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    Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad

    Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    Is there copyright protection on Helter Skelter then? Just as well. Doesn't strike as the kind of ride either McCartney or Manson would rock. #customcars
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad

    Ultima for the win.... #customcars
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    I like it. It looks like a Panoz Batmobile for the street. AUSTRALIA F@CK YEAH!! MAKING WEIRD ASS LOOKING CARS POWERED BY GROUND UP WALLABIES!!
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/06/09

    @vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: "Panoz" was the first thing that popped in my head, too. And that's a good thing in my book. #customcars
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    No thanks,i'll take an Ultima. Oh & prices here in the U.K. start at £66k for the G-force targa & £99k for the widetrack ragtop
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    Edited by layabout at 11/06/09 9:49 AM layabout was starred layabout was unstarred
    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    Great performance, but it lacks attachment points for guns, a proper 'roo bar, and extra fuel tanks, at a bare minimum.

    Not acceptable in 'Stralia... #customcars
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    That's gotta be the ugliest thing to come out of a studio since Yoko Ono recorded her last album. #customcars
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/06/09

    @AmishJohn: Rosie O'. still wears that crown. #customcars
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    Image of KeyserSoze KeyserSoze
    11/06/09

    @beercheck: Thanks, you just ruined my day. There better be some funny shit on Jalop today to make up for that... A day without Rosie, is like a day without a hemorrhaging rectal abscess. #customcars
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/06/09

    @KeyserSoze: Hey, AmishJohn started it. Blame him! #customcars
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/06/09

    @beercheck: I was referring to the singing, not the singer. Although there is a marked resemblance between Rosie and piles, now that you mention it... #customcars
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    This has the same kind of ugly the M Coupe has.

    Sexy. #customcars
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/06/09

    In reply to Helter Skelta: Australia's Ugliest Sports Car Going Abroad
    With 4.7 lbs/HP, minimum, you ought to be able to outrun the fugly all day long. Besides you'll be looking out, not at it. All that public retching you'll inspire will help cure the country of its obesity epidemic.

    Gullwings! It's Westastic and can do no wrong. #customcars
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    This just seems so right. #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Amazons are slow? Huh. Someone forgot to tell us that...

    Swapping the engine is also pretty easy:

    [jalopnik.com]

    Even fire can't kill them!

    [jalopnik.com] #volvo
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/05/09

    @mechimike: So true! #volvo
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Marvelous. I love the looks of these things; maintaining the looks and making it haul ass is better still. #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

    I approve. It's a B20... I mean; 120HP is basically 500, right? At some point you're just being greedy. #volvo
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: Was that SAE net or gross?

    500 is a bit over the top, but with some very simple mods even the lowly B18 plant can churn out triple-digit power and sub-10 second 0-60 times. A B20 swap is as simple as changing your shirt, and yields a bit more power and gobs (relatively speaking) more low end, usable torques. #volvo
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    Image of Volvonaut Volvonaut
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: I saw the manifold... this really is a B20, right? #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/05/09

    @Volvonaut: Appears to be. Didn't see a good enough photo of it to tell. Mine was a B18, bored out to a B20 with a weber and a cam. It's not super quick, but it's fun. #volvo
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    Image of Volvonaut Volvonaut
    11/05/09

    @AustinMiniMan: Yeah, but I am unfamiliar with the diminutive 4 gunner putting out a sound like this, much less 500 hp. Is that possible? #volvo
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/06/09

    @Volvonaut: It doesn't have enough ticking coming from the valves to be a B** in my opinion. Volvo's make a lot of noise from the valves; it's pretty distinctive. But I suppose with any amount of exhaust and forced aspiration you can make anything sound like anything. #volvo
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/05/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    I know it loses, but I really want the black Opel Ascona A at 1:40 #saab
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon
    Another salvo in the neverending Volvo-Saab war. And you guys thought that the Ford/Chevy rivalry ran deep. #volvo
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/05/09

    In reply to Swedish Sleepers, Part Two: The 500 HP Amazon

    Here's a 600hp wagon counterpart for those who seek extra practicality. #volvo
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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: I seek it! #volvo
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    Image of MikeHerbst MikeHerbst
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus:

    I just came a little... #volvo
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    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    11/05/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Oh, maybe this is my new dream car . . . gorgeous. #volvo
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