Lets add these here. Sort of a "WHAT in the world were you thinking?" Thread.
Dude, did you save that Toyota engine?
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Nov. 25, 2010 2:01 p.m. pete240z SuperDork
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Nov. 25, 2010 2:54 p.m. Platinum90 SuperDork
How long ago was that written? I want a 2000GT more than anything else in the world.
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Nov. 25, 2010 9:37 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
Pete, I'm with Plat90. What year? It looks like (after looking at the photo properties) those pix come from your own hosting site..is that mag part of your collection?
Otherwise, how about Bill Harrah's Jerrari? Ferrari 365 motor into 1977 FSJ.
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Nov. 25, 2010 9:42 p.m. pete240z SuperDork
this is a book I got from a library in the local library system - Fulton, Illinois.
The Complete Book of Japanese Import Cars - Toyota-Datsun-Colt-Mazda-Honda-Subaru - Peterson Publishing - 1972.
There is another 4-page article titled "Hot Rod is a Dirty Word - In Japan" - A great group of pictures too.
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Nov. 25, 2010 9:48 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
I just loved the Toyo when it came out. It was so ahead of it's time and was portent of things to come.
Fast forward to about a year ago when I saw one in person. It's every styling cue gone wrong by today's standards. So many manufacturers took cues from the car and did it better.
I love the concept and history of the car but it's one of those cars that wouldn't even make a good kit car because if you got it accurate people would say you did it all wrong.
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Nov. 25, 2010 10:46 p.m. Luke SuperDork
The caption for the Chevota could also read, "It seemed like a good idea at the time!"
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Nov. 25, 2010 10:48 p.m. gamby SuperDork
Luke wrote:
The caption for the Chevota could also read, "It seemed like a good idea at the time!"
aka "how to butt-rape a $200k classic" I'm not a purist, but that makes me cringe.
I wonder if the car still exists.
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Nov. 26, 2010 11:56 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork
The article doesn't look like it was published too far from when the 2000GT was built. Ask yourself: Would I care if an Enzo engine were put in an MR2?
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Nov. 26, 2010 6:28 p.m. Fit_Is_Slo Reader
gamby wrote:
Luke wrote:
The caption for the Chevota could also read, "It seemed like a good idea at the time!"
aka "how to butt-rape a $200k classic" I'm not a purist, but that makes me cringe.
I wonder if the car still exists.
Well it wasn't a classic or 200k when it was done so think about that.. Just a rare used car.
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Nov. 26, 2010 8:44 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
pete240z wrote:
this is a book I got from a library in the local library system - Fulton, Illinois.
The Complete Book of Japanese Import Cars - Toyota-Datsun-Colt-Mazda-Honda-Subaru - Peterson Publishing - 1972.
There is another 4-page article titled "Hot Rod is a Dirty Word - In Japan" - A great group of pictures too.
Holy cow, Petersen Publishing! The house that "Hot Rod" built.
I can't believe I can't find a better record of it's history than this at the moment..
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Petersen-Publishing-Company-Compa...Anyone else remember CARtoons?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CARtoons-Magazine/13577716908?v=info
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Nov. 26, 2010 9:14 p.m. oldtin HalfDork
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Nov. 27, 2010 9:59 a.m. BoxheadTim Dork
friedgreencorrado wrote:
Pete, I'm with Plat90. What year? It looks like (after looking at the photo properties) those pix come from your own hosting site..is that mag part of your collection?
Otherwise, how about Bill Harrah's Jerrari? Ferrari 365 motor into 1977 FSJ.
I actually thought this was quite a cool car (we went to the National Auto Museum for my birthday)...
Bill Harrah's also got another couple of strange cars built - IIRC there is also a Lincoln Mark II with a Hemi.
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Nov. 27, 2010 10:08 a.m. JFX001 SuperDork
In reply to BoxheadTim:
There were actually two Jerrari's built; the one above, and a '69 Wagoneer with a Ferrari 365 nose grafted onto the front.The '69 has had it's V-12 replaced with a Chevy 350 and was for sale as recent as a couple of years ago.
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Nov. 27, 2010 11:10 a.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
I guess Appleseed's right..there's no way of knowing what's going to be "collectable" until years down the road. A lot of these were probably just cool engine swaps back then.
I was gonna post up a Lotus Europa with a weird swap, but I kinda dug every one I could find (rotary/Zetec/4AGE).
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Nov. 27, 2010 11:47 a.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
friedgreencorrado wrote: Holy cow, Petersen Publishing! The house that "Hot Rod" built.
I can't believe I can't find a better record of it's history than this at the moment..
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Petersen-Publishing-Company-Compa...Hot Rod was first published in 1948, not 1943 as the link says.
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Nov. 27, 2010 1:15 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork
I ask that question every time I see someone in a Miata
, a "donk," or a slammed mini truck.
Or this... Rotary in a honda? http://img33.imageshack.us/i/civic2l.jpg/ http://img12.imageshack.us/i/civic1g.jpg/
Or a rotary in a 99-04 Mustang with a half-assed attempt at putting a 05+ Mustang Front end on it. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a 03-04 cobra before this retard got a hold of it.
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Nov. 27, 2010 6:26 p.m. 1988RedT2 HalfDork
Turbo 20B in a car as common as a Mustang? Can't see that as anything but an improvement!
