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Blue Baron
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While I think a car that low looks like it has a broken suspension or is carrying a thousand pounds of extra weight, I can appreciate all the work that went into putting a car like this back on the road. You can't be a split lover and not love to see a split brought back to life.
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mrjobe
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| Blue Baron wrote: |
| While I think a car that low looks like it has a broken suspension or is carrying a thousand pounds of extra weight, I can appreciate all the work that went into putting a car like this back on the road. You can't be a split lover and not love to see a split brought back to life. |
I totally agree with the broken suspension thing, there IS such thing as too much camber. Ive chosen a mild 2" swingaxle raise on my 55' to take care of the camber as well as combating the added wear a lowered cars swingaxle faces.
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tanhis
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This car looks quite a bit different nowadays
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OvalinAz
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| tanhis wrote: |
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I like this look more, but I really dont like the Rear wheel stance, I like low but that to me just looks Stupid low
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tanhis
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I like this look more, but I really dont like the Rear wheel stance, I like low but that to me just looks Stupid low |
You can go that low only whit bags.
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johnshenry
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You can just drag bicycle chains down the street and achieve the same effect.
That is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen.
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What does everyone have against ground clearance and paint?
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You can just drag bicycle chains down the street and achieve the same effect.
That is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. |
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You can just drag bicycle chains down the street and achieve the same effect.
That is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. |
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You can just drag bicycle chains down the street and achieve the same effect.
That is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. |
I would throw stones but...when I was young I poked holes through my glove box for the 8 track that I stuck in there, busted off the tabs on my rims so I could reverse the rims and removed the baffles off of the 36 hp muffler that was on the 25hp motor...but on second thought...my car was like far out man..like I mean totally bitchin man...
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henry roberts
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the thing i don't get is, while from what i have seen the guys above that commented negitively do good work/turn out nice cars, would any of you (above posting) restoration guys have tried to restore it to stock?
or would it have just been a parts car? i think i already know the answer...  |
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I would throw stones but...when I was young I poked holes through my glove box for the 8 track that I stuck in there, busted off the tabs on my rims so I could reverse the rims and removed the baffles off of the 36 hp muffler that was on the 25hp motor...but on second thought...my car was like far out man..like I mean totally bitchin man... |
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| johnshenry wrote: |
You can just drag bicycle chains down the street and achieve the same effect.
That is just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. |
Where's the best place to attach bicycle chains to achieve this effect? |
Around your head.
Then have your feel roped to the rear bumper.
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johnshenry
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| henry roberts wrote: |
the thing i don't get is, while from what i have seen the guys above that commented negitively do good work/turn out nice cars, would any of you (above posting) restoration guys have tried to restore it to stock?
or would it have just been a parts car? i think i already know the answer... |
Depends on the condition originally. But if the bottom 2" of the chassis has been ground off by some yahoo with a 2-3 functioning brain cells, then it would probably be a parts car.
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You have to admit it does greatly reduce static electricity.... 
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the thing i don't get is, while from what i have seen the guys above that commented negitively do good work/turn out nice cars, would any of you (above posting) restoration guys have tried to restore it to stock?
or would it have just been a parts car? i think i already know the answer... |
Who is saying anything about restoring it or not? It can still be lowered and customized - nobody is bitching about that. But have the car dragging on the road??? Seriously?
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the thing i don't get is, while from what i have seen the guys above that commented negitively do good work/turn out nice cars, would any of you (above posting) restoration guys have tried to restore it to stock?
or would it have just been a parts car? i think i already know the answer... |
I'd roll it as-is without doing anything to damage it further.
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More info to stop the wining.
-pan has been lifted under the rear seats = equal height front to back.
-Pieces of dragbars welded to the pan = pan itself wont create sparks.
-spark only fly when you dump the air from the bags.
-Tranny lift
-Irs
-Lifted/shortened panhead.
-Please see the previous page to see from what this car was build out of.
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awesome looking split
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