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Ayra, can you do this with your truck?

Most look to be from the 50s and 60s. Lots of "new" vintage Fords and Mercurys and some GM stuff too. http://www.flickr.com/images/slideshow/thirdparty_thumb.jpg

Joe Rollino was bending quarters with his fingers at his 104th birthday party. Healthy, exercising and strong to the end. From the news clipping it sounds like he was another American Hero. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/joe-rollino-dead-104yearo_n_419269.html

I agree with Tom, even a replica of that great car does not deserve an electric motor. About 10 to 15 years ago I walked into a Dutch Jaguar showroom, stopped dead in my tracks and exclaimed, apparently out loud, "OMG the XJ 13". The sales manager came over, obviously surprised that a mere American knew what the car was. He asked if I really knew the car and I replied that I knew what the car was but didn't know it had been rebuilt since the wreck so many years before. They told me the car had been sold to a Japanese collector and was about to be shipped to Japan. I asked if I could sit in it but they wouldn't let me. They did open it up and I was allowed to run my hands over the extraordinarily beautiful body work and peer into the interior and engine compartment.

Nominated for the Medal of Honor 3 times and awarded once (you can only win one Medal of Honor in your lifetime) this veteran had a most distinguished career.

http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500

I drove a Tesla last summer. It had a range of 250 miles and was much quicker than this LBC. It didn't struggle to get off the line and had no transmission. Of course it cost a whole lot more. If that electric motor in the LBC was a WarP9, I think they need a WARP20 or higher.

The 200 hours in a high priced shop getting it back on the road accounts for some of price increase. I guess the rest is profit.

I'd classify it as a scratch built Se7en with a Volvo donor. I like it.

It looks like this one might have had too much boost as well.

No corners on a 1/4 mile dragstrip.

But does it blow head gaskets with a mere throttle blip? I have to wonder how much boost each of those setups can produce.

Turns out that this was real except that the throttle blip produced an inch of wheel lift rather than the quoted one foot. The big blower is discussed near the end of the clip, after the spectacular wheelie/roll over.

A co-worker's wife was a professional prize winner. Her job was to enter as many contests as many times as possible. She had an amazing ability to win a new car every time her husband would wreck one which was several times a year. She won vacations, merchandise and cash. What she won that they didn't need was sold and documented and tax paid on the value received rather than the inflated price the contest announced for the prize. IIRC she reported around $40k income per year in the early 80s and spent five to ten hours a week at it.

As a direct result of reading this thread. I sent in the info and was on the list within an hour or so. Got the personalized calendar too. #382 on the honorable mention list.

This is from an email I received today. I have no idea as to the truth of the matter: This is not a cropped photo. It is a blower off a freight train that this guy found at a junk yard. They did start the car with it on and with one blip of the throttle lifted the left hand wheel a foot off the ground and blew both head gaskets.

How about I send you some of our sub zero temperatures instead. That will change that rain to snow in a hurry. The lows last night for all of Colorado varied from zero to -20F.

3" in and out works for me but I need it shorter as I have a catalytic converter in front of the muffler. 17 - 20" should work for my application. I'm not in any rush but if someone puts together a group buy I will go ahead and join in.

No mention/picture of the car but can I get one through their coupons and promotions?

Jeff, The link worked almost instantly for me. I copied the picture and here it is below. I am one of those looking for this particular muffler although I could use it an inch or two longer. I'm running an 1,800cc Miata motor with turbo, 3" exhaust with a redline of 7,400 RPM so it will probably work for me. Does this muffler have the thermo shielding?

Correct, it is a 1937 Hudson Terraplane, a great piece of yard art for many years. It is not in my yard.

It's an American car of the 30s.

Perhaps the predecessor to the Winnebago. http://www.gtamarketing.com/1937FordHousecar.html

It's not a Chevy either.

It's not a Ford.