Do the right thing and put the LS1 powered / 930 porsche trans vair.. people love it.. just check the readers ride section... all this and owned by a 70 yr old.
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Jan. 30, 2012 8:57 p.m. AutoXR HalfDork
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Jan. 30, 2012 9:12 p.m. moparman76_69 Reader
ST_ZX2 wrote:
-email sent of the ST (now STC) ZX2.
You win the internet for having a car piloted by bacon.
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Jan. 30, 2012 9:14 p.m. tuna55 SuperDork
jmc14 wrote:
This is my car that I built from scratch. Aluminum chassis, C5 drivetrain and suspension. Custom fiberglass body that I made with a friend of mine. 435 RWHP, 6 speed transaxle, custom headers and side pipes, Digi Dash, engine moved rearward by 23 inches, custom saddle tank bolts from the bottom in the trans tunnel.
Nope, this guy wins the internet. You need to start another thread and tell us all about this thing. Now.
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Jan. 30, 2012 9:21 p.m. Duke SuperDork
tuna55 wrote:
jmc14 wrote:
This is my car that I built from scratch.
Nope, this guy wins the internet. You need to start another thread and tell us all about this thing. Now.
Hear, hear. That thing has to show up as a feature, not just a Reader's Ride!
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Jan. 30, 2012 9:28 p.m. irish44j Dork
jmc14 wrote:
This is my car that I built from scratch. Aluminum chassis, C5 drivetrain and suspension. Custom fiberglass body that I made with a friend of mine. 435 RWHP, 6 speed transaxle, custom headers and side pipes, Digi Dash, engine moved rearward by 23 inches, custom saddle tank bolts from the bottom in the trans tunnel.
that looks to be slightly out of the GRM budget
very nice though..
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Jan. 30, 2012 9:38 p.m. ST_ZX2 HalfDork
moparman76_69 wrote:
ST_ZX2 wrote:
-email sent of the ST (now STC) ZX2.
You win the internet for having a car piloted by bacon.
I am Bacon. FTW
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Jan. 30, 2012 11:25 p.m. skierd Dork
Duke wrote:
tuna55 wrote:
jmc14 wrote:
This is my car that I built from scratch.
Nope, this guy wins the internet. You need to start another thread and tell us all about this thing. Now.
Hear, hear. That thing has to show up as a feature, not just a Reader's Ride!
+1
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:27 a.m. HiTempguy SuperDork
Gosh, I guess I need to get pics of the rally Tal[hoon] without all of the feminist stickers on it! Or maybe one of the Evo this weekend...
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Jan. 31, 2012 1:03 a.m. mr2peak Reader
AutoXR wrote:
Do the right thing and put the LS1 powered / 930 porsche trans vair.. people love it.. just check the readers ride section... all this and owned by a 70 yr old.
I for one would love to hear about this car!
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Jan. 31, 2012 8:12 a.m. gjz30075 Reader
David, how much verbage do you allow?
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Jan. 31, 2012 9:14 a.m. hotrodlarry Reader
jmc14 wrote:
This is my car that I built from scratch. Aluminum chassis, C5 drivetrain and suspension. Custom fiberglass body that I made with a friend of mine. 435 RWHP, 6 speed transaxle, custom headers and side pipes, Digi Dash, engine moved rearward by 23 inches, custom saddle tank bolts from the bottom in the trans tunnel.
That thing looks like the cars they build at Dragon Motor Cars in Lebanon
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Jan. 31, 2012 11:11 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork
i like that car a lot better without the body on it
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:01 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
My in-box has been slowly filling up--thanks! A couple of quick notes:
Please e-mail the high-resolution photos to me. The hotlinked ones almost aren't large enough. Our minimum photo spec is 1280x960 pixels, but bigger is always better.
What words to enclose? Tell me something about the car: What mods were done? What makes this car so special? Why did you buy this car? Why does it make you happy?
Also, don't forget the basics: your full name; year, make and model of the car; etc.
Thanks.
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:05 p.m. jmc14 New Reader
Here is the same chassis with a different body. They can be switched in 45 minutes.
Dragon is owned now by my brother in law. I built the original cars in my garage. Some people wanted to build them so we sold some kits. It was a hobby for me. I gave the business away a few years ago. I moved to the Adirondacks few years ago and have been working on my own.
The new car I am working on uses a 1990-2004 Miata. The suspension and drivetrain will bolt into my space frame. Here is a photo shop picture of the body I am working on for it.
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:23 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork
jmc14 wrote:
much better
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:40 p.m. ultraclyde HalfDork
jmc14 wrote:
Are those MINI cooper headlights??!!! Bloody HELL, man!
The budget may not be GRM, but the DIY engineering sure as crap is.
I'd love to see more on this one, and the Miata kit is promising but the body proportions are...off, to my eye. the middle's too thick or something.
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Jan. 31, 2012 12:57 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
And I just realized that I forgot to put a question mark at the end of my subject heading. I'm such an idiot.
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Jan. 31, 2012 1:22 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
David S. Wallens wrote:
And I just realized that I forgot to put a question mark at the end of my subject heading. I'm such an idiot?
FTFY
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Jan. 31, 2012 1:44 p.m. jmc14 New Reader
I am currently working on the body for the Miata. It will have more curve from the front to the rear fenders. I think this will give it SEXY hips.
They are MIni Cooper headlights. Thanks for all of the comments.
I love the Corvair!
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Jan. 31, 2012 2:26 p.m. Tom Heath Web Manager
David S. Wallens wrote:
And I just realized that I forgot to put a question mark at the end of my subject heading. I'm such an idiot.
FTFY.
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Jan. 31, 2012 2:48 p.m. oldeskewltoy HalfDork
Sent in my email
For additional details - http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/2130/
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Feb. 5, 2012 10:35 p.m. darkbuddha Reader
Is it okay to submit pics of multiple cars together? Like so:
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Feb. 9, 2012 9:36 a.m. Dusterbd13 Reader
sent you an e-mail. hopefully its what you wanted. and a cpouple of hotlinked just for everyone else to oogle.
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Feb. 9, 2012 10:20 a.m. Keith SuperDork
Looks like you lost your support cone in the last picture.
