"PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
04/29/2016 at 12:02 • Filed to: None
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"PanchoVilleneuve ST" (PanchoVilleneuve)
04/29/2016 at 12:02 • Filed to: None | 0
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A Model A with a Cosworth BDA, which they enclosed in a box to make it look stock, along with a switch that makes the engine misfire in a way that sounds stock. It’s all that is good in the world. God bless Finland.
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> PanchoVilleneuve ST
04/29/2016 at 13:10 |
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Well, I guess I know what I want to do with this now :P
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PanchoVilleneuve ST
> Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
04/29/2016 at 13:45 |
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Well, if you have enough money to do what MAT did, you probably have enough money to cover shipping it to Finland and back.
Here’s a gallery of the build, so you can see how little they fucked around when making this wonderous thing:
There is something truly wonderful and beautiful about it. I mean, all the work they did to make it look like they didn’t do any work at all, and that it was a simple restoration, from the forged alloys hand-painted to look exactly like the original wood spokes (with custom-made tires that are stock-narrow but made with modern technology) to the extra metal added to the rear end (which they sourced from a 1985 Celica rally car) to make it look like the original banjo rear, to how the chassis still uses leaf springs in the stock geometry (albeit with composite progressive-rate springs and friction shocks out of an Aston DB4, is awe inspiring. Most sleepers are built in a way where you don’t notice that it’s something more unless you really look, but this car is built in a way where the more you look, the more stock it looks.
Anybody can throw a bunch of go-fast parts at project and wind up with a fast car. The genius of this is how the majority of work put into the car comes from making it look like they didn’t do any work to it at all. I mean, THE BACK SEAT HAS PILLOWS! PILLOWS! LOOK AT THE FUCKING PILLOWS!
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> PanchoVilleneuve ST
04/29/2016 at 15:28 |
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Exactly! The thing is amazing, and one of the last things you’d ever think of to turn into a performance machine. For gods sakes, it was engineered with the intent to run 25mph down a muddy road with wagon ruts, and they’ve made it into a rocket ship!
I’ve got a 30 Model A (the one in the picture), that’s been sitting in my shop for a few months. A friend of ours owns it, and wants to sell it, but the stock configuration/restoration doesn’t really turn heads/draw attention. We’ve also got a 32 Model A pickup that’s kind of hotrodded (Chevy 350/TH400, MustangII front steering/suspension, S10 rear spring/axle) that we bought as a cobbled together basket case and fixed (worn out engine and trans, subframe welded in wrong, frame diamond, steering linkage geometry was a nightmare). People have literally walked right by the ‘30 to drool over the ‘32, which blows my mind. I think the ‘30 is gorgeous, but it’s just not “fun” to drive. MAT’s car, on the other hand, is equally impressive regarding aesthetics and performance.
I love the stock look of the interior on the ‘30 we’ve got, the body is (obviously) classic and handsome, but dear god is it a chore to drive. If I could give it a bit more power, and get it to go around a corner...
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> PanchoVilleneuve ST
05/01/2016 at 19:53 |
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I once took a stock one up to 45/50 downhill. That was terrifying and can never think of doing that on propose.