DMV rant - Page 4

azoomm · 08-17-2011, 07:51 PM

Well done. Looks tremendous. Love that old skool shit...

Avatard · 08-17-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

Well done. Looks tremendous. Love that old skool shit...

Thanks.

I feel like a fucking movie star in this thing, and it cost me about as much as a modern econoshitbox. Will I pay the penalty in gas? Sure. Does your right pantleg get wet in the rain? Damn skippy. Can you carry anything in it? Not a fucking chance...it has no trunk, no glovebox. That all goes without saying...but I don't fucking go anywhere, and this thing really should be driven on nice days. This is my moment of zen car. Fits me like an old pair of shoes. Uncanny.

I've been drawing pictures of this car since I was a kid. I had the Mako Shark II Corgi with the flip open clamshell headlights, and the HotWheels of it. This was the show car that made me drool as a kid. This is my dream car. I can't wait until she actually runs as good as she looks.

I had to source a trick offset aircleaner to make my carb swap work under the flat hood, and still clear the new HEI distributor I got...but once that comes in, she gets all the mechanical updates in order to make her run right, and pass inspection. All the stock parts go on the shelf.

Some might argue it's almost criminal to take an NCRS quality survivor car, and use it as a driver. Others might argue just looking at a fucking car, and keeping it like a bug in a jar is real nice and all, but cars need to be driven in order to really stay fresh. This car is already showing some signs of having been perhaps stared at too long, and not really driven enough.

Rather than affect the value, I feel that if I change things to make it a competent driver, but I just save all the original parts, I'm both keeping the car in use, and yet preserving the originality in case the next owner gives a shit about that kinda thing.

Me, I just wanna drive my dream car.

As for any future mods, I'm fighting the urge to put headers on it...and the fucking cost is actually making that quite a bit easier...and it would really benefit from some modern stoppers. They make shit that fits inside the stock wheels, but still brings things up to a modern performance level.

I'd probably stop there on this one, though. I do like the fact that it's pretty much unmolested...simple, elegant.

Archren · 08-18-2011, 09:13 AM

If I come visit some day, will you let me at least sit behind the wheel? I'd like to drive it of course, but I'd be happy just getting to sit in the driver's seat for a minute and make "vroom" noises.

Avatard · 08-18-2011, 10:14 AM

You can drive it...but I wanna ride on the Duc.

Captain Morgan · 08-18-2011, 11:38 AM

Nice. I had the same tires on the 79. Can't remember if I had 255 rear and 245 front, or if I just went 245 all the way around. Either way, those tires just look right on that car.

Particle Man · 08-18-2011, 04:54 PM

Love the car. It's NJ - NY is baaaaad but NJ fucking sucks.

'73 H1 Triple · 08-19-2011, 01:56 PM

Looks nice, too bad about the idiot at the DMV

I have 255/60-15 Pirelli's on all four corners of my '77. Only the slightest bit of rub at full lock.

08-17-2011, 07:51 PM	#1
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Well done. Looks tremendous. Love that old skool shit... __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

08-18-2011, 09:13 AM	#3
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	If I come visit some day, will you let me at least sit behind the wheel? I'd like to drive it of course, but I'd be happy just getting to sit in the driver's seat for a minute and make "vroom" noises. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

08-18-2011, 10:14 AM	#4
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	You can drive it...but I wanna ride on the Duc. __________________ Insert free thought here.

08-18-2011, 11:38 AM	#5
Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	Nice. I had the same tires on the 79. Can't remember if I had 255 rear and 245 front, or if I just went 245 all the way around. Either way, those tires just look right on that car.

08-18-2011, 04:54 PM	#6
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	Love the car. It's NJ - NY is baaaaad but NJ fucking sucks.

08-19-2011, 01:56 PM	#7
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	Looks nice, too bad about the idiot at the DMV I have 255/60-15 Pirelli's on all four corners of my '77. Only the slightest bit of rub at full lock.