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IndyJoe
IndyJoe HalfDork
4/5/16 10:38 a.m.

Inspired by the "overloaded towing" thread:

IndyJoe
IndyJoe HalfDork
4/5/16 10:40 a.m.

Happy Carmore
Happy Carmore MegaDork
4/5/16 11:36 a.m.

In reply to IndyJoe:

Bayliners new Bedliner model.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
4/5/16 11:58 a.m.
Dusterbd13 wrote:
Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....
that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.

I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
4/5/16 12:44 p.m.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/5/16 1:11 p.m.
spitfirebill wrote:
Dusterbd13 wrote:
Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....
that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.
I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.

"Crystal Palace race" pulls up some good ones on YouTube. The track is closed now, so any racing there is vintage. The video clip is at the track, I believe.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
4/5/16 1:30 p.m.
paranoid_android74 wrote:

Chain tension is a bit loose.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/5/16 1:34 p.m.

Happy Carmore
Happy Carmore MegaDork
4/5/16 2:04 p.m.
spitfirebill wrote:
Dusterbd13 wrote:
Flight Service wrote: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kDAK4jBKmow I'm not saying a 4 cylinder Escort kicked a Camaro's ass, but....
that was berkeleying fantastic!!!! where do you find footage from that era of racing? what search parameters? being a muscle car guy, I love the Camaro, but just incredible racing.
I hate we never got those cars. If you haven't seen old video of Jim Clark driving a Lotus Cortina you need to check it out.

We got the Ford Cortina. Which are nice. I almost bought one when I lived in SC.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/5/16 3:35 p.m.

Wxdude10
Wxdude10 Reader
4/5/16 3:40 p.m.

Wxdude10
Wxdude10 Reader
4/5/16 3:40 p.m.

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro PowerDork
4/5/16 4:20 p.m.

For Wally:

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/5/16 5:49 p.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote:
paranoid_android74 wrote:
Chain tension is a bit loose.

It's a gold plated Trick Star, the chain can be as loose as it wants!

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/5/16 5:59 p.m.
Gasoline wrote:

Wait, what? Why is there a distributor in that thing?

bentwrench
bentwrench Dork
4/5/16 7:01 p.m.

I towed the weeniemobile, brake failure....

If there is more than one of them this one was the cali plate "iwshiwr"

NOHOME
NOHOME PowerDork
4/5/16 7:17 p.m.
bentwrench wrote: I towed the weeniemobile, brake failure.... If there is more than one of them this one was the cali plate "iwshiwr"

Not from here was it?

Maybe from here?...

Wait...how many of these things are there? Big huge weiners seem to attract the chicks. I might need to get one

Wait, that sounds wrong

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Dork
4/5/16 9:37 p.m.

In reply to NOHOME:

What do they have under the, um, bun?

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit Dork
4/5/16 9:38 p.m.

cmcgregor
cmcgregor HalfDork
4/5/16 10:27 p.m.

In reply to paranoid_android74:

Hey, it even looks like the mufflers under most of my cars! That's, uh, patina...yeah...

logdog
logdog GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/5/16 10:32 p.m.
Donebrokeit wrote:

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/6/16 12:32 a.m.
Donebrokeit wrote:

If ever there was a LeMons candidate...

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
4/6/16 5:08 a.m.
Donebrokeit wrote:

How many of these were made, I know where there is one sitting behind a "rims" shop in Youngstown.

IndyJoe
IndyJoe HalfDork
4/6/16 6:29 a.m.
Duke wrote:
Donebrokeit wrote:
If *ever* there was a LeMons candidate...

That's 'Exactly' what I was thinking !
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Looks easy enough to replicate; a pair of old oil burning furnace tanks, and slabs of sheet metal..... hmmmmmm

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/6/16 7:27 a.m.

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