"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
11/18/2015 at 14:53 • Filed to: None
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"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
11/18/2015 at 14:53 • Filed to: None | 4
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Idea: take one part American iron from the 50s, one part European capitals as they existed in the era, and mix thoroughly with long stretches of asphalt. Starting in Lisbon, passing through Madrid, on to Paris, Brussels (revisiting the ‘58 Brussels Expo), then on to Bonn, Berlin, Warsaw, Minsk, and finally Moscow... 4600km or so of open roads.
How Hard Could It Be?
HammerheadFistpunch
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 14:57 |
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Question? Will in cab heat be provided on your Cold War tour?
RWS Motorsport
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 14:57 |
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Ummmmm, YES!
If you need an official photographer/extra body to eat in the likely event of it all going wrong then I would like to put my hat in that ring please.
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> HammerheadFistpunch
11/18/2015 at 14:58 |
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One would think in Detroit’s best, it would be a
warm
Cold War tour.
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> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 14:59 |
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I’m not actually sure which is most bankrupty - shipping the cars or keeping them filled up across Europe.
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> RWS Motorsport
11/18/2015 at 15:01 |
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This is not something that I could really arrange/afford in the near term future, but maybe in about a decade or so... For one, it’d be a really good way to test the “Continental Europe is just crazy about old American steel” thesis.
Twism
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 15:02 |
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Okay completely unrelated... But why are the front of those cars completely slammed to the ground?
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> Twism
11/18/2015 at 15:04 |
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Because they’re going “BONK BONK” over a railroad trestle. While braking. Apparently Motor Trend was *not* fucking around with its comparative tests.
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> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 15:05 |
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Other pages from the Motor Trend comparison are here:
http://www.imperialclub.com/~imperialclub/…
RallyWrench
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 15:14 |
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> RallyWrench
11/18/2015 at 15:23 |
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Should I put you down for the Imperial or the Cad? There’s a rusty ‘58 Imperial with no engine here the next town over for $1300, I bet you could match that in Cali without too much trouble. The Cad would be more of a low five-figures car.
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RallyWrench
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 15:43 |
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Imperial, if you please. A college buddy had a great ‘61 in black over blue on Torq-Thrusts, it was a wonderful car.
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> RallyWrench
11/18/2015 at 15:44 |
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Alrighty, done. You can arrange that, and then we’ll just need to find somebody with a Cadillac to con into doing this, and we’re golden.
StoneCold
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/18/2015 at 15:47 |
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V8-6-4/HT4100 Diesel swaps? All about them MPGs.
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> StoneCold
11/18/2015 at 15:49 |
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Hey, according to the Motor Trend tests, all three megabarges could beat 10MPG highway. It’s only partly the catastrophic fuel consumption horror you’d think.
JDMatt
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/19/2015 at 01:19 |
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I like the 47 hour route because it goes through the south of France, Italy, and more German autobahns than the 44 hour route.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/19/2015 at 04:38 |
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sounds like a great plan!