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Fair warning, some are pretty bad.
This is my favorite pace car look.
An awesome custom Rambler
The first of these Morgans I’ve ever seen
LANCIA!
Bad pic of a beautiful Alfa.
A fucking GTX1. One of the few things that makes a normal GT un-interesting
No clue if its real...
Isseta Limo
The pace car that never was.
The Mirage really didnt fit here...
The Z really didnt fit in...
VIP wanted to hang out too.
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Unless somebody fucked up a respray of a real Yenko (doubtful) it’s not a real one.
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I’ll take two, plox.
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YAY!
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The magic of the dream cruise. I don’t think I saw most of these cars
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Sadly there are many fakes out there.
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NNNGH SO BRITISH [/mr.regular]
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I assume they’re all fake until proven otherwise. Which I think is fine. Not everyone can afford a true Yenko/COPO/GT500/350/KR/Cuda Convertable/etc. but there’s nothing wrong with owning the clone.
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Day 3... The others began growing suspicious when I didn’t know the lyrics to Motley Crue’s “Dr. Feelgood”... Starting to fear for my safety.
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I had a chance to speak with the owner for a moment. If I were to guess he is in his early 70’s and just imported this last year. That was done of course right after the 25 year mark which explains why he went for the 8V 1988 variant, because of course the 16V variant wasn't yet of age to be imported. Super clean car, and a super nice and approachable owner.
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My additions:
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Nice van but the fake bullet holes ruin it.
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Nice ‘Cuda! But the “SHAKER” sticker must have been put there by Captain Obvious.
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Yes, I am wearing a Captain’s hat. Because fuck you.
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If I ever sell the neighbors kids, I will own a GTX1. It doesn’t get any better.
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These old Toronado’s are so cool.
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This person is my hero. Why no love for the Mutts Cutts?
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So the Mutt Cutts van, which looks like some sort of oversized cat scratcher, reflected in an A-Team van. Weird.
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I like this - much more authentic early hot rod look than most rat rods.
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Oooh. Hello there~
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COTD for me!
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You see this bad boy zooming around?
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Aka the “Urkle bang bus”
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Captain Obvious was working on the assembly line back in the day because they came with that sticker. After putting them on all day I imagine he went home as Captain I Can’t See Straight.
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Ahhhhhhh..........
Dat Purple Chally Shaker Rag.......
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Yeah, he works for Dodge.
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Ferrari 612, the only Ferrari that ever made the California look interesting. What an ugly plain car. Frank Stephenson should be ashamed of this thing.
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From these photos and those from Pebble Beach, I conclude the straw hat is in among the 1 percent-ers and the sailor cap is in among the rest of us (yes, I’m an us.) Would have thought it was the other way around.
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OK, I learnt something new today thanks. I prefer them with the hood closed anyway.
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That’s a ‘Cuda.
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Or Plymouth, but yeah, I’ve now been corrected on the factory installed bit.
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Besides the fact that it is the N/A, I think the Z32 most definitely does fit in the dream cruise, as it ushered in the entire era of “Gentleman’s agreement” cars in Japan, in the 1990’s, which, as you may know, was more than 20 years ago.
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Definitely. We all know the bad guys on the A Team couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.
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Figures I’d duff a snarky correction. LOL.
Could be worse though, could be this:
That CAUTION fan sticker is like a cancer on otherwise clean, correct cars.
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I meant in that exact spot. It was in-between a line of like 8 Mustangs, at least.
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Oops. Hehehehehe. I was simply smitten.
I own a ‘70 Challenger. You think I woulda noticed
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Is the first car up top a 442 or no?
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Needs more Snoopy.
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These are obviously not the proper wheels, so my guess is this is not a real Yenko
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According to Wikipedia:
The Pace Car was a 1972 Hurst/Olds convertible with a Hurst Performance modified 455 cubic inch W-30 engine built to pre-smog high compression 1970 specs. It was equipped with a TH-400 transmission and a “His and Hers” Hurst Dual Gate shifter, plus a 3.42 rear axle ratio. An all aluminim W-27 differential cover was used for weight and cooling purposes. Mark Donohue was given the car for winning the race that day. About 629 of these cars were built for public consumption of which 130 were convertibles,220 with sunroofs and the remaining 279 being hardtops. Almost all of these Pace Car replicas had the less powerful L-75 455 engine and 3.23 axle. A W-30 (L-77) could be ordered but only with 1972 specs netting 300HP with only 8.5 compression. All were painted Cameo white and carried unique 3M Firefrost Gold reflective fade out(pin dotted) laser stripes. In addition to this package, special Indy Pace Car decals with festival stickers could be ordered with large H/O stickers adorning the quarter panels.
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I don’t mean to shit all over this car’s owner/builder, but. . . damn, this is the worst Mach 5 replica I’ve ever seen. It’s one of my favourite fictional car designs, but nobody ever seems to get it right when attempting a real version.
