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Started by Ultra, October 24, 2006, 05:32:47 PM

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porridgehead

Don't know of any Hemi-Trabbies, but here's something else.

Measures with mics, marks with chalk, cuts with axe, beats to fit and paints to match

MG

That's something else, alright!    ;)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away!

Boxer2500

Man, that Citroen is all kinds of awesome! Whoever built that car can be comfortable in the knowledge that they have something truly one-of-a-kind. Not many ZCitroen fans are into Chevy V8s, and not many Chevy guys want to work with a French car.

Rich

Quote from: porridgehead on January 26, 2007, 03:55:31 PM
Don't know of any Hemi-Trabbies, but here's something else.



...and, you're right up front so, in the immortal Indian Larry's words, "you avoid the prolonged, painful, and costly rehabilitation process right from the start."

Tifosi

Quote from: Rich on January 26, 2007, 05:26:40 PM
Quote from: porridgehead on January 26, 2007, 03:55:31 PM
Don't know of any Hemi-Trabbies, but here's something else.



...and, you're right up front so, in the immortal Indian Larry's words, "you avoid the prolonged, painful, and costly rehabilitation process right from the start."

What really gets me is that this car actually RUNS!!!  Somebody was actually brave enough to drive it!  As an avid Hot Wheels collector, I have the original die-cast.  I remember thinking, "Only the gang at Hot Wheels would be crazy enough to come up with a concept like this."  I was wrong!



Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

Rich

Quote from: Tifosi on January 26, 2007, 06:59:16 PM
Quote from: Rich on January 26, 2007, 05:26:40 PM
Quote from: porridgehead on January 26, 2007, 03:55:31 PM
Don't know of any Hemi-Trabbies, but here's something else.



...and, you're right up front so, in the immortal Indian Larry's words, "you avoid the prolonged, painful, and costly rehabilitation process right from the start."

What really gets me is that this car actually RUNS!!!  Somebody was actually brave enough to drive it!



Dan

Where's he buried?

Boxer2500

I'd like to see Urkel take a crack at driving that Isetta.

Rich

I'd rather see Yao Ming.... :o

Tifosi

I'd settle for Lucy Liu...



Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

Ultra

"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Arthur Dent

Quote from: Tifosi on January 26, 2007, 03:51:21 PM
Quote from: Rich on January 26, 2007, 01:38:01 PM
Time to get a 1000hp twin-turbo'd torque demon in a Sprite.



Or a hemi in a Trabant...speaking of which...there's a neat article in the March issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car about a Trabi being restored.  The guy used spray-in bedliner material for undercoating.  Sounds wierd, but it's a million times better than what came from the factory.


Dan

A lot of the Lotus Seven clone guys use bed liner under the fenders and for the floors.

Ultra

Quote from: Arthur Dent on January 27, 2007, 12:07:45 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on January 26, 2007, 03:51:21 PM
Quote from: Rich on January 26, 2007, 01:38:01 PM
Time to get a 1000hp twin-turbo'd torque demon in a Sprite.



Or a hemi in a Trabant...speaking of which...there's a neat article in the March issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car about a Trabi being restored.  The guy used spray-in bedliner material for undercoating.  Sounds wierd, but it's a million times better than what came from the factory.


Dan

A lot of the Lotus Seven clone guys use bed liner under the fenders and for the floors.

Pretty good idea, really.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Tifosi

Guess so...I just thought it odd that a restorer would use such a material; but then, the original Trabant probably wasn't undercoated, anyway.

Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

Ultra

I wonder how much weight it adds.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Tifosi

I dunno...how much do those do-it-yourself containers weigh?

It would also depend on how thick it was sprayed on, or would have to be in order tom be effective.


Dan


"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

Ultra

Weigh it, spray it, weigh it.

Only way to be sure.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Rich

Man, you gotta love your Trabant, that's all I know.....

Ultra

"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Rich


Ultra

"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Boxer2500

Not too familiar with the works of CSN&Y, are we Charlie?

Ultra

Quote from: Boxer2500 on January 27, 2007, 02:15:29 PM
Not too familiar with the works of CSN&Y, are we Charlie?

Miss one reference and the kids start getting cute.  :P

;D
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"


Click the pic....... Name the car

Tifosi

Quote from: Rich on January 27, 2007, 09:29:38 AM
Man, you gotta love your Trabant, that's all I know.....

Well, it WAS the East German Model T...




Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

Arthur Dent

Quote from: Tifosi on January 27, 2007, 02:40:09 AM
Guess so...I just thought it odd that a restorer would use such a material; but then, the original Trabant probably wasn't undercoated, anyway.

Dan

Its plastic bodied so probably there so the stones tossed up from the tires don't bash up the undercarriage.

MG

Must be 'cause I had the flu for Christmas and I'm not feelin' up to par.
It increase my paranoia, like lookin' in the mirror and seein' a PO lice car.....
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away!