now, that's odd... [Archive]

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 1:44pm

but, i kinda like it:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/AC1130429261.jpg

other strange ones:
http://www.casym.com.ar/images/Multipla/DCP_0024.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/scarab1130291316.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/1931130270794.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/1975+AMC+Pacer+Patrol+Car+black+white+A1130210219.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/8717cf0e9b1129009076.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/vw1125698871.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/67_stradale_21130854177.jpg

Bucwheat

06-12-2012, 1:50pm

Some funny lookin cars there.

Yerf Dog

06-12-2012, 2:07pm

but, i kinda like it:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/AC1130429261.jpg

1968 Alfa Carabo?

CBonsall

06-12-2012, 2:08pm

last pic is the best :cert:

onedef92

06-12-2012, 2:12pm

1968 Alfa Carabo?

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/ricksza/Odd%20Pictures/1995VectorM12.jpg

Reminds me of the Vector M12 (and shit).

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:14pm

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/fe259932151132205012.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/DSC_2575s1132359608.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/DSC_2576s1132359824.jpg

SubZero

06-12-2012, 2:15pm

1968 Alfa Carabo?
yes

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:21pm

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-stuv/Volvo-Extreme-Gravity-Car-Woman-RA-Side-1280x960.jpg
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-stuv/Volvo-Extreme-Gravity-Car-Woman-Top-1024x768.jpg

http://carstuckgirls.com/Porsche-Girls-Spinning-Wheels_008.jpg
http://carstuckgirls.com/Porsche-Girls-Spinning-Wheels_013.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/fire11133863923.jpg

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 2:21pm

but, i kinda like it:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/AC1130429261.jpg

1968 Alfa Carabo?

Indeed. For Alfa by Marcello Gandini at Bertone. It's the car that gave the Lamborghini Countach its doors.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/67_stradale_21130854177.jpg

last pic is the best :cert:

Another Alfa Romeo, the Tipo 33 Stradale, possibly the most badass European street car of the late 60's. Roll one of those and the guys in the Miuras, Daytonas and Mangustas will lose their shit.

onedef92

06-12-2012, 2:24pm

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 2:26pm

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads6/fe259932151132205012.jpg

Just a tiny part of the incredible place that is David Piper's backyard. If you could turn to the left you'd see parts of Ferrari P3's, P4's, 412P, 312P and PB's, 512S's and M's. Piper's place is the greatest scrap yard on Earth. In his garage he's got one of Niki Lauda's F1 312T's, complete and operational. He used to let people drive it up and down his road.

Amazing man, amazing place.

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:33pm

http://www.barnfinds.com/sites/barnfinds.com/files/imagecache/large/images/1/1979-maserati-merak-ss-driver.JPG
http://www.itananews.com/images/maserati/maserati%20merak%203.jpg

http://www.luxuryexoticcar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/luxury-car14.jpg

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/images/king_dino.jpg

http://maseratis.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/maserati-bora-1972-rear.jpg
http://www.maserati.org.au/images/MaseratiPhotos/ROAD_Cars/Bora/Bora_cr4.jpg

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:36pm

Just a tiny part of the incredible place that is David Piper's backyard.

a lot of GTO's in that pic.

NeedSpeed

06-12-2012, 2:37pm

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-stuv/Volvo-Extreme-Gravity-Car-Woman-Top-1024x768.jpg

I'd ride that.

The first one looks like someone stepped on a delorean. :D

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 2:41pm

http://www.barnfinds.com/sites/barnfinds.com/files/imagecache/large/images/1/1979-maserati-merak-ss-driver.JPG
http://www.itananews.com/images/maserati/maserati%20merak%203.jpg

http://maseratis.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/maserati-bora-1972-rear.jpg
http://www.maserati.org.au/images/MaseratiPhotos/ROAD_Cars/Bora/Bora_cr4.jpg

Like the Italian stuff do ya Mike? I like the Merak/Bora myself. Here's one for ya, the Maserati Bora Competitzione Gr.IV...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/maserati_group_4_competizione.jpg

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:44pm

almost bought one of these:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3679817702_b5cf1c891a.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Saab_Sonett_III.jpg

endede up buying one of these:
http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/39_2Dfiat_2Dx19.jpg
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKJXJZnRrG9GJy5pViDq_fyaofxoowufN86MILkNFRFWRdQiBO9g
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Fiat/74-Fiat-X1-9-DV_09_CI-003.jpg

was yellow like this one too. The ladies would get wet over this car... serious. The X/19 had "Bertone" on it :cool:

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 2:47pm

Like the Italian stuff do ya Mike? I like the Merak/Bora myself. Here's one for ya, the Maserati Bora Competitzione Gr.IV...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/maserati_group_4_competizione.jpg

my older brothers were the real fans.

The "baby Bora" was hot as well :yesnod:

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 2:48pm

a lot of GTO's in that pic.

Not as many as might seem. You have to remember that the 330LMB wore the 250GTO nose. What appears to be a GTO body, sitting under the Daytona rear in the lean-to bay closest to camera, might be a GTO body, but could also be a few other 250GT cars which wore similar rear ends to the GTO.

In the next bay over you have a 250LM/275LM body buck sitting on a 250 Testa Rossa body.

Crazy stuff.

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 3:03pm

American Made

06-12-2012, 3:09pm

BBQ Porsche is awesome!!! :lol:

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 3:11pm

did the Vector ever make it into production ?

