Saint Paul, MN
Quoted from MacLean:OMG, that paint is like glass. How may coats of clear do you have on it? Amazing.
Hey thanks, I think 5 or 6. It was the last body work and paint job the guy did before he died.
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Car show from my high school. Some nice rides. Here’s a few.
My buddies bluish teal 1950 F1, my POS 12 and buddies 14 GT500, green cobra Factory 5 car (owns body shop and did this beautiful green) and some other nice rides.
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Quoted from ntstlgl1970:Building another motor after breaking it at big willow last year...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Purdy. I know it's a big block but what motor?
Quoted from SeymorGoldfarbJr:My Autozam finally came in. I just picked it up at port on Monday.[quoted image]
Looks interesting but never heard of it.
Quoted from MustangPaul:Looks interesting but never heard of it.
They're awesome....Autozam AZ-1. Made by Mazda but I think has a Suzuki engine. Engines you cant kill. Smaller than a first gen MR2. I've been looking one for a few years but havent had the balls to import one.
Quoted from robertmee:They're awesome....Autozam AZ-1. Made by Mazda but I think has a Suzuki engine. Engines you cant kill. Smaller than a first gen MR2. I've been looking one for a few years but havent had the balls to import one.
657 cc, turbocharged 3 cylinder, 64hp. It’s the same engine in the AZ-1 and the Cappuccino. Both are between 1500 and 1600 lbs.
The import process has been extremely easy. I’ve now imported my Cappuccino using the informal entry process and the AZ-1 with the standard process which requires a broker. I’d definitely recommend taking the chance and importing one.
DE37F420-6B41-484A-8C9E-11868F18CD7A.jpegQuoted from SeymorGoldfarbJr:657 cc, turbocharged 3 cylinder, 64hp. It’s the same engine in the AZ-1 and the Cappuccino. Both are between 1500 and 1600 lbs.
The import process has been extremely easy. I’ve now imported my Cappuccino using the informal entry process and the AZ-1 with the standard process which requires a broker. I’d definitely recommend taking the chance and importing one.[quoted image]
64HP?? I think my lawnmower has more than that. What are the other benefits of vehicles like these or why are they worth importing? Sorry, I’m not familiar with them either.
Quoted from tjprice222:64HP?? I think my lawnmower has more than that. What are the other benefits of vehicles like these or why are they worth importing? Sorry, I’m not familiar with them either.
They are essentially street legal go karts that also have the allure of being extremely unique. I love small lightweight cars. I consider them a more modern take on early British sports cars but way more technology and near bulletproof reliability.
Quoted from SeymorGoldfarbJr:They are essentially street legal go karts that also have the allure of being extremely unique. I love small lightweight cars. I consider them a more modern take on early British sports cars but way more technology and near bulletproof reliability.
That's the allure for me. I like driving something I'll never see at the stop light across the street or in the grocery store parking lot. Mustangs, Challengers, Chargers, Vettes, et al are all great performance cars, but they are far too common for me. My daily is a Alfa QV, and I've only seen one other on the road in a four city radius. My previous daily was a SC Marauder, and again, I only knew of two other non SC ones in my area. My wife drives a restored Dakota Convertible and there were only 900 made her model year, and only one with a V8 like ours, so I know it's one of a kind. You gotta dare to be different 
Quoted from SeymorGoldfarbJr:My Autozam finally came in. I just picked it up at port on Monday.[quoted image]
Cool!!!
Chris
Quoted from Dayhuff:Holy Crap!! Did EVERYONE win a trophy or what? LOL.....
John
Well yeah, you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. LOL
Chris
Ajax, ON
Quoted from dsmith:Here is mine[quoted image]
70-73 are the best looking Camaros. Nice car
Quoted from dsmith:Here is mine[quoted image]
Oh my that's a nice looking ride! I'm a big fan of Camaro, used to have a 1997 Z28 that I heavily modded and currently have a stock 2018 ZL1 that's a total blast to drive.
Quoted from MustangPaul:Purdy. I know it's a big block but what motor?It’s a g3 Hemi 4.145” x 4.00” ~430ish inches
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Very nice. Love the color!
Chris
Quoted from dasvis:Leaving body as is. Making it run & stop. Love the patina.
Cool deal....there is an older CJ5 up the road from me, uncovered sitting under a carport. I left the homeowner, a single older lady, a note about rescuing it. We had a nice conversation when she called, but she was persistent that she was going to restore it. That was two years ago, and it's still sitting under the same carport, uncovered with a pile of junk stacked. Makes me sad everyday I drive by it.
Quoted from MustangPaul:The front and the back are finally painted and assembled but it still needs the front spoiler put on. It's gettin there.
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Nice!
