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quayzar
11/13/09

In reply to Chevy S10 Hauls Ass Instead of Lumber for $2,500!
This is more of that first hit dealers give to you so you come back for more.

Nice Price for a Crack Pipe #chevys10
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Novaload
11/11/09

In reply to Chevy S10 Hauls Ass Instead of Lumber for $2,500!
"Say, there, buddy, where you hauling that engine there in your truck?"

"Nowhere. That's a live engine and it's hauling the truck."

Nice. #chevys10
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MushyHeirloom
11/11/09

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At that price, it's hard to say no, which is probably why I can't. Impracticality isn't always bad.

Nice. Price. #chevys10
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snapoversteer 'bout to get told
11/11/09

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The $2500 price is right at that level where you could say f-it; I'll take it. But the risk of firey death just seems too high with this thing. #chevys10
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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
11/11/09

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I'm going to not vote, because how can one decide. It is clearly both.

Crasy crasy indeed. #chevys10
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beercheck
11/11/09

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I'm pretty sure this will change the handling exactly opposite of what you're thinking. I think it went from "pickup oversteer" to "Porsche-esque snap oversteer x10". #chevys10
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mechimike
11/11/09

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The weight seems nicely balanced between the rear wheels, and the tranny's in front, which means terminal lift-throttle oversteer won't be as bad as with, say, a Corvair. I have a special, small place in my heart for ass-engined pickups. I saw a VW caddy with a VR-6 engine in the bed, and it was cool as hell. This isn't quite as cool, but sports many more cubes, which makes up for it. That's a lot of motor and a lot of power/weight ratio for your money. If it were closer to me, I'd consider it, just to live life 1/8 mile at a time. #chevys10
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tonyola
11/11/09

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It would almost be worth $2500 just to watch the reaction you get when you pop the hood and pull a suitcase or two out of the now-empty front end. I can only imagine the plumbing for the cooling system.Or the shift linkage for that matter. Oh, I'll call it Nice Price, but it's safer as a parts source than something to drive. By the way, is that a '49 Dodge barely visible in the last picture? Maybe if the seller throws that in...imagine the hotted-up 500 in that! #chevys10
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
11/11/09

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Concept is NP, execution is CP.

Execution overrides concept in this case. #chevys10
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mytdawg
11/11/09

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I would have guessed Michigan but Wisconsin isn't that far away geographically or genetically.

Of course I like it in that "Hold my beer" kind of way. But you'd have to be on crack to actually drive it. I can't vote because there's not a "Nice Crack" button.

Nice Crack? That sounds dirty. #chevys10
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danio3834
11/11/09

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Nice price for sure. You can't buy lol fun like this anywhere for $2500 #chevys10
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acarr260
11/11/09

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Seems like an easy way out (of the gene pool), but it the price makes sliding backward through the gates while on fire very affordable. #chevys10
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Elhigh
11/11/09

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Yay, vote button! Bringin' it back when it really counts.

So let's assume for a moment that the original engine is very safely ensconced - which means somewhere not under the hood of this homebrew deathmobile. It's in a big box somewhere in the garage, awaiting the fateful day when it is called back into service, but it won't fit until the new radiator support is welded in, and some of the big wrinkles in the hood get hammered out.

Lessee here. I can't whistle up the powers of engineerd's WOPR-like supercomputer but I can make a few talented guesses. A 500ci Caddy engine is worth a fair chunk of change no matter how you bake it. I'd say buy-in on a bare block is around $1200, get one with all the spinny bits still bolted on probably blows past $1750. Actually screwed into a chassis and providing motive effort? $2500? Sure, that's a Nice Price.

But you'd have to be crazy cracked to drive it. This is where the big booty has its revenge. What starts out as Newtonian understeer transitions, as the road continues its own way out from under you, into Darwinian oversteer. Congratulations! You have now experienced 1970's-era Porsche handling. America, fuck yeah!

Will you die? Maybe. It depends on why you're buying this truck. There are two ways to look at it:

1) 500 cubic inches! Why the hell else would I buy it? And that lightweight S10 means it's gonna go like STINK.

2) I have slightly ironic Ferrari Testarossa replica I've been building in my kitchen, and this is both the perfect engine to put in it, and a convenient way to get it home.

If you answered "1," then more power to you! Go with God, and tell Him I said "hi" when you see Him - I imagine that's gonna be soon.

If you answered "2," then more power to you, as soon as you get the gigantic mill out of the Chevy and onto that lovely tumbled marble tile the wife had installed in the kitchen two summers ago. Put down some papers or something. And if she sees what crazy-ass new thing you've dragged into the house, you're gonna die. Say "hi" to the Almighty for me. #
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/11/09

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This has to be the cheapest way to get what looks to be a dually S-10. Add some fender flares, and an engine cover that doesn't lead to overheating, and you're done.

Maybe commissioning some custom, fitted luggage for the front trunk, would be a nice finishing touch.

All said, I might prefer that sliver of a car right next to it. #
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tempesjo
11/13/09

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: It looks like that sliver of a car right next to it was listed on craigslist today: [madison.craigslist.org]
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
07/08/09

In reply to Custom Woody S-10 Convertible: Buy It Now For $4,500
I believe this..."thing" is the answer to the question, "What would Joseph Merrick drive?"

[en.wikipedia.org]
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