JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary - Jalopnik Comments

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

cq — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:58:47 EST

@econobiker: oh god, the refrigerators. I was trying to block those memories out.

What were they using for the cars? I'll have to admit I only saw where they stored them.

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

frink84 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:46 EST

the lincoln with the blower through the hood makes me want to see a mad max remake, staring said lincoln

frink84

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

econobiker — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:00:51 EST

@cq: Yeah, there was a great show on discovery channel or such about all the huge grinders of various materials -trees, building materials, white goods(stoves,frigs, washers), cars brought in to dispose of the flood damaged materials from Katrina. The description of the white goods processsing was insane due to the way they handled the refrigerators with high pressure hoses and the literal 20' pole on a track loader yet the rotting materials inside were still evil...

econobiker

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

SRekauqh — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:38:51 EST

@EricMerrill: I'll second this. I'm going to have to pick this book up now that I just finished The Driver

SRekauqh

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:38:39 EST

So, they tried to set a land speed record in a Lincoln? I don't care about classes or whatever, they deserve some sort of honourary record - world's fastest pimpmobile? I dunno, it's just all so soaked with win.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:34:31 EST

I'm going to assume this doesn't have those nifty rolling doors...

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

Wes Siler — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:11:48 EST

@EricMerrill: Thanks Eric, glad you liked it.

Wes

Wes Siler

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

ranwhenparked — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:09:11 EST

@ApolloV:

Great ad, but I can't help but wonder how much better things would have been if the black-only policy had been continued for '95 and '96 models. Too many of those cars were ordered in that purplish burgundy that's just such a turn off.

ranwhenparked

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

cq — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:05:03 EST

Excellent! Ran into this car a couple times down in the quarter, it's audible several blocks away. Gonna try and make the premiere.

@smokyburnout: Many of them are destroyed now, actually...the time for that was in 2005-2006. They were collecting them up under the interstates, it was this weird illicit junkyard with homeless people living in it. Had a bad post-apocalypse movie vibe.

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

Eric Merrill — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:51:54 EST

Wes, your article in 0-60 about the Stinkin' Linkin was one of my favorite car magazine features. Phenomenal story, phenomenally recorded. I'm definately going to check this documentary out.

Eric Merrill

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

smokyburnout — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:48:40 EST

you can get a flood-damaged car pretty cheap, right? sounds like a LeMons Special to me...

smokyburnout

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

ApolloV — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:09:06 EST

@Brian B: That tag line was actually for the Impala SS. [stangbangers.com]

ApolloV

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

NovaloadMissesPolar — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:41:05 EST

Sensible move, to go from flooded New Orleans to the dryest place in ths US.

NovaloadMissesPolar

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

smokeydog001 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:40:34 EST

Misfits doesn't even begin to describe those degenerates.

smokeydog001

JT Nesbitt, Designer Of The Confederate Wraith, Readying Land Speed-Record Attempt Documentary

Brian B — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:35:51 EST

I really <3 Mark VIII's. If memory serves, one of the print ads had a black on black one with heavily tinted windows and the headline, "Lord Vader, Your Car is Ready." Too true.

Brian B