PCH, Chevy-Powered Porsche Edition: 911 or 924? - Jalopnik Comments

PCH, Chevy-Powered Porsche Edition: 911 or 924?

1600mkII — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:25:20 EDT

All I needed was to see a small block sitting on a rug in the 911/12's engine bay. Wow! That is SOOO cool! You have nothing to do but start from scratch with an impossible marriage...DA BEST!

1600mkII

PCH, Chevy-Powered Porsche Edition: 911 or 924?

MOPAR-MAN — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:51:23 EDT

924. I like cowl hoods.

MOPAR-MAN

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XDoctor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:25:36 EDT

I never liked the idea of putting an American V-8 in a Porsche. In the 924, its forgivable, due to the fact that the factory engine was a giant POS. In the 911, it should be punishable by death.

XDoctor

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crankcase — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:53:00 EDT

I'm surprised at how well the SBC fits in the 924's engine bay. I vote 911. No way it could be made streetable.

crankcase

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screamingbluemessiah — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:48:58 EDT

for the "Oh my GOD which direction am I facing now" factor, I will have to go with the 911. Always wanted a wheel standing Porsche...

screamingbluemessiah

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Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:26:45 EDT

@Murilee Martin: What happens if you want to adjust/change your belts. Firewall access hatch?

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

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CEman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:08:41 EDT

@racerx:
But, it is in a Porsche see?
Porsche's are air cooled see?
So, it is now air cooled see?

This may be the least of your worries....

CEman

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acarr260 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:49:42 EDT

911 FTW. The 924 seems easy to finish and the massive cowl hood takes away some of the sleeper potential imo.

acarr260

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Murilee Martin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:43:16 EDT

@cgarison: Can't you just turn the engine around and fabricate adapters for the flywheel and balancer? Added bonus: Chevy distributor now easier to reach!

Murilee Martin

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CptSevere — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:04:18 EDT

@cgarison: Jeezus! I'll bet this clown never realized that. Yeah, finish the thing, pop the clutch, slam backwards into a fire hydrant or something. Get the engine to crank the other way, though, and this thing would wheelie like a sonofabitch. The front suspension looks like it's unloaded, and this pig is sitting still. Put wheelie bars on the back, just for the freak factor.

CptSevere

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econobiker — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:48:55 EDT

@econobiker: Actually "serviced" the ExxonValdez of 924's that same summer. Idiot wanna-be rich lady drives in white 924 complaining that we didn't put in oil right week before and car "is smoking". Pop the hood and entire, I mean entire, engine bay is coated with brown liquid oil.

I told her nicely that her car was a POS, a lowly gas pump jockey could never do that to the engine, car was a fire hazard, and to get it fixed. After all that she still bought two more overpriced ($2.75/qt when oil was 79-99¢/qt) quarts of oil.

When she left I had to block the dam pump and get oil dry because the uber-Valdez had deposited about 1/2 quart on the concrete pad.

econobiker

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econobiker — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:41:30 EDT

@beercheck:

Yeah, they are in the same league as the fallopian tube for a '69 MG that the guys at the old school auto garage sent their teenage apprentice auto tech boy to pick up at the autoparts store...

Me, the college guy pumping gas for the summer, had to educate the poor kid on the interior mechanics of the female anatomy so he understood why he should be pissed off at the garage guys and why the auto parts guys were laughing their asses off as they sent him back to ask "For what size mammary units?"

Oh what a summer that was...

I would go for the 924 though it has a snowball's chance in hell of passing any type of half-hearted emissions inspection past asking "Does it have an exhaust pipe in-place?"

econobiker

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voodoojoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:30:26 EDT

@CEman: Wow, is it me or did everything get all Baudrillard in here? Oh no! It's another existential conundrum! It's as thought the weight of the whole world is upon me...but...but I feel so...weightless? GAAAAHHH! Damn you Simulcra! And Simulation, too!

voodoojoo

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thunder — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:20:00 EDT

The guy with the 924 had me with the "wail tail" and the Ford "hear end". I'd buy the thing just for the chance to slap him upside the head with a dictionary before driving off.

