Blastolene Special Creator At It Again With "Sneaky Pete" - Jalopnik Comments

Blastolene Special Creator At It Again With "Sneaky Pete"

AllenK — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:58:47 EDT

Wonderful!! That's all you can say about that!!

AllenK

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EmperorPalpatine — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:04:45 EDT

@jchabotte: Not in Masssachusetts... where have you heard this? I have a CDL.

EmperorPalpatine

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FЯeeMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:53:59 EDT

@blindranger: That's awesome, too.

What's with the front axle pushed so far forward on these? Is that done for lowering purposes, better ride with a longer wheel base or...

FЯeeMan

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FЯeeMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:50:47 EDT

@jchabotte: Yee & Hawww!!!! Sign me up, I'll take two!

FЯeeMan

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Euromobile — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:21 EDT

@blindranger: Now that's MAGNIFICENT!

Euromobile

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:01:52 EDT

OK, we need a special garage for "our" hybrids, i.e., rocket+Ford Galaxie, rat rod+Peterbuilt and any other mutants...like that Russian tank-puller amphib.

I'm anti-stacks on this one--which I can hardly believe--but they would shift it too much to truck and less to ratrod.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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blindranger — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:29:57 EDT

That ain't shit compared to this 1964 Peterbilt 359

blindranger

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thomas124 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:19:47 EDT

That is freakin' bad!

thomas124

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Euromobile — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:05:58 EDT

That's magnificent. I can't help but feel that it'd benefit from bigger tyres (think Jay Leno tank car), exhaust stacks and maybe duallies in the back, but it's still some machine. Come to think of it, did this start off as a 6x4? If it did and still was, it'd be even more magnificent!

Euromobile

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vwminispeedster — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:53:05 EDT

You can see it this weekend in Half Moon Bay, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) at the Pacific Coast Dream Machines auto/plane/stationary/mechanical awesomeness. [www.miramarevents.com]

vwminispeedster

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marc2068 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:38:53 EDT

Shit! Want to see burnout NOW!!!

marc2068

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jchabotte — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:36:28 EDT

@FreeMan:

You don't need a cdl to drive a semi truck if you aren't using it for commercial purposes.

\remove the mounting plate.

jchabotte

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mzs — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:19 EDT

@beercheck: I was just about to point that out. Yes he did, pure genius!

mzs

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akirachan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:59:30 EDT

The Peterbilt builds an answer to the Scion Hako...

akirachan

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beercheck — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:54:11 EDT

Is it me, or did he mount the headlights so they turn with the wheels?

beercheck

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P161911 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:41:12 EDT

@P161911: rot=rod
fingers and brain out of sync

P161911

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P161911 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:39:59 EDT

Put the hitch back on it and use it to tow your drop tank dry lakes car for the ultimate hod rot set.

P161911

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FЯeeMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:36:53 EDT

The $64,000 question:

Do I need a CDL to terrorize the neighborhood?

'Cause if I do, I'm starting my classes right now!

FЯeeMan

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Bad Juju — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:35:40 EDT

Leeds' shop is in Santa Cruz, CA, so the hippies are well familiar with his machines & art. Here's a few pics I snapped a few months ago while wandering around his neighborhood : [slum.net]

Bad Juju

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Elhigh — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:27:56 EDT

It's not a Rat Rod - it's a Nutria Rod!

Elhigh

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Tomsk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:22:39 EDT

Want. So. Badly.

Tomsk

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boosted-lego-wagon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:20:01 EDT

An ispiration to Street-racing Garbagemen everywhere.

boosted-lego-wagon

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EDogII — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:19:27 EDT

so freakin cool...could've been used in a mad max flick.

EDogII

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htrodblder — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:18:13 EDT

Damn is that thing cool.
The tires are becoming standard on many trucks to replace the dual setup

htrodblder

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wookie1901 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:56:30 EDT

It needs vertical stacks. Then it would be perfect.

And the name is awesome.

wookie1901

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smokeydog001 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:55:21 EDT

It's so beautiful, I'm taking the rest of the day off to be depressed.

smokeydog001

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Miscellanea — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:45 EDT

Two words. Awe some!

Miscellanea

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dwegmull — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:30 EDT

He also helped building the Monster Garage trike:

dwegmull

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lascauxcaveman — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:50:58 EDT

I want to drive that sucker up Wolf Creek Pass with a flatbed full of chickens.

lascauxcaveman

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cyclopticgaze — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:42:35 EDT

I have always wanted one of these. I didn't know it until just now, but I have always wanted this.

cyclopticgaze

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IamZardoz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:41:16 EDT

If youve never seen it before, better look up Jim Lytle's Allison powered White cabover from the 60's. In fact, check out all the Allison powered vehicles by Jim Lytle. This Peterbuilt is pretty cool too.

IamZardoz

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voodoojoo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:02 EDT

orange Plymouths beware

voodoojoo

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Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:39:40 EDT

THIS is the Anti-Prius! I wanna drive this slowly past Ed Begley jr's house and cackle maniacally!

Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens

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Isetta — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:38:46 EDT

I like all the exposed mechanical elements. Pure truckedness.

Isetta

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Braff S. Preston, Esq. — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:38:22 EDT

This thing could make it 2/3 of the way across the country on one tank...

Braff S. Preston, Esq.

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Spasticteapot — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:35:49 EDT

Hmm. I wonder how fast it does a quarter mile?

Spasticteapot

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milo_carrera — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:34:19 EDT

A better take on the 32 Ford rat rod than any 32 Ford rat rod I've seen. Stunning.

milo_carrera

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Sloop_John_B — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:30:42 EDT

With no frame of reference you get a 32 Ford coupe feel. Then you see the last pictures with those itty bitty humans standing next to it and go, "oh, that's F$cking awesome!"

Sloop_John_B

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elwood — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:30 EDT

Well, I've never seen anything like that before. When I first saw the post, my reaction was "god damn, that's ugly." Then I clicked on it and realized it was a hot-rodded semi, which is pretty cool. Though if he REALLY wanted to be awesome, he'd swap in the a new Caterpillar King of the Hill engine for 625hp and 2050 lb-ft of torque.

elwood

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skyln95 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:22:25 EDT

awesome. it's a pete.

skyln95