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Joe Handley

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  1. I like the ideas behind some of it, but I'm not fond of the right hand drive, the paint scheme, and I'm not so sure how much I'd trust the way that front suspension arm and the heim joint for the steering is attached to the K-Member in all honesty. If it were mine, the exterior color would be much darker, maybe black or black with a light coat of candy red over it and the carpet would be about the same shade of red as the exterior now is. Engine wise, I'd probably have made it more of a multipoint EFI that looked like a traditional 4 2 barrel Weber Carb arrangement....but that's just me
  2. I have to agree with Moparfan, if it's a tires but rare and/or numbers matching car, then a restoration would be in order, if it's a survivor......I'd just leave it be, but a well used (up;) ), garden variety, /6 or small block car should really be able to go either way without too many people getting upset though. As for Dave Zinn's '49 Dodge, I'd rip off the Chevy and Ford junk and look to go all Mopar on it. Maybe Volare or Diplomat Front Suspension (not sure if I'd use the Torsion Bars or Magnum Force's coilover conversion though, ZJ or WJ Grand Cherokee based rear suspension (it's a 4 link solid axle arragement ) then probably use a 5.2/5.9l V8 and 4 speed or late model Hemi/5speed auto out of a truck or LX car if I were going that far.
  3. That's going to be neat when it's finished, I like the exhaust tips too, but maybe do them in a matching flat white or some kind of "bare metal" finish ANybody else think that could be slightly modified for a reissue with either more 60's era appropriate or a more "Modern" Rat Rod/vintage "looking" rolling stock instead of the 70's era stuff
  4. What's worse is working behind a RC Parts counter and having people that are more willing to pay to $30hr to have a $5 part installed than trying to do it them selves or let their kids do it for them selves HAHAHA, Nice and one of the more truthful things I've read!
  5. Model, I think it's an Aussie Ford Falcon too...................
  6. Looks grape.....er great!
  7. I don't know, looks like that one held up pretty well to this impact.
  8. Eh, nothing a good limited slip can't fix, or maybe even a set of airshocks BTW, how about leaving it look like that with wider rims, more tire, and a monster pump gas 440
  9. That's a shame, looks like that S10 was a pretty nice truck. How hard was it it to fold it up like that though?
  10. Thanks, that's what I thought, but wasn't totally positive!
  11. I'll be honest, I tried watching a F1 race last week, ended up falling asleep within 30 minutes of turning on Speed Don't see how it's much more cutting edge than NA$CAR either, yea Cup cars are still carbed and use a solid rear axle, but some of the engine, aero, and efficency related technology seems to be more likely to make it into a production vehicle than anything F1 does.
  12. Why does the US "need" a Formula 1 team? It seems like a bigger waste of money than NA$CAR.
  13. I doesn't really take much to make a Ferrari look yuke though....just throuhg a Prancing Horse on some remotely automotive, goofy shape and there you go Don't care much for the Cayenne, buit I do kinda dig the Panamera, then again I kinda have a thing for 4dr hatchbacks
  14. Dad and I were looking at that at the Chicago Auto Show, he's thinking that with the shape of that nose piece and the extra narrow tires, it should steer pretty good if they have their math right.
  15. Did you listen to the video? He said that when he blipped the throttle, one of the tires lifted 1.5" off the ground and blew both head gaskets at the same time
  16. What kind of truck did he start with?
  17. Dang, one look at that that could wipe out the whole darned association!
  18. One difference though, that is a Buick motor, not a belly button Chevy motor
  19. I never understood the reasoning for those wheels on this kit either, they don't really look all that good to begin with, then when ramped up in diameter, they look even worse.
  20. Wondered if that's what that came off of.....
  21. Dang man, I don't eat that much for breakfast for atleast a few weeks!
  22. Yea, looks almost like a Haz-Mat suit wouldn't be enough when within 5ft of it!
  23. Nah, don't ruin another Jeep by sticking a Shivvy motor in it, it's gotta have an AMC motor or maybe atleast a Chrysler motor
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