But you know his suspension decision makes perfect sense when you consider he's in Moorhead, MN; the roads run straight & true N/S and E/W, and the land is flat as a pancake. You'd never realize the need for real handling if the only twisties you know come attached to a loaf of bread.

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lowmiles — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:09:22 EDT

911. I'm most likely to die in that one.

lowmiles

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something_unique_and_descriptive — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:36:57 EDT

That 911 will make you legend, people will speak of you for years to come.

Person 1 - "Hey, did you hear about crazy old [insert name here]?"

Person 2 - "No. What happened? Last I heard he hadn't left his garage for like three years."

Person 1 - "It was six, but, yeah, he was building some sort of monster Porsche. The neighbors heard something that sounded like a gay deep throated angry demon and then he came bursting through the garage door and went flying down the road. About ten miles down they found some skid marks, a hubcap, and the steering wheel... they couldn't tell what the other bits and pieces had been... nobody's seen him since."

Person 2 - "Whoah... [stunned silence]"

something_unique_and_descriptive

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TRUEBLUE'STANG — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:33:12 EDT

Oh my god! I live in cecil county MD and that is such a cecil county car. they will put a 350 in ANYTHING!!! I can't believe this!

TRUEBLUE'STANG

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Schm, lord of Torques! — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:21:20 EDT

The 911. It just looked sad. :/

Schm, lord of Torques!

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JWilly48519 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:43:59 EDT

I'd buy the 911, then move the engine to the front. It'd be easy.

Hey, maybe I'd make it FWD while I'm at it.

JWilly48519

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racerx — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:43:30 EDT

@CEman:

Indeed, but the SBC not an air cooled engine!

racerx

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muleshoe — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:32:22 EDT

The 911 is a chinese clone

muleshoe

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CEman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:32:01 EDT

@Dr.Danger's got nards:
Remember when, unless it was in a 'classy' mag, you could TRUST a picture? It was just way to hard/expensive.
Now, I am never sure if what I see is real.
Or even what 'real' means sometimes.

CEman

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CEman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:29:29 EDT

@racerx:
You see any cooling there?
I don't see no stinkin colling in there.
We do need no stinking cooling, it's a Porsche silly.

CEman

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CEman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:28:17 EDT

@Mike the Dog:
Yah.
I can see myself flying into hell backwards at 100 mph.
Not a bad way to go actually..

CEman

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Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:21:36 EDT

@TheBrewPub: everything is a photoshop

photoshop is the new reality

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

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muleshoe — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:19:48 EDT

Needs a Crosley 4 cylider cobra. 26HP now thats BAD.

muleshoe

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racerx — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:17:46 EDT

I would love to know how he is cooling, or not cooling, the motor in that 911!

racerx

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mrface — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:09:49 EDT

@narf: If only we hadn't already set the Chevy as the engine of choice. Just think: 911 with a Tatra 603 engine... mmm the smell of brimstone would be thick.

mrface

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Andrewpetty — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:06:41 EDT

@cgarison: or just a propeller, like a fan boat.

Andrewpetty

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Stuntdriver — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:02:27 EDT

i take the 911 and the life insurance please...

that thing looks like it´s gonna powerslide even parked....

Stuntdriver

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Mike the Dog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:45:13 EDT

@cgarison: Another of the reasons I voted 911. The biggest reason, of course, is the fact that if I ever did manage to get it going, the lift-throttle oversteer that 911s are famous for (exacerbated by the extra mass of the Chev motor), would rear its ugly head about 1/100th of a second before I remember to watch for it, killing me in an especially messy way.

Mike the Dog

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FuzzyPlushroom — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:40:44 EDT

@Preferredcustomer: Precisely, all the good's gone out of it...

FuzzyPlushroom

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OrangeBoss9 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:05 EDT

The 924 started life with an engine where a'murrican engine expects to be, therefore the vote must go to the 911.

