Someone say least likely car to be taken rallying?
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Although I do have to admit, I knew of another fella who RXed his TC passenger wagon before he got t-boned in it. Shame, he recently moved to Michigan and was going to face off with eachother one weekend.

@Vondon302 exactly

@KngT I entirely disagree. Better than it did? Yes. Good? No.

I inherited one of these in 2003. A 1981 Aries wagon, brown with tan interior (no wood) in perfect condition, always garage kept. My grandmother literally took it to church and the grocery store. It had 30,000 miles. I did not love it at the time, after driving 90's Hondas most of my driving career by then. It worked though, and I drove it for a bit, then sold it to a friend.

I sure wouldn't pay $5k for one now, but I guess I am wrong on that take.

My mind keeps changing which I like the most out of all the viper generations, the gen 2 ACR is a real track weapon but overall shape of the other 2 gens are such a great design

@WBizarre Congratulations, you invented the International XT series!
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@pip-bip said in late night oppo:

@RallyDarkstrike true

Hope you had a laid-back day friend! 🙂

@Just-Jeepin GIB the honda!

@pip-bip You did give fair warning, so I have nobody but myself to blame for the present emotional climate...

@HFV Agreed, no V10 is a huge deal-breaker. AND they're asking $160k with that $5k crate 360 motor in it? Turrible

@Just-Jeepin Sorry for the late reply! I have been inundated with work/house rebuild things. I'm getting back though!

As for the truck, Uh, I wish I had seen it earlier. Not that I have the money to buy it but I may have been able to sucker my dad into it. Haha.

@pip-bip I traveled up and down the US' east coast in the back of a Plymouth station wagon, back in the day. My dad never loved anything as much as he loved that 3-way tailgate. Thanks for the late night memories!

@ranwhenparked that's brilliant.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 Our guys used modified deuce tops like the one I have. Mine is a really early deuce top, it has an oval window so it was probably a WW2 truck used in Korea. I'm probably not using mine and I don't really have room to keep it, I'm trying to figure out how to keep it other than having it in my bed all the time. And my friend has to fix it. 20200307_103341.jpg

@pip-bip Night

@Just-Jeepin Well they did a swap and a hummer wheel conversion, its a good deal since I paid a bit more and didn't get the gear swap. Its a good place to start if someone wanted to keep working on it. Its a pretty early one, a lot more of them are Nam Era. I hate it when they put a modern steering wheel in them though, lots of stuff like that on this truck that I would have to change, its cheaper to make a functional truck but it looks terrible.

@amoore100 Brumby with WRX motor conversion plz

@Just-Jeepin Merc please! I must admit, outside of aesthetics I don’t understand the Wagoneer hype, it’s just a slow and cushy SUV like many others. The Dodge would be my second pick, but that Mercury is beautiful.

Dealer: "Just use the power sparingly and don't drive like an idiot all the time, everything will be fine."

Every single Dodge owner: "Nope."

The other day we were next to a Hellcat and I made my son roll down the window so he could hear it. Because once he's an adult, I don't think gonzo V8 engines will be around. At least not outside of collections or museums.

@amoore100 I still want to put the 3 L SHO motor into a mustang of the time I think it would’ve been the best thing ever

Ditching the SVO motor and using that would’ve saved a lot of money

@pip-bip Apparently part of a series. More cool shots (and pixels!) here:

https://arnaudmoro.com/los-angeles-reloaded/

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@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly Bet it comes with a captain's hat though.

@dogisbadob it's apparently due to to its construction as a bedplate engine, a characteristic it shares (along with head gasket failure) with the Rover K-Series!

The "Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust," as Dodge calls it, pushes sound through an amplifier at the rear of the Charger Daytona SRT, creating a "126-decibel roar" akin to its famed gas-powered Hellcat.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dodge-just-unveiled-electric-muscle-133543164.html

Is it just me? Do we need to wean ourselves off even the sound of ICE? Sure, I'll carry around a separate sound system just for exhaust notes. Maybe we need to make EVs that come with a whole list of optional sounds, I'd want mine to sound like the "cars" on The Jetsons...!

