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[nfpgasmask]

oh man...i guess im showing my age

no, but really.. i have heard of some of these films, but no...i havent seen em...never really been into sci-fi though to be honest...

First off, Mad Max is not sci-fi. I would say action/adventure. And Red Dawn, well, let's just say Jack, that you NEED to go rent this asap, especially since you live in Colorado and like the outdoors. Red Dawn is not sci-fi. This film was as monumental, if not more so than Mad Max for me. Regardless of age, check it out. I think you might like it.

and actually no on the cars bart, all of those look like over-heavy hunks of metal.

That's because they are!! I would much rather have a heavy steel monster than a plastic toy. That's what amazed me about the Trooper, the whole thing is made of metal! The thing is a tank!

..i can appreciate them for being a good vehicle for their time, but they are dead now and FAR outdated...

Well sure, of course they are outdated. Hell, the VX is outdated if you really think about it. For me, it has nothing to do with anything but the way they look. I really don't care for ANYTHING that came out of the 70s, but the cars. IMO, there has been NOTHING the American auto industry has produced since then that I even remotely like. IMO, the 80s was the greatest era for exotics and the 90s, well, basically it had nothing at all until the VX. And today, again, I fall back because I think just about everything is boring/looks the same/ugly.

dont get me wrong, i can appreciate that at the time, that was an amazing vehicle..but nowadays, it just seems useless. big, heavy, ugly, stock-has no power....yes with lots of $$$ and time one can make one of those really fast...but that can be said with ANY vehicle...

Useless, true. Expensive, absolutely. Stock-has no power, not sure about that one, I never thought a 351 V8 was powerless, but again, I am strictly talking about the looks here. Do the looks of a vehicle even matter to you, Jack? Or is it all about economy and power?? Given the fact that you own a VX, I have to think you care at least a little about style and aesthetics!

as whitney has watched us discuss throughout this thread she just keeps telling me, "its all about what you grow up with, thats what was cool when they were 16, so to them its cool stll...to you, japanese cars are cool, so its cool to you"....sadly enough, i think shes right again

Well, yes and no. I think she is right to an extent. If she were 100% right, than I really shouldn't like early 70s muscle at all, since I wasn't even alive yet, but for me, it was something that I have always loved since I was a kid. I can't stand 70s music at all (save for the Moody Blues and some late 70s disco and of course punk), and I hate the clothing styles of the 70s, but the short period between 1970 and 1974 produced the coolest looking American cars EVER, imho. I like 80s cars too, and to say I don't like Japanese cars is wrong (I have a VX, remember?). I really love the 80s Japanese sports cars like the Datsun 280z, the old Supras, and cars like that. Going further back, I don't really care for much from the 1960s, but then the 1950s, I have to admit I like a little of that. A well done rat rod can look pretty sweet. And you wanna talk heavy hunks of metal!

I think you and I differ because I won't give anything the time of day if I think it doesn't look cool first. Life is too short to drink cheap beer, drive a boring vehicle, and diet. You only live once, so shoot for the stars, man!


Bart

[Gussie2000]

nice, i couldnt agree more about any sports car gussie!!

wish there were some sort of track here in colorado for stuff like that.

Sorry for your infortune luck.

I'll be going to NJ & look at more of those racing/drag contests & have some videos/pics to share with you guys.

The 1rst two times i went was in my brother 'n law pathfinder,but next time i'll getting my horse over there to cause some conmotion

[nfpgasmask]

I'm not sure if this has turned into an argue with Jack threadjacking thread

With what Justin said above, Jack, I hope you don't think I am ganging up on you or anything, not at all, just killing time and having fun discussing things. It's all good!



Bart

[kodiak]

Justin’s right if you haven’t experience a true muscle car then you’re missing out on quite an experience. I’ve owned one or two in my day and this was my favorite. Well technically it’s a pony car, but boy did it have power.


1968 Cougar XR-7. Mine wasn’t quite this nice.

[pbkid]

justin, bart...not at all...
im reading this thread with a smile on my face.

i enjoy discussing cars...its hard to find ANYONE around here who doesnt just simply say...well its a ricer and its not worth a crap...

and justin, i think you are probably right...if i got in the passenger (or better driver ) seat of a built muscle car im sure i wouuld have a smile on my face... then let me flip the coin on you and say that if you got in my buddy/mechanic's 09 skyline GTR you would probably have a smile on your face as you take a 15mph turn at 90mph.... or as you get sideways at 80+ MPH in his fully built nissan silvia...or even sitting passenger in his 'little' honda civic... oh ya, it runs 11.6 1/4 mile at 6,400ft elevation

i guess there is a time and place for anything...any fast car is fun to ride in...and i love pretty much all cars

[pbkid]

dude, the Vector is a MEAN MACHINE....

didnt they also make a W12 version???

ya, i personally love the R34 best (next to the R35)...i think the body styling is just classic...

one of my car buddies here in greeley has an R32 daily driver...not too pretty YET..ill try to get some pics for ya

[JRSOBX]

I had an El Camino for a few years.

