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    Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome

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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    It's nice and all, but an Impala wagon doesn't deserve the gasser treatment. If, say, this was an early Nova, I could see that. The Impala deserves to be a lowrider, as cliched as that is.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    I returned from a car guy's dream weekend in the Detroit area; Billetproof on Saturday and the Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show on Sunday, bookended by over 600 miles of top-down cruising in the Ghia. Had the distinct pleasure of meeting Billetproof and Concours d'LeMons impressario Alan Galbraith and fellow jalopster Mike the Dog.


    Despite the economy, both had a record number of registrants. The people at each event looked totally different but, at heart, they were just the same. What a great hobby!

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/08/09

    @junkman: Orphan Car Show? Never heard of the thing, and we certainly won't have any content from it at all tomorrow or Wednesday.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    06/08/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Too bad, because the Orphan Car Show surely would have made some great content for tomorrow or Wednesday.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    Gotta love the six-oh. There was a pink four-door sitting in a driveway a couple blocks from me for years, but then... it disappeared.


    Hope they did this with it.

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    Image of Devin LaDawri Devin LaDawri
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    One thing is true about a Billetproof show;


    Half of the people will kick you in the nuts for saying, "Rat Rod".
    The other half will think you are really cool...

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/08/09

    @Devin LaDawri: Very true, however there is a difference between a "rat rod" and a "traditional hot rod," though knowing the difference is like identifying pornography, you know it when you see it.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    06/08/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: And the people who like traditional hot rods hate the term "rat rod." Those are the people who will kick you in the nuts at Billetproof. The other half of the people at Billetproof don't know that much about hot rods, so they think that anything without 20" billet wheels and expensive paint is a "rat rod." If you ask an aficionado, he'll tell you that a traditional hot rod is built using the parts, technique and style of a certain era, usually the '40s or '50s, while a rat rod is a pile of junk that's been tack-welded together and painted flat black. I believe that's the point Mr. LaDawri was trying to make.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    This is not my personal dream boat, but by god it's high, wide and handsome!
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    The caddy fins kept me guessing what was up with the rear end, killer touch.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: You mean the lipstick tailights? The fins are the ones it was born with.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    Looks like it drove right out Big Daddy Roth's forehead. Nice job.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/08/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Hah! Well played!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    Hm. They appear to have buggered up the front suspension. No worries. Give the car to me, I'll fix it, and put the front end back down where it belongs.


    I thought a "highboy" was one of these:



    I thought the trend shown on this wagon is called a "Gasser", not a "highboy".

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: That's what I was also thinking.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/08/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: That's because it is, and I'm still working off the sunburn coma from the weekend.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    06/08/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Impala Highboy, Nomad Gasser... You were close!


    I feel your pain, if it's any consolation. I think I've contracted the Pig Death, so my brain is in a fog as well.

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/08/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: That's a performance mod. It helps the CG shift farther aft under hard acceleration, putting as much as possible of the car's entire weight on the rear wheels.


    There used to be a lot of jacked-up homebuilt dragsters, standing crazy tall at the lights. When the green goes, the fronts almost come completely off the ground, and stay that way the whole way down the strip.

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    Image of Armand Armand
    06/08/09

    @Deartháir - Now with more SingoFinger™!: Right. Specifically, a "highboy" is a fenderless rod with a body sitting atop the frame. If the body is channeled, so that it sits around and below the frame, it becomes a "lowboy."
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    A lot of cool touches culminate in a vehicle that doesn't really thrill me. Wagon? cool. Straight axle gasser? sweet. Well executed subtle custom touches? Awesome. Big Bad motor? FTMFW!


    Put them all together, and I'm feeling indifferent. Not quite to a "meh" level of indifference, and I appreciate the car as a whole, but I have no real desire to own this.

    I just wish I knew why not.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    The thought process for the headers looks like it went something like this:


    So I had me these tailpipes meant for a Harley, but no Harley. Then, when I went bend the tubes, but only had one tube bender setup and didn't feel like doing any of those fancy turns you see on most cars. So, I just made one bend in the tubing then welded on the tailpipes. Done.

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    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
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    Actually, it's a Nomad. Could be a Brookwood or Parkwood, too.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    06/08/09

    @FromaBuick6: You're right, I always get the changeover year wrong on the Nomad. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    Totally getting one to run over crackheads and homeless people.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/08/09

    In reply to Billetproof 2009: Nomad Gasser Is Totally Awesome
    The only bad thing about jacked-up cars is that it makes them easier for Mr. Smith to dragon.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    @pauljones:

    The Fresh Prince would do no such thing!
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    06/08/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: No no, he meant the Agents. That loves him some wide American booty.



    See?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/08/09

    @Skunky: I'm never watching the Matrix again.
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