thekafer
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 05:20 AM |
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Whats your second choice to build?...
If I were'nt building a locost my next choice would be a 550 spyder. 
Lets face it I'm NOT building a locost,I'm flattening my ass in front of this computer dreaming about other cars (god I suck)
No really, what would it be?
Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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Spottty
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 06:04 AM |
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Well I cant start my Locost till next summer 
But If I wasnt gonna build one I would build a Chopper (like Jesse James style, not 1970's style). With a HUGE 280 rear tire, 100hp. Probly a
21" front rim, all the body work done by myself...
Ok, can you tell what I am building after the Locost? :p
Best thing to do for a build....
Ditch the wife! 
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Viper
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 08:12 AM |
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if i had the cash, Ultima definatley an Ultima
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:41 AM |
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A cobra - but not just any cobra.... were talking 'ultima money'
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 10:11 AM |
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a boat. as easy as a car and good for variety. small speed boat first and larger power boat later
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 10:42 AM |
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an E type jag. Ideally not a kit, a real one as a renovation job.
A mk1 roadster.
Id have an E type over a ferrari any day
atb
steve
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pbura
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 11:57 AM |
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A Hummer replica on a GMC Suburban chassis (aluminum Catvee out of Canada).
4-door soft top, four-across seating, big V-8, air conditioning, coolers under the seats
I would rather have one of these than an actual Hummer, at one-quarter the cost. Still can't afford one, 'tho.
A sports car is really first choice, and I would rather have a Locost than anything else. If I had more money to throw at it, I'd just make it
nicer.
Pete
Pete
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kingr
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 08:20 PM |
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Welllllll, there's tons of projects that I'd like to do. I'd like to build a really nice cobra - again, not some pilgrim tat, a
quality gardner douglas one.
But probably before that a project that I've had in mind for some time now - a space frame chassised, Audi RS4 powered, double unequal wishbones
all round, 4wd street sleeper VW polo!
Kingr
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 08:23 PM |
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For me it would have to be a Lancia Stratos replica, with a full 3.0 Alfa V6, Widest, wildest rubber that would fit. Complete Martini colours...OH and
a speed trap detector.
It would need about 20K to do it right, thats 25 times greater than what I have spent on my reality locost so far!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Wadders
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:03 PM |
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A shed,.......yes that would be nice.
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Alan B
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:19 PM |
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For me it would have to be something REALLY challenging.. (like my current project is easy????)
Probably, an enclosed mid-engined sports car....modern styling, scratch bult.....
We'll see....finish this one first..
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thekafer
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:25 PM |
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good one!!
Ah yes, a shop would be a very good choice. Oh and while we're dreaming:
1 Flat screen HDTV
2Freezer of "Hoegartten"
3hydraulic lift
4Bridgeport vertical mill
5Beyonce Knowles as assistant(as my wife has divorced by this point)
6 english wheel
7 a real lathe (not my craptacular enco)
8 enough storage for donor bits.................
Sorry got carried away there...Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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eddie
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 10:19 PM |
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if cash were no object, then it'd be a house (with massive barnlike workshop/garage, obviously)
but as for cars, i'd love to get a heritage shell for somthing old but sporty, like an MG midget or a mk1 mini, and start from scratch, building
my ultimate car (somthing that looks plain on the surface, but has the oomph where it counts)
Please feel free in advance to: correct, update, ridicule or laugh and point at any comments made by myself in this post....
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 11:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thekafer
Ah yes, a shop would be a very good choice. Oh and while we're dreaming:
2Freezer of "Hoegartten"
Sorry got carried away there...Fletch
you like that stuff.....? tastes like bad home brewd to me!
atb
steve
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Browser
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 11:51 PM |
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Either an Ultima Can-Am or a Noble P4 (with a genewine Ferrari motor of course!)
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thekafer
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 12:49 AM |
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U.S. beer
2Freezer of "Hoegartten"
Sorry got carried away there...Fletch
you like that stuff.....? tastes like bad home brewd to me!
