Discussion time (with bonus rice inside)

"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
12/30/2014 at 14:29 • Filed to: None

When does a car stop being the car it was?

I recently watched a video where the frame of a land Rover was replaced and it got me thinking... Is there a point where it's just not longer the same car? When is it gone? After a motor swap? All the body panels replaced?

Have some Toronto rice for your photos

And yes, that's a V6 badge on a civic...

EDIT: i'm thinking for uni body cars it's when the Unicode is replaced..

But for body on.frame....idk

DISCUSSION (22)

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:34

I've often wondered this, as well, especially after watching Love the Beast . I don't have an answer. I tend to think the frame/chassis rather mark the life cycle of the car, but maybe it's more about the owner. Maybe as long as a car retains its owner, it's still alive.

jariten1781 > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:34

Theseus and his ship as well as 'my grandfather' and his axe would like a word with you (aka, this is an age old question with no answer).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:35

Ahem . Also, replacing the frame on a Land-Rover? I have clearly never done that ever except for the one time I did it, and then that other time, and then that other one that I've got waiting and the partial one. Apart from that? Never. Happens.

My citroen won't start > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:37

A car stops being the car it was when the feelings for the car change.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
12/30/2014 at 14:38

Chassis doesn't work for Landies, just because at some point in the life cycle nearly every one suffers partial to complete replacement. Center section of the firewall that bears the data plate, plus plurality of body parts and mechanicals, maybe. Mine is a Frankenstein of far greater proportion than it appears that way.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:38

No no no no no no! I thought my generation of Civic was safe!!!!!!

Sorry nothing else to add

Takuro Spirit > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:38

After watching how much of the original car is rusted, trashed, gets cut off and tossed away and replaced with new metal on shows like Graveyard Carz, I think so long as some of the panels remain, and the VIN, it's still an original high dollar car to them....

Kinja'd!!!

Xyl0c41n3 > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:40

I thought this post was gonna go in a different direction, so I was all excited to share something I just saw on my lunch break. But fuck it, here it is anyway. Who would do this to a mustang? The guy who was sitting inside it while I clandestinely snapped the photo, apparently.

Kinja'd!!!

bob and john > Xyl0c41n3
12/30/2014 at 14:44

That is terrifying on so many levels..

Xyl0c41n3 > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:46

I knew I'd find some commiseration on Oppo.

Also, HIYA PETE! ^_^

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Xyl0c41n3
12/30/2014 at 14:49

ALTEZZAS YO

JDM, brah.

bob and john > Xyl0c41n3
12/30/2014 at 14:52

Hello! Having a good break?

Xyl0c41n3 > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 14:58

I'm doing well! I'm back at work already, though. How are you doing, though? *pounce*

Xyl0c41n3 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 14:59

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Xyl0c41n3
12/30/2014 at 15:03

Kinja'd!!!

But brah, the JDM Mustangs are RHD and that just makes them better, brah. Six-cylinders are higher tech, brah. Gotta get those Altezzas and JDM blues on, brah.

(Note: actually an Oz SN95)

bob and john > Xyl0c41n3
12/30/2014 at 15:05

Trying to figure out where my.snow is. There is almost no snow here. It's -5 and the roads are.dry and snow free

What da fuck, i want to go hoon..

Xyl0c41n3 > bob and john
12/30/2014 at 15:18

Meanwhile in Texas...

Kinja'd!!!