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    KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!

    See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!

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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.
    08/23/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Need more pics of #12! You can't show us the dashboard of a '61-3 Rambler American and just mosey along like it's all okay, NEED MOAR PICS!!!!
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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 The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!

    Mike @ clunkbucket has more images and full interview with the "proud" owner.

    The drive is quite literally grind stone friction rollers on top of the rear wheels.

    [clunkbucket.com]
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was starred The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    I love that two of the prize categories are "Ass-Engine Sled, Hessian" and "Ass-Engine Sled, Non-Hessian."
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    It drives the rear wheels you say?

    Does it have one of those newfangled differentials I've heard so much about?
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    I must say that these are very interesting vehicles, some are unlike anything I've ever seen. I like the old Nash (#35) and the ratty VW pick-up (#10).

    Can anybody enlighten me as to what that extremely ugly #2 is?
    Also, anybody know if #23 is covered with tiny tiles of chrome or mirrors? Weird.
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    Image of Bad Juju Bad Juju
    08/22/09

    @skaycog-live,love,laugh!: Think disco ball. He had the windows covered as well..gotta roll em down to drive.
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment Bad Juju was starred Bad Juju was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/22/09

    @Bad Juju: They both make perfect Lemons! Thanks!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Wow, the Pintos are seriously representin'!
    Also, the Rambler dash is to die for, and WTF with the Citro missing its ass? Certainly Citros have almost no ass as it is, but still...and is #32 and old Renault?
    What a treat, thanks for the pix.
    Oh, and using your MGB to tow your bizarre KV Mini--that must be the definition of both "weird" and "optimism."
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    Edited by Novaload at 08/22/09 4:20 PM Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: Pintos are the shit.
    (Also, the Jez 9 are back.)
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/22/09

    @.357: Welcome home.
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    @Dhillaz 2.0: Thanks. It feels great to be back.
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    08/23/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: The car is a friend/customers (all Citroen owners become my dad's friend [jalopnik.com] ) that got rearended on the freeway when he was on the side of the road after running out of gas. The owner was fine. The car, not so much. Parts will live on in other great Citroens. No Cash for Clunkers here! Thanks for the awesome event and the great award. I'd like to see those stuffed shirt wearing Pebble nerds make as nice of an award!
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    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Was the Zed 4 500 quid?
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    08/02/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    Is it wrong that I immediately recognized this as a '76 model?

    I saw an early Pinto, bone stock with dog dish hubcaps, at a cruise in. For some reason, I was impressed.
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    Image of Emmymau Emmymau
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    Being one of those Crazy People who does, in fact, own and cherish a Pinto, I can attest to the difficulty of finding them in junkyards. Too bad this one's a hatchback--I could really use a rear window for my '73 wagon.
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    FlakJack promoted this comment Emmymau was starred Emmymau was unstarred
    Image of tankman tankman
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    When the whole Pinto fire thing was going on, one of the car magazines replicated the accident with the Pinto's competitors - I think Vega, Toyota, and Datsun - by driving a van going 60 mph into the back of each one of them. The gas tank blew open in each case. They repeated the test with a full-size Impala and it's gas tank also blew open.

    Damn mainstream media. Did the same thing with the Chevy side-saddle gas tanks.
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    tankman was starred tankman was unstarred
    Image of brickyard brickyard
    08/01/09

    @tankman:

    And the media got caught using electric igniters to make sure the spilled gas and fumes on the Chevy trucks caught fire, remember?

    I guess the only safe place for the gas tank is inside the cab right behind the seat like my '67 Ford pickup. I feel so safe knowing the gas is right there with me in case something bad happens.
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    FlakJack promoted this comment brickyard was starred brickyard was unstarred
    Image of tankman tankman
    08/01/09

    @brickyard:

    Yeah. Chevy actually tracked down the junkyard where the Dateline pickup had been scrapped so they could prove what had been done.

    My 71 Chevy pickup has the gas tank in the exact same place - in the cab behind the seat. Thought about converting to side saddle but have never gotten around to it.
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    FlakJack promoted this comment tankman was starred tankman was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    This Pinto was the exception that proved the rule.
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    Image of GTBruiser GTBruiser
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    Today it's funny to think that Pintos littered the road in the '70s much the same way ⊂ivi⊃s and Corollas do today.
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    FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine promoted this comment GTBruiser was starred GTBruiser was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/01/09

    @GTBruiser: "Littered" is the right word.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    "There's four in every car. You'll see."

    This was my mother's first car, long before my time, though hers wasn't anything like this primery-grey colour. That C-pillar looks enormous.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    From the front, it really is a mini-Maverick/Comet. But from the back it is the equivalent of a Gremlin-- or v.v.--sheared off at a strange angle, too much glass.
    My mother had two of these, both manuals, and in the latter I got my only speeding ticket--64 in a 55, coming down a mountain. Yeah, I'm still resentful.
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    Image of GTBruiser GTBruiser
    08/01/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I remember Ford making a big deal about the all glass hatch. the "sedan" version with its tiny deck lid was better looking.
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    Skunky promoted this comment GTBruiser was starred GTBruiser was unstarred
    Image of Skunky Skunky
    08/01/09

    @GTBruiser: I always liked the wagon with the round port hole side windows, myself.
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    Image of FLB is on vacation FLB is on vacation
    08/01/09

    In reply to See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
    The first model car I ever assembled was a white Pinto wagon.

    It didn't blow up either.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment FLB is on vacation was starred FLB is on vacation was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/01/09

    @FLB is on vacation: Ur doing it rong.
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