Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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EDIT: Apparently I wasn't specific enough about the topic title and my poll got moved out of the intended audience's forum. I've since tried to delete it, but am unable to because people have responded to the poll.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
[Re: a12rag]
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All the time!
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Ride eternal, shiny and chrome
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
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I built my car after just buying a 340 6-pack motor.
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
[Re: RobG]
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Yep....I bought a 70 Machine hood scoop w/tach..........later put it on my 69 Buick Sportwagon and it fit perfect - even straddled the hood chrome.
1969 Buick Sportwagon 455 Stage 1 Ram Air SOLD Nationwise Auto Parts Alumni 1982-1984
Now 1972 El Camino, original 402
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
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Pretty much the ONLY reason I buy anything.. Dosen't necessarily mean its cool.. but at least I think it is.. lol.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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I don't really know if this is "high performance" but I did just put this T handle in my car because I thought it was cool.
Scott
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
[Re: f8-4life]
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LCA gussets and 11/16" TR ends. I don't run the high banks at Daytona. I should know better.
Last edited by jcc; 02/14/20 07:39 PM.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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I don't really know if this is "high performance" but I did just put this T handle in my car because I thought it was cool. Always loved the T Handles! When I was in high school driving my mom's 3 on the tree Nova I screwed a T handle on the shifter. She put up with it and left it there.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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I've had 2 or 3 of the Clifford Hyper Pak copy intakes. They suck as an intake, but look really cool.
I still have a "Star Wars" air cleaner off a '67 GS. Pretty cool for a factory piece.
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"Everybody funny, now you funny too."
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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I once bought an NOS Tuff Wheel, BEFORE I bought a car to install it in. Finally found a car ('71 Duster) a 2 years later...lol!
Plymouth Makes It!
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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Of course! I've bought tachs because I thought they were pretty groovy, or underdash gauges, hell, even the Vacuum Gauge/Economy meters just 'cuz they're neat. I'm guilty of the Hurst T-handle. I had one on the three-speed stick in my Gremlin for quite a while.
Probably the most expensive "hi-perf" item I ever bought was the R4B intake for my 401. I'm sure it's design is dated and performance is limited, but it is sort of legendary among the AMC crowd, so.... what the hell.
I'm currently trying to justify spending $1200 US on a set of very nice but used "Trendsetter" side pipes for an AMC Javelin. My car would look so bad-ass with them, but gosh darnit, that's a lot of scratch.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought a HI-PERF CAR PART only cuz it was cool?
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Thats what the hobby is! Big Accel super coil and yellow wires, aluminum intake when the stock 4bbl intake was best for the engine I had, 2" headers when 1 3/4" would have sufficed ............
Keep old mopars alive.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
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I built my car after just buying a 340 6-pack motor. Same here i had the drivetrain 1st
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
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migsBIG
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At least twice a month. You can only imagine what folks will call me or show up to my place with something I totally don’t need but end up buying it anyway. I try not to fill the shelves with the stuff, but it looks soo cool sitting there and makes for some great conversation with friends. 383 crossram intake, R/T Louvered hood insert, NOS gasser polished quick change rearend and about a few more items I’ll probably never use on anything, but is cool just see on the shelves.
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Re: Poll: Ever bought something only cuz it was cool?
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I bought the parts to build a 572 hemi because a Mark iv shebby is so 1984
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