Quoted from Roostking:70-73 are the best looking Camaros. Nice car
1967-69 are awesome too!!
Quoted from pincoin:1967-69 are awesome too!!
And of course are easily the best looking camaros.
Sydney
Quoted from amxfc3s:Here is my fun car and pin hauler. Also used to be in the rx7 club. Had a 400hp FC but was always afraid it would catch fire or blow up lol.
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Greetings Subie brethren!!
FB_IMG_1563499635795 1 (resized).jpgQuoted from dasvis:Leaving body as is. Making it run & stop. Love the patina.
I've seen it where there's too little left to tell the original body color, so they list "patina" as the color of the car.
Well this is probably a risk seeing as how muscle and exotics get all the love around here, but here’s my lead sled:
That’s right: straight from the nadir of America’s automotive legacy, a 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. With the EPA-edition FoMoCo 460, good for all of 215 hp and 380 lb-ft to motivate 5600 lbs of disco hippo. I lovingly dubbed it "The Angstmobile" long before "malaise era" came to define cars of its ilk.
Backstory is my father-in-law became its second owner in 1976; 'twas his daily driver in rural KY (gravel roads and all) until 1991. It was then left in a barn / garage never to turn over until I dug it out and got it started 17 years later in 2008. The first carburetor I ever saw or touched was its Motocraft 4350; it is regarded as an abortion not for the faint of heart, but I rebuilt and got it tuned “well enough” if not without some code brown moments. I drove it in summer ‘08 and ‘09 but had nowhere to keep it until we moved in 2016. The car finally relocated to my garage in 2018, whereby I could finally dig in and address needs like brakes and exhaust among other foibles. It displays the full patina of 82,000 original miles and gravel chips but is still in great condition.
The main reason I dared "claim" it was for hazy memories of the gold one my own grampa owned, until my drunk-fun uncle barged it up a set of concrete Chicago bungalow stairs: the car inevitably lost that battle but the house sustained a yacht-sized wound as I recall. When I disovered this baby blue one languishing at my then-gf’s homestead I was smitten as if by the odds.
Yes, it's every bit as woefully abysmal in handling and mileage and cynical design as you might expect. Its baroque aesthetics are dated in the best and worst ways. And yet… it's remarkably refined and well-built for what it is. Once you understand its purpose and limitations, it doesn’t handle bad for 5600 pounds of cloud-like bliss. I want to take it to the Tail of the Dragon for the lulz 
, maybe in a few weeks, but have a couple things to button up first. I've done a few twisties nearby and it's quite the fun experience.
Like a stupid backwards TARDIS, its interior space is the inverse of the land it consumes. I love and hate it at the same time, and other folks are amused so if nothing else it definitely has character - for better and (mostly) worse. Truth be told I love its color combo more than anything. That, and the fact it had zero cupholders but four cigar lighters 
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While on the subject of cars, there’s another dear to my heart even though it reminds me how stupid I was and still am on a daily basis: my first car, a strangely-optioned 1988 Thunderbird “almost LX” I bought in 1997 with 72K miles on its 3.8 timebomb. I essentially doubled the mileage in just 3 years before it finally said *enough* at 140+K in late 2000, which was a feat almost unheard of for those engines.
Anyway, I know few truly lament or miss those cars. But I always loved them and regardless there’s always something special about your first, right? And the stories I could tell (and others probably have) about this particular specimen are almost supernatural. Though it also had its fits and tantrums, it never, ever left me stranded (even when it probably should have) and probably saved my life in more ways than one. So even then I didn’t want to envision myself looking back in 20 or 30 or whatever years with means and wishing I had it back.
Well, all this time later thanks to life, I still don’t really have the means (guess I could blame pinball for that 
), but at least I still have the car. As mentioned earlier I only finally got a garage a couple years ago. Which means after first enduring more than a decade of Chicago winters, this poor soldier languished immobile outside for even longer. It deserved so much better!
To be frank, underneath the “lovely patina” is a cheeto. In both color and texture. 
Did I mention I’m an idiot?
More helpfully, my 14yo daughter was accepted into her high school’s vocational welding program. So… until we finally break it apart enough to make me fatally weep in the fetal position, there is still hope. Or lessons to be learned in the attempt. The one and only full car restoration project I'll be able to do in this life will encompass rust, chassis, body, engine, trans, and more. Any success will take years to realize but I can’t think of a better way to attempt rebuilding a car - or a first one - than with my kids. After all, they helped restore our Bad Cats that made TV, so we obviously have some ability between us. Whether we come into the resources and the skill (we surely don’t have enough of either right now and money is always tight) remains to be seen.
