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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Wait. Isn't Velma a brand of homogenized cheese product? I seem to remember it in the dairy aisle.
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    Edited by DoctorNine at 11/18/09 9:05 PM DoctorNine was starred DoctorNine was unstarred
    Image of 68Fastback 68Fastback
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Oooh. Let me legally change my name to "Skeletor". I think I just found my dream car.
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    Image of billybobster billybobster
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    I was going to make fun of the eBay ad for this... "COMPLETE BODY KIT WITH CARNARDS"

    But that bastardization of canards is not his alone. Do a Google for "carnards" and there are a number of shops that will sell you (supposedly) aero bits called that.

    Thus offering maximum word geekiness - it's a canard canard.

    But what if he means something more ominous. It really is "carnards" and it can reproduce!
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    The looks aren't actually bad. Fine, it's black matt, and at the same time it has an overall subdued look to me.

    OTOH, it has an orig power plant - nothing too fancy - the inside is a bit ratty looking, and it costs as much as a decent subaru.

    *Crrracckk*
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/18/09

    @Xelmon: I would even have forgiven the looks if it actually had some oomph to go with it.

    Some badass quad turbo charged V8 monster to make people quiver in fear.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    11/18/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09:
    I don't think we have to go that excessive. I think a plain jane V8 would do much justice.
    Something of the revvy variety, not an SBC - even if those are awesome.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Considering you can get an un-uglified 95 with 100k for $3-4k, uh hell's no.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Oof. $1,000 for busted Miata. $800 in paint, goth glitter, and faux race parts. Two beer-fueled weekends in mom's garage. Profit.

    Broken driver's seat bolster screams crack.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Some important things to point out:

    1) beneath that shapeless orange sweatshirt, Velma hides the heart-stopping curves of a Swedish barmaid. But she wants to be respected for her intellect, so shapeless sweatshirt it is.


    2) there is the very real possibility that the guy behind this thing is not Goth at all, but blessed with a keen sense of irony and a high credit limit. Really - a goth Miata? It's like painting images of the virgin Mary using human feces as your oeuvre. The delivery utterly deconstructs the art.

    3) NACA ducts into the backside of the headlights.

    4) Not a single Pep Boys sticker in sight, but we all know Manny, Moe and Jack figure largely in this thing.

    Believe it or not, I'm giving it a Nice Price. $6000 is strong for an older Miata but there's lots of great aftermarket accessories you can sell off it and cut your out-of-pocket expense.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/18/09

    @Elhigh: It is faster than a school bus, and your teenage daughter would so love it for Christmas...
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    Image of crimsontiger6 crimsontiger6
    11/19/09

    @Elhigh: that NACA duct is near where the NA mx-5 sucks air so it getting cool air to the engine.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/19/09

    @crimsontiger6: Okay, putting it there makes sense during the day.

    What about when the headlights are on? Turns out a lot of those cold air induction bits are kinda flexible. He could've put the intake anywhere.

    #tips
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Someone hates mom and dad!
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    Image of mercury_marine mercury_marine
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Oh jeez. Don't let Krewson see this. In fact, no one should have to see this.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Crack. Then take it to Murilee, who will install his patented chattering skulls of death and otherwise turn it into the true horror it could be.
    "Rot" rod indeed.
    Black paint + dozens of skulls = Walmart.
    This wouldn't even get taken seriously as a Lemons contender costume.
    "Halloween's over, Biff. Now you get that junk off your dad's car RIGHT THIS MINUTE!"
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!

    The market for this is tiny. This guy only needs one hairdresser
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Zoinks! If they turned it into a shooting brake, maybe. Fit it with a couple of 10's and a decent amp, and I could make everyone else listen to The Cult, The Cure, The Smiths, and every other angst-ridden pop/rock band starting with "the." Even The the.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Buick holes on a non-Buick make me throw up a little in my mouth, scream in hatred and shake my head in disbelief. I'd give him $600, take a 10 lap penalty, and run this thing in LeMons, hoping for the People's Curse.
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    Image of spuy767 spuy767
    11/18/09

    @mechimike: I wouldn't call those self-adhesive portholes "Buick" holes. If this car had genuine, functional portholes on the fenders, and real engine mods under the hood, and a hell of a lot less chrome, it wouldn't look so bad. Currently, it just makes me want to leap off a cliff because it proves just how far humanity has fallen.
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    Image of Shadowman615 Shadowman615
    11/18/09

    @mechimike: I like how the number of portholes don't match the number of cylinders. Unless there's only 1 on the hidden side.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/18/09

    @spuy767: That about sums it up for me, too.

    Non-functional portholes don't bother me..what "function" could that have, anyway? Buick had them since the 40's, possibly earlier. And they should have kept them.

    #tips
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/18/09

    @Shadowman615: Actually, there's 5 on the other side. You know, law of averages.

    #tips
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    Image of spuy767 spuy767
    11/18/09

    @mechimike: Well, in the GNX, they vented hot air around the brakex, in the superburd, something similar to a porthole vented air presure that tended to build up in the wheel wells and increase drag. Of course, on the superbird, they had to get a little creative and convinced Nascar that the vents were for shock strut clearance.

    #tips
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Ruh-Roh, Rraggy... I ray rrackpipe!

    Doesn't even matter that it can be de-converted back to the realms of normal appearance... I think the weird vibes would be permanent.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/18/09

    In reply to Ruh-Roh, It’s a Rot Rod for $6,000!
    Somebody went to a lot of effort to try to scrub the cute out of the Miata. For his next project is he going to add fake rust and a devil hood ornament to a New Beetle?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/18/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: And a landau roof and opera windows, and maybe a Gurney bubble.
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    Image of British_Looks_British_Reliability British_Looks_British_Reliability
    11/18/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: I'm thinking an exhaust running straight up through the hood and twin Stromberg 97s on a VW Cabrio.
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