@415s30 Hope she feels better!

@Just-Jeepin There are military versions too, there is a guy in Indio CA called rough and ready power wagonsI think that often has various generations of them.

@amoore100 I read somewhere – and forgot the exact wording – that the Freeclimber has all the disadvantages from the three countries involved; Japanese styling with German reliability and Italian something.

My father originally wanted the Montero / Pajero, but he thought the turbocharged engine was too complex and could pose reliability issues in the future, so he went with the Daihatsu, because it's equipped with that relatively understressed 2.8 liter naturally aspirated diesel.

@pip-bip said in ka-ching!:

$200k is obscene

Perhaps, but I doubt they could price it much lower given they basically have to build the thing twice for every one they sell.

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Look at those skinnies (and other Shakamak wanderings):

@Just-Jeepin That "flavored pie" I ate so much shit like that in America. You guys have hilarious excellent food.

FTFY

@pip-bip That’s not a Charger, that’s the Dodge Electric Shaver. The Charger supplies it with the energy it needs to go fast.

9L V10 makes this handle very necessary.

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@i86hotdogs Snowflakes FTW!

@1969r16 that pink Audi is bright.

@Just-Jeepin said:

[BaT: last refuge of the Collector's manual transmission?

FTFY. 😉

@glemon my girlfriend in high school drove a Diplomat. It was almost entirely blue.

Plenty of room in the backseat!

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Good night, Oppo:

@ITA97 said in Good night, Oppo:

You'd even have the ram as a daily.

mmm, $200 a week in gas

Think of the rent you'd save!

@ash78 this is very true - see also conservative, elderly white men who belong to country clubs and urban pimps both having the exact same taste in cars. I'm telling you, American landyachts with whitewall tires and big chrome grilles are the great unifier, they bring all sides together

@pip-bip I bet it's worth a pretty penny.... at the scrap yard 😄

@amoore100 Yea, it also depends on the photo and color. It's like those dancing ballerina animations, where you can flip the direction she's rotating by "willing" your mind to do it.

@facw The only interesting one I remember was that the maintenance department had a few ZENNs - electric conversions of the Microcar MC2

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@pip-bip "you cannot afford not to be Dodge material." This must have been written by a standardized test writer to mess with readers. And I'm pretty sure that even if you were financially able to buy the car, it was going to be short lived after all the repairs it needed.

Love me some 90's Mighty Morphin Mopar 😄

Other Alfa/Dodge shared projects coming soon:
Alfa Romeo Bella Vita / Dodge Rottweiler
Alfa Romeo Portofino / Dodge Gun
Alfa Romeo Bel Fiore / Dodge Hard Penis

I've noticed the insane used car market hasn't affected vans like these too much. I see vans like this go for $10k+ for years.

That being said, it's still an insane amount of money

@just-jeepin Those Power Wagon chassis were quite robust! I would love to have that as a companion to one of our big boys like a Squad 51 type thing. I don't think my dad will go for it though!

@wbizarre Don’t know, I don’t take the time to read much. Looks purty or otherwise interesting, share it.

Yes, the Plymouth Trail Duster was a badge engineered Ramcharger.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ramcharger

@just-jeepin said in Hour rule:

@beefchips could well be. @CarsOfFortLangley could tell us, I’m sure.

@punkgoose17 That is actually a really good deal. If it was closer I would actually go snag that for a daily.

@wasgtithengtothennovathengtinowa4 I could see a bit of Dolomite, but with less trim:
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@cé-hé-sin interesting

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Mt Elliot near the city airport. Neat, but a shame Dodge has left Detroit completely.

@cobrajoe but this includes cost of rhd conversion and luxury car tax plus profit for seller