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    Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
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    Image of wheels OF satan! wheels OF satan!
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    dood

    how about the whole column?

    a MODERN one, that COLLAPSES if wrecked

    james dean got the old steel spear through the chest

    and his passenger walked away

    post 1968 has some good points going for it...
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    wheels OF satan! was starred wheels OF satan! was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/07/09

    @wheels OF satan!: I'm looking for a collapsing Midget steering column in the junkyard. In fact, you can get entire parts Midgets for 300 bucks.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    03/07/09

    @Murilee Martin: Well, sure, they gotta sell 'em cheap to stop everyone putting whole cars in their pockets and walking away.
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    A strolling player got drunk and was starred A strolling player got drunk and was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/08/09

    @A strolling player: Comment of the weekend?
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    03/09/09

    @Murilee Martin: $300, just get a bigger toolbox. I'm sure you could fit a Midget under the wrenches.
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    Now that makes for a classy cabin.
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    Six Flags Over Tomsk was starred Six Flags Over Tomsk was unstarred
    Image of Triborough Triborough
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    You'll need to find a proper British Leyland badge for the thing when you are done with it.
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    Triborough was starred Triborough was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/08/09

    @Triborough: Frighteningly, you can get a vast assortment of British Leyland worship gear on eBay UK.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    Great start. The driver's seat looks to be in very good shape--at least the part we can see in the shot--original?
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/07/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: It's original, but I'll be selling it and installing a racing seat with proper harness. Rollbar too. Might as well increase my odds of survival in a wreck from 0.03% to 0.06%.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/07/09

    @Murilee Martin: Well, hell yes, that's doubled the odds right there!
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    Now that the rain has finally stopped, I can get down to making the Sprite roadworthy; such is Project Car Hell when you don't have a garage.


    You don't have a basement?

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    joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/07/09

    @joneez is tired of the Pinto hate: The water table in Alameda is too close to the surface to have basements, so I just have a crawlspace. Hmm... it might be a tall enough crawlspace to fit a Sprite, come to think of it.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    I highly recommending using as many junkyard Jaguar interior parts in the Sprite as possible. You know, to class the joint up.
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    Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp was starred Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/07/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: That way when someone sits in it they can say, "Wow! I really like what you've done with the place!"
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    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    03/07/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: But then she would have to invest in The Club. Most of us are accustomed to using poverty as our only theft deterrent.


    /had to look up two of those words in the dictionary for proper spelling

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    MarywithanM™ was starred MarywithanM™ was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/07/09

    @MarywithanM: "most" and "then"? Haha...just kidding.
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    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/08/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Interior parts? My Sprite will have a lightweight bare metal interior! It will be noisy and loud, and when it rains I'll get wet. Anyone want to buy the hardtop, side glass, or interior panels?
     Reply
    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    Circus Peanuts definitely need to become a LeMons punishment. Even most modern, decade-fresh ones on the market are awful.
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    skitter was starred skitter was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/07/09

    @skitter: Yeah, but how many of 'em does it take to make a real punishment, that's the question? A few, whatever, no big deal. A pound, that'd probably kill you.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    03/07/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: In my experience, 10 is brutal.
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    skitter was starred skitter was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/07/09

    @skitter: There is no flavor on earth like circus peanuts.

    They have nothing to do with the circus and nothing really to do with peanuts.
     Reply
    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    03/07/09

    @skitter:

    @Foozy Ploosh Room:

    @Novaload Misses Murilee:

    You wanna have some real fun, mix those 10 year old circus peanuts with some 5 year old candy corn!
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    joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/07/09

    @skitter: We'll make 'em eat pork brains, but Circus Peanuts might be going too far.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of cq is experimental cq is experimental
    03/07/09

    @Murilee Martin: I'm sure we can come up with at the very least some deep-fried alligator to feed the participants at the "new orleans" (really out in the middle of goddamned nowhere in the swamp) race.


    Maybe a penalty involving live seafood in the cars? Still-snapping crabs?

     Reply
    cq is experimental was starred cq is experimental was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/07/09

    @cq is experimental: I pinch.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/07/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Sure they do, they approximate the flavor and consistency of a peanut fed to, digested by, then excreted from, a Circus Elephant


    @joneez is enjoying a California 'winter': "You wanna have some real fun, mix those 10 year old circus peanuts with some 5 year old candy corn!"


    I'm pretty sure that's banned under the Geneva Convention.

     Reply
    something_unique_and_descriptive was starred something_unique_and_descriptive was unstarred
    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/07/09

    @cq is experimental: Crawdads in the drivers suit?
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    something_unique_and_descriptive was starred something_unique_and_descriptive was unstarred
    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    03/07/09

    @cq is experimental: Fried alligator is not a punishment. It is a privilege.
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    A strolling player got drunk and was starred A strolling player got drunk and was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/07/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: I peeeeeench.
     Reply
    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/07/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Make that a circus elephant with a failing liver and severe anemia and you're close. I never thought of it that way.
     Reply
    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/08/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I've got some melted butter and some tongs in the back here...
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    I like that you have a "steering wheel budget". Helps keep the accounting easier.
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    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    03/07/09

    @engineerd thinks cannoli is deserving of a star: If only our financial industry was as diligent as Murilee.
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    Maxichamp was starred Maxichamp was unstarred
    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    03/07/09

    @Maxichamp: Indeed. And if only our federal government were half as thrifty as our dear Murilee.
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    thunder; now eta-powered was starred thunder; now eta-powered was unstarred
    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    The horn button doesn't quite work- a bit of corrosion in the contacts. In a 70's luxury British car? I call shenanigans.
     Reply
    Syrax was starred Syrax was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    The Jag steering wheel looks great on the car. Looks like the Sprite is coming along nicely
     Reply
    .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/07/09

    In reply to Jaguar XJ12 Wheel Adds Touch Of Class To Sprite Hell Project, Keeps Budget Low
    Awwwwright! Incongruity, British Leyland style!
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
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