"crazedclay: SBC murderer" (crazedclay)
08/20/2014 at 00:37 • Filed to: None
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"crazedclay: SBC murderer" (crazedclay)
08/20/2014 at 00:37 • Filed to: None | 3
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I was chatting about the simple joy and terror of deathtrapping this evening:
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And it came time to talk about my worst beater. I checked the list, and another car won, but it reminded me after the fact that I once bought a 5oo dollar Scirocco off the side of the road one night. On a whim. And I sort of miss the shit out of it actually.
Had no headliner, instead the guy had sticker bombed the entire inner roof.
He pulled his coilovers out and fucked the alignment up something fierce. Used to squeal in a straight line!
It had the absolutely comical yet terribly frightening to the uninitiated single cam valve train thwackthwackthwackthwackthwack on cold days. You know that sound, old VW guys?
Heater was junk. Half the electrics didn't work. There were factory switches I never figured out.
But the gearbox was like butter. The seats were damn comfy. The gas came cheap and left slowly. It had tons of power for being what it was. That being simple and light and IMO the sportsman's alternate to a period equivalent GTI.
For 500 bucks I was stupid not to keep it and give it the fix.
god rest ye, wherever you went. I have been seeking you for a while.
Your best beater stories in the comments below.
K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 00:43 |
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I'd like a $500 Scirocco, you lucky bastard. ;)
XJDano
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 00:51 |
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My best beater to beat on was a 93 XJ I have posted about before. I am glad it is out of my life, but miss it too. $250 purchase price and a few hundred to get it going.
You probably only get to sawzall a top off once. I'm glad I did.
AM3R
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 00:52 |
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needed a car ASAP 2 says after getting my license, so I borrowed my friends beater slammed E36. I had to go pick up my wallet from my cousins house 3 hours away. I hooned the whole way there without even realizing the exhaust (shitty loud ebay exhaust) fell off in front of my house....
Agrajag
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 01:06 |
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The one I miss the most. My 1975 Suburban. Cost me $250 and all it ended up needing was a fuel pump. The interior was immaculate for a 30 year old vehicle, had the 454 which ran super smooth, and a stock dual exhaust. Timing chain shattered on me at one point, $300. Other than that it ran flawlessly for the 5 years I had it. Then one dark, sad, cursed day, I failed to notice the drop in oil pressure. Kablooie.
I gave it to my mechanic in trade for work on another vehicle. He yanked the motor to rebuild it, but it still saddens me when I go there and see the feral cat den it has become. If I had half the knowledge I do now I would have kept it and learned how to rebuild the engine myself.
RotaryLover
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 01:25 |
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I bought a 600$ Toyota Cressida to turn it into a drift car with a 1JZ and manual swap. It had a blown head gasket, they were notorious for that. It braked like a new car with amazing bite! The paint was top notch minus a bit of surface rust. The LSD was whining and was leaking a lot! At the time I was acting like I knew mechanic, but I didn't knew shit. I only knew how to do maintenance. I was quoted 6K to fix it up to top shape condition at Toyota.
I've changed the thermostat for the overheating issue (didn't help) I've changed the gas door since it was broken, I've cleaned it up quite good inside too. Then I was driving around and my exhaust fell of on the road. I was driving with an exhaust scrapping on the road and people where watching me non stop, lucky for me, I was next to my friend's house. I called him to drive behind me until I get at his house.
Since I was young and stupid and had a newly found noise, I floored it. Dude, the car felt like it had 20 more HP out of the sudden...with sparks on the road and the sulfur smell lol. I dropped the car there and waited until I find a solution. In the end, my father towed it and repaired it for 40$. She was back on the road.
I never touched the car again until my Chrysler Sebring's diff decided to crap out on me. I was grateful that I had the Cressida! When the Sebring was fixed, the cressida was back being useless as I had not enough money to really cover it. I sold it to my uncle for 250 after a summer of ownership...
He changed the engine and possibly the LSD, now it's all silent! I wish I kept it, but at least I know it's still in the familly.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 10:08 |
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My dad bought a $50 geo metro for me for highschool...spent $300 on tune up parts and some junkyard fenders and called it a day. It ran for a little over a year, barely used gas (45+mpg), blew heat like crazy in the winter (i swear that car was warm before I was even half a mile from home), and was the best handling car in the snow I've ever owned. Unfortunately me and 3 of my friends were in the car (none of us being on the light side) and one abrupt stop snapped the a-arm from the frame on the front right.
Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
> crazedclay: SBC murderer
08/20/2014 at 11:30 |
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That car is so sexy.