Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: Duner]
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08/17/14 01:55 PM
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I got to drool on this car about a month ago at the car Craft deal here in town. It is positively sculpted.....there isn't a square inch of the car that was overlooked. It is more than a Pro Mod with a license plate.....there are a few street considerations. As many as you can have on a car with a three speed Lenco anyway. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh2.gif) But it definitely raises the bar. I don't know just how driveable it is or how much it is driven. But it has lights and a license plate , so it has to be a street car in it's loosest interpretation. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbs.gif)
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: tubtar]
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08/17/14 02:27 PM
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Anyone know if it has made a pass at the track yet ?
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
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08/17/14 03:14 PM
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If you need a crew to start the car, it aint a street-car.
Beautiful workmanship and a bad-ass machine, for sure. But using the term street-car here is rediculous.
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: jim sciortino]
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08/17/14 03:40 PM
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It's not about how practical it is on the street sometimes, it's about CAN you drive it on the street. I know I'm at a point in my life where I'll never own a race only car again, even if no concessions are made for street driving it has to be tagged, legal, lights etc. so I can at least take the grandkid around the block. I like everything about this car except the blown alcohol choice. Well executed car to be sure...absolutely love the wedge in the body!!
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
4 Street cars, 5 Race engines
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: Spaceman Spiff]
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08/17/14 04:35 PM
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Sweet car for sure. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbs.gif)
Just asking, but how safe is it to drive around with a cage like that and no helmet?
The drag week guys do it. Which of course bring my question of, will this car complete on drag week?
Not on alky it won't...........where you going to haul enough fuel to last a week........because you sure can't stop at a station and buy it.
Now as far as this being a "street car"........sure it is. If it is tagged, insured and you can legally drive it where you live, it IS a street car. Just because it doesn't meet some peoples definition of a street car, makes it no less of one.
Some are such candy azzes these days. Think back to the 60s, when flat tappet, high compression, manual steering manual brake cars WERE everyday cars and these days if it doesn't have air, cruise and a GPS, it is NOT a "real" street car .....This car, with rack and pinion, disc brakes and modern race suspension, will drive and handle better than any of those old 60s cars. Lots of tubing and big tires does not make something NOT a street car
The "definition" of a street car is how much aggravation you are willing to put up with when you drive it.
Monte
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: StealthWedge67]
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08/17/14 08:27 PM
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Street legal and streetable are not the same, clean car regardless.
I am more interested in what it runs...haha
Faster, Faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...
71 Swinger - slowly collecting dust/parts 66 Belv. II - just a streetcar 88 Mustang - turbo LS beater
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
[Re: Dragula]
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08/17/14 08:38 PM
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No cup holder, not a street car!
Fastest 300
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Re: So you think you have a bad street / strip car!
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08/17/14 09:30 PM
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People are funny...On this site, you guys are debating if its a street car or not due to various things like cup holders, and on the other site, they are saying how slow it looks and it was only 1307rwhp on the dyno it buried...And they wont give it any respect without some ET numbers.
I don't know about you guys, but that is a really healthy street legal car that is way faster than anything I will ever drive, I am sure. Looking at the other vids of it, it looks like no detail was too small to ignore.
I would like someone to explain to me the sequence where it looks like he uses a hand brake and lets it build pressure before engaging the Lenco....
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