MWF
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Sept 19, 2006 11:56:45 GMT
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does anyone remember bull whip antennas that could stretch from the front to back wing on a Capri Wasn't that a tasteful mod. I actually want one of those for the Datsun,.. couldn't find one anywhere. Is this any good? www.thunderpole.co.uk/red_devil.htm
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Sept 19, 2006 12:00:11 GMT
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the one i have in mind is like a massive flexy ariel that comes out of front wing etc tip is tied down at the rear of the car on gutter rail.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sept 19, 2006 12:03:58 GMT
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the one i have in mind is like a massive flexy ariel that comes out of front wing etc tip is tied down at the rear of the car on gutter rail. yeah similar to my thinking,.. coming from front wing by the window, flexing a big arch across the roof and attatched to the rear bumper That thunderpole ( ) looks a bit too solid for that.
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Sept 19, 2006 12:30:42 GMT
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.......To my untrained eye, ALL Hot Rods (or whatever the black thing is that you posted) look the same to me, I honestly can't tell one from another... Black paint or rust, 30s bodyshell, no bonnet, no wheelarches, red wheels, whitewalls, etc etc. How many built Hot Rods and thought "this is how I want to do it" and didn't just do what everyone else did? Kind of agree here, coverage of these cars was why I stopped buying Custom Car, many of those built in recent times seem to show just as small an amount of imagination as a bodykitted Saxo/106. I don't see the difference is that big, there's good and bad in every scene that everyone can learn from on a technical/style level - it's the lifestyle/tastes of what goes with it that gets a bit more complicated and is what people tend to react to.
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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Sept 19, 2006 12:37:56 GMT
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Mitch the point I am trying to make is that of course the two wouldn't have anything in common - they are like chalk and cheese, but the idea behind what one did in the 60's and what kids are doing today are the same but evolved. Just my view on it. I hate the actual cars they come up with these days as much as the next red blooded car buff, but I do respect the (what i think is the original) idea behind these cars.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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Snoozin
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Toyophile
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Sept 19, 2006 12:47:15 GMT
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I think there are extremes where both of the aforementioned groups merge and do become equivalents.
First off - a lot of you are pigeonholing the "barry" community (sorry it's not a term I really use often) as simply a bunch who go and stick plastic curse word all over a car. I know for a fact that this isn't the case across the board, I know guys who have done extensive mods to contemporary model cars, ranging from elaborate engine conversions, to complicated sheetmetal mods, which in my eyes is definitely worthy of being considered a modern day equivalent to the rodders.
Second - The activity that the contemporary chaps get up to, it's not far removed from hot rodding etc (as I understand it, it's not something I have really delved into a lot..... so bear with me) ie. you have guys meeting up, hooning about the place, shows etc.
Hot rodding has become almost exclusively the domain of an older generation nowadays, as the cars in general are scarcer and therefore more expensive to obtain and fabricate parts for. Just remember, when rodding and so forth was in it's hey days, the cars were a lot more common and accessible for the younger automotive enthusiast.
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Sept 19, 2006 12:52:46 GMT
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DVD players, big stereo systems, playstations etc all make much more sense. And if they had all been available "back then", old-skool rodders would've been fitting them too Not wrong at all there. Was skimming a copy of American Rodder not so long ago. And there was an article about a rod build that had an awsome speaker and amp setup, all totally concealed, but no headunit whatsoever. The Audio output was by iPod. The car had a fully integrated moulded in iPod to Lineout interface going straight to the amp. So all the driver has to do is plug in his or her iPod, and instantly get the tunes they like.
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Sept 19, 2006 13:07:30 GMT
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Not wrong at all there. Was skimming a copy of American Rodder not so long ago. And there was an article about a rod build that had an awsome speaker and amp setup, all totally concealed, but no headunit whatsoever. The Audio output was by iPod. The car had a fully integrated moulded in iPod to Lineout interface going straight to the amp. So all the driver has to do is plug in his or her iPod, and instantly get the tunes they like. I had a similar CD set up in my first car after my first stereo was robbed. --- not all new cars are badly done, just rarely appeal to us for various reasons.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sept 19, 2006 13:12:30 GMT
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forgive me if this picture is massive... make of it what you will....
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sept 19, 2006 13:16:20 GMT
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I remember seeing this car on one of the local modified car chatrooms and it got slated. Interestingly many of the lads on that chatroom who had "barried-up" their cars were now removing many of add-ons because they realised how much people were taking the p1ss out of them.
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Sept 19, 2006 13:19:15 GMT
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Not sure what i make of it yet, but theres some interesting bits and a lot of effort/money, got to be some similarites to this and the showey techy hotrods...?
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sept 19, 2006 13:26:29 GMT
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But that's just it. All someone has done is thrown a sh*t-load of money, faux-snakeskin and lurid green paint at it. Outcome... looks vile, and cheap / nasty. Oh and you go to that all trouble... but keep factory indicator stalks. God is in the detail as they say
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phatphord
Part of things
Scorpilow
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Sept 19, 2006 13:46:54 GMT
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Seen that car in the flesh at the welsh motorshow,had a chat to the owner. Basically it's ALL vinyl. Few bits I liked were the cylinder in the dash,adn the use of vinyl inside and out. I wasnted to put an alligator skin roof on my scorpio to match the alligator interior,but it wouldn't be waterproof so I had to go with white vinyl. Would my car be slated by you guys if I'd fitted the gator roof? Sure there are bits I don't like about that car,but I admire it's different take,and I sure as hell prefer it to another bloody chromaflair painted car!
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1994 Ford Scorpio Lowrider um...and some bikes...
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Sept 19, 2006 13:51:18 GMT
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But that's just it. All someone has done is thrown a sh*t-load of money, green leather and lurid green paint at it.
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Sept 19, 2006 14:04:06 GMT
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That paint is not lurid. It is subtle and understated.
Retina-burning paint is never good, unless it's on a batshit Kawasaki.
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Sept 19, 2006 14:06:37 GMT
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That paint is not lurid. It is subtle and understated. Ahh so it's about subtlety....
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Sept 19, 2006 14:08:00 GMT
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For me.... yes to an extent.
Would you be prepared to drive around in that snake-skin 'thing'? Really? Without suffering from crushing embarassment??
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Sept 19, 2006 14:12:34 GMT
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Alright... put it another way.
Drive down the street in a 'rod and you'll turn heads.
Drive down in the kermit's handbag and you'll turn heads and have 'Nescafe' gestures made at you.
That's the rub.
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Sept 19, 2006 14:12:43 GMT
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For me.... yes to an extent. I see ... Sublety : vs. Or.... Its a matter of taste.
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Sept 19, 2006 14:13:12 GMT
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Expensive? Check. Loud green paint? Check. Subtle? Err..
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