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Old 12-10-2003, 11:28 PM
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Off roading 3rd gens

Well, I have found out why our cars are called ******* cars (Camaro's at least!)

Are there any more out there like this?

What does this involve doing?
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ive seen a 2nd gen camaro like that...locally

i think it was a camaro body on a blazer frame..or bronco..or jimmy i forget
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there's a blue with silver stripes 88 near my house in st.louis but i haven't seen any in springfield

i think it's actually kinda neat in it's own way but i can't stand the waste of a good thirdgen for this reason

maybe we should do it to mustangs
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there are a ton of third gens like that where i live and personally it makes me sick i cant stand it
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Re: Off roading 3rd gens

Originally posted by aaron7


Are there any more out there like this?

yes. along with almost every other car..... even things like Neons, geos, and triumph spitfires.

Originally posted by aaron7

What does this involve doing?
get a truck. take the bed and cab off.

place the car body over the cab and weld mounting points/bolt it on

they arnt really 4wd cars... they're just bodies sitting on a truck frame.
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Well to answer your question "What does it involve doing?" , the answer is simple. Get bored , drink some beer, and F up a perfectly good F-body! They do look fun but damn it ,why not just leave it a truck! Oh well to each his own!
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haha on monster garage they took a corvette stingray, modified the drive train to make it 4wd, cut the hell out of the fenders to put some massive mudders on, and then stuck a 500 hp bottle fed engine in there. The scariest part is they did such a good job it actually looked good when they were done.
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Originally posted by 19doug90
haha on monster garage they took a corvette stingray, modified the drive train to make it 4wd, cut the hell out of the fenders to put some massive mudders on, and then stuck a 500 hp bottle fed engine in there. The scariest part is they did such a good job it actually looked good when they were done.
the diff is, they never stuck it on a truck chassis


you even heard them say,
"i dont think anyones ever done this before"

"well if they did, they probly just stuck it over a truck chassis
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It is a waste of a 3rd gen, but I think the first one looks very clean.
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Originally posted by aaron7
It is a waste of a 3rd gen, but I think the first one looks very clean.

better looking then the new chevy trucks... or the previous ones.... or the ones previous to that..... or the ford trucks.......



damn, i guess most trucks just are fugly to me. *shrug*



in anycase, id do it just for a lil project..... anyone got a nice old Jaguar body? what about a fiero? a pinto? a AMC? what? theyve all been done?

darn! lambo it is.
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hey the first one looks clean to me! Doesnt look too bad but would look better with a c-10 body. How about doing that to a suzuki swift or a toyota tercel?
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another thing, I bet it is hell to park that thing.......with a truck you are put up front and see the road better. In our cars, your are kind of laying low and further back. STill looks like fun though.
ah 4x4, I miss my 1955 ****** pickup.
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Must be a b!tch to put the t-tops on
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Re: Off roading 3rd gens

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What does this involve doing?
...Meth Anfedimine...lots of Meth Anfedimine!@!
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my friends doing that to an old blazer. He got the blazer for like 50 bux and hes putting an 85 z28 on it that hes getting from the junkyard. At least its not ruining a good one.
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Re: Re: Off roading 3rd gens

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...Meth Anfedimine...lots of Meth Anfedimine!@!
LOL i can't get enough of the way you spelled that
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wow, another repost, of a repost .. of a repost of the 4x4 thirdgens ....

The cars are a waste of effort, they look like real life matchbox cars.
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wow... here we go again. Whata dam shame. Just makes me want my car to look that much better so Im not called a red neck. Poor car. I think if this is reposted one more time, Im gunna cry.
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Its good to cry every now and then , weather its from laughing at that or being upset that they would do it! Take your pick! Do I see a new import/domestic war brewing? "My Neon has a 4inch lift" "Oh yeah well my Camaro has 6 and 36inch Super Swampers". This could get ugly(er).
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am i the only one that can tell both of the pictures are photoshoped?!??!??!

in the picture with the orange camaro, look through the back window....

plus notice how under the car, everything is completely black, in a picture that was taken in broad daylight.

also look at the rear leaf spring... and how the front of it doesn't mount to anything, and is just floating in the air.....

on the white car, the flags kinda give it away.

both of those pictures are

but pretty good photoshops i do give credit to the editor
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I saw this car on Ebay few weeks ago
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They may be fake but the fact is they are out there and they look just like these! I saw a 70 split bumper at a Sonic all jacked up with aftermarket t tops. I really dont think the Neon is a fake but I do see what you mean on the camaro.
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Originally posted by scottland
am i the only one that can tell both of the pictures are photoshoped?!??!??!

in the picture with the orange camaro, look through the back window....

plus notice how under the car, everything is completely black, in a picture that was taken in broad daylight.

also look at the rear leaf spring... and how the front of it doesn't mount to anything, and is just floating in the air.....

on the white car, the flags kinda give it away.

both of those pictures are

but pretty good photoshops i do give credit to the editor


dude, they're called "shadows"

and the front of the leafspring connects to the truck frame.


im not going to look for them, but there are several pictures of that car/truck. its real.




here, this may help.
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Here is another one. no photoshop
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Originally posted by LUVmy92
Its good to cry every now and then , weather its from laughing at that or being upset that they would do it! Take your pick! Do I see a new import/domestic war brewing? "My Neon has a 4inch lift" "Oh yeah well my Camaro has 6 and 36inch Super Swampers". This could get ugly(er).
a neon and camaro is a domestic/domestic war
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sorry but I guess thats just how I see neons, as imports. I dont wanna claim them do you! That was pretty stupid of me! They just scream r###!
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Ugh....I can't believe so many are willing to do that to a Camaro, or any sports car. The "*******" stigmata with Camaros is bad enough without it.

I get the worst of it, too. I own a Camaro, live in Tennessee, and work as an electrician. For some reason that is perceived as the absolute definition of a "*******" to some people. It's ridiculous.
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Originally posted by scottland
am i the only one that can tell both of the pictures are photoshoped?!??!??!

in the picture with the orange camaro, look through the back window....

plus notice how under the car, everything is completely black, in a picture that was taken in broad daylight.

also look at the rear leaf spring... and how the front of it doesn't mount to anything, and is just floating in the air.....

on the white car, the flags kinda give it away.

both of those pictures are

but pretty good photoshops i do give credit to the editor
I can tell you for a fact that the second picture is not a photochop..I took that pic in Mio Michigan.. at the Mio Mud Fest...sorry to burst your bubble!!!

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Originally posted by scottland
am i the only one that can tell both of the pictures are photoshoped?!??!??!

in the picture with the orange camaro, look through the back window....

plus notice how under the car, everything is completely black, in a picture that was taken in broad daylight.

also look at the rear leaf spring... and how the front of it doesn't mount to anything, and is just floating in the air.....

on the white car, the flags kinda give it away.

both of those pictures are

but pretty good photoshops i do give credit to the editor
I think what you see in the back window is a reflection of something in the trunk. Look at the windshield, you can see the white trim of the house window through the windshield. Not chopped IMO.
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