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Calling that Isetta a limo is a bit of a stretch if you know what I mean...
I’ll just see myself out.
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I detect a sincere lack of Mercury
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I would totally be the asshole to show up in a pink Mirage at the classic/specialty car cruise.
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I think you mean, sadly there were too few real ones made
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Captain Potbelly about to cruise over to the buffet.
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Go home. Take that awful POS with you.
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What you see isn’t really there. It’s a Mirage, after all.
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Why is the shag van there?
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well done sir, thank you!
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I love this yellow. I cant say I’ve seen another Stealth in this color.
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Im curious. How many official pace cars were there? I see like a ton...
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If I saw any late 40’s early 50’s stuff I would have taken a picture of it. Those empty spots needed another million Corvettes...
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Also from Wikipedia is this bit that answers your question:
“The 1972 Hurst/Olds was actually developed by Hurst Performance , and not Oldsmobile. Due to a tragic accident involving the 1971 Indy Pace car , a Dodge Challenger, the major auto manufacturers were reluctant to provide the pace car for the 1972 Indy race. Hurst Performance stepped up and volunteered to sponsor the 1972 Pace car. Oldsmobile provided the Cutlass Supreme coupe and convertible, and the rest is history. It was the only time an Indy Pace car was sponsored by a manufacturer other than an automobile manufacturer, and first time to include a major supplier’s name in the title.”
So it started out as a Cutlass, not a 442 (although many of them probably had the 4 speed, 4 barrel and dual exhausts which gave the 442 its name).
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I have such a soft spot for VIP mods.
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Great username btw
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Well played, car builder/owner. Well played...
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There were. Penske brought a ton of them out. And as far as I know these were the actual ones. Not replicas.
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good stuff, thanks!
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WHAT?! No picture of the Mutt Cutts Van?!
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The 2+2 was not the prettiest of E-Types.
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I don’t mind that there fakes. I find it kind of amazing that one dealership was able to do drastically impact car history forever. Yenko is just hopped up/detailed up cars that were sent to Don Yenko’s dealership and were stock when they arrived from the factory.
There are a TON of fake ones though and if I owned a real one I might feel differently haha
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You know I meant Mercury MUSCLE cars!
I took out the Montego Saturday, I just didn’t drive all the way across town to sit in Muscle Car traffic.
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Man... that Challenger looks damn good in convertible form.
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Yeah, neat, but how does it steer? And if it can indeed steer, it probably has the turning radius of an H2 Limo.
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Or, fix the suspension, wheels and tires and make it a nice car again. Oh, and park it in the parking lot with the rest of drab commuter cars.
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!??!?!!!!!?!?!?!!?!?
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Wouldn’t it be a little on the heavy side for a pace car?
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Where’s Austin Powers?
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...wtf?
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10/10 would run five laps on track day in first place before being blown up in a fireball
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He’s referring to the van in the reflection.
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Wow. I walked Woodward from 13 mile to 9 mile (and back) and saw almost none of these cars. Just goes to show how many dang cars are at Woodward. It is incredible!
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“...And it’s the limo version, so you can carry an entire extra person.”
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Here’s some sexy Merc...
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I’m all for rat rods, but it’s hard to tell if this is rust, patina, or some odd pain treatment. If it’s outright rust, it shouldn’t be on the road.
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#2wedgy4me
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Needs more LeMons.
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Less stance, more taste or GTFO.
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Of all the things that could have shown up at Woodward, I think this is only slightly more likely than an AT-AT walker. Very random and very awesome.
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Did this back up traffic, or could it actually keep up?
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All Nash Ramblers had wheel spats front and rear, so it should have at least some degree of steering lock.
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Saw this pair, along with 2 other GT’s. Silver one sounded like heaven.
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So much negativity around here. What the heck is happening to Jalopnik?
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Mmmm, grand sport. So much want.
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Oh, then
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How about a picture of your Montego. I fell in love with them in 1972 when I rented one for a couple of days.
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Yay, the Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino! Sweet.
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Zyee!!!! NA though.
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On which front?
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That’s cool as hell! What is it?
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Happy to share a couple pics for you, though I was not at the Dream Cruise this weekend. I think it’s finally fixed from an overheating issue it acquired AT the Dream Cruise 4 years ago.
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Very cool.
I’m more of a 60’s Mercury guy, but it’s still cool.
Actually I’m a huge fan of the Willy’s (most likely a wagon) to the right of it!
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So about the Yenko - I actually met this guy on Sunday at an auto parts store and no, its’ not real. He said he would never have gone to that level of modification on a real one. Thing sounds absolutely killer!
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I always liked the pace car stripe package.
If I ever buy an OAI hood, I might replicate these stripes in a different color on my Olds
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It will be interesting to see in the future how many phony Roush and Saleen vehicles pop up.
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What’s wrong with that? Aside from the plastic rat sitting atop the rat motor
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Fascinating idea.
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When there’s a Chrysler LeBaron Pace Car, there better be a kajillion.