OrangeBoss9

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marc2068 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:27:54 EDT

i voted 911,i have 924

marc2068

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narf — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:57:02 EDT

911. I mean, a few (hundred) pounds added to the rear shouldn't upset the handling 'that much' ...

The optimism of an air cooled small block is a nice touch too.

narf

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cgarison — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:53:55 EDT

All of these posts and nobody has questioned the fact that a Porsche motor spins in the opposite direction of Chevy V8. That means a cam swap as well as a new starter motor and fly wheel.

cgarison

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Spasticteapot — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:52:58 EDT

The 924 is made of common-as-dirt American muscle car parts, which makes finishing it easy. Of course, it's always going to be a car with a slushbox and crummy transmission, so why bother?

On the other hand, that 911 is a proper Porsche. With a lighter V8 and some "situational engineering", glorious Porsche handling could be combined with truly massive American muscle. Of course, the car is in horrible shape and likely uses some incomprehensible engineering, making it truly hellish.

Spasticteapot

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junkman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:42:21 EDT

They put the V8 in the wrong end of the 911. Probably true about the 924 also.

junkman

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Pete Gaines — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:39:35 EDT

@JoeWoodsprite: German chicks are pretty good lays, I agree.

Pete Gaines

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petersterncan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:36:24 EDT

911 all the way. Let's say you do eventually get the project done... you're happy... you get in the car... you start it up... you hear the engine roar... you go for a little drive and it all goes so well... until you hit a curve and the weight of all that V8 goodness causes you spin out and wrap the car around a tree.

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Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:28:58 EDT

If the 911 doesn't break what little sanity you've got left, you'll probably find out that Satan's a Porsche lover, and you've just ended up on his bad side for your abomination, sending you to the worst levels of hell.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

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MZЯ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:17:40 EDT

924---Shit Pre, and Shit Post swap That's my flavor of hell!!!111!!111!

MZЯ

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dolo54 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:37 EDT

Moby was a great white wail I suppose.

dolo54

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Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:03:49 EDT

While the 924 is fairly well-brutalized, the 911 is probably far, far worse.

Plus, as AndyDuncan said, it's Porschier.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

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TheBrewPub — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:58 EDT

Don't you think the 924 owner wouldn't get rid of the car if it was "on of his favorites"? Perhaps he meant "least favorite"?

Spelling aside, the 911 wins PCH based on Craigslist text alone (as documented by our fine crew above)

@Dr.Danger's got nards: Yeah, I totally agree - looks like that V8 was photoshopped into a blacked out pic. Therefore, I refuse to believe it exists. Therefore, it wins PCH.

TheBrewPub

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TurboBrick — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:38 EDT

911 - the next modification I'd make would be some disposable seat covers so that the interior wont be ruined after you've soiled yourself following a furious spinout.

TurboBrick

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Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:57:22 EDT

@morrisseyscoot: Thats nothing a sawzall can't fix.

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

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Mike the Dog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:57:17 EDT

@morrisseyscoot: Sure he did. It says right in the ad "needs radiator brake work and carb and starter". He's just leaving the details to the next guy. One of the reasons I chose the 911.

Mike the Dog

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Andrewpetty — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:56:22 EDT

Professor Powerslide's prescription for fun in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot:

1) Take a big iron V8 and shove it in the ass end of a European sports car.

2) Turn the wheel.

3) Stand on the gas.

Andrewpetty

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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Also smoking his cigar in the CSRSL — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:55:26 EDT

924 voters lets remember we are in hell

BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Also smoking his cigar in the CSRSL

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:54:08 EDT

914. He went to all that trouble and then threw in the damn towel over a starter?

Besides, the other guy is too weird. Wail tail. What in the hell would he think that meant?

NovaloadMissesPolar

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beercheck — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:53:11 EDT

@Preferredcustomer: Damn you and my being called away mid-comment.

beercheck

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beercheck — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:52:43 EDT

911 for sure. Have you priced radiator brakes recently? They're basically unobtainable.

beercheck

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Ω ß®ªғғ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:47:20 EDT

@13oostedwgn:COTD!

