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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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I like the serial #. Poo 1.
Says it all really.
 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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randy, that's a sneaky way to show off your new splitter!
 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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Seems like everyone with money thinks they're born with a Design Degree :impatient

Hey...what the hell...if you don't have taste, just throw money at it...
 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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what are the SEMA guys smoking?
 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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The "Poo 1" Hummer was at a booth for this funky window tinting stuff that looks kinda like a silver mesh and makes the window basically unbreakable. I remember seeing the same stuff on a different car (Magnum?) last time I went, 2 years ago.
As for the Woody MINI, it might not be to your taste, but up close it was REALLY well done. Real wood, even the petrol tank door.
 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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The Disco Benz: For those who just cannot let go of the 70's, survived the coke-induced 80's, cannot remember the 90's . . .and have the funds to put up the fight (because while coked-up in the 80s they were convinced by their delaer to buy stock in a company called Microsoft).

 
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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Good LORD...
would be nice if it was an s, didnt have the wood, had different rims, was dark silver/white, and didnt have the roof rack
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 05:16 AM
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How to make a Hummer Uglier...
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by cartar452
would be nice if it was an s, didnt have the wood, had different rims, was dark silver/white, and didnt have the roof rack
So now a Cooper can't have wood?
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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IS there a place on the internet for more pictures of sema
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by cartar452
would be nice if it was an s, didnt have the wood, had different rims, was dark silver/white, and didnt have the roof rack
and if it had an Alta 15% pulley, Alta CAI, Alta antenna, m7 exhaust, and toyo proxes, it wouldnt hurt either right
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Agro
The "Poo 1" Hummer was at a booth for this funky window tinting stuff that looks kinda like a silver mesh and makes the window basically unbreakable. I remember seeing the same stuff on a different car (Magnum?) last time I went, 2 years ago.
As for the Woody MINI, it might not be to your taste, but up close it was REALLY well done. Real wood, even the petrol tank door.
Funny we both picked up on the same detail. The petrol door had to take hours to make . I admired the work put into this at the very least.

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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Just goes to show that "Even IF You CAN Do Something DOESN"T Mean You Should"
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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I really do like the one sporting wood. Up until today I thought that you couldn't make a H2 Hummer any uglier. I stand corrected. I need a vomiting smiley here >>_
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Ryder
Lose the wheels, change the color and carry the wood into the A-panel
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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Here are a couple of the pics I took at SEMA. I'm not gonna post the almost identical pic of the disco ball Mercedes.
I don't remember the car, and the picture doesn't do it justice, but this paint looked like almost pure metal flake:


Here is the Woody MINI from the front:


and the other side (showing the petrol door)


Someone made a serious effort to do a custom badge (this car was outside the hall)


I don't know why so many of these cars look like they'd be SOOO uncomfortable to sit in.


Here's a lightly bastardised classic Mini with a 400hp V-Tec motor in the back end


And the motor


The same builder did this to a classic pickup. There is a V-Tec in EACH end of the vehicle. Check out all them gauges!!


And it had some pretty wild paint on it all round


But for my money, the wildest MINI was this one from Marine Turbine. Looks like a stock MCS. You can drive it as a stock MCS, with the regular supercharged engine driving the front wheels (still with v-spokes mind you).
Then open the boot and note the helicopter turbine engine driving the rear wheels. Say bubye to anyone following you.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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My kids had one of these when they were little. I think it unfolded into some kind of robot.

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Maby this creation will take our minds of the Mini's LOL

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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by okraD La
How to make a Hummer Uglier...
And you didn't think it was possible...
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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and if it had an Alta 15% pulley, Alta CAI, Alta antenna, m7 exhaust, and toyo proxes, it wouldnt hurt either right
you read my mind
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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More on this one... I thought they'd cancelled Monster garage!

 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Dixon and they say you can't fit anything into the boot!
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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i would take the Woody style mini. Keep the wood on it and get rid of the orange maybe for yellow or something.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 05:16 AM
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Makes Detroit's "Autorama" look like a concourse event
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 06:42 AM
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What, nobody put a JATO on a MINI yet? LOSERS.


 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by maxmini
Maby this creation will take our minds of the Mini's LOL

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Defiantly not wind tunnel tested
 
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