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[Fez Hammersticks]

I'm going to start this badboy with this monster. This is a limited production F150 (less than 2000) and is packing (supercharged) 750hp under the hood(!) - I'm not a truck guy but I'd take this thing over any non-supercar out there:

[Shelby Super Snake]

Oh, it's also $106k with all the options.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Ever since seeing them on Top Gear, I've had a ladyboner for Caterham kit cars. I want one so bad!

http://us.caterhamcars.com/cars/seven-420

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Roush is also offering this - supercharged 600hp under the hood:


[Roush Nitemare]

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Back in high school, this was my dream car: a 1994 Mazda Miata, Mariner Blue with a tan interior.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Ever since seeing them on Top Gear, I've had a ladyboner for Caterham kit cars. I want one so bad!

http://us.caterhamcars.com/cars/seven-420

Something we agree on! I too love this car. It has an "old-school" look to it, and I love that. If I was going to have a track-day car, it would either be this, or the V8 Atom.

Also a HUGE fan of the old Top Gear, and now The Grand Tour. They seriously need to get The American to shut the fuck up though, and get rid of "Celebrity Brain Crash". And stop being so scripted.

But even if they don't, I'm still a fan of The Orangutan, Captain Slow, and The Hamster.

As for cars.....there's a lot that I like. I'm afraid I can't share the same love for sports trucks.....personally, I've never seen the desire for a truck with 600+ horsepower. I don't mind the Ford Raptor though, but it's properly built as an off-road truck, not necessarily a street-truck.

When I was a child, my father had a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL that he inherited from his grandfather. It was Rose-beige-color with a black top, 2-door with a 390 4-bbl and 330 hp. My father sold it just before we moved up here in 1994 after someone pushed it down the street one evening and stripped a bunch of things off of it.

I really miss that car. Lots of great memories in that thing.

I learned to drive on my mother's now-gone 1996 Ford Windstar, and I went on a few good trips in that thing as an adult. Great car.

My first car was a 1989 Chrystler LeBaron 2-door with a 2.5 liter turbo 4-cylinder and 175 hp. I fucking LOVED that car. All leather interior, air conditioning, and a sun-roof. It was an absolute monster when that turbo kicked in. I wasted Rice-Rockets in that thing when I was in High School.

Unfortunately, it had a TON of problems (the computer being the biggest culprit), and my father finally got tired of paying for it, sold it, and bought me the ugliest, bright-green base-model 2002 Kia Rio the world has ever seen, which unfortunately I still have. I'm still convinced to this day that it was punishment for something.

If I had my choice....or the money....this would be my dream car:

 

[andalusian]

Ever since seeing them on Top Gear, I've had a ladyboner for Caterham kit cars. I want one so bad!

http://us.caterhamcars.com/cars/seven-420

I had a Birkin S3 for 8 years when I lived in Portland. I lived about 15 minutes from PIR - it was a rare occasion when I made it to the track and was not already wet. It was tons of fun - but a lot of problem. Funny thing is, now that I live in San Diego where the weather actually works for one of these, I do not have one...

The photo below is my old car. I believe it is somewhere in Nor-Cal now.

Has a Fuel Injected Zetec in it, imported a T9 from England for the transmission - that thing would break the rear in 3rd with only 140BHP or so... It sure was fast.

The Kirkey seat was from a 1/4 mile dirt racer (only thing that fit in it) - it was the best diet I was ever on. If I wanted to drive the car, I could not gain a pound.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

That's so cool! I think the closest I'll get to owning one is buying the Lego sets!

 

[Jade Falcon]

I'm a huge fan of Dr. Matt Carriker on YouTube. He's a veterinarian in Texas with three YouTube channels: OffTheRanch (a vlog about his daily life), DemolotionRanch (which is his original channel about firearms), and VetRanch (his vet channel about his job).

Anyways, he just bought a new kit car, a DF Goblin:

http://www.dfkitcar.com/

It looks really nice! It's all from a Chevy Cobalt, built into a skeleton chassis.



