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We need a Steampunk car.
A "borrowed" scrolling marquee would be cute. Think of all the things you could do with it.
A wagon, cut and themed to look like the Fall Guy truck would be unstoppable in BS with a Heather Thomas lookalike in a bikini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpxaiNV_sM&ob=av2e
WHEN?!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterdenton/2093827022/
IBS Team Potus
A wagon, cut and themed to look like the Fall Guy truck would be unstoppable in BS with a Heather Thomas lookalike in a bikini.
http://offroadaction.ca/wp-content/uplo … ymodel.jpg
Ran at the 2010 Gator-O-Rama in Houston. Credit to Murilee for the photo.
The car started as a stock 1989 Ford Escort with the 1.9 CVH (Considerable vibration and harshness). We chopped the springs, added Focus wheels, and chopped the roof. It flew through BS like it was stuck in 5th gear! Sadly no hot chicks in bikinis. Just a bunch of dudes wearing T-shirts with the Fall Guy logo on the back and "Dialogue hell - Let's jump something" on the front.
I distinctly remember one judge, sadly I can't recall who, approaching the car, "Man, I love this!" As he looked around the car, poked and prodded, asked us about the suspension, etc, and finally opened the hood to the glory of a stock 1.9 with a bright yellow air cleaner, "Wow, what a piece of crap this is! Go on!"
I was heart broken. I had spent 3 hours the night before building a beautiful budget book and he didn't so much as look at it. 
After the race in which the car spun Optimus Prime off the track.
http://www.murileemartin.com/LTXW10/Tex … -0947.html
The car did pretty well finishing around the middle of the pack. We drove just short of 600 miles and we could all swear to god it made more horsepower than it did when we started. The good news is that with a factory rating of 80 hp, it was hard pressed to break anything.
My favorite feature was wiring the flash to pass to control all 8 lights and also hooking it up to a "bad boy" horn tucked behind the bumper. I distinctly recall one moment when I was making a poor judgement pass on the pit straight around a MR2 while another car was passing on the other side of the MR2. I was in the blind spot of the MR2 and he was merging me towards the wall so I gave the horn a quick blast right by his window to let him know I was there. At that time I was listening to someone on the two way talking when the driver suddenly yelled, "SON OF A BITCH!" and the MR2 swerved slightly away. Made my freaking day.
I ran across this phrase "human hood ornaments" in this advert and thought there was definitely probably a great theme concept could be developed along these lines. I mean, each team has more than one driver, right?
I ran across this phrase "human hood ornaments" in this advert and thought there was definitely probably a great theme concept could be developed along these lines. I mean, each team has more than one driver, right?
Hrm, I smell Penalty...
-=Tom
The feeling of rust...
(Edited for photo posting fail, just to creep you out more.)
It had taken years, but I thought I had finally forgotten Salad Fingers.
I like Zoe Bell. More Zoe Bell, less Salad Fingers and Stain Boy.
Gonna be racing a Hispano-Suiza? Maybe a Pegaso? (or a Topaz suitably re-bodied)?
Then your team would be the Spanish Fly-ers. Chicks like it.
Been done. Phoenix 2010, I believe.
The "Eat Me" animal house car? done, done and done.
Someone is offering 75 burgundy choir robes on Freecycle in my area. Just sayin'.
Really terrible car+mixed and matched late model body parts salvaged from body shop's trash+old car bras and tarps+measuring wheel=
All team mates hold cameras with telephoto lenses of an enormous size.
I like that one a lot!
+1
Grind down the ABS reluctor to 2 teeth and wire it to an amplifier and speakers for sound effect.
Bonus:Decorate it with the livery of your local news channel. Notify them before the race to achieve hero status! 
those dustbust vans can pull off a number of themes pretty easily. People just need to start racing them. Maybe push for a spec u-van.
Someone needs to update the current childlike themes. Someone needs to do a 'my little pony: friendship is magic' theme. Good for multi car teams, one car for each character.
Someone needs to update the current childlike themes. Someone needs to do a 'my little pony: friendship is magic' theme. Good for multi car teams, one car for each character.
My Little Pony is here on the West Coast. Awesome costumes, too.
My Little Pony is here on the West Coast. Awesome costumes, too.
http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/201 … 83x350.jpg
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae23 … G_4369.jpg
Nicely done! Brian's team (Property Devaluation) did their 4-cyl Mustang as My Little Pony for the first Louisiana race back in May or June '09 but they didn't do a big add-on rainbow. They did, however, do a large painted rainbow and made the car's base color a lovely pink.
Awesome.
And completely ironic that both themes are on Mustangs 
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