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HopeHoops

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1. I'll take the Shelby. Car in the ditch - OUCH! Racer Kid Envy - well, the street go-carts are, um,..
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 01:11 PM
Sep 2012

... well, basically boom boxes with no mufflers that can't get out of their own way. My Pontiac mini van has put them to shame a number of times (without even putting my foot through the fuel injectors). Putting a rear spoiler on them is like putting legs and antennae on a carrot and calling it a lobster - it just doesn't work. The things don't go fast enough for ground effects to kick in (not meaning the one in the picture), and if they do, PA's finest will be happy to show them how much faster a Crown Vic is. My buddy's Porche actually DOES go fast enough for that, but his spoiler is just a little ski-slope behind the rear window.

Just curious, but what's the black #24 based on? It looks like a Camero, but not quite.

I'll take the Shelby. Car in the ditch - OUCH! Racer Kid Envy - well, the street go-carts are, um,.. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #1
'78 Camaro, original body Mopar151 Sep 2012 #2
Okay, so it is a Camaro. It's been a while since I've seen one of that model. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #3
And never straighter or cleaner. His 61 Chevy 3/4 ton is as nice Mopar151 Sep 2012 #4
I hope he doesn't have to get it inspected in PA - EVERY factory light has to work. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #7
He's in NY, and the old Chev has maybe 12 bulbs, total. Mopar151 Sep 2012 #8
'56 pickup? HopeHoops Sep 2012 #10
I have a couple flathead-era Ford tools like that Mopar151 Sep 2012 #11
I don't go back that far in the engine department. Straight 200, V8-390, and 289 are my gig. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #12
Very nice!! virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #5
The Dennis family has used up about every clapped-out GLHish Mopar in New England Mopar151 Sep 2012 #6
The current Dennis Mopar, 3rd gen. racer Mopar151 Sep 2012 #9
I used to live in RI Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #14
Is that an Neon ACR?? virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #15
The one on the right looks like about '08. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #13
They where good cars... virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #16
Our wrecker dude collects them! Mopar151 Sep 2012 #17
Don't forget Jim Hall and Hal Sharp jrandom421 Sep 2012 #18
Where the "wing cars" and Chapparal technology went Mopar151 Sep 2012 #19
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