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    Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
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    Image of nollid51 nollid51
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    I thought he would've transformed into a panel van with 'Free Candy' written on the side.
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    06/26/09

    @nollid51: Wow.... I hate to say this but.... that actually made me laugh.
    PROPS!
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/26/09

    @nollid51: Not quite a panel van, but similar idea:


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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    [www.rmauctions.com]
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/26/09

    @Ralph Wiley, in sock form: Wow, that surely wasn't a crackpipe.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    I always thought Molestor was a Decepticon that transformed into an icecream truck.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    06/26/09

    @Jo $chmo: well done ...
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/26/09

    @Jo $chmo: You're tearing it up today!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/26/09

    @Jo $chmo: Well said. I'm laughing.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    06/26/09

    @Jo $chmo: Brilliant!
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    If you could transform into a Lancia concept car, why would you spend most of your time looking like Michael Jackson?
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    Image of docrice docrice
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    I have the original Moonwalker video game for my Sega Genesis - what other game lets you use "star power" and a monkey to save children? Fun game, but I could never Beat It...
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/26/09

    @docrice: I had that game too.
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    It was ahead of its time for airbags, having the ability to detect a child's butt in the passenger seat.


    /too soon?
    //too late?

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/26/09

    @Ash78: ///too much.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/26/09

    @Ash78: ////too easy


    Come on Ash, you can do much better than that!

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    Image of UglyDuckCar UglyDuckCar
    06/26/09

    Once upon a time, there were was a star commentator named Ash78. He graced right into the Michael Jackson story and commented away. A joke of mediocrity he posted this day.


    @Ambiguously Unfunny Syrax:

    "Too much" said the star commentator in the 2 door coupe that followed so soon.


    @sos10:

    "Too easy" said the star commentator in the sports saloon.


    "Just right" said the commentator in the jalop-offensive dodge caliber srt, then realized where he was saying this from and began to flee.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/26/09

    @UglyDuckCar: "Bravo!" the star commenter in the unfunny coupe.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/26/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Syrax: said the star commenter... I blew it again.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    A bit eccentric. That's nice of you.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/26/09

    In reply to Remember The Time Michael Jackson Transformed Into An Italian Sports Car?
    Lancias are made from bits of plastic and glitter?
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    12/31/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    How about the Mercedes C111?


    [karakullake.blogspot.com]

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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    Oh, and no discussion of the BMW M1 is complete without mentioning the Andy Warhol Art Car version.


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Mazda reminds me of something.


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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    One more Vector W8 Fun Fact: Andre Agassi owned an example in the '80s. That is until the factory bought it back from him (too many quality issues).
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @SundaySunday: Yes Agassi had one and it had issues, but what supercar of the era didn't?. Wiegert maintains that Agassi pulled a spoiled celeb and demanded delivery before the car was done, and ignored warnings not to try to hoon it until the technicians got all of the proper equipment installed (apparently it was short a radiator or two) and the final bugs worked out. Personally I think he should have told Andre to keep his shorts on and wait for the car to be finished, but money was always an issue, and I'm sure he needed Agassi's money to build more cars and do further development work.
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: Thanks for the detail on that. Very interesting.


    Yes, I loved me some Vector back in the day. The Agassi connection was something I remember reading in a car mag back then, but the article didn't go into any more detail than "he had one & they took it back".

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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Vector doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the other cars on this list.


    That Alfa is an absolute design tour de force of the era. The Vector is just novelty.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: I think you've got it backwards. Although it wasn't produced in great numbers (supercars generally aren't), it was a production car. All of the other cars here are one-off prototypes or concept cars. Yes, I know that the Esprit, Countach, Stratos and E25 Turbo did, either directly or indirectly, lead to production models. The fact remains, though that the ones presented here are prototypes and show cars. And as I noted above, I've actually seen a W8 in the wild. Have you seen any of the others (not the production models that came later) outside of a museum?
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: No, you're right. But they didn't specify production or non production. Purely from a design standpoint, the Vector is horsey and unremarkable.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: That is your opinion and as such I respect it. I disagree, however. In person it is anything but unremarkable. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "horsey".
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    "Add Bookmark". Thanks for the great list, guys. Many of my favorite designs are captured on this page.


    I spent lots of time back in middle-school drawing wedge shaped cars in the margins of my notebooks (esp. during geometry class. Thanks, straight-edge & compass.)


    As I've stated in earlier posts on the subject, I've owned a TR7 and Australian Capri, so my love for the wedge-car is well known. (If you squint, you could probably lump my Charger 2.2 in there as well.)

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