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Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by Edweird » Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:21 am

I know it's a little on the random side, but I figured I'd vomit this stuff up anyway and see what people thought.

I was daydreaming a bit earlier, and an idea came to me. We've all seen the stereotypical Hot Rod. An old Ford, stripped out with a chevy V8 and a rear axel from an articulated truck.

What I thought was: How about a british equivalent?

Something like a Rover p5b coupé, with a JE engineering modified version of a Rover V8 through a Landrover gearbox and rear axel, with no transfer box. I'm thinking side-exit, straight-through exhausts and K&N's in the holes where the fog lights are.

I know it's childish, and has naught to do with Suzuki and not much with 4x4s, but I figured why not throw it out there, and see what you guys thought anyway. Something for me to aim for in my mid-life crisis in 30 years time.
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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by Henry » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:00 pm

Edweird wrote: I know it's childish, and has naught to do with Suzuki and not much with 4x4s, but I figured why not throw it out there, and see what you guys thought anyway. Something for me to aim for in my mid-life crisis in 30 years time.

I think im having one at 17 :twisted:

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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by albertross74 » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:39 pm

One of my friends bought a hot rod at the end of last year, he had it shipped over from the US, it's a bad ass 1930 Ford Model A I think, anyway, piccies...

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And this is a photo of it towing what I believe is a home made chicken chaser, made from a Honda C90

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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by parrotveasey81 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:29 pm

why not do a 4x4 hotrod :oops:
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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by d86 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:34 pm

on a side note..
parrot
what you doing with the vit project now you have defected....... :lol:

tony :P

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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by Edweird » Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:39 pm

henry-the-hoover wrote:
I think im having one at 17 :twisted:
That's true actually. We're both driving trucks at 17.
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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by Russ24 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:31 am

i witnessed a VR4 powered morris minor-rod drift round a roundabout....

looked the shit... havnt got a pic... but it had them ere intakes and white wall tyres n cheesy flames down the side.

like a parody/spoof...

made a hella noise.
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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by Russ24 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:33 am

parrotveasey81 wrote:why not do a 4x4 hotrod :oops:

im aroused looking at that. LOL
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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by parrotveasey81 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:10 am

d86 wrote:on a side note..
parrot
what you doing with the vit project now you have defected....... :lol:

tony :P

i lost intrest init after getting my fourtrak and seeing how good the fourtrak is on and offroad i dont feel the need for a pure offroader so it is now bean cans in tesco :lol: mind after going to tagging last weekend i think it would of been good to keep just to beat up like the rest down there.

are all tagging site's like that or was that a bad example,it was a bit like 4x4 banger raceing and deffo not good to watch with kids,safety was :shock: to say the least

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Re: Absolutely nothing to do with Suzuki

Post by d86 » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:29 am

never driven that actual site..
but according to noah its the smallest of them all.

biniger quarry being the best (very dangorus if you get it wrong) love that one....

as for site safety i don't think they have enought marshalls for how popular it's getting.
thinking about it it's a play day with a perpous.....

tony :P

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