EDIT: steves re done them so i got rid of these to help the dial up brigade
The oddest thing is the distance between the gear stick and the front wheels!
[Edited on 13/3/04 by JoelP]
some pics of the banger. poor light unfortunately conceals the back end, but most is visable...
EDIT: steves re done them so i got rid of these to help the dial up brigade
The oddest thing is the distance between the gear stick and the front wheels!
[Edited on 13/3/04 by JoelP]
Look like a Black Cat up a chimney
It was never a great concern of mine before but now I'm worried. How far is my gearstick from the front wheels? I just know I'm not going to get any sleep tonight now. Damn you Joel I'm off out to measure it now and it will be your fault if I catch punimon, pumnoni, sod it a cold.
I'll have to put those wheels back on some time soon if I want to use it.
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Steve, you didnt have to go all the way there and lend him a flash!
Greggors - paintshop pro gamma function 
I have never been a flasher - m'lord
Joel....
I thought my car was pretty deviant - but thats pretty different!
I have never seen an engine that far back before! If you hit anything you will have a couple seconds to abandon ship before the damage reaches the
passenger section!
Where are you gonna get the glass fibre for your unstandard frontal shape?
atb
steve
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How does that size compare to the luego beast?
Joel, you're a WILD MAN! 
That baby is BIG!
Y'know, I think you could make a MORGAN out of it! 
Just half kidding in fact; the front half looks like it COULD take Moggie bodywork.
Looks like it ought to panel OK, I think. Does the nosecone fit?
If you need some help sorting out the back end shape, I suggest putting up a profile, rear, and rear 1/4 shot and letting the Photoshop boys and
verbal kibitzers have at it. If you have rear fenders, maybe it would help to clamp them on where you want them.
Looks like you're going to have something to drive soon, should be fun.
Pete
thanks guys, all good. it struckme the other day its got a morgan like backend, i actually chopped it all off the other day (after the pics) cos it
was badly designed. no it has more bracing to the shocker pick up point, and thinner tubing to support the outline of the backend. current thinking is
that it will have a one piece fiberglass backend, hinged with gas struts, unfortunately that makes it even more morgan like! nowt wrong with that
except im not buuilding a morgan...
i got major stuck the other day, had to sit down and make a plan, about 20 odd hard tasks to finish it, which may take all summer to get it compliant.
but just gotta soldier on one at a time, and hope! it does help having no job, plenty of free time!
thanks for the pics anyway steve, muchos appreciated! i was relying on the darkness to cloak the embarrasing back end!!
i tell a lie BTW, looks like i butchered it before the photos.
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Joel, Whats that piece of (looks like) copper pipe between your front wishbones in the frst picture? Is it to act as a bumper so that the bits behind it dont have to be radiused etc like on a dax? Someone told me to do that but i wasnt sure if it was true.
I was thinking that a rounded, humped shape with a lifting lid, like from cars of the 30s, would look good.
BoL on the work situation, btw, not much fun in that 
Pete
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Originally posted by andrew-theasby
Joel, Whats that piece of (looks like) copper pipe between your front wishbones in the frst picture? Is it to act as a bumper so that the bits behind it dont have to be radiused etc like on a dax? Someone told me to do that but i wasnt sure if it was true.
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Originally posted by pbura
I was thinking that a rounded, humped shape with a lifting lid, like from cars of the 30s, would look good.
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BoL on the work situation, btw, not much fun in that
Pete
well, nearly... been doing a spot of landlording
I had thoughts of modding my car to look like a plymouth prowler, or even to have a front like a PT cruiser. The back end has comitted me a bit
tho....may not have you if thats a way you wanna go...
I love the look of this car - blows the look of a seven away in my view
atb
steve
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btw - if you want to know the correct way of washing it.....
enter 'plymouth prowler' in google image searh and look at pikky 10
!!
naked female involved
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[Edited on 13/3/04 by stephen_gusterson]
not bad that grill, has a certain je ne sais quoi...
I've been saying for 35 years (since I was a kid) that Detroit could make a killing from retro cars. If Chevrolet were to re-issue the 1957
Bel-Air, they wouldn't be able to stop the stampede. It's tough being a visionary.
one of these?
the headlamp nacelles prob wouldnt be allowed cos of pedestrian injury.
some late 50s early 60s UK cars (vauxhalls) looked a tad like that. Crap at the time, but kinda nice now
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There is a kitcar replica of the prowler, cant think who makes it now, but it was at one of the shows full of stereo. Like the looks, but not so keen on the front bumpers, im sure they must be there to meet us legislation.
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Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
one of these?
yep
there is a nice red and white one in the movie 'true lies' - 'its the vette that gets em wet' was the line I think
We have the odd one here - the pics shown were at a kit show this year - the dash looks great, but would never pass a modern SVA!!
As for a brit car that looks 'a bit' like a 50s yank.... heres an old vauxhall.
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Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
one of these?
Oh, yeah, they were incredibly popular, couldn't throw a stone without hitting one. I'd say that they've the probably the most collectible American cars of that time in terms of current price vs. original cost.
My own favorite American car for that year was the Corvette:
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Originally posted by stephen_gustersonWe have the odd one here - the pics shown were at a kit show this year - the dash looks great, but would never pass a modern SVA!!
yes - I think we hijacked Joels post quite nicely there....
sorry bout that!
Still, I do think a prowler / pt cruiser type front would look good..
btw - if you think the old vauxhall looks crap, just take a look on
http://vauxhall.co.uk
I dont recon they have got any better.....
This is a ford Capri from the UK - about 1962. They were unloved at the time, and are EXTREMELY rare, but I like em. Cos they are a European car, they
of course have a stupid sub 2 litre 4 cyl engine...
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Our version of the (better-looking, IMO) Vauxhall:
http://www.chevrolet.com/aveo/gallery.htm
Such a hot seller I haven't noticed one on the road yet.
I suppose that there are a lot of crap-looking cars out there, but I'm less critical of the new ones, for some reason. It seems to take a few
years for the REAL clinkers to become obvious.
Wait a minute, I take that back:
http://www.pontiac.com/aztek/
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I think they could have been more adventurous at the front!!!
In the usa, you had a car (well, many versions of) called the Taurus. Im talking of the one that was made (still?) at the turn of the century.
This was the same car, with european styling. It was nicknamed the frog car.
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another old US car with modern twist