Automotive Addicts Lounge V5 - P0306

[butre]

also it doesn't help that the impala was more broken to start with

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=Van-man;51582000]Speaking of Tesla's, here's a madman's attempt at rebuilding a flooded one:

[url]https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/repairing-a-flooded-tesla-model-s-how-to.60987/[/url]

It gets hilarious a few pages in.[/QUOTE]

That thread has me dying.

[url]https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/repairing-a-flooded-tesla-model-s-how-to.60987/page-76#post-1570949[/url]

[url]https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/repairing-a-flooded-tesla-model-s-how-to.60987/page-78#post-1576379[/url]

[url]https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/repairing-a-flooded-tesla-model-s-how-to.60987/page-82#post-1628163[/url]

[url]https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/repairing-a-flooded-tesla-model-s-how-to.60987/page-92#post-1760149[/url]

I'm quite frankly impressed with this guy. Restoring a normal ICE vehicle is a mounting task, but to try to restore a Tesla.. good god. Happy to see that he has made incredible progress on the vehicle and has made it (almost) a daily driver state with minor problems.

Who would have thought that for fronting 28k for the vehicles and then a year of labor that he would have a fully fuctional Tesla Model S for ~16k.

[cNova]

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;51580484]Oh yeah that's my second favorite dodge truck. The early Warlock is my favorite favorite. :v:

[t]http://i.imgur.com/Vn5C7cy.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

I like these ones because they look almost like a car
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/91c4fzJ.jpg[/IMG]

[Grenadiac]

That's a chevy truck though.

[Ridge]

Which means it's better

[mastoner20]

Well. Mech at work finally confirmed my PCM is toasted. Thank you, 2016. You bastard.

[Lerlth]

Called it.

[Tayley]

man, those big american trucks are cool and all but they don't compare to good ol aussie utes :v:
[t]http://www.boostnetwork.com/database/readersrides/files/post-9-1327308223803390059.jpg[/t]
[t]http://www.justmusclecars.com.au/images/productimages/large/10139_2.jpg[/t]
[t]http://www.justmusclecars.com.au/images/productimages/large/10139_7.jpg[/t]

[Lerlth]

Hell no..

American Utes all the way.

[t]http://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/161303/161303_Front_3-4_Web.jpg[/t]

[Tayley]

we can keep going at this all day :p: americans may have invented the ute, but aussies pioneered em!
[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c0/e3/6c/c0e36c02b2c9ef0cc0d2cdf35786d271.jpg[/t]

[Lerlth]

But do you have mini-utes?

[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/f5/9c/19f59cc9c4fd18544c30493c4f460442.jpg[/t]

[Grenadiac]

[QUOTE=MrBunneh;51586389]we can keep going at this all day :p: americans may have invented the ute, but aussies pioneered em!
[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c0/e3/6c/c0e36c02b2c9ef0cc0d2cdf35786d271.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/XwJ5LiT.jpg[/t]

SURRENDER, YOU'VE BEEN OUT-STYLED

[Ridge]

How about Japanese utes?

[IMG]http://wordpress.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mazda-rx-8-pick-up-666x999.jpeg[/IMG]

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=Lerlth;51586401]But do you have mini-utes?

[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/f5/9c/19f59cc9c4fd18544c30493c4f460442.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

Now you've opened Pandora's box.

[t]http://s27.postimg.org/568ouykmb/Skoda_Felicia_Pickup.jpg[/t]

[t]http://s23.postimg.org/bi57i1faz/Vw_caddy_1_a_sst.jpg[/t]

And for funsies:

[t]http://s29.postimg.org/68v8ehxbr/Toppola_Int_Saab_2012.jpg[/t]

[Tayley]

[QUOTE=Ridge;51586442]How about Japanese utes?

[IMG]http://wordpress.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mazda-rx-8-pick-up-666x999.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

holy shit, mazda made a car worse then the roadpacer?

[Xanadu]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/HbAY2vA.jpg[/t]

I'd drive one, but only if I could find a camper shell for it because I've literally never seen one in the flesh

[deathmog]

Bajas are the shit

[mastoner20]

My Dad had an 02 5-spd while I was growing up. The things are okay. Kinda of small and powerless for a truck and impractical at hauling people. Nice for basic suburb life yardwork and grocery runs, but beyond that a bit dull. And their interiors are garbage boring compared to even most econo domestics of the time.

[Sonador]

[QUOTE=Xanadu;51586532][t]http://i.imgur.com/HbAY2vA.jpg[/t]

I'd drive one, but only if I could find a camper shell for it because I've literally never seen one in the flesh[/QUOTE]

My friend had one and backed it into my car once when he came back from the military
Now he's in prison for kiddie porn

straight up

[clutch2]

Got head for Christmas. Spent the day doin some cleaning up on it.
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[TheBirdman]

[QUOTE=Lerlth;51586379]Hell no..

