Re: New Car Show Called Muscle Car / tough crowd
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Re: New Car Show Called Muscle Car / tough crowd



One other thing to remember about the Cuda they're working on is that it was used in I think 2Fast 2Furious (or the original one) and was pretty trashed when they got it. Personally, I would have straightened the unibody but there may be other problems with the car that this solved in a time frame that works for TV within a budget the producers could live with.

As for the crate Camaro, yes, anyone can bolt together a car from a box (you can also buy one of these pre-built if you want) but they're not just doing that. They're going to the trouble of prepping it for a show car paint job and those same techniques apply to any car from an AMC to a Yugo. On that specific project, I give them high marks for showing all the tedious details that typically get glossed over on other shows.

Matt

At 10:29 AM 3/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
Good post John! I agree with Jock too. It's okay to criticize on the list, but state the reason, not just an opinion. Why is the show crap? I agree that they made some serious errors, and the producer should know they aren't doing things in an acceptable manner, but acceptable by whom? I'm not the only one who's "hacked" something at one point or another, either temporarily or left permanent on a driver or car I just wanted to "fix up" and couldn't afford to do it right, or plain didn't know how (but knew what would work...). Sometimes the difference between a hack and a correct job is in the eye of the beholder -- especially in the hot rodding and racing world. Many things that became innovations were derided as hacks at first.

Cutting and welding stock parts to fit a stock car, especially in the frame/major support area, instead of straightening it properly is just wrong! That is unless it's being shortened, channeled, chopped, etc. .... ;>
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