"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
08/31/2013 at 21:30 • Filed to: Best of Oppositelock
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"DasWauto" (DasWauto)
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Gathered here are the Oppositelock posts that people put a good deal of effort into writing on Wednesday. It includes the development of the Supra, welding wizardry, investing in cars and more.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Jones Foyer
The design process is a lengthy, painful one. The casual observer has no idea how delicate and meticulously precise the process of creating a new automotive form is. In terms of time scale, a motif is arrived at quickly on a piece of paper or digital tablet, but to arrive at that theme, hundreds of gorgeous little sketches are tossed, ignored, rejected. Styling is a systematic, brutal annihilation of creation where only one idea survives. As a result, we often discover the detritus of conception in the form of studio development sketches and photos. The last Supra development of course was no exception, spawning numerous prototype models during its formation in the early 1990's.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - TheDailyTurismo
The number of vehicles that left a factory with giant animal-shaped hood emblems is very limited. Most famous is the Pontiac Firebird (Thunder-chicken) followed closely by the Mustang II Cobra (Psynake-a-delic), however there are a few more rare-birds out there, such as the El Camino Royal Knight edition.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Andy McBratlie
I'm sure that all of us here on Oppo knows something about a car that others don't, or know about a car/company others don't. This is something I encounter whenever the question of a dream garage comes up here, I ALWAYS mention the Gilbern Invader and when I do there is always one or two people who say "man, that thing looks AWESOME why have I not heard about this before?".
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - 505Turbeaux
for today's offering, coming to you from Lucerne, Switzerland, is another car from the house of Pininfarina. While the hatchback Alfa 33 was born in house, to make it a longroof this 1988 Alfa Romeo 33 Sportwagon's design was outsourced. This being a Quadrifoglio Verde trim means it was the sportiest of the Sportwagons, with a 1.7 liter flat four churning out a whopping 117 bhp. But it's a wagon, a stick, and clean. I figure around 7 grand to get it over all in.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - BrownDogWelding
I get a ton of questions about "walking the cup" specifically and "weaved" welds in general. For the most part I walk the cup or freehand weave for fun, to stay sharp... in my line of work I rarely(occasionally, but not often) encounter the need to do it. When I was at Chrysler and I did the tig 6g test, I did walk the cup from the root to the cover pass. It's the go to technique for tig pipe welding, and not because it looks cool; it's a fast and efficient way to dump a bunch of filler into a joint with a tig torch.
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - TheSupremeLou
I just opened up an E*trade(TM) account. Not because I was interested in investing. I did it so I would feel more like an adult (it worked). After buying stock in Ford and a couple of Pharmaceutical companies, I sat back and prepared to watch the money pile in. Serious investors know that is not exactly what happened. Apparently I have the market sense of a copper tub, except the copper tub has a much larger market value than me.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - FireWRX234
This series is devoted to telling you all the fun I get to endure when it comes to every car I've ever owned. I've only been driving for 8 years and already had more car problems than all of my friends combined. Today's part in the series is going to detail my 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. This car was purchased with the money I got from selling my roasty, toasty Neon. This car was my first endeavor into Craigslist and it was definitely an eye opener.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - Dusty Ventures
With the 2013 WRC season approaching its evening hours I can't help but evaluate this year's fantasy competition and begin to think ahead to the 2014 season. We've had a great points battle, gained some excellent competitors in the league, and definitely grown and developed. I've had a lot of fun, even though my roster's been cursed for pretty much the entire summer. That said I think there's room for improvement, and I'd like the input of my fellow competitors.
The Best of the Rest
Mason-Dixon !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! over the summer. Bhardoin !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of his 240Z. MR2_FTW got most of the way through !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! wagon project. NYSS posted !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to support Dravett Syndrome research. GTCL !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the turkey run in Daytona last year. Hoccy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the streets of Oslo.
As always, If I've missed something and you would like me to include it, let me know.
Fun Discussions
There were several posts that asked questions and sparked some good discussion over the last day. Take a peek and chime in on some of them listed below:
What other car blogs do you read regularly?
NPoCP.ph: For P150,000/$3,357, an American with extra rice
Interesting, Vaguely Interesting, And Weird Cars For Sale I Found Today Part 4
What unloved cars deserve a video homage?
What's your craziest flying experience?
Daily Drive, Track, or Burn: Coupes that aren't coupes
What Is The Current Class Leading Compact Sedan?
Just the #tips
High stakes rallying: the dog biscuit challenge
Honourable Mentions
These posts have already been shared with Jalopnik directly but deserve to be mentioned again because they were first posted in Oppositelock:
Australian Man Creates Ridiculously Awesome Model Cars
The Friendliest Franken-BMW Around
Show Us: The Most Beautiful Aircraft of the 21st Century
jay leno takes a closer look at the elmirage
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DasWauto
> DasWauto
08/31/2013 at 21:28 |
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I think that's enough 'Best of Oppo' posts for today. I hope to have enough time to knock out Thursday's and Friday's posts tomorrow. Then I'll be all caught up.
Blondude
> DasWauto
08/31/2013 at 21:31 |
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So. Much. Best of Oppo!
Firewrx234
> DasWauto
08/31/2013 at 22:09 |
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Thanks for the inclusion, much appreciated!
I understand this is quite a task but we all appreciate it!
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> DasWauto
09/01/2013 at 15:53 |
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Wow, I'm on best of? And I only found out today. I'm flabbergasted to say the least.