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Are you as shocked as I am? Just look!

You just want to say what the **** where they thinking. Definately one of the ugliest design idea ive seen today.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10156&item=2491116117&rd=1

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Old 09-26-2004, 10:15 PM
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It's a parts car. Those tires are at least a decade old...
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Good aerodynamics -
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Old 09-26-2004, 10:19 PM
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where did these kind of body kits come from? pretty interesting.
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It just goes to show (once again) that just because someone is rich enough to buy a Porsche (Ferrari or fill in the blanks) doesn't mean that they have good taste. That body strikes me as being awful in the blandest sort of way. I don't know if it is the 959 rear spoiler, the fake brake ducts in the rear fenders or the head light covers. Those head light covers that remind me of the later model Mitsubishi Eclipses. Yawn!

The best description that I can come up with is that it looks like a 911 that has had one to many face lifts. All of the charactor from the original curves has been replaced by a stretch, taught surfaces between a series of artificial features.

As the Queen said in Alice In Wonderland (my daughters' current favorite Disney video.) ...

Of with its head!
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on the bright side you can always say "thank god.. for once they are not destroying a 912"
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Supposing that they didn't mess up the engine or suspension too bad, wouldn't this be a decent track car? Certainly you wouldn't worry about scratches and off track excursions.

As long as you could fit a cover over all the body work when you're not driving it.

Anyone ever bought one of these hoopties and tracked it?
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I've never seen a body style like that.....
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I've never seen a body style like that.....

And I hope I never do again.
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It has some interesting ideas used in it but it kinda makes me think of a 12 year old with cards in his spokes.

Especially that wing that is so badly constructed that it has a huge "blob" support in the middle. I think it was stolen from a Honda somewhere...

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i would flush twice to make sure that turd went down.
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NOW do you guys know what I mean when I say a car is a "Carol Doda car"??? That said, Harry, if you can't destroy a 912, what the hell can you destroy? (just kidding)
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Of course we do. Ms. Doda was elected President of the student body at Stanford -- about the same time as the Cardinal mascot was inaugurated. She is also known as one of the more tame performers in the history of San Francisco.
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Looks like the work of someone who does
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Let's turn this into the ultimate ugliest thread. Here's my contribution:

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Someone put a hell of a lot of work into that 914
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That is actually a german kit that "graced" more than a few cars. I forget the name of the TUV approved manufacturer- started with an E. We have a client with that set up on his 77 turbo- it is not registered as a Porsche, i've seen the tags and paperwork. ugly? you bet, but in the late 70's it was considered "cuttting edge" 935 generated aero for the street.
There was also a manufacturer out there that made quad covered headlamp front fenders for the 911. better aero was their impetus
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There should be a law about this sort of thing



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