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    Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    I'll take Number 8, if I have to have a shorty. VW vans were born to be shorties--not much else was--but the pink is trying too hard--from cute to twee.
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    Those are all fine and good, but where do you put the pennies?
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    oh come on!

    this was the whole reason I loved Micro Machines.

    They were the best thing to have when you didn't get your own room, and the teachers always confiscated hot wheels to assimilate into their very own illegally seized collection!

    I would have popped them into my mouth had I ever been caught.

    Secretly I think they liked watching me play with myself.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    #3.



    I didn't think a true Mini Cooper could be made smaller yet still be able to carry a person.



    I've been schooled.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    A shorty late-model Lincoln Town Car would look great in limo trim.
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    Image of InfinitisEnd InfinitisEnd
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    This brings back a memory I haven't thought about for a long time. In 1984 I was rockin' a '67 Malibu,327 4bbl, powerglide. The right side taillight was broken. On my way to work one day a '69 or '70 Nova pulls up next to me with this "shorty" modification, the driver asks me if I want to buy a taillight assembly for my car. (he just happened to have one in his trunk?) He said that it was a 4 door car and he just cut the rear doors out and welded it back together. I bought the taillight for $20 and went on my way. I haven't seen another like it until now.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    07/09/09

    @InfinitisEnd: Set it in snowy weather and call that "A Jalop Christmas Carol".

    That's Reader's Digest quality.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    07/09/09

    @InfinitisEnd: This wouldn't have been in the Atlanta are would it? There is a garage/car lot down by the airport that has what I think is a '69 or '70 Nova shorty sitting in the yard. It is in a real rough neighbor hood. Just the kind of place guys might sell parts out of the back of their car.
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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    07/10/09

    @P161911 now with M POWER!: I might have to seek this out.
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    Image of InfinitisEnd InfinitisEnd
    07/10/09

    @P161911 now with M POWER!: YES, it was near Atlanta(Marietta), since it was in 1984 my memory fails me as to what color the car was, I want to say red, but not 100% positive.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    07/10/09

    @area_educator kids...: It was south off Langford Pkwy., that's about all I remember.
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    I bet that Pink WEStfalia has a nice ass!
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    I'm waiting for someone to shorty a Checker Marathon. I photochopped one a while back, because if someone doesn't do it before I get my current Checker done, I might have to make one myself.
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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    I'm not sure how I feel about shorty cars. They would make me feel inadequate pretty quickly.

    Its not that I'm not packing heat. Its just that everybody has to know how big my penis is, by relation of the size of my car.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx is out of town for a week...: She told me "meet me in back of Daquiri's cuz she heard I was packing meat."
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    Missed one.
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    Image of Otto-Mann Otto-Mann
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    Is it weird that I like the shorty proportions of the classic Beetle more than I like its original proportions?

    Is it weird that, a front-wheel-drive, preferably turbo'd-4-and-manual-equipped hatchbox like the shorty Caravan would be my ideal vehicle, if only it weren't a Chrysler?

    Is it weird that I can't think of a third weird thing to say about these weird vehicles?
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    Image of Dave7 Dave7
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    aha! I took picture number #6. Super short wheelbase Plymouth Voyager Minivan - I talked to the owner - her husband chopped out the sliding door section a number of years ago.

    You can see the front here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveseven/2751583402/
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    Wow, I just noticed the voyager in #6. If you're going to do the shorty mod, why would you choose such a crappy base to start with?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    07/09/09

    @philibuster: Because now it's officially a Shooting Brake. And that's never uncool.
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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    07/09/09

    @philibuster: The Voyager is a noble beast of burden. It might not be as stylish as a sports car, but it gets the job done, and does it well, at least until the transmission breaks.

    The Voyager/Caravan was one of the best minivans of its time. I suppose that's the same as saying the smartest retard, but still we're not talking Yugo levels of crappyness here.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    I love how the VW buses can basically have the front and rear wheels touch. Perhaps some enterprising individual can eliminate the front wheels altogether.

    Also, it is hilarious that you can shorty a car to its limits and still have a wheelbase longer than a normal mini.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    07/09/09

    @philibuster: You mean, like this?
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/09/09

    @Tanshanomi: I laughed out loud. For a long time. The roof rack with baskets is quite literally the icing on the cake. Too bad it's not functional as a driveable mode of transportation any longer.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    07/09/09

    In reply to Get Shorty: A Mega-Gallery Of Short Car Compensation
    These are some bad people. Regardless of their fabrication skills, they're bad people.

    I've always wanted to put an S10 pickup cab and shortie flatbed on a 2-door S10 Blazer frame.

    Does that make me a bad person?

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    Edited by Tanshanomi at 07/09/09 6:11 PM Tanshanomi was starred Tanshanomi was unstarred
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