zomerzet
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Have Metro. Will Rust.
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After my brother being crashed into in our ex-grandad's Maestro  , he decided in buying some more 'up to date' wheels in the form of an old Post Office Van. Including faded red paint and silly mileage. After chatting about his new purchase we joked about rat looking it and I came up with 'Postman Rat'! Genius. After some further thought on the subject my bro came up with 'Royal Fail'. I said we should do a tag line along the lines of 'Royal Mail. dash us off, and we'll strike'... He's been playing about and thought you lot'd appreciate this. BEFORE  AFTER  Any further ideas/suggestions on tag lines? |
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Last Edit: Dec 9, 2010 12:06:39 GMT by zomerzet
1989 Rover 'Retro Metro' Clubman (1310 to be built..slowly)
1982 VW T25 'Project Aircooled' Devon Moonraker Campervan
2009 Toyota 'Sensible Car' Yaris T2
If you're not accelerating or braking, you're WASTING YOUR TIME.
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zomerzet
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Have Metro. Will Rust.
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no pics? Sorry, fixed now. Still reletively new to RR so always struggle to get pics up easily. |
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1989 Rover 'Retro Metro' Clubman (1310 to be built..slowly)
1982 VW T25 'Project Aircooled' Devon Moonraker Campervan
2009 Toyota 'Sensible Car' Yaris T2
If you're not accelerating or braking, you're WASTING YOUR TIME.
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stealthstylz
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Old Post Van...Postman Ratstealthstylz
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Looks more rat in the first pic. I'd fit 17" bmw steels on adaptors (the van is ET24 iirc so plenty of room for adaptors) and slam it on its  . Paint the graphics, then when they've dried go over the edges with some G3 on a rotary buffer so it cuts the edges off and makes them look old. Matt |
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Mr. AJ
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Them alloys wouldn't work, On anything. Lose the trims and keep the steels (Or change for some more interesting steelies) and make sure its very, very low. Probably loose the rat on the door too.
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Them alloys wouldn't work, On anything. Apart from a whole world of Renaults, which they suit perfectly, than-you-very-much. |
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They are pro race 1s which are a lot nicer than superTs, especially in pug offset with the dish in the center  I don't think postman rat would suit alloys though, just get the stickers cut up with jagged edges (G3 would make the van shiny!) and get 2" added to the width of the steels (don't paint them), keep your OE tyres and slam it. |
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Mr. AJ
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Got any better pictures of the wheels? Just look like halfords jobbies to me.... But i'm not a wheel expert.  |
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valman
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i think Royal Fail would look the tits on the side of it, make it just like the royal mail logo, so people get a double take at it. but of course, as already been mentioned it would need to be on its to pull it off |
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Agreed with the slam it hard, Matt's suggestion of the 17" steels (with mild banding) and keep it simple.  ^ is all that's needed ^ Some more inspiration (although very far from just looks!)   |
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I was just thinking this thread needed images of Weny's Royal Nail. I love that thing.
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Oh and while we're on the subject of Wenny, it'd be wrong not to include some pics of this...   |
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is that escort rwd? looks amazingly good as a sleeper bet hes scared so many supercars with it |
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Dec 10, 2010 15:36:31 GMT
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cant be a sleeper with a stripped interior... but its close!!!
7/10 for sleeper-ability!! lol
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zomerzet
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Have Metro. Will Rust.
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Dec 10, 2010 18:05:29 GMT
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Cool to see the 'Royal Nail' van and a post van done in the flesh. I'd not seen anything like it before. The 'photoshop' was just a mess around so don't get too carried away about the alloys! Lowering would be cool on steelies mind but it's not my decision!
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1989 Rover 'Retro Metro' Clubman (1310 to be built..slowly)
1982 VW T25 'Project Aircooled' Devon Moonraker Campervan
2009 Toyota 'Sensible Car' Yaris T2
If you're not accelerating or braking, you're WASTING YOUR TIME.
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morns
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Dec 11, 2010 17:49:06 GMT
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Hey guys...... My brother pushed me this way and introduced me to the site..... Tis my postman van, thanks for the comments......the alloys are just some generic ones i liked but thinking I'm going with steelies if i go for a matt black finish..... i have started a thread over here, retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=93702but this one seems to be doing ok without me! just an extra idea....  Cheers Morns x |
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, he decided in buying some more 'up to date' wheels in the form of an old Post Office Van. Including faded red paint and silly mileage. After chatting about his new purchase we joked about rat looking it and I came up with 'Postman Rat'! Genius. After some further thought on the subject my bro came up with 'Royal Fail'. I said we should do a tag line along the lines of 'Royal Mail. dash us off, and we'll strike'...
no pics?
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