October 18, 2004
Eww... Nasty...

Ok, even I'll admit sometimes Alfa made some screwing looking cars. Take this ugly-duckling convertible also known as a "2600 Touring" Spider. In fact, please take it and shoot it, because it's what I call a "Frankencar":

This is a hand built touring bodied Spider, with a Buick V-6 high performance drivetrain.

To put it in perspective for the members of the gallery I know personally:

  • Ron: Imagine someone getting a genuine Dallas Cowboy uniform and helmet from the 1994 season, and then painting it orange and purple because they like that color better.
  • Mom: Imagine someone taking a .5 carat colorless flawless diamond and replacing it with a 1 carat CZ, because they like the bigger stone.
  • Johsua: Imagine someone taping CANNON stickers on the outside of their disposable camera.
  • Jeff and Damion: Imagine a Ford...

Posted by scott at October 18, 2004 11:05 AM
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now, Buick did make some damn good engines, however, this just means someone is too cheap or too uncultured to learn how to work on the original engine. Are there vehicles I'd change the engine in - yeppers. If I got a 40's car, it's begging for a small or large-block chevy, as my eventual jeep. However, this is just not right. I mean, why ruin a good buick engine?

Posted by: ron on October 18, 2004 12:26 PM

Heh... you suck.

Posted by: scott on October 18, 2004 12:29 PM

... or CANON even ;)

Posted by: Joshua on October 18, 2004 12:45 PM

[Cartman Voice]
Son of a...

Scew you guys, I'm going home...
[/CmV]

:)

Posted by: scott on October 18, 2004 12:51 PM

Actually, the FrankenCar we should build is one that can win the Paris-Drakkar. We need a late 70's/early 80's Cadillac Eldorado, a Suburban, and a garage. Basically, we raise the Caddy up like a monster truck using the Suburban frame and all. We then beef the hell out of the suspension so it'll survive the race. A bit of tuning on the 500 cu.in. Caddy big-block and we should have horsepower and torque of ungodly levels. A bit of work making the engine, cooling system, and other incidentals solid is also well-advised. Then, all we need is a 4-set transfer case - 4-Lo, 4-Mid, 4-Hi, and 2-Hi. This way, we could adapt to changing road conditions very well. Of course, this does need to be mated to a 6-speed gearbox and a bulletproof rearend, but still.

However, it's the image of the beast that'd make it perfect. The Caddy'd need to be baby blue, with Texas Longhorns on the hood. It'd also help if it was convertable with a white leather interior as well (roll cage and great restraint system are a given). It should have two huge antennae on the back - each with an American flag streaming from them - and maybe a squirrel or raccoon tail as well. The trunk should be a cooler full of everyone's favorite beers (as long as they were domestics).

Imagine us building that and winning - we'd piss every single country (and many of our own folks as well) off and manage to conquer another world event all at once.

Posted by: Ron on October 18, 2004 01:57 PM

One of the more unique aspects of the Paris-Dakar is the "off-track" dangers. The last time I followed it at all, two team support vehicles were disabled when they wandered off the course and hit land mines. And you thought spinning off the apex into a wall was bad...

Posted by: scott on October 18, 2004 02:01 PM

hmmm - add some body armor and use GPS to stay on track.

we're all about solutions here!

Posted by: Ron on October 18, 2004 03:03 PM
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