JoelP
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:05 PM |
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The beast.... Pictures!
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]
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:08 PM |
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Look like a Black Cat up a chimney
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:20 PM |
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Does that matter?
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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:21 PM |
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It's 10' 3".
I'll have to put those wheels back on some time soon if I want to use it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:23 PM |
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:23 PM |
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greggors84
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:30 PM |
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Steve, you didnt have to go all the way there and lend him a flash!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/3/04 at 11:50 PM |
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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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greggors84
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 12:00 AM |
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How does that size compare to the luego beast?
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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pbura
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 12:45 AM |
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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
Pete
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 12:10 PM |
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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.
[Edited on 13/3/04 by JoelP]
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andrew-theasby
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 12:44 PM |
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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.
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pbura
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 12:47 PM |
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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
Pete
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 05:03 PM |
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quote:
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.
Thats task 2 on the list, 'radiator bottom hose'. Damned if i know what to do! i've just spent (wasted) £35 on some flexible hose
from europa to help plumb in the T from the expansion tank, so that sould be that solved. cut a t (30/32/16mm) from a polo i had, but couldnt make the
35mm copper tube i had link to it. all my hoses were 30 mm, and 5mm of diameter is 15mm of circumference to stretch!
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 05:06 PM |
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quote:
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.
yeah, im gonna get the brakes and radiator done first to restore my flagging motivation, then worry about technicalities like bodywork! and sod going
to the lengths of some to make it nice, its an ugly creation but that not important!
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BoL on the work situation, btw, not much fun in that
Pete
if all goes to plan i might get away with retiring soon! at 24 well, nearly... been doing a spot of landlording
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 09:56 PM |
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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
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 13/3/04 at 09:57 PM |
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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
[Edited on 13/3/04 by
[Edited on 13/3/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 10:44 AM |
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not bad that grill, has a certain je ne sais quoi...
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pbura
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 11:30 AM |
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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.
Pete
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 12:56 PM |
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bel air
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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greggors84
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 01:01 PM |
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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.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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pbura
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 02:11 PM |
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quote:
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.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 04:44 PM |
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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.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/3/04 at 04:45 PM |
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