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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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thats gonna be 1 scaaaarry ride(in a good way)...prob. coolest conversion i've seen
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Old Sep 19, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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LOL, that really does look liked a caged go-kart. Nice work!
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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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Very nice workmanship! Look forward to seeing more pict's.

Back in the day (yeah, I'm a dusty old fart) one of the quips about the original Mini's was " if God had meant 'em to run 100+ MPH, he'd have given 'em bigger wheels!"
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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Holy tap dancin' Jesus Christ.. O_O


Rollin' on WORK wheels?
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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by digitalsolo
LOL, that really does look liked a caged go-kart. Nice work!


yeah so u pretty much built a go kart with an LS1 inside,

i want a ride
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Umm... all I have to say is holy ****.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 03:55 AM
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God damn that sucker is gonna be interesting.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 06:07 AM
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this car is going to be crazy I can't wait till it's done
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:16 AM
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and i thought changing spark plugs and wires sucked on the camaros...
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 11:30 PM
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Any updates??
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 11:51 PM
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COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 10:31 AM
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Well, my post was right. "Once we have kids the car will never get done". Body's back on, motor back in, finished making all the alum panels for the interior. It runs and drives. I basically need to finish the chassis wiring and some odds and ends. I actually just started wiring it last week. New goal is to get tags and actually drive it before the snow flies. I'll try to post pics in the next couple days.
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 10:42 AM
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I'll try to post pics in the next couple days.
Cool .... because without pics .... it didn't happen.
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by TA_Freak
Cool .... because without pics .... it didn't happen.
x2. Very cool sounding build though.
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Roadrunner 45
Well, my post was right. "Once we have kids the car will never get done". Body's back on, motor back in, finished making all the alum panels for the interior. It runs and drives. I basically need to finish the chassis wiring and some odds and ends. I actually just started wiring it last week. New goal is to get tags and actually drive it before the snow flies. I'll try to post pics in the next couple days.
You're awesome for replying so quickly on a 5 year old thread.
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 01:43 PM
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by far the coolest conversion i have seen yet to date!!
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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 02:07 PM
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In for pics of this bad ****...video would be sweet too
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Roadrunner 45
. I know once she spits out the kid, .
LOL. I never knew females had the option to carry their child in their mouth. My wife unit had ours in her abdomin. I bet she wish she knew she had a option. LOL
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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 12:39 AM
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kids will do that. my son is 1 1/2 and im finally starting to get to do things again. it used to be nice. my wiofe would deploy to irag and i would get six months of wrenching all hours whenver i felt like it, now........not so much.

but im finally getting started on my next project.
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