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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: Zap on December 28 2010, 04:57:14 PM

Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 28 2010, 04:57:14 PM: http://www.dynacornclassicbodies.com/classic2.html

I didn't know they made them.
Title: Re: I want a new body
Post by: WE4_Roller on December 28 2010, 05:35:14 PM: $14.5K for a Chebby? :rolleyes;

I think you'll be staying a big fat Bug forever. :phpbbt;
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 28 2010, 06:15:11 PM: I want a fast back
Title: Re: I want a new body
Post by: Scoobum on December 28 2010, 06:56:30 PM: You'll have to sell a shitload of Slurpees to afford one of those.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 28 2010, 07:10:44 PM: Slurpees are only a come on. The real money is in selling sexual favors.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Racer X on December 28 2010, 08:36:07 PM: Pffft! What no Mopars?! POS.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: ULYCYC on December 28 2010, 09:50:53 PM: Quote from: "Zap @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:10 pm"
The real money is in selling sexual favors.

You get paid to keep your clothes on and lights off?
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 28 2010, 10:21:36 PM: Quote from: "ULYCYC @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:50 pm"
Quote from: "Zap @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:10 pm"
The real money is in selling sexual favors.

You get paid to keep your clothes on and lights off?

Whatever pays the most and hurts the least.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 28 2010, 10:22:59 PM: Quote from: "Racer X @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:36 pm"
Pffft! What no Mopars?!
Title: Re: I want a new body
Post by: DCEPTCN on December 29 2010, 12:04:57 AM: I don't get kit cars...all that money and still no motor, interior, tires/rims, etc. For the same price range it seems that one could acquire the real thing and restore it.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 29 2010, 12:29:37 AM: not kit cars -- body shells

can't type complete sentences -- sentence shells

dummy
Title: Re: I want a new body
Post by: DCEPTCN on December 29 2010, 12:35:28 AM: Same fucking difference...
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 29 2010, 12:36:47 AM: Hardly. It's simply new sheetmetal.

Admit your error and repent
Title: Re: I want a new body
Post by: DCEPTCN on December 29 2010, 12:38:22 AM: What I mean to say is that it's way to much money for anything less than a complete car. I remain unrepentant.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 29 2010, 12:44:45 AM: Personally, I'd just buy a new car, but some people like old junk Buicks and shit like that.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: DCEPTCN on December 29 2010, 12:56:33 AM: Quote from: "Zap @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:44 pm"
Personally, I'd just buy a new car, but some people like old junk Buicks and shit like that.
At least for the purchase price we get ALL of the problems in one complete package.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Racer X on December 29 2010, 01:12:18 PM: Quote from: "DCEPTCN @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:56 pm"
At least for the purchase price we get ALL of the problems in one complete package.
Yeah no shit. I mean if the GN wasn't a fast car how many would have been turned back in as lemons?
Title: I want a new body
Post by: SuperSix on December 29 2010, 01:31:02 PM: Quote from: "Racer X @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:12 pm"
Quote from: "DCEPTCN @ Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:56 pm"
At least for the purchase price we get ALL of the problems in one complete package.
Yeah no shit.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Steve Wood on December 29 2010, 04:10:38 PM: I never saw a lemon GN...but, I have seen more than one lemon owner
Title: I want a new body
Post by: SuperSix on December 29 2010, 04:34:23 PM: Quote from: "Steve Wood @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:10 pm"
I never saw a lemon GN...but, I have seen more than one lemon owner

See.. that's the thing. I have tinkered with and owned a TR for ~10 or so years, and aside from niggling issues due to age, modification, etc - they have all been very reliable cars.

But some can never seem to get theirs right.

Is the car inherently a POS? Do people just tolerate them because they are fast and uber cool?
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Steve Wood on December 29 2010, 05:02:18 PM: the car was inherently great....but, many bought them that were not car guys after they became really popular and mistreated them badly,

I bought one from California that had 168,000 miles on it from an original owner who was a mechanic. He had just put a timing chain and new turbo on it....that was the main work that had been done to it. I sold it to a guy that took took it to the strip and ran some 12's with it...he sold it at 215,000 and it was still running strong.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Steve Wood on December 29 2010, 05:04:35 PM: Back to Zap's post. Compared to buying a rusted out original and trying to rebuild it to last another twenty years, these bodies are pretty damn good deals in many cases. See what an old Camaro, etc goes for that is fixable condition and then compare the cost of new sheet metal and labor to make it solid...not a bad deal at all
Title: I want a new body
Post by: Zap on December 29 2010, 05:55:42 PM: Nope...try fixing up some old sheetmetal sometime, and you'll see it's a pretty damned good bargain, like Steve says. Body work is a real bitch for most of us.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: daveismissing on December 29 2010, 07:30:25 PM: Quote from: "SuperSix @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:34 pm"

See.. that's the thing. I have tinkered with and owned a TR for ~10 or so years, and aside from niggling issues due to age, modification, etc - they have all been very reliable cars.

But some can never seem to get theirs right.
Is the car inherently a POS?

Too much screwing around.

110,000 miles, got 22mpg on the last 700 mile trip
things I have changed in 23 years:

brake pads, shoes
exhaust
gas tank
injectors cleaned once
battery
accumulator ball
brake pressure switch
brake lines
burnt bulbs

That's it!
Starting some body work now
Title: I want a new body
Post by: $1987 GN$ on December 29 2010, 09:11:21 PM: Quote from: "daveismissing @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:30 pm"
Quote from: "SuperSix @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:34 pm"

See.. that's the thing. I have tinkered with and owned a TR for ~10 or so years, and aside from niggling issues due to age, modification, etc - they have all been very reliable cars.

But some can never seem to get theirs right.
Is the car inherently a POS?

Too much screwing around.

110,000 miles, got 22mpg on the last 700 mile trip
things I have changed in 23 years:

brake pads, shoes
exhaust
gas tank
injectors cleaned once
battery
accumulator ball
brake pressure switch
brake lines
burnt bulbs

That's it!
Starting some body work now

You might want to change the oil and filter, maybe the tires to if there is anything left of them. :evil;

AJ___
Title: I want a new body
Post by: motorhead on December 29 2010, 09:34:30 PM: Showed Natasha the '68 Camaro body andshe's on board... when we have the cash.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: daveismissing on December 30 2010, 10:13:19 AM: Quote from: "$1987 GN$ @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:11 pm"

You might want to change the oil and filter, maybe the tires to if there is anything left of them.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: firebird_1252 on December 30 2010, 02:01:52 PM: i got mine almost 10 years ago.. and i have to say. it rarely gave me a problem. it has a sketchy history too.

besides the heat not working (shut up paul)
its been pretty good to me.
in the past 9 years i replaced:
rad.
turbo
MAF

then the basic maintenance bullshit.

and i guess you can put a motor in there too.. mine was still running (dont know how) when it was pulled. but i personally put over 80 passes on it, drove the shit out of it.

now.. the expensive stuff.. damn body work... and alot of it.
Title: I want a new body
Post by: $1987 GN$ on December 30 2010, 06:12:49 PM: Quote from: "daveismissing @ Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:13 am"
Quote from: "$1987 GN$ @ Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:11 pm"

You might want to change the oil and filter, maybe the tires to if there is anything left of them.