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    Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    03/11/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    I don't think "murdered out" quite gets there for this car. How 'bout "genocided?"
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    Image of carcrazy73 carcrazy73
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    The awesomeness!!! Obviously I'm biased ;)
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/10/09

    @carcrazy73: Ditto.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Wheels: Eh. Car: Oh, definitely, where do I sign up.


    I built an Elco similar to this in MC3. Love it.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    This looks to be a 72 or a year or two earlier and it's amazing how great the lines still are. There have been some monster Novas in history and this one looks ready to join that club.

    Hot stuff!
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Wow.


    ...


    WOW.

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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    There's two problems with this car and I can't believe nobody has pointed them out yet.


    A) Automatic

    B) Should be flat black instead of wannabe gray.


    Otherwise, this thing is made of win.

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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    03/10/09

    @WilliamG.: I completely disagree with both your points.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    I like it better than some of his '80s abortions (J200, anyone?). This one looks... almost functional.
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    Image of 6061-Tsix 6061-Tsix
    03/10/09

    @AmishJohn: Actually, I believe the j2000 was Rick Dobberton, the car that put the "wtf" in "Pro street".
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    03/10/09

    @6061-Tsix: Yer right... I'll just go away, now.
    The idea of a 'streetable' car with 2 turbos, 2 superchargers, and a radiator the size of an oil cooler still makes me cringe.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    This Nova seems to bear very little relation to my Mom's old Nova. Sort of like that distant branch of the family you try not to bring up at the Sunday dinner table, but you know they're probably having more fun right then.
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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
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Are those '69 Camaro tailights out back?
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    Image of bygeorge bygeorge
    03/10/09

    @FromaBuick6: I was just about to ask about the rear-end treatment; not sure what lights he is using, but the effect looks alot like a late-60's/early 70's Opel.
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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
    03/10/09

    @bygeorge: Yeah, it just needs a lightening bolt through the gas cap.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    But why that goddamned TV screen in the dash!?


    Suddenly Mr. Trepanier needs a video screen to tell him how fast he goes? He needs an tach in in pie chart format to tell him what his RPMs are? Is he so fucking worried about fuel economy that he needs a little section of the screen to tell him how many miles per gallon he's getting?


    What the hell is next, digital watches?


    The hell with that. If it wanted to be truly, 100% bad ass, not only would it not look fast as Rust pointed out, it would have a real set of fucking gauges, not some cannibalized PSP screen.

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    Image of elwood elwood
    03/10/09

    @pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: What? It's a Racepak data-logging digital dash. Not some chintzy 80's throwback digital dash, but real race-car equipment. And you can configure it to display whatever data you want in pretty much whatever format you want.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/10/09

    @elwood:


    I have no doubt that it's real race-car equipment, I just think that that is where it should stay: on race cars, of if it absolutely must spread beyond that, on contemporary tuner cars. But to put something like that in an old school muscle car just seems somehow wrong.

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    Image of nj_hoon nj_hoon
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Troy Trepanier has been building some of the most bad ass cars for long time. Check out his gallery [www.radrides.com]
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/10/09

    @nj_hoon:


    The only problem I tend to have with his cars is that they are occasionally a little too over-the-top, and despite their massive engines, neck-snapping acceleration, and space-time continuum-warping quarter mile times, they aren't always the most well-balanced cars.

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    Image of lankybits lankybits
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    This car is awesome, but if I had a badass last name like "Trepanier" I would have incorporated a pun on trepanning into the car's name... something like "Skull Driller" might work. Maybe have a ~1.5" hole saw as a hood ornament.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/10/09

    @lankybits: You, my friend, need this car like a hole in the head.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Holy shit. My imaginary girlfriend did just leave me for this thing.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    It would be more awesome if it didn't look fast.


    Stick some whitewalls and a set of plain disc hubcaps on that baby. Or transplant the powertrain into a Vista Cruiser.


    Fast enough to make the woodgrain peel off the sides.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    03/10/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: I like the way you think, sir.
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    Image of armyofchuckness armyofchuckness
    03/10/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: It's like you read my mind. There are two Vista Cruisers around town that both look like they haul ass...of course, that defeats the purpose if they "look" fast.
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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    03/10/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: The concept is something we used to call a "Baretta mobile." Remember that TV show, 'Baretta'? The star (the infamous Robert Blake) had a beat up looking full-size Chevy that was (for the purposes of the show) very souped up underneath: engine, suspension and brakes. The sound man always put in the sound of some heavy-breather under the hood. Sort of the same idea as the Q-ship from WWII.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    03/10/09

    @TR3-A: The idea of a '73 Ford Granada Coupe (Euro) with up to date components underneath has been vividly in the centre of my mind for a long, long time.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    03/10/09

    @armyofchuckness: For the love of god, track them down, photograph them and post, dammit, post!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/10/09

    @TR3-A: Beretta mobile?
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    03/10/09

    @A strolling player: I think about 700% more excellent than that.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/10/09

    In reply to Troy Trepanier's "Notorious" Will Steal Your Girlfriend
    Meh. It's OK. For a Chevy.


    /ducks

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