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Old 06-10-2010, 08:29 PM   #1
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Simple and probably obvious one but here goes:

What name/description is given to older cars that get modernised? There is a specific term I have heard but can't for the life of me remember.

It would be the category you'd put say a 69 Mustang with all 2010 gear in it.

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Old 06-10-2010, 08:30 PM   #2
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restomod?
retrotech?
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Old 06-10-2010, 08:31 PM   #3
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restomod
That's the one.....

Eg: http://www.restomodz.com/
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restomod?
retrotech?
No. Right concept but not the name I am trying to find. Ta though.
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Old 06-10-2010, 08:32 PM   #5
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I've heard it being called either name
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I would have just thought modified? Or restomod, retromod...restoration-modification, etc etc...
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Retrotech sounds like the appropriate terminology.
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Retrotechs the one street machine have pushed for 15+ years.
The yanks call it pro touring
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Bah, restomod must have been it Smally - restomod was/is the term I have used in the past but I thought I had some other thing in my head.

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What would kustom kulture be defined as? You know, chopped oldschool, ratted, hotrod, lo-rider, pinup girls, tattoos and odd piercings etc?
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What would kustom kulture be defined as? You know, chopped oldschool, ratted, hotrod, lo-rider, pinup girls, tattoos and odd piercings etc?
Just that,... kustom kulture
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WMD - Pro Tourer was the one ;)
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Holden ???
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Nah, that's new cars with old tech...
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I thought it was "retrofit" ???
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I would call them 'wrong'...


keep them as they were made
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With drum brakes, 3 on the tree etc ??
Yea leave the Gt's as they are...
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With drum brakes, 3 on the tree etc ??
Yea leave the Gt's as they are...
im with you, if i had a GT i'd be tubbing it, turfing the stock motor(onto a pallet for later) keith black hemi, glide, built diff and go racing.then someone can inheiret it and go racing too!
so GTP006 WMD Pro Tourer,is that in reference to my post or did the term you where looking for in regards to your question come to you?
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so GTP006 WMD Pro Tourer,is that in reference to my post or did the term you where looking for in regards to your question come to you?
Nah, it was re WMD351's post just after yours where he spat the answer for me Pro Tourer was a term I had heard on one of the Discovery Turbo channels when they did a story on a Camaro that had been completely modernised.

That style of thing is appealing to me and I have been googling builds of that nature but was trying to remember that phrase.

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With drum brakes, 3 on the tree etc ??
Yea leave the Gt's as they are...
what gt are you talking about? front drums? 3 speed?
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Pretty sure XW and XR GT had drums all round, not sure about 3 on the tree however.
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Pretty sure XW and XR GT had drums all round, not sure about 3 on the tree however.
Both had front discs, rear drums.
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Hard to find stopping data for old falcons, so i went with the next best option.

65 mustang, 4 wheel drums, no booster, 60mph-0, 162.2 feet

07 Roush Mustang GT, standard brakes, 60mph-0 142.42 feet

Seems to me that we haven't gone that far forward. The only problem with drums is they don't cool effectively.
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The best thing along these lines I have seen was "The SN65 Project". Its a combination of new tech in old skin, and old skin on new tech. Either way, it's an awesome project and result. www.sn65.com
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SN65 is a brilliant example. I love mod-cons too much to ever bother with an all-out muscle car but love Coupes/Hatchbacks/Fastbacks too much to never own one.
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i have always known it as pro touring, but i have mainly read about such cars in american car mags. jay leno's buick roadmaster is a good example of this type of car modifying:

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/to...r-Jay-Leno.htm

i know it's gm but meh...
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i love the look of old cars, but i like the performance & reliability of new ones. i've always wanted to do this kind of thing.
always had a fantasy of a very sexy XY falcon body with new engine/interior & stuff. i'll win lotto one day & pull it off.
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i love the look of old cars, but i like the performance & reliability of new ones. i've always wanted to do this kind of thing.
always had a fantasy of a very sexy XY falcon body with new engine/interior & stuff. i'll win lotto one day & pull it off.

Whats unreliable about an XY with a 351 clevo, toploader, and 9 inch? I doubt you have ever owned an old car by your post. Atleast if something stuffs up in an old car, a turn or two of a screwdriver fixes it!
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