05-31-2013, 04:01 PM
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Now that you have that nice of a tail You really should paint whole car to match. I know most here arent in it for the looks but The MPG gets others to our group and a great looking super economy project will inspire them more still. My kids love the undieing POS project but hate to be picked up from school in it. So I think I will end here on that point.
Bright yellow green or orange suggested solid white if you dont run A/C.
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The problem is that the tail it is still a 20 footer at best. When you get closer
it becomes apparent. I would have to fiberglass and do a lot of transition work (car to tail) instead of using duct tape. Flat black primer hides everything.
Still in the testing stage.
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05-31-2013, 04:15 PM
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justme1969 -- What would the kids think if you turned up in something like this?
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They would laugh first few times, then the funny would surely rub off.
But hey I like it! thats got alot of personality.
looks friendly too.
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05-31-2013, 04:21 PM
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Funny you should ask.
On the way back I was thinking about the MPG Militia.
It would be honor to be a member of the militia. 
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05-31-2013, 06:23 PM
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I think MPG Militia is a self-selecting group, you just wake up one morning and realize you're in. The font is VAG Rounded.
justme1969 -- it's from the Military Theme thread. That's Weatherspotter's vehicle and I believe it's all magnetic stick-on stuff, for in case you're in a funeral procession or something. There're other pix of an hovercraft and Porsche with the same treatment.
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05-31-2013, 06:53 PM
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Yes.
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Did you quote it to your wife?
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And she didn't throttle me for it. Rather, she rolled her eyes.
"You made me sit through five minutes of you reading all this car stuff for context, just so you could tell me the joke. Right?"
"Um...yeah?"
<eye roll>
I love being married.
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05-31-2013, 09:36 PM
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As freebeard said, the only requirement is wanting to be in(paraphrasing).
New member, drinks all around, rednecks tab  ! (Maybe break out some stump hole  ?!)
I also did a "hatch-ectomy" by taking out the trunk lid, rear window and rear seat. The rear seat support was only held in my 4 spot welds, so I figured that it wasn't very structurally important. I also welded pipe to the bumper that has withstood a rear-ending from a Subaru Forester. Low speed but no visible damage to any of the welds, bumper, or framework, so I'm pretty happy( slight bending of the rear most cross piece). I'm all for leaving the original rear bumper in place. |
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05-31-2013, 10:11 PM
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Gorgeous
Well done. Nice Writeup. Enjoy!
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05-31-2013, 10:47 PM
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That'll be a change... Usually, I'm being sworn at.
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redneck -- It's on a 20' car. Flat the whole thing.
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Oh,,, so you noticed... 
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Stump hole...??? Around these parts it's called Possum Ridge Penicillin.
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06-01-2013, 08:48 PM
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Well, since we don't know how the fishing turned out -- and it wouldn't matter too much with this kind of improvement as all Southern boys love a road trip -- it appears a success in all ways. Git 'ur dun, indeed.
Thanks for posting.
How's it do with the 18-wheeler bow wave and backwash? I'd be pretty concerned if I came up on something like this and thought that the car rear axle might get light as I passed. It would change my plan for passing (Interstate). This has to do with the increase in side "sail area" and the leverage, thus, out past the rear axle.
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06-01-2013, 10:37 PM
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Job well done, IMHO. Now I want to get into boat tails, You're inspiring me!
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However, I already drive a "Land Yacht" As it is without a boat tail. Adding a proper boat tail would make it take up two parking spaces!
(That's not my car in the pic but it's the same general model)
Perhaps I could find a way to make a collapsible boat-tail if I keep the Caprice Classic.
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