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    2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out

    2008 Detroit Autorama, We Hardly Knew Ye
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    Ben, I could really kick your ass for failing to deliver VIDEO (WITH AUDIO) of the drive-out.


    Hearing some of these beauties would definitely be something worth wasting some serious bandwidth over.


    Ok, ok, I'll calm down.

    But come on! We're JALOPNIK here.

    WE NEED AUDIO (and videO) OF SUCH AN EVENT as THOUSANDS of HP firing up...

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    03/11/09

    @Pleco - e pluribus hoonum: thank you for covering autorama, Ben.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/12/09

    @Pleco - e pluribus hoonum: See my above self ass-kicking
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    I get goose bumps just looking at the drive out pictures. I'm sure I would piss myself in person.

    You want we should identify all these? I spy what seems to be a near pristine 56 Chevy--usually obscured by its big and little brothers.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    I'll eat crow now.


    Most excellent to see them driven.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/11/09

    @lilwillie: Hell, one of them still had mud in the tire's grooves.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    Did you get any more pics of that Ford in the first gallery pic? I'm guessing it's a '63 Galaxie (though the taillights seem to be from a similar-vintage Falcon) but even if it's not, it looks bad-ass.
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    Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was starred Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    Nice iron, especially that Roller. Too bad the awesome overwhelmed the focus...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    I know I've said it before, but you did a good job on the Autorama coverage, Ben. If it weren't for the dang plague I would have been there Friday afternoon.


    There's always next year.


    Speaking of next year, maybe the Lions will win a game and the Tigers will go to the post season, too! And maybe Michigan football will be back to at least .500 (Go Blue!).


    And maybe, just maybe...while I'm thinking of next year...Oakland basketball won't choke and will make in the tournament.

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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    I am vigorously shaking my fist, as there is no video (or audio) to accompany the statement "the sound of thousands of horsepower erupting inside a cavernous building".
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/11/09

    @tenbeers: I am vigorously shaking my fist at the fact that I only grabbed the still camera on Sunday.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/11/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I'm at work, so I can't vigorously shake my fist.


    I'll get back to you from my home computer.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/11/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Your still camera (I'm assuming it's digital) doesn't have rudimentary video capability? My hundred-dollar job does, and with sound even.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/11/09

    @Mike the Dog: Gawker Media isn't interested in supporting internet fads like "video" so the company SLR I have is a Canon XTi. Had I grabbed by personal camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18, I would have been able to shoot video from across the hall with the 18x optical zoom.


    Did I mention kicking myself?

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Ben, the entire interwebs is a fad. A fad that can't die soon enough. Like legwarmers.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/11/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I know the feeling. Like the day I was gonna put my camera in my car but didn't, and saw about 10 lightly disguised prototypes coming out of the Hyundai/Kia tech center in Ypsi. I damn near dislocated my hip kicking myself over that one.
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    Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was starred Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    A tight shot of the bodies on Lord Humongous Rides Again should be a Gawker banner ad...
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    So did they drive, push or trailer the 1930 Pro Comp Ford out? Wondering if its ever been fired.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/11/09

    @Alfisted: It was in a little display which was being disassembled when I left, the car was hooked up to a battery charger and I can only assume they fired it up to get it out.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/11/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: ...or charged the battery for the tiny hidden electric motor they use to move it around.
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/11/09

    In reply to 2009 Detroit Autorama Wrap Up: Driving Out
    I don't know why, but the original KITT just looks so much better than the Mustang one.
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    Image of The Auto Insider The Auto Insider
    03/11/09

    @.357: Here's why you like the original: The new one looks like shit. Plain and simple.
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