"The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner" (peter-mckee)
06/03/2015 at 23:01 • Filed to: None
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"The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner" (peter-mckee)
06/03/2015 at 23:01 • Filed to: None | 2
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My friend and I were bullshitting about how bad our cars were today. My Z has no door panels, no carpet, no bumpers (anymore, they rattled like a bumper with 3/8 bolts), the taillights only work if you twist the hazard knob in the perfect spot, the left taillight doesn’t work at all right now, the floorboard offer a nice view of the pavement via rust holes, there’s no radio, the fuel pump has been trying to prove it can in fact eat rust, but is slowly coming to realize that’s bullshit, the tank is all rusty inside (I’ve gone through 5 pepboys fuel filters since January), there are NO mufflers, the seats are out of a Celica GT and just baaarelyyy fit in, the weatherstripping is off random junkyard cars (Subaru for the hatch, Kia Sportage for the doors), the header gasket leaks and fills the cabin with exhaust, the used tires are dryrotted and rub the fenders when you hit a bump on the highway (but $150!), the drivers side door is off a 71 or older (mines a 73), there has been some amount of damage to the drivers side as a whole, every single bushing has nearly disintegrated, the shocks are blown, the paint is falling off the hatch and passenger fender, the sunroof exploded into a million pieces when I tried to fit a “new, totally proper” seal from a Nissan Hardbody, so now there’s not much of a roof, the cable for the choke is just sorta flopping around the cab, the center console exploded the second I laid a finger on it, so now there’s a blanket from the thrift store with a hole poked in it for the shifter, there’s a strange and never ending supply of sand inside (I’ve vacuumed at least three times now and it keeps coming back for more), while we were talking I tried to lock the hatch and the whole mechanism just fell out, the HVAC controls are connected to nothing, there’s no heater, the blower motor is totally functional, but not hooked up to anything, there are at least 15 mystery wires in the engine bay for old smog stuff, of which I have none, the diff leaks when it gets hot and squirts oil onto the exhaust, which sends gear oil smoke into the cab if you happen to stop when this is going on, there’s still duct tape adhesive on the windows from when we drove it from California to Utah, in one day, in January, with no heater, no weather stripping and an even leakier exhaust AND I love the living shit out of it!
How bad is your stupid project car?
LongbowMkII
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:12 |
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That is completely idiotic.
I cant help but love it. Rock on.
parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:15 |
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obligatory
I tried to find the (much funnier IMHO) censored/honked version from the Dr. Demento show, but it’s nowhere to be found on YouTube. Someone tried to do their own, but it kinda sucked by comparison.
lone_liberal
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:30 |
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I’ve fixed so many things on it (including replacing the rusty gas tank) but the body is still rusty and has mismatched panels, it doesn’t have a carpet or seats installed, the door panel have weird circular holes in them, the headliner is ripped, and the floor pan needs patching not to mention that it has cheap tires that some previous owner put on it and they have slow leaks. But it’s in much better shape than when I started, so there’s that.
boxrocket
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:32 |
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My previous car was approaching hooptie-territory with a slightly oily exhaust, squeaks, creaks, a window that didn’t want to roll up, mildly leaking transmission, a few interior pieces missing or falling off, a few dents, radio antenna that didn’t want to raise but received well, and so on.
In contrast, my Mazda6 has a loose piece of the window sill trim on the driver’s door, some scratches on the front bumper, and the HVAC/radio display usually doesn’t work. Almost entirely ignorable. It's a relief in comparison.
TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:33 |
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My $400 SHO has no door panels, the heater is broken, you cant open the rear doors from the outside, the sunroof is stuck, it now has a white trunk lid, the fibreglass hood is split in two, there is a lake in the spare tire well due to a coffee tin sized hole behind the licence plate, the core support is twisted like a pretzel as is the front bumper structure. The bumper skin has been torn completely off by an ignorant twat and there is only one mount holding the engine and transaxle in the car. Also, it has no brakes at all.
Oh wait....
Is it still a hooptie if has neither doors, engine or a place to actually sit in the car? I don’t mean it has no seats, there is litterally nothing between the fire wall and rear crossmember.
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> TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
06/03/2015 at 23:47 |
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Impresive!
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> LongbowMkII
06/03/2015 at 23:49 |
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Thank you, thank you!
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> lone_liberal
06/03/2015 at 23:52 |
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Yeah it’s funny looking at my list and thinking about how pretty much totally driveable it is. Tail lights aside, it’s way more fun than the straight piped Volvo 242 I thrashed in High School. And I’d like to think mine’s come a long way as well. It’s just hard to think that after righting all that down haha
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TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/03/2015 at 23:59 |
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The engine from the SHO was supposed to end up in the Crapri, but you know how these things go. So I’m building a 9000rpm 2 litre V6.
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lone_liberal
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/04/2015 at 00:09 |
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Yeah, I haven’t done the weatherstripping so it’s totally gone but I have replaced all of the body bushings since they were pretty much disintegrated. I’ve also replaced the engine, transmission, transmission lines, brake lines, shocks, springs, steering column, dash pad and the entire wiring harness along with the fenders. In doing all of that I fixed so much crap that the previous owners had totally fucked up its almost ridiculous. But the radio now works so I have that going for me. Actually I could bolt a seat in and drive it at this point but I want to finish the floorpan first.
Crnaruka1
> The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner
06/04/2015 at 00:23 |
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I bought a yugo...