The Official Car Talk Thread

Quote from Iaaaiws : Sometimes I wish I had lived when parts to build things like this were laying around behind every shop and barn and could be had for the asking. Gotta love the taillight.

That is pretty awesome. Once I eventually buy a house I want to buy an old Triumph TR6 as a good project car to work on in spare time.

I want one of these! Too bad there are only 3, they are already sold, and it costs $4mil USD

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/0...neva-2013/

Fixer Upper on Ebay:









I would love to know the past life of something like this, and the story of how it ended up where it is.

Quote from Iaaaiws : Fixer Upper on Ebay: I would love to know the past life of something like this, and the story of how it ended up where it is.

I bet it was gorgeous back in it's glory days. What are they asking for it?

You're right, I bet there is a pretty great story behind it, but probably a fairly sad one.

Quote from Landers : I bet it was gorgeous back in it's glory days. What are they asking for it? You're right, I bet there is a pretty great story behind it, but probably a fairly sad one.

No bids yet. Starting bid $99

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-2-SEA...460d557390

How is something like that worth ANY money? I don't understand how any portion of it would be remotely usable.

Quote from Jabbit : How is something like that worth ANY money? I don't understand how any portion of it would be remotely usable.

It's only good as a template, maybe.

Figured you folks would get a kick out of this: http://jalopnik.com/the-unbelieva...-451550446

Quote from Landers : Figured you folks would get a kick out of this: http://jalopnik.com/the-unbelieva...-451550446

Some pretty unique cars in there. Do I spy an F40?

Quote from Iaaaiws : Fixer Upper on Ebay: I would love to know the past life of something like this, and the story of how it ended up where it is.

Talk about driving a car into the ground...

Quote from Jabbit : Some pretty unique cars in there. Do I spy an F40?

Yup I think the Petersen has a good selection of Ferraris and newer cars as they tend to rotate their cars on display. The Toyota GT is nice too, very classic lines like a Daytona.

Quote from Jabbit : How is something like that worth ANY money? I don't understand how any portion of it would be remotely usable.

Any cast iron, aluminum or stainless parts will just need a good cleaning and refurbishment and can be as good as new. So most of the powertrain and drivetrain are reusable.

The body would be great for templates, and those can be worth a ton of money for somebody who is missing parts and needs to make new ones from scratch!

With enough money and the right people, if that pile of metal is a famous car, it can from that to a million dollar car in a few years.

trying to decide on whether i want a stainless steel(304) exhaust system or new tires with better wheels.

would buy the exhaust parts and go to a shop...not sure how much labor is on that but looking at roughly $900 in parts

as for the wheels i want: http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wh...sort=Price and tires i want : http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tir...mpare1=yes

roughly $900 after shipping etc, but i wouldnt have to take them somewhere and get robbed on labor.

i have to pick one or the other. really want the exhaust, but will need tires soon, and if i get new tires and no wheels, will have to wait like another 40k miles before i get another opportunity(want to buy the wheels/tires together)

in other news, i just washed my AEM dryflow filter the other day for the first time. also about to hit 6k on my oil, but mobil 1 goes to 7500 so whatever

Quote from NCSU2008 : trying to decide on whether i want a stainless steel(304) exhaust system or new tires with better wheels.

What kind of car do you have? Exhaust might be pointless depending on your setup, but wheels/tires are typically a more noticeable change.

Quote from Jabbit : How is something like that worth ANY money? I don't understand how any portion of it would be remotely usable.

Apparently it is worth at least $99 to somebody. It got a bid