So if you’re bored and have some YouTube time to kill, I started a channel a few weeks ago as we began to get underway… the first episode for way of introduction is here:
And last weekend we finally started taking apart the beleaguered but beloved Thunderturd (time-lapse begins at 20 min mark):
Well I've spewn more than enough on junk cars for now. To my own detriment I’ve little time for social media and these days wouldn’t even know where to begin in the “car restoration for broke morons” webhole. But if anyone here wants to lend sympathetic pointers or advice, I’m grateful for any PMs on the subject
To everyone else, just for the record, I'm way jealous in the nicest possible way 
Thanks for reading...
Cool story and the 70’s era cars are finally making a comeback. It’s cool to see Lincoln’s of this era as you rarely do. Thanks for sharing the stories!
This is my 12 that I’ve been good keeping fairly stock over the first two years. It had 3400 miles on it stock and now just over 6k. It’s not a project but the 90LX I redid right before was too hard to use the cable clutch. So sold for this and wife even likes to drive it. I do all the work on it but it doesn’t need much.
I put on a VMP gen2r with injectors and boost-a-pumps with fully stock exhaust to make 641hp 619trq on their dyno in May on pump 93. No boosters, race gas, or E85. Some minor suspension mods, and window tint.
It’s a fun car to take to shows, long weekends down in OC MD fall cruise weekends, and quick strolls through Mexico.
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Quoted from Pinbub:Nothing special but I've wanted a 914 ever since my buddy in high school had a hot rodded 73 2 liter. A friend in Oregon fell into this one and I had a car he had wanted for years so a trade deal was made. Mine is a 72 that still has it's stock 1.7 liter sporting 76 ground pounding horse power! I still have plenty to do to it..... This one sat in a garage in Portland Oregon from 1990 until it made it's way to me in 2014[quoted image]
Here ya go!! Inspiration!
70716612_377793983151041_1868156618793811968_n (resized).jpgQuoted from dmacy:It had 3400 miles on it stock and now just over 6k.
What I want to know is how many sets of tires have you smoked in those 2,600 miles? 
Quoted from Spyderturbo007:What I want to know is how many sets of tires have you smoked in those 2,600 miles?
The original GY F1's sucked pretty bad but they were 6+ year old tires that are meant for 50F+ ambient. The Nitto G2's are holding up well but have an odd rear wear on the rears. But the tread is good. So technically only one set.
IMG_8040 (resized).JPGIMG_0133 (resized).JPGSo I am a little bummed out this morning. I just ordered and purchased a new 2020 Toyota 4Runner. I have been wanting to upgrade our 4Runner to a new 4Runner with Toyota's safety sense technology for some time now. The 4Runner was the only Toyota model without this technology-until 2020. I have gotten so use to using this technology in my Tacoma, that I wanted the same in the new 4Runner. Well after driving the new 4Runner home last night I noticed it did not have blind spot monitoring? I was not happy and was upset. I got online this morning and read that all 4Runner models will not have blind spot monitoring? I am now like-WTF? I just sold my mint condition built 4Runner for this new 2020 model that I thought had all of the Toyota safety sense features? We love the 4Runner platform but now I am not sure what we want to do? Keep the new 4Runner with 20 miles sitting in our driveway or consider a Highlander or another Tacoma or something? I am kicking myself for not doing more due diligence and not realizing they do not come with blind spot assist. I have become overly dependent on technology and really want a vehicle with all of the safety features. Sorry if I am ranting-but I am pissed!
Quoted from pinmister:So I am a little bummed out this morning. I just ordered and purchased a new 2020 Toyota 4Runner. I have been wanting to upgrade our 4Runner to a new 4Runner with Toyota's safety sense technology for some time now. The 4Runner was the only Toyota model without this technology-until 2020. I have gotten so use to using this technology in my Tacoma, that I wanted the same in the new 4Runner. Well after driving the new 4Runner home last night I noticed it did not have blind spot monitoring? I was not happy and was upset. I got online this morning and read that all 4Runner models will not have blind spot monitoring? I am now like-WTF? I just sold my mint condition built 4Runner for this new 2020 model that I thought had all of the Toyota safety sense features? We love the 4Runner platform but now I am not sure what we want to do? Keep the new 4Runner with 20 miles sitting in our driveway or consider a Highlander or another Tacoma or something? I am kicking myself for not doing more due diligence and not realizing they do not come with blind spot assist. I have become overly dependent on technology and really want a vehicle with all of the safety features. Sorry if I am ranting-but I am pissed!
We went through the same thing....we bought a 50k SUV based on our experience with my sedan of the same model line. At that price point, I expected it to have the same feature set as my sedan. On the way home, realized it didnt have blind spot monitoring. Called the dealership to find out that's a specific trim option now. Disappointed. Ended up buying a 3rd party laser system for blind spot monitoring, but the experience left a sour taste
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