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Offline ChaosphereIX

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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #40 on: May 17, 2018, 12:14:34 pm »
Quote from: Fobroader on May 17, 2018, 12:11:17 pm
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 17, 2018, 11:50:23 am
Nissan entered Altimas in the V8 supercars recently IIRC...other than that, no idea

Uhhh...what?? They had a V8, rwd Altima in Australia?!?!?!

only as a race car - using a heavily modified Titan V8
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #41 on: May 17, 2018, 12:17:36 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 17, 2018, 12:14:34 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on May 17, 2018, 12:11:17 pm
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 17, 2018, 11:50:23 am
Nissan entered Altimas in the V8 supercars recently IIRC...other than that, no idea

Uhhh...what?? They had a V8, rwd Altima in Australia?!?!?!

only as a race car - using a heavily modified Titan V8

Oh boo, so like the "stock car" crap with V8 RWD, Camrys, Fusions and Malibu.
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #42 on: May 17, 2018, 12:25:31 pm »
most of those cars are all shiny and nice.

here's a photo of my dad's car when he used to race back in the day:

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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #43 on: May 17, 2018, 12:38:40 pm »
your dad looks cool

OK, you asked for it:

still finished the race

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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #44 on: May 17, 2018, 12:44:59 pm »
And speaking of Nissan, who can forget the 240Z Safari:

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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2018, 06:09:00 pm »
Don Schumacher's 1973 Chevy Vega Funny Car
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #46 on: July 14, 2018, 06:18:01 pm »
The bonus of the Vega drag cars is that engines actually had a longer service life than the production road cars!!
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #47 on: July 14, 2018, 06:34:54 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on July 14, 2018, 06:18:01 pm
The bonus of the Vega drag cars is that engines actually had a longer service life than the production road cars!!

And, the bodies didn't rust!
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2018, 10:54:01 pm »
It’s perfectly normal for any red blooded male (hetero or homo) car guy to get a bit of a chubby after re-reading this whole thread, right?   :rofl:

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“HI KEN!”

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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #49 on: July 15, 2018, 11:46:12 pm »
Dale Pulde's Buick Regal Somerset Funny Car (1985)


Mickey Thompson's 1974 Pontiac Grand Am Funny Car, driven by Bob Pickett
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #50 on: June 09, 2019, 02:05:41 pm »
Kenny Bernstein's Buick Reatta Funny Car.
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #51 on: June 09, 2019, 02:16:10 pm »
"Chicago Patrol" Mustang II Funny Car
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #52 on: June 09, 2019, 09:11:44 pm »
V8 thunder! Panoz GTR1
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #53 on: June 10, 2019, 10:45:51 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on June 09, 2019, 02:16:10 pm
"Chicago Patrol" Mustang II Funny Car


Reminded me of this - it’s most likely still in a box in my parents’ basement...
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Re: Ahhh...old race cars...they are kinda cool.
« Reply #54 on: June 10, 2019, 10:56:03 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on June 10, 2019, 10:45:51 pm

Reminded me of this - it’s most likely still in a box in my parents’ basement...

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