At the 13-minute mark, he shows the latest work on the Goblin, here:



Very nice work! Personally though, I'd want some ABS brakes on this thing.

 

[andalusian]

That's so cool! I think the closest I'll get to owning one is buying the Lego sets!

They are not crazy expensive if you buy the kit and do some work yourself. I do not think they bring Birkins anymore - but I got a rolling chassis and had to source the drive-train - found an engine from a junk-yard from a crashed Ford Contour (had only 11K miles on it) - and as I said, had to find a transmission in England and it took it a while to make it there - but the price was really not horrible. Basically, for the price of a new Camry you can end up with one of these. I will be honest however, they are totally impractical and frankly - the wrong car for Portland. If I knew at the time what I know now - I would have bought a Formula Ford, a trailer and a pickup truck instead.

Speaking of Miatas - I still have my 1993 Miata that I bought in 1996 when I moved to Portland. It is quite frankly, the best car I ever had - Between 1996 and 2000 (when I got the Birkin) it was my race car - it has maybe 20K miles on a race track - and it was my replacement car whenever the Birkin had problems - it lives outside, it looks like an old car with iffy paint etc... - but it has never failed, last year was the first year I ever had to do something other than routine maintenance to it - had a small hole in the radiator so I changed that and while at it - also put in a new water pump.

These cars look like toys and all the people with no driving talent will tell you that they are for girls/gays/whatever other stupid nonesense - but they are great drivers - and there are more Miatas used as road-racing cars in America than any other car - for a reason, racers love them.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Oh my heavenly Lord. I've heard the Ferrari F355 GTS before, but not quite like this:



Wow!

 

[andalusian]

I am waiting for this to be sold in the US - if the price is not outrageous - I am getting one. Currently they are talking about 2019

https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/ev3/

In the late 90s I found a 1932 3 wheeler Morgan Aero in pieces in Vancouver, BC - the owner would not sell it to me because I was not already a Morgan owner thus not deemed "worthy". Oh well.

 

[HailBlazers]

Something we agree on! I too love this

Ladyboners?

 

[Natebishop3]

I would love to have an old Willys Jeep.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This is my favorite (non-supercar) little car:

Pontiac Solstice GXP hardtop. These (hardtops) are hard to find and pretty much collector cars now.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

This is my favorite (non-supercar) little car:

Pontiac Solstice GXP hardtop. These (hardtops) are hard to find and pretty much collector cars now.

I like that but have never seen one before! Very cute car.

 

[Hobbesarable]

This picture brings back memories of Grandpa's 1946 Chevy Pick Up. I'd like to have one.

Or Grandpa's 1970 Pontiac GTO

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I like that but have never seen one before! Very cute car.

They sport a turbo'd inline-4 -- 260hp. It weighs the same as a Lotus Evora - 3100lbs. The power/weight ratio oO

 

[Natebishop3]

My dad had one of these in the garage when I was a kid that he was restoring.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

They sport a turbo'd inline-4 -- 260hp. It weighs the same as a Lotus Evora - 3100lbs. The power/weight ratio oO

Like driving a top

 

[Hobbesarable]

Back in high school, this was my dream car: a 1994 Mazda Miata, Mariner Blue with a tan interior.

This was mine.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

This was mine.

In grade school that was mine too... loved Test Drive!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Holy shit this is the ugliest car in the world and I love it to pieces. I want!

http://jalopnik.com/bollingers-200-mile-electric-truck-is-fantastically-rug-1797333580

Need to haul an old growth oak intact? Open the front and slide something THROUGH the fucking car!

 

[MarAzul]

I would kind a like one of these, upgraded with a Toyota four cylinder engine and a ball joint front end. It would be cool to go down to the Boat and the Store.

But then, a golf cart would work too.

 

[Natebishop3]

Holy shit this is the ugliest car in the world and I love it to pieces. I want!

http://jalopnik.com/bollingers-200-mile-electric-truck-is-fantastically-rug-1797333580

Need to haul an old growth oak intact? Open the front and slide something THROUGH the fucking car!

I love military looking vehicles. Always have. I think I like how utilitarian they look.