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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 01/16/2018 at 19:07 • Filed to: None

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James Love has taken far too many hits of the Good Kush and turned his XJ-S into a dually tow rig with a Jules Verne aesthetic with a matching camper made from a Lear 25. I have concerns.

Spanfeller is a twat > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:15

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It just reminds me of the music video for “I’m on a boat”

WilliamsSW > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:16

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I wanna fire up those jet engines but I don’t think there’s any fuel tanks for it now...

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:25

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Awful taste but great execution  nope awful everything. Kill it with fire.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 01/16/2018 at 19:27

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But what a glorious way to spend your last 3 seconds of life if you could.

Chariotoflove > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:28

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I’m not sure anything currently on the market or the street could inspire this.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:28

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What motor is inside the Jag?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 01/16/2018 at 19:31

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The whole rig would make a lot more sense without those engines hanging off of it.

And airplanes make terrible houses/trailers - it’s designed as a pressure vessel, not to use the space wisely.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 01/16/2018 at 19:42

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...as every coach passenger can tell you

Recovering Gaijin > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:44

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I kinda like it. It’s silly( but not pointless) and over-the-top in a DGAF sorta way.

Whimsy! The world needs more whimsy.

[I fully understand that this view is prob not popular. I just don’t give a fig ]

Recovering Gaijin > daender 01/16/2018 at 19:47

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Whatever it is, I bet a good-sized Roots supercharger is strapped to it: look at the overkill size of that hood apendage

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/16/2018 at 19:55

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Refreshed stock 5.3 V12 with an upgraded 700R4 transmission in place of the OEM TH400.
Because that’s what you want on a tow rig.
An overdrive.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 19:58

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Impressive for the engine but isn’t the 700R4 not the stoutest of GM’s transmissions?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 20:01

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Coolest.Thing.Ever.

Brian, The Life of > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 20:27

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Dat tongue weight doe ...

Ash78, voting early and often > Chariotoflove 01/16/2018 at 20:27

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Especially in a business jet where the window is at your shoulder level.

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 01/16/2018 at 20:57

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If a carrier really cared about me, they’d build a padded pillow into the wall right above that.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 01/16/2018 at 21:09

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That would be excellent. I love window seats for 2 reasons - to look out the window when I’m awake, and to lean on when I’m asleep.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 01/16/2018 at 21:19

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I’ve recently discovered a problem with that. My wife loaned me her Bose noise canceling headphones, and they’re great for taming the engine noise—no I mean truly great, seriously—UNLESS you lean your head in the customary way. Then, you get all the vibration that MD-80 goodness brings you right into those expensive cans. So, I can listen or sleep, but not both. First world problems, I know, but still damned annoying.

Also, I still drop everything to watch out the window during takeoff and landing. That never gets old.

Jonathan Harper > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/16/2018 at 21:31

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The colors match but I wouldn’t call them ‘matching’.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jonathan Harper 01/16/2018 at 23:23

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They’re both a similar aesthetic.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Brian, The Life of 01/16/2018 at 23:23

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Yeah I am confused.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/16/2018 at 23:28

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Essentially a non-electronic 4l60. Later ones fixed the input shaft issues and had the same shaft as the TH400. 700R4 also has a lower first gear which helps getting started with a heavy load. I’m wanting to put a 700R4 in my Jag due to having a lower first gear, an overdrive, and fewer drivetrain losses than the TH350/400. I think his car is an HE so the V12 is only making something like 300hp and 330ft*lb.