customers car? Cool car.
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Last Edit: Oct 16, 2020 11:52:27 GMT by bmcnut
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Oct 16, 2020 11:04:11 GMT
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Try Auto services in Salfords. I'm sure they used to have one, certainly worth a try.
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Oct 15, 2020 16:15:08 GMT
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That sure is a tidy looking coupe
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Oct 15, 2020 16:01:50 GMT
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Believe me, no banger racer would ever touch this! Not true. Trust me. Makes you wonder how bad a lot of these MOT exempt cars are getting with no one to look over them.
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Oct 14, 2020 18:57:24 GMT
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A quick wheel swap and detail today. I bought this 49 F-100 pickup afew weeks ago and stuffed it in the 'unopened' collection, until yesterday when I decided it needed wheels. Had a bit of a surprise when I opened it. It had these nothing wheels on it, but the paint is nuts. Not until I opened it did I realize it goes from a pale grey under some lights, through to the most vivid emerald green. Once id finnished staring at it under different lights I drilled it, detailed it and changed the wheels. Probably the most interesting paint ive got on a Hotwheels. They should do more of this.
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Oct 14, 2020 10:29:31 GMT
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Afew years ago my Mk2 granada was stolen. Its pretty obvious where it ended up. Whilst not all banger racers would steal a car to race, there are bad apples out there that would. There is an all granada meeting planned for next year, don't expect these to be the last sadly.
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Oct 10, 2020 16:10:40 GMT
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I really like that, a nice distinctive look without trying too hard. Very smart.
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I honestly cant think of what to say. Edit. Thought of something to say. Looks like he's pulled over a Maxi. Slight overkill there I feel, even if it is a HL judging by the hubcaps.
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Last Edit: Oct 9, 2020 21:19:25 GMT by bmcnut
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BL motorsports space framed and twin cam A series rallycross car I need more pics of that, never seen it before.
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Ive got an itch I need to scratch, I have the space, but my current budget means id end up buying a snotter, and I don't want a snotter, so it will have to wait. The itch I need to scratch is a 'bucket list' type scratch, so ive no doubt it will happen, so at least its making me save a bit more instead of spending. But do I need another car? No, but I WANT one. If you want it and you can, you probably should.
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Just a thought, but what are the possibilities of getting something as big as that canopy anodised? Anodised wheels and canopy would be pretty trick.
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