Ω ß®ªғғ

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Preferredcustomer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:46:52 EDT

@morrisseyscoot: Au contraire! The ad clearly discloses the problem:

"needs radiator brake work"

Preferredcustomer

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Mysterious Utility Bento — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:46:38 EDT

The 911 is easily recognisable to the car lay-person so you will at least get an ohh or an ahh from them, but the 924...no one knows what that is. If you have to explain how your car is a Porsche, all the luster is gone....so I yield to the 911.

Mysterious Utility Bento

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Evil-Jeremy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:43:33 EDT

Wouldn't be seen dead in either of them.

I guess I'd have to vote 911, because you have to be a complete asshole to brutalize a 924 like that. He's managed to wreck the engine, wreck the handling, and for the coup de resistance, turned it into an automatic.

I'm getting geniunely upset with what he's done to it. I almost think that it should get the vote based on sympathy. Someone should put some love into that poor abused Porsche. It deserves that after what it's been through at the hands of it's former owner.

Evil-Jeremy

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morrisseyscoot — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:42:22 EDT

It appears that the 911 owner didn't even consider that the engine is liquid cooled and needs a radiator.

morrisseyscoot

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Preferredcustomer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:13 EDT

"Wail tail?" Ford "hear end"? Are these Freudian slips that presage the level of whine from the final drive in the 924?

I've gotta go with the 911, though the 924 gets bonus points for being such a completely bad implementation of a fundamentally good idea.

I mean, a V8 in a 924/944 *could* result in the best of both worlds--American power and engine reliability (no more timing belts!), but with the magic Weissach handling these cars are known for.

This guy went a different way, though, deleting the one thing that makes a 924 interesting and trying to...what? Make a drag car? Weird.

Preferredcustomer

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graverobber- My Yugo Nova! — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:02 EDT

Oh, how can you not go for the "Pendulum-Porsche" 911? The 924 seems mostly sorted out, while the 911 looks like it still has a family of raccoons living in it. You get a hold of that monster and you better prey the road to hell isn't a twisty one.

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

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Mad_Science — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:39:42 EDT

Did you even look at the pictures? The 924's basically done (...what?), but the 911 is PCH, embodied.

Mad_Science

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DrJeffie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:38:21 EDT

924

DrJeffie

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Bad Juju — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:37:29 EDT

Going with 924.. No matter how nice it is, its still a 924. Also, with the Ford 8" and other assorted butchery that's taken place, it sounds like it'd be pretty unsatisfying even when finished..

At least with the 911/912, there's the inherent value in the shell of the car, someone might want that even if you give up on the V8. Plus, with something like an LS2 back there, the weight distribution might not be so terrible.

Bad Juju

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7Seven — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:36:46 EDT

@7Seven: Swayed me to the 911 that is!

7Seven

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boosted-lego-wagon — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:35:51 EDT

No cutting, eh? I guess you won't be able to sell it to any emo kids...

boosted-lego-wagon

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AndyDuncan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:35:10 EDT

911. Because adding another 150lbs behind the rear axle will make it Porschier.

AndyDuncan

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7Seven — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:35:06 EDT

The 924's dash swayed me...oh wait - it has a chrome alternator?!

7Seven

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Ω ß®ªғғ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:34:34 EDT

I vote for the Porsche 1274

Ω ß®ªғғ

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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Also smoking his cigar in the CSRSL — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:34:19 EDT

911 very German with very American V8,
looks like it needs more than just a carb and radiator.

BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Also smoking his cigar in the CSRSL

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beercheck — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:34:18 EDT

//only the left front brake works.//

That happened to me once in an '82 X-11. Good times.

beercheck

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Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:34:02 EDT

There is something strange about the way that 350 looks in the back of that 911.

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

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JoeWoodsprite — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:33:47 EDT

I've always enjoyed sticking the American pushrod into a German.

JoeWoodsprite