80s boxes FTW

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt) 10/27/2017 at 12:02 • Filed to: None

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Spotted at a car show. The robin’s egg blue paint, the massive rear tires, the landau top... it’s glorious. Hotrodded eighties boxes are an unusual sight, especially compared to the endless 50s - 70s custom jobs that populate the average American car show. Will custom K cars and malaise era boats ever become that popular? What does Oppo think? Any good examples?

I have to admit, these are a guilty pleasure of mine. Mullet not included.

The Grand National/GNX and the Monte Carlo SS are the only cars I can think of. 3rd gen Camaros and Fox Bodies don’t really count, they are purpose built muscle cars. I’m looking for more examples of hotrodded everyday American cars from the late seventies/eighties, and wondering if this sort of thing will ever become more popular? That would be awesome, but I just can’t see eighties domestic cars as a whole being preserved to the same extent that machines from the fifties, sixties, and seventies have been.

Blondude > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/27/2017 at 13:14

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No really

Noah - Now with more boost. > Blondude 10/27/2017 at 13:40

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hah wow the blue donk is incredible

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/27/2017 at 13:59

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Are you going to cars and Coffee on Saturday?

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/27/2017 at 14:03

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How many hundreds of times over do you think Cooper has recovered the cost of developing the Cobra tire? Those damn things have been around forever.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell 10/27/2017 at 14:03

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I hope so? TPMS light came on last night, all tires are at 32-34 PSI still though. I just want to make sure it isn’t a slow leak

Noah - Now with more boost. > cmill189 - sans Volvo 10/27/2017 at 14:04

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many! they look great.

SpeedSix > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/27/2017 at 16:24

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Drag-racing Ford Fairmonts are a thing, probably because many Mustang parts are bolt-on or can be adapted.

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/27/2017 at 16:41

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I’ll most likely be there, but pretty early. I’ll be driving the Land Rover. I’ll be wearing a faded baseball hat.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell 10/31/2017 at 11:47

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I totally saw the Land Rover! Didn’t see you though? Plus I parked on the street, didn’t want to show my bone stock WRX haha

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost. 10/31/2017 at 19:15

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I was mostly walking around, I didn’t bring my lawn chair like the guy next to me in the Cadillac. They did let a Fusion and that QX70 thing in, so it’s not bad. Did you see the smoke screen from the rover?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell 10/31/2017 at 20:21

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haha oh man something started overheating? I was only there for around an hour. Though I did see a couple burnouts at the end. I wish the Larz was on a much bigger street, for the shenanigans

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost. 11/01/2017 at 13:37

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No just the smoke from the engine. I think it’s good how it is, it attracts people with 300SLs. You could always go to the patriots place car show.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell 11/01/2017 at 14:35

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patriots place? hmmm ok, I’ll look it up

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost. 11/01/2017 at 22:40

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Yes, every other Thursday night. More your typical old corvette guys, but still some cool stuff shows up.