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1978-1998-vector-9.jpg

http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/motorhead/vector%20W8.jpg

http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/vector-w8/vector-w8-01.jpg

http://carmusic.blog.bg/photos/72137/original/1991_Vector_W81.jpg

Production might be too strong a word. There were 16 or 17 W8's built for customers, one of them being the infamous car built for Andre Agassi, but the car was never built in the numbers envisioned.

When the Indonesian conglomerate Megatech made their successful hostile takeover of Vector Aeromotive, it had been with the idea of expanding W8 production. Vector founder Gerry Weigart was able to wrest away the design rights to the W8 in court, which led Megatech/Vector to move into production of the M12, the Lamborghini Diablo-powered version of Weigart's WX3. The resemblance is obvious...

WX3:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/vectorwx3.jpg

M12:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/_origin_Vector-amisu-4.jpg

mrvette

06-12-2012, 3:19pm

Them BIG assed round headlights from decades ago, no matter how they tried to style them in, fenders/whatEVER they looked stupid, I don't give a damn, the cars need some serious updating from that crap.....

I think those 30" round bulbs are just STOOOOOPID looking, and on something that is supposed to be sleek and not a Peterbuilt.....

the poor cars are crying.....:dance::sadangel:

Mike Mercury

06-12-2012, 4:21pm

Them BIG assed round headlights from decades ago, no matter how they tried to style them in, fenders/whatEVER they looked stupid,

not a big fan of the C6 - I take it :bigears:

vtelvr

06-12-2012, 4:38pm

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/ricksza/Odd%20Pictures/1995VectorM12.jpg

Reminds me of the Vector M12 (and shit).

Always one of my favorite looking cars. Hell, It could be electric for all I care, but I would love to have one just to admire in the garage!:yesnod:

ApexOversteer

06-12-2012, 4:50pm

Always one of my favorite looking cars. Hell, It could be electric for all I care, but I would love to have one just to admire in the garage!:yesnod:

Honestly, that is about all the M12 is good for. Possibly the single most horribly built "production" car of all time. Build quality was so bad on those 14 cars that it has become legendary.

Today, a few of them have been fully sorted and operate, more or less, as viable cars. The rest languish, static displays in Middle Eastern and Asian collections...

Aerovette

06-12-2012, 11:50pm

The ladies would get wet over this car... serious

Why? No AC? :rofl:

joecaver

06-13-2012, 4:06am

almost bought one of these:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3679817702_b5cf1c891a.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Saab_Sonett_III.jpg

I did buy one. I don't remember what year it was but it was before they stuck the big bumpers on them, Sonett II I believe. Mine was a light blue color. It was a fun little car when it was running. I bought it as a project car and never really drove it much. It had problems.

onedef92

06-13-2012, 7:05am

I did buy one. I don't remember what year it was but it was before they stuck the big bumpers on them, Sonett II I believe. Mine was a light blue color. It was a fun little car when it was running. I bought it as a project car and never really drove it much. It had problems.

Always wanted one of those. Had a chance to cop one when I was 16 from an auto salvage yard for $1,100 (motor blown, body/chassis solid) but I balked.

I always wanted a Renault Fuego Turbo and Alpine for some reason, too. "Quirky, French sumbitches!" as Uncle Pervey would say (and shit).

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/car%20stuff/renault_1982-Fuego-Turbo.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/car%20stuff/Renault-Alpine.jpg

Mike Mercury

06-13-2012, 9:28am

I always wanted a Renault Fuego Turbo

Yvonne and I bought a new Fuego - the first year they were sold in the US (non Turbo version though)... 1983 or 84'ish ???

looked exactly like this one:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_L8BTRutV0uk/TPZhmo2JA5I/AAAAAAAALso/ezL0qS6OtoY/s1600/Renault+fuego+Ad+1982.jpg

We got plenty of compliments on that car; it was silver with leather interior... and had a retractable tonneu (sp) cover -type- sunroof.

Hits:
* a lot of interior space to sit confortably in
* best leather seats in any vehicle I've ever owned. We drove that car daily for almost 4 years, there weren't any wear spots; still smelled new.
* rear hatch opened to huge storage area
* fantastic MPG (1.6L engine)
* a lot of positive compliments received.

Misses:
* poor brakes (I guess the French thought you'd never go fast in the car)
* low HP... may be the reason for the weak brakes :) (later fixed via Turbo offering).
* alternator was a POS; replaced it two different times... very expen$ive.

onedef92

06-13-2012, 9:30am

ApexOversteer

06-13-2012, 9:38am

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/car%20stuff/volkswagen_scirocco_16v.jpg

I always wanted one of them thar second-generation VW Scirocco's, too. The budget-minded man's Porsche 924 at the time.

I wanted a Sirocco until the Corrado came out. I still think the G60 Corrado is the best car VW has made since the Mk.1 GTi...

onedef92

06-13-2012, 9:39am

I wanted a Sirocco until the Corrado came out. I still think the G60 Corrado is the best car VW has made since the Mk.1 GTi...

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/car%20stuff/1979_Volkswagen_Rabbit_Euro_GTI_COnversion_For_Sale_Front_resize.jpg

I agree. I'd like to cop one of them jokers, too. I still wish my Dad had his '79 Type C Golf so I could mod it to Mk.1 specs and shit.