American Utes all the way.

[t]http://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/161303/161303_Front_3-4_Web.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

It just came to my attention that the front clip, grille, and bumper of a C-10 or similar year dodge somehow molded onto a ranchero would satifly all my bastardized muscle car truck desires.

[QUOTE=Kabstrac;51586479]man those things are real pieces of SHIT[/QUOTE]

Say one more bad thing about my childhood car bitch I double dog dare you.

[clutch2]

... When you're sellin a Jaaag on Ebay, and post a closeup that shows sanding scratches bleeding through the clearcoat..

[img]http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H2IAAOSw5cNYXa8e/s-l1600.jpg[/img]

[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Jaguar-XKR-Base-Convertible-2-Door-XK-R-SUPERCHARGED-/262775585974?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3d2ea53cb6:g:kAgAAOSw241YXa8v&item=262775585974[/url]

[Kuiper]

[QUOTE=clutch2;51587777]Got head for Christmas. Spent the day doin some cleaning up on it.

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Hey I rebuilt one of those a year or two ago.

Was for a '92 Tercel.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=clutch2;51587777]Got head for Christmas. Spent the day doin some cleaning up on it. [/QUOTE]

so hype to see how these look when you're done with them, going to be sweet

[LineArc]

[QUOTE=Lerlth;51586401]But do you have mini-utes?

[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/19/f5/9c/19f59cc9c4fd18544c30493c4f460442.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

Fun fact: I had inherited one of the rarest version of these. 1989 (?) Canadian Direct Connection Dodge Rampage.
They only made 258 Direct Connection Rampage's total, and even fewer went to Canada. The Canadian ones were fully loaded with all the cool options like the roof spoiler, scoop, and body kit. I'd guess around 40 were in Canada, and even fewer left, I sold it to a kid who more than likely scrapped it. There wasnt a single solid panel on it and it was infested with mice.

Kept the special plate though

[thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/6340B3C4-96C3-477E-8356-FA134009FB30_zpsetobpfjw.jpg[/thumb]

In other news I got 90% of the top truss designed for my axle and my buddy was bored so he finished sprucing up my axle.

[thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/E3ABC97D-3B6B-4011-A66D-FB6D54249F4A_zpsmukegk9l.jpg[/thumb]

I still have to find a way to fill in those holes, I tried to do a spider web style design but it didnt work out, and I was experimenting with other things before I had to drop my friend off at home.

Any suggestions? I was thinking something like teeth, or I could fit "cummins" or "12 Valve" in the slots.

[Gulen]

[QUOTE=Van-man;51586449]Now you've opened Pandora's box.

[t]http://s27.postimg.org/568ouykmb/Skoda_Felicia_Pickup.jpg[/t]

[t]http://s23.postimg.org/bi57i1faz/Vw_caddy_1_a_sst.jpg[/t]

And for funsies:

[t]http://s29.postimg.org/68v8ehxbr/Toppola_Int_Saab_2012.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

That Saab's not a ute though. This is a ute:
[t]http://www.saab99klubben.com/pickup1980_a.JPG[/t]

[editline]27th December 2016[/editline]

Also my favorite ute lately: [t]https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/15535348_150776592075687_743058444906397696_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTQxNDQwMDU5NjY4NTc5MjYzNA%3D%3D.2[/t]

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=Gulen;51588621]That Saab's not a ute though. This is a ute:
[t]http://www.saab99klubben.com/pickup1980_a.JPG[/t]

[editline]27th December 2016[/editline]

Also my favorite ute lately: [t]https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/15535348_150776592075687_743058444906397696_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTQxNDQwMDU5NjY4NTc5MjYzNA%3D%3D.2[/t][/QUOTE]

That's why it's added in as extra bit, just because It had a campertop.

I've seen people convert it to one with minor bodywork though.

[Lerlth]

[QUOTE=Kabstrac;51588201]Chrysler 2.2l engine[/QUOTE]

Is bad ass as fuck. We know!

INDESTRUCTIBLE
[video=youtube;79qWCN72uqY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79qWCN72uqY[/video]

STUPID POWERFUL
[video=youtube;oPtETxrMJa0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtETxrMJa0[/video]

[Strontboer]

Picking up the car tomorrow, cage is all done.

Also ordered a real carbon fibre roof, which is going to be a real joy to install.... Something along the lines of

[img]http://i.imgur.com/CFiMLo4.png[/img]

[Rævskjegg]

[QUOTE=Strontboer;51588905]Picking up the car tomorrow, cage is all done.

Also ordered a real carbon fibre roof, which is going to be a real joy to install.... Something along the lines of

[img]http://i.imgur.com/CFiMLo4.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Oh I know this pain. I know it too well.