F*** - what could I possibly do with this?

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
04/10/2015 at 10:18 • Filed to: None

If I could get !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! over here for under 2 grand - dirty DIRTY things

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DISCUSSION (30)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:20

You saw the post where I was idly researching one of those as a what if, or is this coincidence?

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/10/2015 at 10:22

no not at all. It was all Jamie Kitmans fault this morning for posting a picture of a Matra Djet on facebook. And the gears started turning

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:23

EHRMAGERG, the want!

MultiplaOrgasms > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:24

4WD conversion, 33" tires, LS swap, you know the deal...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:24

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/le-mardi-de-ma… was the other day, and I mused on the possibilities of getting one. If we're this much in sync we need to form a crime syndicate.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/10/2015 at 10:25

it is uncanny, Tfritch is our 3rd guy in on this too. It is always amazing me how alike we think

505Turbeaux > MultiplaOrgasms
04/10/2015 at 10:26

I would do a cummins 4bt swap and stick it on a jeep chassis, but yeah, I got it

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:27

Every damn time I wind up wanting one.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:28

That's almost disturbing, but it's only disturbing as long as we can't turn it to our advantage.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
04/10/2015 at 10:30

We could be the next ICON, just with even cooler but weirder shit

Cé hé sin > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:39

Bear in mind though that it's just one of these tarted up:

Kinja'd!!!

Svend > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 10:40

I wanted one of these in red when I was a kid. Something about just really stood out and made me want it.

505Turbeaux > Cé hé sin
04/10/2015 at 10:40

Oh I know it is, but it is a good platform reengineer into something that lives up to its looks

stuttgartobsessed > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 11:07

These things are so much cooler in person than in photos. I didn't think there were any in the US!

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 12:49

I saw the signal go up, and... what... wait... where am I? Oh, yep, I want that. Carry on.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench
04/10/2015 at 12:51

I need to make you a fucking bat signal like I made for montegoman

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 12:52

So many possibilities...

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench
04/10/2015 at 12:53

touareg TDI swap with all the 4wd and airbag suspension

fucking done

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 13:26

Or a 4000Q drivetrain with locking diffs and a flashed 2.0TDI. 300lb/ft, 35-40mpg all day, go anywhere. Damn. Tell you what, I already have the stripped 4000Q that's otherwise useless, AND a high mileage 2009 2.0TDI core out back that was replaced last month when the injection pump failed, but ran. You buy the Rancho and I'll donate them to the cause, and we'll have a kickass little "marketing" truck for our brewpub/classic car importer/brokership. Cool car, tax writeoff, beer, brilliant.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench
04/10/2015 at 14:01

fuck this is making too much sense

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 14:40

I still have a Matchbox dinky car of one of these somewhere!!! :D

Always loved the Matra-Rancho! :)

505Turbeaux > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
04/10/2015 at 14:43

you pimp you!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 14:49

Looks exactly like this one. Somewhere in the attic. I still have every dinky car I had as a kid...being a car guy, I couldn't bear to part with them, haha! I've got a Corgi dinky Citroën Dyane somewhere as well, and I can think of a few Peugeot 106 and 205s up there as well...

Kinja'd!!!

505Turbeaux > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
04/10/2015 at 14:50

good lord. I never got the dinkys, just matchbox. I think that is what is wrong with me, all the lead paint I used to get off them when I was 2

I think you need to go check what is up there and take pictures for us. And then become an author on oppo

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 19:54

Oh buddy, you are bringing back some long-dormant epic childhood memories my friend, haha! I'm almost 30 now! :P

Seriously, I probably have at least 200 of them, not including my brothers...Hot Wheels, Majorette, Matchbox, Corgi, Maisto.....you name it. Last I saw them, they were boxed up in about 3 boxes (the kind packages of normal printer paper come in), each with at least 3 layers of bristol board in them holding the cars.

We used to have a dinky car COUNTY (unofficial, made out of various things, haha!) set up in an unfinished room in our basement of the house we grew up in. We had a big house...think a room double the size of your average living room, but the entire floor was an entire county of toy cars. My brother and I are twins (fraternal), so we each used to have our own city on each side of the room and a "county line" in between. Many epic Dukes of Hazard-style car chases took place! Also, a shady criminal underworld where we would steal cars from each others cities when each other wasn't looking, find out later, and then have to do cross-border police searches to find them! We had a highway running between the cities out into the wilderness where the military bases were (long stripes if black bristolboard with white lines drawn down the middle), functioning railway lines (our HO scale trains), a National Park, a raceway ( the old-school Matchbox Days of Thunder playset ), a seaport/container pier out near the raceway, truck stops , a construction site , at least 4 car dealerships (new and used of course!), including a "concept car dealership" in MY city, HELL, we had a frickin' BLIMP PORT ....if you are a boy growing up that loves cars, it was THE BOMB. We had every one of these sets , except 7702, the 7400 series, 7204, and 7203, which included farms, a hospital, a fire station, a restaurant and garages/dealerships. We also had every one of the city kits on the left here - 7352 was my Police impound yard!

I wish I could find a picture of it...most of the cars (my favorites :) ) that sat in the "driveway" of "my house" in MY city are all sitting on shelf upstairs, nostalgia ahoy!

Good times! :D We had overactive imaginations...haha! There are so many cars I either know today from that place, or so many cars I've re-seen over the years and said "I KNOW THAT CAR, I HAVE ONE OF THOSE!"

Definitely helped cement my love for all things with wheels and an engine, I doubt I would be here today if it weren't for that room, no word of a lie! :)

pip bip - choose Corrour > 505Turbeaux
04/10/2015 at 20:19

do it!

Flavien Vidal > 505Turbeaux
04/13/2015 at 06:10

You do know that's it's an insane piece of crap right?

505Turbeaux > Flavien Vidal
04/13/2015 at 08:04

totally. But I like the looks of it

Flavien Vidal > 505Turbeaux
04/13/2015 at 08:17

haha I agree it's fun to look at :)

I've been asked to bring one to Japan at some point actually :D

505Turbeaux > Flavien Vidal
04/13/2015 at 08:20

haha wow that is totally wild