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I am flummoxed

I have wanted a starion/conquest since jeremy clarkson drove one in the 1500 dollar sports car challenge on top gear.
 
westracing01 said:
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Looks like you've got 7" front and 8" wide rear wheels. Too bad you don't have the up optioned 8 and 9" those are solid gold to Toyota mini truck nerds.
 
DWT said:
Looks like you've got 7" front and 8" wide rear wheels. Too bad you don't have the up optioned 8 and 9" those are solid gold to Toyota mini truck nerds.
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I have the 8" and 9". Keeping them, too.
 
Grendel said:
I have the 8" and 9". Keeping them, too.
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There was an 11" rear too I think. They're neat wheels but they've never made my pants tight enough to fork out the premium for them.



That car will be sick with all the Datsun and crown Vic parts tossed at the suspension. :smokin:
 
I vote the Mitsubishi, make it a Chevubishi, or Mitsulet. I've liked them since my sister looked at buying one new when I was a kid.
 
Grendel said:
In High School, my rich GF had a new Camaro. I like the later ones, but still lots of good memories.
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Leave those memories right where they are, as good memories. You will build the car to relive your past, then one day you will pull up to a street corner and she will standing there, those once perky tits will be tucked in her belt, that perfect face will be wrinkled and weathered, all the memories will be ruined.

Grendel said:
All the drug lords there had new Conquests. Lots of longing for something I could never afford.
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Now at least with the Conquest, you build it, then go enjoy some hookers and blow from your old neighborhood...:flipoff2:
 
Glad this thread wasn't posted before I delivered a tube of the wrong diameter and not after. :laughing:

bigun said:
I was going to starting a thread on purchasing a used mini van, but now I'm just going to sit in my corner
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You in the market for a project Aerostar? :laughing:


DWT said:
Looks like you've got 7" front and 8" wide rear wheels. Too bad you don't have the up optioned 8 and 9" those are solid gold to Toyota mini truck nerds.
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:shaking:

Having shit that happens to be desirable to a certain pack of retards on a rare car doesn't actually help him because it's not like he's gonna take the OEM rims off the car and slap knockoff BBS's on it.
 
Lumberjack said:
Leave those memories right where they are, as good memories. You will build the car to relive your past, then one day you will pull up to a street corner and she will standing there, those once perky tits will be tucked in her belt, that perfect face will be wrinkled and weathered, all the memories will be ruined.


Now at least with the Conquest, you build it, then go enjoy some hookers and blow from your old neighborhood...:flipoff2:
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Nah, she OD'd in 2001. We were married.

Old neighborhood is also gentrified.

Old apartment building, in 2023:

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Grendel said:
Oh, I can drive, no issues there. I just didn't build this one.

I have suspension designs, engine plans, etc for this project.

So, the question is, what would make you giggle more:

A 92 Camaro or an 87 Conquest handing Porsches their ass?
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The camaro
 
If vote for the Conquest. At least it's odd-ball enough to get people looking, then they'll notice the rest of the build.

Here's a camaro I'm killing off. Note the blistered paint from an actual carb fire on the hood with the flame job.
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Grendel said:
So for the Conquest, thinking:

Stock body, turbo'd L33, TR6060, 8.8 IRS and a bitchen front suspension:
Nissan 240 SX ( S14) knuckles (God Speed SK-001-BLACK), hubs and lower control arms (God Speed AK-084 ).

  • *GOD SPEED GSP FIT 240SX S14 KA24 SR20 FRONT ANTI SWAY BAR KIT
  • * 2005 Cadillac CTSV front brakes - calipers and rotors
  • *S13 HICAS rack and ends - 2.5 turns lock, to lock.
  • *2013 Cadillac ATS steering shaft and u-joint
  • * Gregg's customs tubular cross member that moves the lower control arm mount points to match the S14 rack.
  • *TEIN Super Nissan Silvia S14 Coilover Front Kit
  • *Conquest upper camber plate, that takes an S13/S14 coil over.

The Camaro would get:
  • Same L33 turbo, TR6060
  • UMI front subframe, with their C7 conversion control arms, fox coil overs, C5 rack and pinion, to C7 knuckles and brakes.
  • Rear would get a gen6 Camaro multilink IRS



Why sell the Vette? I do drive it. I also don't have to work on it. When the warranty's up, it will be traded for a C8 Z06.
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IDK, you seem to say 2 different things at once.

You are getting older and don't want to work on a car but then lay out a ridiculous build plan for an obsolete vehicle.

I, myself, do not want to work on anything anymore, I just want to drive it and have fun and not have to do constant shit to it to keep it going.

I have a 24 C8 Z06 HTC, it is a damn near perfect car, it does EVERYTHING well and looks amazing while doing it.

All I have to do is put gas in it and enjoy my life.

It seems that since you have the means for one, that would be both the easiest thing to do, give you the most fun you could have right now, no work necessary.

And finally a 500 HP engine in a 90's shitty platform car, no matter what you do, isn't going to hand Porsches their ass. Sorry, i have seen your builds and you have impressive skills but that isn't going to happen.
 
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