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Old 10-04-2011, 07:48 PM   #3691
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You don't have to buy old cars to be an enthusiast.
I wasn't suggesting that.

Disregard my last post, I cbf explaining what I meant.
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Old 11-04-2011, 01:00 PM   #3692
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TOP 50 UGLIEST CARS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS

An Aussie car makes the list...

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09...ideShows_ssi_5

You are guaranteed to at some point.

After looking though the pictures all I can say with great confidence is the only good thing that came from the 80's is was Metallica.
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Old 11-04-2011, 02:01 PM   #3693
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and metallica started in the 70s
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and metallica started in the 70s
Metallica formed in 1981 as far as I know and played their first live show at Radio City Anaheim in March 1982. Maybe I am wrong but don't think so?
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Old 11-04-2011, 02:43 PM   #3695
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october 81 but i stuffed that up was thinking about band members in their own bands before they started metallica lol
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Old 11-04-2011, 02:46 PM   #3696
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Umm, this was still being sold in the 80's... it's a pretty awesome machine I must say...

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and the purpose of that post is? i believe this is car FAIL pics. that car is not a fail
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Old 11-04-2011, 03:01 PM   #3698
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How could you possibly think that Metallica was formed in the 70's?
First album "Kill 'em All" was released in 83, they formed around late 81/early 82 IIRC.
I don't need wikipedia or anything to know this, its all off the top of my head.
They were originally on a thrash compilation cd IIRC, I think that may have been either a different name of Metallica was spelt with one "L".
Either way, the best of Metallica came from 83-87... then it got a bit poo.
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Old 11-04-2011, 03:20 PM   #3699
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and the purpose of that post is? i believe this is car FAIL pics. that car is not a fail
Because a post further up the page said this

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After looking though the pictures all I can say with great confidence is the only good thing that came from the 80's is was Metallica.
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Old 11-04-2011, 03:58 PM   #3700
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I seen a big fail on the weekend, at Watergardens shopping center. White EL with bodykit that was custom made to look like a FPV BF GT kit. Front and rear bar and side skirts all included. I was thinking why. Sorry did not get a shot, but have to say that the car was very clean example of a EL.
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Old 11-04-2011, 04:05 PM   #3701
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Old 11-04-2011, 04:20 PM   #3703
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That 4WD towing the caravan is one of the biggest fails I've ever seen.
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Old 11-04-2011, 04:22 PM   #3704
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Old 11-04-2011, 04:27 PM   #3705
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^^^ um ..... how ???
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Old 11-04-2011, 04:32 PM   #3706
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Monaro Fail...
Follow this link for more photos / build...
http://www.lateral-g.org/hrss454/

This is a HORROR.... supposed to be a concept of a Chev Chevelle???

.... someone hand be a bucket....
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I just went through that "50 uglies cars" thing...good lord...

However, what's wrong with an El Camino ute? And the Subaru Brat ute? Delorean (nothing wrong with that besides the gutless V6 engine & a few build quality issues...the car itself was great)! That Lambourghini LM002 might have been ugly...but I recall seeing pics of it four wheel powersliding around the bitumen at the factory on a car TV show when it was released...having an engine out of the Countach will do that for ya...
Hands up the man who wouldn't like a Nissan S-Cargo for laugh value?
Chevrolet SSR ute? Once again, they almost imported that thing here and would have sold heaps if priced right.
As for the tiny Toyota IQ...I don't know...there's something about it...looks like it might be a giggle to drive.

I suppose "ugliness" is all subjective anyway.
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:06 PM   #3708
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Monaro Fail...
Follow this link for more photos / build...
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This is a HORROR.... supposed to be a concept of a Chev Chevelle???

.... someone hand be a bucket....
it's different
but the lines suit
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:08 PM   #3709
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This is a HORROR.... supposed to be a concept of a Chev Chevelle???

.... someone hand be a bucket....
See, in the sketch, it looks quite good - the reality is something truly barfworthy...

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Old 11-04-2011, 05:45 PM   #3710
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What went wrong here?
There is bugger all weight in that load of poly pipe.
Looks like it is 20 metres or so long.
Ive towed many extendable loads of steel up to 18 metres long at up to 26t.
Ive never seen an extendable fail like that before.
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:51 PM   #3711
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What went wrong here?
Maybe that corrugated road worked it's magic on the trailer...

Remember those wise words from Midnight Oil:
"Nothing could be longer than a corrugated road..."
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:55 PM   #3712
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Maybe he was hooking in and it got the belly whip happening over the corrigations and didnt take any notice of what was happening back there.
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Old 11-04-2011, 06:10 PM   #3713
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It looks more like a complete structural failure rather than an overloading failure. In the case of overloading the bolts would go LONG before the steel did, but in this case the steel went first (visible by the extreme buckling).

I say this as a civil engineer mind you, not a mechanical, so I'm happy to be proven wrong!

EDIT: Yeah didn't notice to corrugation. Resonance in metal structures - see Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Except thats resonance caused by wind.
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Old 11-04-2011, 06:11 PM   #3714
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Monaro Fail...
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http://www.lateral-g.org/hrss454/

This is a HORROR.... supposed to be a concept of a Chev Chevelle???

.... someone hand be a bucket....
I think with a better grill and lights it could be ok.
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Old 11-04-2011, 06:20 PM   #3715
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here is a vn you might like riksta

I must admit I think it has potential. Shorten the over hang on the front, slope the back of the roof and make it a 2 door. It wouldn't be too bad.
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Old 11-04-2011, 06:58 PM   #3716
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I reckon that chevelle/monaro looks good
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What went wrong here?
There is bugger all weight in that load of poly pipe.
Looks like it is 20 metres or so long.
Ive towed many extendable loads of steel up to 18 metres long at up to 26t.
Ive never seen an extendable fail like that before.
maybe he used a double shot of nos his floor fell out buckled the trailer and blew the welds on his intake ???
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Old 11-04-2011, 11:26 PM   #3720
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I'm sure it had so much torque, the trailer twisted off the line...
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