Quote from Steve]
I live in texas,..where the sky is blue,....the women are beautiful,.....and the beer is absolute shite!!!!
"The beer is like making love in a canoe......F*CKING CLOSE TO WATER!!!
Total and complete dishwater swill...
bat p*ss without the pleasent after taste...
bleach with 'skunky' hops....
There is one decent one "Corona"(Mexico)
I tend to like "wies biers".Another one I like is Paulener Hefewiesen (sp?)
I have had a real hand drawn pint or two in the U.K.(second best thing you guys do!)
So Steve, Which one do you fancy? (oh do I feel a beer thread coming)
"cheers" Fletch (from Texas,common sewers of fine beer...)
[Edited on 15/9/03 by thekafer]
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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Spottty
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 01:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Viper
if i had the cash, Ultima definatley an Ultima
Damn, that absolutly slipped my mind. I would LOVE a Ultima. Here in Canada I think there are maybe 5.
My list is long for what I really want
Locost, Cobra, Daytona Coupe, GT40, Ultima.....
Man Its a good thing I'm only 25! I have alot of work to do!
Best thing to do for a build....
Ditch the wife!
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Alan B
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 01:46 AM |
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Hey Fletch...I was in your part of the world a few weeks ago....
I ended up drinking Boddingtons (English beer if you aren't familiar) in a bar (Harry's Blue note bar IIRC) in Lower Greenville in
Dallas...
Excellent night out..great bars...great people...love to go again...
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thekafer
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 02:00 AM |
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hey Alan B!
quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
Hey Fletch...I was in your part of the world a few weeks ago....
I ended up drinking Boddingtons (English beer if you aren't familiar) in a bar (Harry's Blue note bar IIRC) in Lower Greenville in
Dallas...
Excellent night out..great bars...great people...love to go again...
Cool!You have to check out the "West end" and "deep Ellum" areas too!
If your ever out this way again give me a shout!!
Boddingtons.....hmmmm.......
 Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 08:35 AM |
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Boddingtons inst bad......but there is a version called boddingtons gold that I havnt seen for a while thats a bit more creamy. Boddingtons is a tad
on the thin side for me - makes you want to drink a lot of it.
Just lately I have drunk a lot of grolsh and stella artois from the bottle. Thats cos a UK supermarket (Tesco) keep selling em cheap. I like Stella
tho.
They did a good deal on san miguel - spanish beer - thats pretty nice. When you are on a spanish vacation thats ofen all you can get - or German
stuff.
One thing you probably wont get in the USA (Alan may pine for this) is carlsberg specil brew. Its 9% alcohol and you can taste it. Very distructive
stuff. Afour pack of those and you would cut your car in half with a grinder and laugth about it until sober.
Michelob has gotta be the worse stuff Ie had in America, and I avoid bud if at all possible.....
atb
steve
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Noodle
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 11:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gustersonOne thing you probably wont get in the USA (Alan may pine for this) is carlsberg specil brew. Its
9% alcohol and you can taste it. Very distructive stuff. Afour pack of those and you would cut your car in half with a grinder and laugth about it
until sober.
Special Brew, also known as Tramp Oil. Them what live beneath old railway arches swear (alot) by it. Can be a handy alternative to Nitromors too.
(I've drunk enough to know).
Banks' mild. That's proper, dirty beer.
Neil.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 12:35 PM |
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tescos do four cans of weak (less than 3% stuff) for about 89 pence (1.30 approx). I ve never bought it, but thats a better deal than special brew if
your a cheapster that just wanna get pissed - a lot of volume to cope with tho.!
atb
steve
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locoboy
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 01:09 PM |
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Noodle, its got to be Holdens Special or Golden Glow for me, or Banks's Bitter for the propper 10 pint + session ale.
As one famous Rocker proclaimed
"you can save your thanks's i'll have a pint of Banks's"
Col.
ATB
Locoboy
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Simon
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 02:42 PM |
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Have to be something like this
Traffic driving me up the wall!!
ATB
Simon
 
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ned
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 03:49 PM |
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where are the pedals? it looks like it should be in the flinstones!!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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