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ebay car: It was a 356
I will with hold comment. I like to see custom cars but I am not sure about this.
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No need to "hold comment". Even in Wayne's "Kindler, Gentler OT Forum...", that thing is just ghastly!!!! 
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02-27-2008, 10:42 AM
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WTF!?
I don't get it at all. It looks half-done, but I don't know what look he was going for, unless it is to make a car look like a giant coke spoon. Even the poorly-done fiberglass jobs with all the strakes are trying to make the car look "racy".
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02-27-2008, 10:45 AM
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Someone pls. ask him what the chassis number, transmission number, and engine number are...
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02-27-2008, 11:07 AM
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Ok, its a beautifully done Horror Show.
very talented fiberglass job....but....
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02-27-2008, 11:08 AM
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Looks like it may have actually started out 50 some years ago as a Devin D, which would at least make it historically interesting.
http://www.devinsportscars.com/DevinD.html  Until "Fiberglass Bob" got hold of it, that is.  Tim |
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02-27-2008, 11:09 AM
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356 powered does not necessarily mean 356 based.
The Devin D used VW components, including tub. This fiberghastly car probably just has a 356 engine. Since I don't know those engines well, I'll ask.... are we even sure what he has pictured is a 356 engine?
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02-27-2008, 11:27 AM
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I'd hate to see the life's work that this was a culmination of.
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02-27-2008, 11:39 AM
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cashflyer - looks like one, but a Type 1 VW engine with a dual carb kit would look the same... only way to know for sure is engine casting #...
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02-27-2008, 11:43 AM
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Fiberglass Bob should have been wearing a quality respirator during his lifes work to protect him from all the toxic resin fumes and chopped fiberglass. It looks to me that the effects of the extended period of exposure can be summed up using this "culmination of his lifes work" as a 3D representation of all that remains of his cognitive thinking. Finished or not, that is hands down one of the worst automotive design experiments I have ever poked my eyes on, even worst than the Pontiac Aztec.
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02-27-2008, 12:42 PM
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This is definitely a 356 or 912 engine
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02-27-2008, 12:45 PM
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2 problems with his story.
1. it appears that there is no hole for a shifter. Hence its never been driven. 2.that motor looks like it hasnt run in years and it isnt installed so it doesn't have the correct motor. |
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02-27-2008, 01:21 PM
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Sweet Jesus! Culmination of his lifes work?? Was he the plastic surgeon that did Cat Woman too? That just hurts to look at.
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02-27-2008, 01:27 PM
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I once saw a similar front end on a safety car, supposed to catch pedestrians in a basket when you hit them and not sever them off at the knees and send them bashing into the windshield.
Terrible ugly little thing, isn't it?
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02-27-2008, 01:34 PM
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Its a what?
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02-27-2008, 03:54 PM
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I wonder why this wasn't picked to be used in "Back to the Future" ???
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02-27-2008, 04:54 PM
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It's so bizarre, but I kind of like it.
Very weird. Best, Kurt |
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02-27-2008, 05:01 PM
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I don`t see the point of putting a 356 engine in that horror. A VW motor would have been just as well. Oh well...
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The baby Jesus weeps when he sees that car's shadow...
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