Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: Auto restoration
Speaking of auto installers, I wish DJB could help me to rebuild my old car. This is my "other" hobby. I am restoring an old F-85 Oldsmobile. This one is a 1962. Has a ways to go yet before it's completely road worthy but it still gets around with me once in a while. Anyone else have any old cars or old cars that you are rebuilding? _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
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Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23945 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:18 am Post subject:
hey shark2th,
good to hear mate.. We have quite a few members here into doing up cars.. I love all TURBO cars and anything new.. Im not really into old cars (never have been)...
Custom-Xmodz is into his NISSAN BLUEBIRD TURBO and AndrewFrink has a TURBOED CAR TOO which he shows off.
anyway, good to hear what you do in your spare time.. I will soon have some updated photos of my PULSAR SSS (TURBO) cusotm conversion that i have done.. Its just about finished at the SPRAY PAINTERS NOW and getting the bodykit and INTERCOOLER re-fitted.
Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 1472 Location: Alabama
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:31 am Post subject:
Here is the one that my dad and I have been working on for several years off and on. It's got a bit of bips and bangs, but it's just an old car, so that's alright.
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:
Dang Sjohn... I haven't seen an old Camaro in forever. I remember being a kid and those were real bad to the bone cars. That rocks! _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
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Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 389 Location: Tucson, AZ
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject:
I love old cars too....what can I say. My friend and I have been working on a 71 chevellle SS. Just finished the interrior. Took out the whole dash and used it as a mold and make a new one outta fiberglass.....looks pretty sweet. Found some leather seats we put in. Now we just have to get enough $ to rebuild the motor (454) and get a new tranny. Has flow master. Need posse tractino as well. Been workin on it on and off for a few years....and have a few more to go. I'll try and get some pics, but I dont have a digital camera so no promises. _________________ Xbox v1.0
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Shark2th Moderator
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:
I saw we have an car talk area now.
So I decided to get this thing started and see where it goes.
All you Bruce's and Shiela's (do they really say that in Australia???) tell us about your four or more wheels. Ya you can do cycles too.
Shameless bumpity bumpity bump... thumpity thumpity thump
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enigma516 V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Feb 07, 2005 Posts: 2743 Location: Florida
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject:
Sweet ride Shark2th. I'm also trying to restore a car. My 95probe GT. I'm trying to restore it to a point where the damn thing will turn on again so that I can drive it.. _________________
Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 1887 Location: Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL USA
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:
Old cars are the shit. ( I love the 60's cars, but the body style's of the earlier seventies....my nipples are hard again.)
I want an 1969 Olds 442 and a 1970 Pontiac GTO.
My mom and her boyfriend enjoy restoring cars as there together activity. They just got done putting back together a really sweet 1972 Lemans LS (GTO w/o stickers and engine kit). It is sweet.
They also restored a 1979 Chevy Suburban 454.
And a list of other cars they put work into:
1968 Pontiac Grandprix: rare to see (See movie: Goodfellas, same car with the dead body in the trunk he washes out.)
1979 Chevy Camaro Z-28 w/a Rockcrusher (I think that is the name its been a while) manual transmission.
1986 Monte Carlo SS 350 w/ T-Tops
1958 Cadillac ... ( don't remember, only saw it once: away at shcool)
and a couple more.
It is great to see what cars used to do before all this emissions and save the earth nonsense
????Was that you in the picture 2th-y?
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Shark2th Moderator
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:
Yes shortacid, that's my punk ass standing by my F85. It's still getting renovated, but I hope to have it in car shows as some point in the next year or so. Also might end up with a '71 Cadillac. Has a mighty motor well over 400 horses. Huge fins too. Parascope turn signals on the front so the driver can see what lights are running without looking down.
Very ahead of it's time.
And now the above stated in language that shortacid can understand:
Yin' shortacid, dat's mesa punk ass standin' by mesa F85. 'tis still gettin' renovatin', but mesa hope to have it in car shows as some point in da next year or so. Also might end up wid a '71 Cadillac. Has a mighty motor okiday over 400 horsin'. huge-o fins too. Parascope turn signals on da front so da driver can see what lights are runnin' widout lookin' down.
awful ahead of 'tis time. _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
enigma516 V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Feb 07, 2005 Posts: 2743 Location: Florida
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject:
Shark2th wrote:
And now the above stated in language that shortacid can understand:
Yin' shortacid, dat's mesa punk ass standin' by mesa F85. 'tis still gettin' renovatin', but mesa hope to have it in car shows as some point in da next year or so. Also might end up wid a '71 Cadillac. Has a mighty motor okiday over 400 horsin'. huge-o fins too. Parascope turn signals on da front so da driver can see what lights are runnin' widout lookin' down.
awful ahead of 'tis time.
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:
Dude I'll tell ya what, old cars put a 6 pack on the ol downstairs around the zipper (if ya know what I mean). They aren't the little riceburners from Asia or the rounded out eggs that come out of Europe, they are hard steel, big, heavy, bad-ass sounding machines with V8's that would thromp any car built today.
I'm not talking about those Italian racing machines built out of fiberglass that shatter if someone sneezes on them and go 10,000 MPH in a 25 MPH zone either. I'm talking about cars that have outlasted most and are damn near as old if not older than I am. Cars built to last a life time and suck down gas faster than I can margaritas! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. HUAH!
The f85 grew up as it got older...
You've seen my 62 F-85, here's a guy with a 69 f-85. By this time, they were simply calling the car a Cutlass. _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
Shark2th Moderator
Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Posts: 5222 Location: Tennessee, USA
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject:
Just for a cheap plug... a also have a forum for f-85's at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldsmobileF-85 . This was before I started modding Xboxes. It's fairly cool and has pictures of f-85's from the beginning to basically the end. Damn near 50 members that have these cars from all over the world. Rather cool.
Vrrooooooooom.......... _________________ http://twitter.com/HQ_Shark2th
funkydopeloven Xbox-Hq Genius
Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 1942
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject:
Andrewfrink wrote:
71 chevellle SS..
hey my stepdad has the same car, a beautiful beast she is
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23945 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:
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I love old cars too....what can I say.
I dont mind old cars but i love my turbo 4 cylinder cars.. hhehhe lol
Im going to upload a couple of pics that DJB & I took over at his house..
Most of my other mates love V8's and all the old school rides.. Im more a electronic man..
I sold my OLD CELICA GT4 rallyedition to start this project when i finished working for a huge exporter of coal in australia..
hope you like guys and its not too way out there..
hehe lol
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