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I think I'm going to be sick.........??

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Yeah, that's been around awhile... I can't get over the "headers", or lack there of. The lack of beading on the rear fenders, alone, would scare me off. Too bad about the interior, too....
 
That car is only about 20 miles from me. Please don't ask me to go check it out, I don't think my eyes could stand the strain! :eeek:
 
Ugly paint job for a classic British car. Looks like something a kid would do. JMHO. PJ
 
Oh, I kinda like it. The headers are a bit much but the 283, a real period piece, looks to be using a generator. I assume it has the stock diff. Not exactly my cup, but it looks to be rodded at a time when these old cars were not very valuable and fairly common.
 
I can't understand the disdain this car evokes every time it's listed. Yeah, the paint job is a little tacky. A quick scuff and spray and it would be a low buck version of the "California Hot Rods TR3" everyone is drooling over in the other thread.

Give the guy a break.
 
rustbucket said:
I can't understand the disdain this car evokes every time it's listed. Yeah, the paint job is a little tacky. A quick scuff and spray and it would be a low buck version of the "California Hot Rods TR3" everyone is drooling over in the other thread.

Give the guy a break.
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There was a reason I said "I think I'm going to be sick....??" Something about this seemed wrong, yet not so wrong. Then Mark's observation about it possibly being modified "back in the day" put it into perspective, for me anyway. Back then, this WAS just another old car, why not modify it.
 
I see this in the same light as the car we are doing for a good friend. I found him a 1 owner 1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster. Little to no rust...and complete. While we are doing the running gear...the body is almost finished at the body shop. You cannot believe how may folks want that body to make a hot rod out of! While the TR side screens are way more scarce than this Model A...to my friend the thought that anyone would take this beautiful old car and turn it into a hot road makes him sick! Each to his own I hear said so often....its his car and his money...do with it as you choose. My guess is that the owner of the car on ebay is not someone we find surfing this site. Gil NoCal
 
If you took that car and just sprayed it in matte black, it'd be a nice 'period' hotrod. A matte black with that red leather interior would look very classy.

As far as the Model A goes, some of those hotrods look fantastic... but if you have an original, at this point there are so many companies making reproductions, I say keep the original original, and hot-rod out a repro-body.
 
rustbucket said:
I can't understand the disdain this car evokes every time it's listed.
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Perhaps it's because most of the folks who frequent this site love lbc's and don't like to see them butchered in any way. Now, if this was a hot rod site the perspective would be reversed . . . . but it's not . . . a hot rod site , that is.

Oh, BTW, I think it's hideous! :eeek:
 
Not much around that hasn't been butchered, some famously others less successfully. T-bucket, Deuce, AC Bristol (Cobra), Sunbeam Alpine (Tiger) come to mind, for example. If it's fun and well done, It's fine, IMO. Even though I cringe at the thought of Randy Schultz cutting his rust free small mouth in two, it's another nice job of butchering. TR3
Tom
 
Whoa! I'm broad minded when it comes to car mods, but. The background music should have been from Deliverance.
 
TomMull said:
... If it's fun and well done, It's fine, IMO...
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The key phrase here is "well done". I have no problem if the mods are "well done", as in Randy's TR3. I really like what he did with that car. If the changes are not well thought out and the workmanship is below par, then it deserves to be criticized.
 
I take enough heat from the original lovers for my cars, I cars, I can only imagine what this guy must hear.
 
As a TR8 owner I see this stuff ALL THE TIME.

The TR8 mailing list is a mess. Numerous posts are about how to do engine, tranny and rear end swaps. The other posts are asking why their 1992 Buick V6 engine is overheating in their TR7. I am here for history & preservation....not chop and hot rod.

Let me quickly add, I am not against nor care about modding the cars... If you want to hot rod them, go ahead if that is your thing...great! But join a hot rod forum.

At some point the car crosses a line and is longer a Triumph. The unanswered question for some is where that line resides.
 
Brosky said:
I take enough heat from the original lovers for my cars, I cars, I can only imagine what this guy must hear.
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You'll never hear that from me. Your mods are well thought out and were exercised with incredible attention to detail and craftsmanship...all done while keeping within the spirit of the original TR6.
 
I like it...although I wouldn't pay that much, and apparently neither will anyone else when I'm posting this (zero bids). That's an amazing amount of thought and labor to make it all work. (assuming it all does work). Anytime you hot rod a classic you are really limiting your resale to just a handful of people.

My worry is that, having the stock wheels, it's obviously got the stock diff. I would be afraid of shelling the diff pretty quickly if you got on it. It needs a narrowed and welded Ford 9" with tubs in the back. Forget about turning!

John
 
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