Reasons why I should never read Hotrod while drunk

[hirez]

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[quercus]

I presumed those tyres were from the amphibious version. Have they never heard of sidewall flex ?

[quercus]

Oh Stalwarts to you !

You think you've got a problem? I've now _twice_ seen jarkman turn down perfectly fine insane vehicles when he probably had the necessary (and very modest) wedge already in his back pocket. At least you had an excuse.

[jarkman]

Guilty as charged, m'lud.

I can only blame it on my naturally conservative nature, my instinct for economy, my abhorrence for technical fripperies and wonkeries that serve no great purpose in the onward march of human progress.

[thunderbox]

If you built a car like that and painted it pink, you could fuck off the Clarksonistas and the Hotrodistas in one all-conquering fashion statement.

[hirez]

I've thought hard about it, and I still don't see a downside to that plan.

[steer]

I know it's a classic piece of Americana but it just makes me think of a Capri on steroids, or Basil Fawlty saying "I'm sorry if the motorway wasn't wide enough, a lot of the english cars have steering wheels."

[siani_hedgehog]

nono, the capri is a pathetic little neutered copy of the charger. i suppose it's alright if you *like* them small and weak, but i prefer them big and powerful.
*end of car as cock metaphor*

[hirez]

IIRC, it's the other way up. Ford UK hacked about a Cortina floorplan to make something that had the vague air of a US musclecar. If you were feeling very charitable and looking the other way at the time.

Like this: http://www.libeljournal.com/album/phonepix/random/Crapi.jpg

[steer]

*grin* Oh yes, of course the heritage runs the other way but I'd never seen an American Muscle car at the time that the Capri loomed large in my consciousness as the cool car to have (well, it was the 1980s, very very awful things were cool then).

[d_floorlandmine]

And now I once again have car lust ... Damn!
Then again, my desktop background at work is the black Charger from Blade ...
At least the original Charger had somewhat more serious anti-roll bars across the back than most US vehicles ... but then with the Magnum drinking 1/4 gallon every mile and giving you 400bhp and 400lb/ft in return, hell ... spin those wheels* and roll those dice, and put the champagne on ice ... oh for the V8 rumble and the six-pack carbs ...

Of course, you know Richard Hammond from Top Gear bought himself a Charger when he was filming over there, because he too fell in love with the things?

* And yes, I know the original version referred to roulette, but ...

[hirez]

(I am not in this picture because I was behind the camera. Fortunately, there's no audio record of my whimperings.)

http://www.gothpat.me.uk/album/chicago/70scar3.jpg

Mind, all of those were from the 'require a body-off rebuild' end of the yard.

[d_floorlandmine]

[plaintive whining noises]

Damn.

[girfan]

Yes, a few miles from my brother's house...and they take plastic.