Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: Neil]
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10/14/23 04:50 PM
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looks like dog do do. reminds me of a cracker jack box with, wheels t/ights, grill and h/lamps with a somewhat curved roof bonded on.
to each their own on looks. some people thought the Pontiac Aztek looked good. compared to this car it actually does.
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: 340SIX]
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10/15/23 04:25 AM
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Reminds me of that Prestone Javelin where they literally ruined every "cool" styling feature of the car. Modernizing vintage designs adds nothing to them. They are of their time and timeless. These kids that think they can make things "better" because they use "new" parts are.... well, out of their minds.
It's like the kid that "doesn't understand" a carburetor and refuses to buy a $30 rebuild kit, but he will throw a $4000 dollar fuel-injection system at the thing and it still won't run properly.
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: 2boltmain]
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10/15/23 09:06 AM
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Just like when they converted Project X to all electric. A build done to showcase advertisers products for a viewing audience that knows NOTHING about muscle cars.
Keep old mopars alive.
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: modelmakerinc]
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10/16/23 07:17 PM
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$1 million is just too much for that. Why not build your own supercar?
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: Neil]
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10/16/23 08:00 PM
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Pro Touring stuff has long jumped the shark and now guys are just making stuff that doesn't even look right just to be different. They don't want to do a restoration because if your a custom hot rod shop trying to set yourself apart and stay trendy it's hard to get any publicity doing those.
Pro touring cars have wicked good handling, modern engines with EFI, 6-speed manuals and tasteful added touches while keeping the vintage look. That RR is not pro touring, its a money is no object 90's street rodders attempt at doing a muscle car.
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: Neil]
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10/16/23 10:36 PM
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The Jesse James Polara is another one. Having been involved in a Pro Touring/Restomod shop environment for a while in the past, and some cars done just for SEMA, I have mixed feelings. The fabrication part of it is fun, but I really don't like the over the top customs. There were some real clowns doing that work back in the day. Most of them didn't last long. Costs a lot of money to do a car like that. Someone had to bankroll that thing. And when you're done, most likely you aren't going to take it out and have fun with it. It will just sit and be looked at. I preferred doing cars that were a nicely done restoration masquerading as a modern muscle car that people actually drove and enjoyed. And beat on when they felt like it. I just don't think I would want to own one unless I had a pile of money I didn't know what to do with. A lot of fun just to take out and run around in though.
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Re: How to waste $1 million and destroy a nice Roadrunner.
[Re: GY3]
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10/17/23 09:58 AM
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Just awful. Like someone said already, why did they need an actual road runner to start this build with?
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