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  1. cleanslate

    cleanslate Senior Member

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    Wow! Love them both! The car and the down easter.
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    AF1A3A94-0284-4354-BF3A-78612542E7D8.jpeg 2001 Corvette, my poor mans sports car. I love it, everything on it is in fine working and running order.
    Just Took it out for a ride to beat these COVID-19 blues. Tight twisty roads were the call along with Pear Jam’s Avocado album on for inspirational driving music!
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    Fishtigua Senior Member

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    The trouble with this Lock-Down is my mates are still building stuff in their sheds.

    Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the Frogeye/Mini thingie scooter.

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    Sure hope that thingie has a reverse gear and training wheels. My wife is always fearful when I have too much time on my hands. Now she knows it could be much worse.
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    Fishtigua Senior Member

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    :(:cool:

    Me too. Ed, we've missed you. Welcome back mate.
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  6. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

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    It just gets better and better:

    444bhp and 479lb ft of torque via a €2000 plug-and-play box from zee Germans.

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  7. searage

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    My C.P.A. has a 1988 Mercedes Benz 560SL with 110K miles. He is the original owner and the car has always been garaged. He has entrusted me with the task of finding a buyer. The car is located in Miami, Florida. Opening Pic Passenger Side.jpg
  8. Maverick_Man

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    Aston Martin DB 9
    SL 55 AMG
    Harley FatBoy

    All just for fun !
  9. Fishtigua

    Fishtigua Senior Member

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    Bit of fun with an old Suzuki Jeep.

  10. Kevin

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    The upcoming RM Sotheby's auction in Arizona (Jan. 22, 2021) will have the following homologation specials up in the block:

    1983 Audi Ur-Quattro
    1990 BMW M3 Sport Evo
    1995 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione II
    1972 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1600 HF Series II
    1990 Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
    1989 Mercedes Benz 560 SEC AMG 6.0 Wide Body

    @AMG might be interested in the last 2... (personally, I'd take the complementing pair of DTM cars) :D
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    I wouldn't mind any of these cars, I have been driving all six, but from this auction I think I would take the 1973 Carrera RS Touring...
  12. Steve in SoCal

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    I haven't been on here in ages, the forum sent me a link to this thread.

    My lil wagon is 2wd BUT, it has a 5.5 M113 kompressor driveline.

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    Hi Steve, yes long time now! Nice wagon and rare with that engine. Mine has the 5.5 M273 with 388 Hp and AMG exhaust...

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    I have a hard time keeping things "stock" the red SEC behind the wagon has an M-120 V12 in it!
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    The V12 is probably more easy to find spare parts to than an AMG 32v 6.0..!
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    Yea,

    I have consulted with a few guys that have M117 AMG heads. When I worked at Ed Pink we dealt with a number of poor quality castings both heads and blocks. There is a guy I know in Atlanta that built a tribute Hammer wagon with a 32 valve engine. Mercedes showcased it at a few shows, he had a heck of a time getting things right.

    I really like the 4 cam M119 and M120 engines, I have built a couple 6.3 M119's A dream/fantasy of mine is a 25~30' classic runabout with a couple 7.4l M120's Imagine a couple of Zonda engines in a Hacker or Riva

    This is the only pic I have on this device of the SEC while I was close to finishing the conversion.

    My cars are in California and I am in Kansas at the monument.

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    I don't know if anyone here is following the Dakar, but this year - aside from the usual collection of mad machinery - they are running a Dakar Classic regularity rally alongside the main show.... a class filled with vintage hardware ranging from the Mitsubishi Pajeros and Monteros, Mercedes G-320s, old Land Rovers... all the way up to the iconic Rothmans Porsche 953 4x4!

    Just catching a glimpse of that lifted Porsche is enough to make my day!
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    I didn't catch that, I would have loved to see it, I will have to get a glipse on the 'ol YouTube I guess.
    Before our local automotive museum The World of Speed in Wilsonville, OR shut down during our current pandemic shut downs and will not come back, I got to see this First Place winner in the Vintage class at Baja.
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    The Classics don't get a huge amount of coverage, but there's a daily recap video for each stage on the Dakar Youtube channel.

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    A peculiarly specific trend to start 2021: Offroad Porsches!

    Aside from the period correct Dakar 911 we've also had Straat's Adventure Porsche and subsequently Singer's insane restomod 959.

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