Car Thread

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Good God that thing is sexy....

Tell me if you note any similarity. It's a Beemer 850CSi from around 1994. 12-cylinder.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Tell me if you note any similarity. It's a Beemer 850CSi from around 1994. 12-cylinder.

Yup.... both beauties that's for sure. Damn now I feel like going outside and detailing my cars....

 

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Good video on the 850CSi. Just a gorgeous car inside and out. I was driving a two-seater in '97 and we were expecting, so I started looking at cars with a back seat. I came close to doing one of these, although the back seat was a joke. Way too tight.

It still looks classic.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

 

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I like the Subaru brand. The vehicles are rugged, no-frills and reasonably priced. I drove a 2014 WRX hatch as a second car for awhile. Loved everything about it.

Now I suppose you're gonna say you were posting over the roof racks.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

You need to respect my lifestyle choices.

 

[CGgater]

The license plate on the right... you spelled “Zima” wrong.

 

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You need to respect my lifestyle choices.

We'll get to the double life later.

 

[Detroitgator]

Hey, DG, how about the old NSX?

Yes, I like the old angular/sharper edged ones. The new ones look pretty awesome too

 

[Detroitgator]

As a Detroit/Dearborn guy, I’ll forever be a Pantera fan... this is an 87, but I’m a big fan of the originals from the 70’s. There were 4 mint ones at the Ford dyno lab down the street from my HS

 

[Concrete Helmet]

As a Detroit/Dearborn guy, I’ll forever be a Pantera fan... this is an 87, but I’m a big fan of the originals from the 70’s. There were 4 mint ones at the Ford dyno lab down the street from my HS

European exoticness with small block FMC power and sound Boss 351 if I'm not mistaken....In terms of American/Euro badassery iconicness it had only one true comparable and what will be my next collector piece....replica of course.

I'm a huge fan of modern muscle and sound but there is nothing better than this imo

 

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View attachment 9528 As a Detroit/Dearborn guy, I’ll forever be a Pantera fan... this is an 87, but I’m a big fan of the originals from the 70’s. There were 4 mint ones at the Ford dyno lab down the street from my HS

The early ones in the US used the old 351 Cleveland, same engine as offered with the Mustang. If you set that car up right, it looked pretty awesome.

Lots of history behind the De Tomaso.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

The early ones in the US used the old 351 Cleveland, same engine as offered with the Mustang. If you set that car up right, it looked pretty awesome.

Lots of history behind the De Tomaso.

The stance is tits.....pure car porn....

 

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The stance is tits.....pure car porn....

You rarely saw fender flares like that back then. The Pantera was a groundbreaker.

 

[Detroitgator]

European exoticness with small block FMC power and sound Boss 351 if I'm not mistaken....In terms of American/Euro badassery iconicness it had only one true comparable and what will be my next collector piece....replica of course.

I'm a huge fan of modern muscle and sound but there is nothing better than this imo

It had a 351 Cleveland. The Boss 351 is also a Cleveland, but was tweaked and only in the Boss 351 Mustang that one year, I think 71.

And yes, unless you’ve driven a car like in your video where you swear you can feel the body twist under the torque, you really have missed an experience... or the “whuh... WHAAAAH!!!” of the other carb barrels kicking in

 

[Detroitgator]

The early ones in the US used the old 351 Cleveland, same engine as offered with the Mustang. If you set that car up right, it looked pretty awesome.

Lots of history behind the De Tomaso.

Ha! Didn’t read your post before posting about the 351C... what a great engine.

PS They only used 351C’s until they literally ran out of them then switched to the Windsor/5.0

 

[Detroitgator]

The early ones in the US used the old 351 Cleveland, same engine as offered with the Mustang. If you set that car up right, it looked pretty awesome.

Lots of history behind the De Tomaso.

DeTomaso and Ghia

 

[Detroitgator]

The stance is tits.....pure car porn....

The back seat engine under glass is a beautiful thing too

 

[Detroitgator]

You rarely saw fender flares like that back then. The Pantera was a groundbreaker.

In a lot of ways. Even Leno has one and said it was one of the most underrated cars

 

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DeTomaso and Ghia

Same Ghia as Karmann Ghia IIRC.

Had a '92 Mustang GT with the small block Windsor. Car had tremendous torque.