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    The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/10/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    God, this car is dangerous-looking.


    it looks rickety and likely to kill you in the way that a dilapidated old wooden roller coaster is. if it were really scary, and missing sections of track and had no safety harnesses.

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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Crud; clicked too soon. It was done up with a Caterpillar radiator and Caterpillar-yellow wheels. Some huge sprocket for a steering wheel and a huge Crescent wrench for a shifter.



    Didn't get a chance to talk with the owner, but saw him hit the hydraulics to get it off the ground before driving off, with his head sticking out above the roofline. The engine sounded pretty decent too.

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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    You call that low?



    Seen last fall at the Outkasts Kar Klub show in Beautiful Downtown Mitchell, SD, home of the World Famous®, One & Only Corn Palace.

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    Image of golferal - Now with no Segway! golferal - Now with no Segway!
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    I hate rat rods. Not only because they generally look like shit, but because they are universally owned by overly tatooed douchebags who seem to be stuck in a WWII era time zone. And don't even get me started on their "significant others", who are equally tatted up and seem to think their dyed hair (choose your favorite color of red, orange or jet black), pasty white skin, and fat asses are somehow attractive.


    The whole fucking scene pisses me off.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/09/09

    @golferal - has no need for a snarky screen name: Hey, there is nothing wrong with black hair and pale skin.


    Well, if you/your partner drive a hearse.

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    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    I have no problem with people making unique hot rods on a budget, but at least make it safe people. You know, brakes that work, functional suspension, and maybe a floor (even if it's made of 1/4" plywood it would be safer than the air separating the driver from the driveshaft and axle). I'm not asking for you to make it safer than a Volvo; modern crash protection is pretty much impossible with something this old -- but at least make it so that the very act of driving around won't cause a part of the car to break apart, sending it careening towards oncoming traffic.


    If you want a badass "rat rod," do something like the Green Grenade:

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @discontinuuity is once again meme-free: Hot stuff indeed.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    This pretty much straddles the line between ratty cool and a cobbled together piece of crap.


    I'm no OG rat rodder or anything...but I thought the origin was more about focusing on mechanical stuff and using what you had around to build a rod than making it intentionally crappy.


    I guess the problem comes from my inability to figure out if the builder is really an awesome fabricator and this is what he chose to build...or if this is a cobbled-together piece of crap.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Of course it's low. Damn spring shackles finally rusted through when they were rolling it off the trailer!
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    I think you have seen cars this low before Ben... I think you see them all the time.[Jalopnik.com]
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/09/09

    @TimTim: Yes, the voodoo curse was pretty damn low, but hell bound was even lower, doesn't have a modern air suspension, is way more dangerously constructed, and will probably need a trailer to carry the drivers balls around, not necessarily because they're so big, but because he'll have coughed them up.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Mind-blowingly awesome! I suppose the owner has also a dog..


    and a wife...

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @sos10: And a vision + neurological problem affecting perception and judgment!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Call it the Thomas Hobbes:
    It's nasty, brutish and short.
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    Image of Hepcat_AU Hepcat_AU
    06/09/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Hurrah sir! Perfect!
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    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    06/09/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I already heartclicked you. We need Zelda-style multiple hearts to click.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @Hepcat_AU: Back atcha!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @kleinlowe: Have a click on me!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @kleinlowe: I sent you one back but I think the hamsters ated it.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Billetproof: from zero to dead horse in record time.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Absolutely awesome. I don't care if you hate it when I call them rat rods, that's how I think of them, and I absolutely adore them. And that gearshift is the greatest thing ever. A mechanical version of the new JaguarDrive Selector! How awesome is that?


    Up next, a mechanical way for it to rise out of the centre console when you start the car. I'm thinking hydraulic lifts and chain-driven actuators.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Billetproof is right. No billet here.


    I want that style of shifter in my 240. Can't be too hard with an automatic.

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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    I bet the bottom is shiny!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/09/09

    @POLAЯ: So, shiny side DOWN is appropriate in this instance?


    POLAЯ, M'Lord, how are you??

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/09/09

    @POLAЯ: POLAR comes off the bench--he shoots---HE SCORES!
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    06/09/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Wha Happenin' Brother? For a second there I thought your screen name said "StinkFinger"!!1!


    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I should play for the Red Wings, NO? Cheers Mr. Load!

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/09/09

    In reply to The Stupidest Awesome Car At Billetproof 2009: Lowest Car Ever
    Dammit, I'm going to be in Florida for the next 4 months, but they've already had Billetproof FL. This is probably the most Jalopnik of car shows.


    I approve of Billetproof.

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