Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[Fastdruid]

ATM said:

DanielSan said:

It's done a few laps of ebay now with different sellers but a lot of the same pictures and same problems for a few years

Problems?

Probably the typical "just needs a few minor issues finishing off"... And neglecting to mention that it needs an IVA test and re-registering with a Q plate!

[ReverendCounter]

TheJimi said:

havoc said:

irocfan said:

https://jalopnik.com/everything-is-wrong-with-this...

Why are there 2 giant lumps of ginger attached to the engine?

That's the figging exhausts, you 'tard.

They're not figs.

[Don1]

Jules Sunley said:

Matt Cup said:

It’s also running DCT transmission.

This should be epic

It should be, however.... IMHO the engine doesn't suit the character of the car. A snarling V8, a Speed Six that sounds like a ton of pissed off wasp I totally get. But a V10 that isn't an LFA motor.... I hope I'm wrong as it deserves to be superb.

[TheJimi]

ReverendCounter said:

TheJimi said:

havoc said:

irocfan said:

https://jalopnik.com/everything-is-wrong-with-this...

Why are there 2 giant lumps of ginger attached to the engine?

That's the figging exhausts, you 'tard.

They're not figs.

(sigh)

I had it in mind a "fig of ginger" - hence my pun.

Turns out I had a moment of brain-fade.

I'll get my coat

[ReverendCounter]

TheJimi said:

I'll get my coat

Yes it's a bit chilly this time of year to be exiled from your own joke without a coat on!

[irocfan]

[Hugo a Gogo]

irocfan said:

what a casual
this is the real thing
(this is actually driven about like this, burned all over, I've seen it in the supermarket car park)

owned by the nutter Michael Fröhlich, who also has a 'sculpture park' of rotting away cars in a wood in Germany

[Escort3500]

He likes to, er, modify his cars...

[Hugo a Gogo]

isn't that a Sbarro? for some sheik to chase his hunting falcons about the desert, or somesuch?

[MarkwG]

Hugo a Gogo said:

isn't that a Sbarro? for some sheik to chase his hunting falcons about the desert, or somesuch?

Good call, Sbarro Rolls Royce Camargue - https://bringatrailer.com/2016/01/05/moroccan-roya...

[DoubleD]

Its funny how these modified old cars are posted in this thread, but if someone does it to a modern car it ends up in the other thread.

[Dapster]

MarkwG said:

Good call, Sbarro Rolls Royce Camargue - https://bringatrailer.com/2016/01/05/moroccan-roya...

White lettered tyres for extra vulgarity points. Not sure it belongs in this thread somehow....







https://www.rrsilvershadow.com/EGall/ERRCamconv197...

[MarkwG]

Dapster said:

MarkwG said:

Good call, Sbarro Rolls Royce Camargue - https://bringatrailer.com/2016/01/05/moroccan-roya...

White lettered tyres for extra vulgarity points. Not sure it belongs in this thread somehow....

I know what you mean, but maybe when compared to an unmodified Camargue..? You can't polish a turd, but you can sprinkle it with glitter...?

[Escort3500]

Hugo a Gogo said:

isn't that a Sbarro? for some sheik to chase his hunting falcons about the desert, or somesuch?

Apologies; my bad, as the saying goes. My Googling was a bit erratic

[irocfan]

Not sure what thread for this (juvenile/good/bad/a.n.other)

[Jules Sunley]

irocfan said:

Not sure what thread for this (juvenile/good/bad/a.n.other)

I like the VW bus in the background I love things like this in general, they inject a bit of fun into the world

[unsprung]

TheJimi said:

unsprung said:

Jules Sunley said:

Baron Greenback said:

https://www.demilked.com/1961-beetle-roadster-tran...

Yes please - now that is befitting of the thread title

+1

That is superb.

It manages to exhibit both restraint and a dollop of the extrovert. Lovely, powerful lines that are not inconsistent with the original.

and yet, to my eyes, the windscreen is a mess.

Despite all the very nice fabrication and design elsewhere, he's left a chopped windscreen in place.

Interesting!

If we could reconstruct the windscreen any way we'd want: How would you do it differently? (I ask because I'm curious)

[unsprung]

irocfan said:

Sinister. Ideal for a movie role!

Shoot it in slow motion, gliding along rain-swept streets round an urban, industrial area. Music track, natch. Hard-pounding guitar or, for a bit of irony, an impish classical number.

Alternatively: It's on the motorway, maneuvering at insane speeds while dispatching foes in lesser cars.

[RATATTAK]

unsprung said:

irocfan said:

Sinister. Ideal for a movie role!

Shoot it in slow motion, gliding along rain-swept streets round an urban, industrial area. Music track, natch. Hard-pounding guitar or, for a bit of irony, an impish classical number.

Alternatively: It's on the motorway, maneuvering at insane speeds while dispatching foes in lesser cars.

Funny that you should say that. When I first looked at that car I thought 'Christine' ... but I couldn't remember what colour Christine was so I Googled it and then never bothered to post because of the colour.

[Dapster]

RATATTAK said:

unsprung said:

irocfan said:

Sinister. Ideal for a movie role!

Shoot it in slow motion, gliding along rain-swept streets round an urban, industrial area. Music track, natch. Hard-pounding guitar or, for a bit of irony, an impish classical number.

Alternatively: It's on the motorway, maneuvering at insane speeds while dispatching foes in lesser cars.

Funny that you should say that. When I first looked at that car I thought 'Christine' ... but I couldn't remember what colour Christine was so I Googled it and then never bothered to post because of the colour.

And I thought of "The Car" - the worst movie in Creation by the way...