One of my co-workers came up and asked me to hit the hydraulics. He really thought all El Caminos could bounce.

[Riff Raff]

Justin’s right if you haven’t experience a true muscle car then you’re missing out on quite an experience. I’ve owned one or two in my day and this was my favorite. Well technically it’s a pony car, but boy did it have power.


1968 Cougar XR-7. Mine wasn’t quite this nice.

Nice, I still have my Candy Midnight Blue 302-4V 1968 Cougar with Violet Pearl Clear-coat. It's my very first car from high school; has now been restored to show room condition and has won many 1st Place "Best of Show" trophies. It's in my garage, parked next to my VX.

[djvx]

Very rare to hear muscle cars being ''poo pooed'' as useless and outdated. Speaking to their held value should tell you they are certainly not worthless. Time will tell if a Subaru will hold equal value as a driving icon as the muscle cars do to this day. I certainly do not get "happy" squeezing into a civic "tin can" and having a 16 year old driver show me what fun behind a wheel is all about. I'll definitely pass on that.
Cheers

[pbkid]

good thing me, nor my mechanic are 16 huh?? im almost 23 and my mechanic is almost 30 now....

his civic is fully race built...all motor, not driven on the street, although it is street legal... no turbo's or superchargers and it runs that well at high altitude, which says a lot for the car..

[kodiak]

Nice, I still have my Candy Midnight Blue 302-4V 1968 Cougar with Violet Pearl Clear-coat. It's my very first car from high school; has now been restored to show room condition and has won many 1st Place "Best of Show" trophies. It's in my garage, parked next to my VX.

Very cool! Mine was a 302 4V and a stick but it definitely wasn’t in showroom condition, I couldn’t believe how much power that thing had. I’m still kicking my self for selling it. Post some pix, I’d love to see yours.

[nfpgasmask]

Bart has his accessible dream car but

Man, if you only knew the half of it. I've in the process of acquiring this car for over 7 years. It's a long (and rather stupid ) story, but nonetheless, it has been a loooong wait. Accessible yes, but I made some mistakes along the way that I could have avoided if I was at the same frame of mind and life state that I am in now. Either way, the day is almost here and despite the basically horrid condition it is in (imagine AWOL with a lot of crusty brown holes) I am extremely determined to see this project through and build my dream car.

Bart

[djvx]

good thing me, nor my mechanic are 16 huh?? im almost 23 and my mechanic is almost 30 now....

his civic is fully race built...all motor, not driven on the street, although it is street legal... no turbo's or superchargers and it runs that well at high altitude, which says a lot for the car..

I've seen plenty of them, maybe on pinks-and hundreds on the streets. All the drivers I see are very young, and I doubt if a hi-percentage have full roll cages, I imagine getting a car to fly that fast has alot to do with it's weight-thus the "tin can" comment. Glad you have a niche you like, it's your life- like whatever you want.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Man, if you only knew the half of it. I've in the process of acquiring this car for over 7 years. It's a long (and rather stupid ) story, but nonetheless, it has been a loooong wait. Accessible yes, but I made some mistakes along the way that I could have avoided if I was at the same frame of mind and life state that I am in now. Either way, the day is almost here and despite the basically horrid condition it is in (imagine AWOL with a lot of crusty brown holes) I am extremely determined to see this project through and build my dream car.

Bart

I'm a HUGE Mad Max fan as well and can't wait to see your project come to life and <hopefully> get to see the completion of it.

I do have a die-cast collectible of the interceptor (numbered collectible) that came from Australia via Ebay that sits proudly on my display shelf! This was the very reason I bought the SC for my VX as I never had a SC'd vehicle and longed to hear that blower whine that has haunted me since seeing 'Mad Max' for the first time (can't even say how many times I've viewed it since!)

plus, whats with the 4 exhaust pipes out the side??

Those are referred to as collectors....(IIRC sometimes called 'zoomies')

if the ones in the pic aren't simulated (fake), their purpose was to hook up directly to the header pipes coming off the engine... so in effect each pipe is exhausting each cylinder independently. That's why there is (actually) 4 pipes on each side of the car (V8). You see the same thing on FunnyCars (NHRA dragsters).

[pbkid]

if the ones in the pic aren't simulated (fake), their purpose was to hook up directly to the header pipes coming off the engine... so in effect each pipe is exhausting each cylinder independently. That's why there is (actually) 4 pipes on each side of the car (V8). You see the same thing on FunnyCars (NHRA dragsters).

sure, im well aware of the drag and funny car reasoning behind it...but they also pump 16 gallons of fuel in 1/4 mile....they need to get all that out...

(close family friend races T/F drag)

DJVX- most of the ones you see on the street cant do those type of numbers, they just like to think they can. i love my niche and will defend and protect it almost as much at my VX niche