@engineerd: I saw that car a few years ago downstairs at the NAIAS (I think. I know it was at COBO, but I'm not 100% sure it was the auto show)
I digress. The quality of the work that is done on those cars is seriously sub-par. You have to give some leeway considering the focus on the mechanical mods and the looming deadline. The paint job was horrid.
Still an awesome vehicle. That and the Garbage truck Explorer were two of my favorites.
@pj134: I lost what little enjoyment I got from that show when they had their heads handed to them in a drag race, they'd done up a Sedan deVille to be a 1/4 mile monster, by a guy who had one which looked BONE STOCK at first glance, and even had working power windows/locks.
The guy who had the competing Caddy, he's my freakin' hero.
Hell, when an '82 Coupe deVille showed up on a local Craigslist, with a built 502, and large amounts of work done in hiding how bad ass it was, my wife had to take my keys away from me.
@pj134: I despised the Mustang mower. It had its merits, but the fake reel mowers on the doors had me shaking my head in disgust. And the "challenge" had nothing to do with mowing. It might as well have not been modified, since it was just a drag race to see if a Mustang could beat a gang mower.
Car and Driver's reviews of ridiculous shit are the best ones they do. I remember they did a Zamboni a few years back. Another good one was one of those aircraft TUG things, the ones that push airplanes around airports backwards and such? That was a cool review.
@A stʁolling playeʁ: My favorite one was the comparison of the Trabant to a Sears garden tractor and why the garden tractor was actually a better road vehicle (more Horsepower was one reason.)
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damn thing had ultrasonic sensors on it to determine the ice thickness and density and adjusted the water flow to get it to optimum levels..
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Second, my favorite Zamboni was the one created on Monster Garage.
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I digress. The quality of the work that is done on those cars is seriously sub-par. You have to give some leeway considering the focus on the mechanical mods and the looming deadline. The paint job was horrid.
Still an awesome vehicle. That and the Garbage truck Explorer were two of my favorites.
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The guy who had the competing Caddy, he's my freakin' hero.
Hell, when an '82 Coupe deVille showed up on a local Craigslist, with a built 502, and large amounts of work done in hiding how bad ass it was, my wife had to take my keys away from me.
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never make a pretty car your life,
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life,
get an ugly Zamboni carry you!
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