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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: CAP1 on May 09, 2011, 09:27:19 PM
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now THIS is what gm should've done! these are some SERIOUSLY good looking cars.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/judge.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/firechicken.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/77ta.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/69ta.jpg)
now, if only there still existed the torque monsters that pontiac used to build. the good thing is one of these comes with an ls7 twin turbo cranking over 1,000hp.
they're from here.....
http://www.transamdepot.com/index.html
njoy boys n goils. :aok
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I always wondered if they would do the right thing and revive the Trans-Am. However, GM in their infinite wisdom dropped the ball.
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I always wondered if they would do the right thing and revive the Trans-Am. However, GM in their infinite wisdom dropped the ball.
i'll tell ya what...the one with the flaming bird on the hood.....i friggin LOVE that one. the back end of those cars comes alive with the new tail lights too.
if gm did those, they'd make a killing.
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i'll tell ya what...the one with the flaming bird on the hood.....i friggin LOVE that one. the back end of those cars comes alive with the new tail lights too.
if gm did those, they'd make a killing.
Bah. They're too busy making their multitude of "crossover vehicles".
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i'll tell ya what...the one with the flaming bird on the hood.....i friggin LOVE that one. the back end of those cars comes alive with the new tail lights too.
if gm did those, they'd make a killing.
How much do you think they will go for?
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Since Pontiac Brand Died in 2010 that concept car will never have a production version. Closest you will see will be the Chevy Camaro!
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Are these artist's renderings? Because I'm pretty sure you can get body kits that will turn a new Camaro into a Trans Am as depicted above.
I haven't seen a GTO body kit before. Maybe it's new.
edit: Yup. GTO is a new kit.
http://www.transamdepot.com/index.html (http://www.transamdepot.com/index.html)
wrongway
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One of best friends has an 06 Bright Yellow GTO. Got LS1, 5.7 engine, 6 speed manual tranny. Built Down-Under, numbered. Less than 1600 built.
He's added a few things (cold-air intake, custom hood, bigger pipes and the quickest performance boost- Stickies).
It's a screamer. He's gonna add Supercharger. It's a sweet car, never driven in rain, garage kept.
He's one of best launchers I know, killing most competion at the line.
Of course he's had lots of practice. He also has 84 Camaro, was running 10.8.
Now the poor thing sits in driveway, covered, waiting for it's renewed life.
<S> Oz
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Had an 04 GTO till I hydroplaned on 95 South in Virginia in December.
The best car I ever owned by far, good power, excellent handling, limited slip diff.and relatively cheap.
I wish there was something equivalent here in the states with the around the same price & performance (possible Camaro).
I am not a Ford guy.
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The TA kits for 5th Gen camaros ruin the look IMHO.
Just as the 69 kit ruin the look of the 5th Gen.
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Since Pontiac Brand Died in 2010 that concept car will never have a production version. Closest you will see will be the Chevy Camaro!
negatory on that ghost rider.
click the link/.
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ooooo come on........they're doing something gm didn't have the balls to do.
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ooooo come on........they're doing something gm didn't have the balls to do.
Quoted for absolute truth.
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Meh :( too heavy. I wanted to love that camaro but it sucks. The top of my head brushes the ceiling, I find the interiors is ugly, the outside ... Kind of cool, doesn't click with me much. Seen some cool looking ones but none in the streets, usually on mags or Sema. A Firebird would be a bust, I'd still buy a Mustang instead.
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Hey Cap1 Not trying to start a long discussion here. But are you disagreeing
with my statement that.
1. Pontiac Brand Died in 2010?
2. That this concept car is the closest you will see to a production car?
3. Or that the closest production car you will see will be the Chevy Camaro?
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Hey Cap1 Not trying to start a long discussion here. But are you disagreeing
with my statement that.
1. Pontiac Brand Died in 2010?
2. That this concept car is the closest you will see to a production car?
3. Or that the closest production car you will see will be the Chevy Camaro?
this is not a concept car. you can go to transam depot, and buy one of these beauties.
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Hey Cap1 Not trying to start a long discussion here. But are you disagreeing
with my statement that.
1. Pontiac Brand Died in 2010?
2. That this concept car is the closest you will see to a production car?
3. Or that the closest production car you will see will be the Chevy Camaro?
There is an AFTERMARKET COMPANY called TransAm Depot that makes these conversions. These are not concept drawings. I learned about it after watching American Chopper last night. Yes, OCC is building a TransAm bike... three of them actually.
*Actually they've already been built as this was taped during the winter...
I thought it was clever how they named these conversions... for example.. the one that looks like a 1969 model is called the 6T9.
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There is an AFTERMARKET COMPANY called TransAm Depot that makes these conversions. These are not concept drawings. I learned about it after watching American Chopper last night. Yes, OCC is building a TransAm bike... three of them actually.
*Actually they've already been built as this was taped during the winter...
I thought it was clever how they named these conversions... for example.. the one that looks like a 1969 model is called the 6T9.
:rofl
that;s how i found out about them. :aok
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Ugh, can't stand that show anymore, too much drama and the old man is the queen. What ever happened to real bikes made by real men that would sooner settle their differences out back behind the dumpster with a couple wrenches than settle them in court with lawyers and legal documents?
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LOVED my candy apple red 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Got it used. Wished I had bought it new.
Stupidly sold it.
Good news, here in the Mid-South there are still plenty of them around. New engine/powertrain and it's got a brand new life. No rust down here.
I'll get another one.
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Ugh, can't stand that show anymore, too much drama and the old man is the queen. What ever happened to real bikes made by real men that would sooner settle their differences out back behind the dumpster with a couple wrenches than settle them in court with lawyers and legal documents?
I agree with you completely but still watch it once in awhile. I lost all respect for the show after viewing THIS SCENE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdmFJm2TPQ) (warning language). Look closely right at 0:50 and tell me what's strange about the fridge and the microwave. That's right! Neither were plugged in. Hrmmm :rolleyes:
The only reason I do like watching is to see what they do with the bikes. Regardless as to the 'realism' of everything, they do produce some pretty cool stuff. Junior (PJD) has more of a "let's build it and see how it turns out" attitude whereas Senior (OCC) had developed a more "cookie cutter" approach where everything is designed out first and then the bikes are built from a blueprint from there. It doesn't even seem that Senior even has a very active role in the bike building anymore.
As far as the lawsuits and the drama, they are starting to lean back the other way again. Whether real or fake it's still interesting.
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I used to work production sound recording when I was a lot younger, the sound guys likely unplugged the fridge because the compressors when they're running (on an automatic switch) makes an aweful humm that's a bi!@# to edit out later but can be done... or we just unplug the fridge and get rid of the sound from the recording. Why the microwave was unplugged is maybe because it had a clock on it (the edititor's bane), maybe they unplugged both not knowing which one was the fridge and teh fridge wasn't running at the moment, etc. etc.. The unplugged fridge is SOP, the unplugged microwave is a coin-toss, so a little suspicious but definetley far from unheard of in production recording/filming.
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Looks like a camaro except the front end.
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:x :x
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Looks like a camaro except the front end.
So did the old Firebirds....
wrongway
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Looks like a camaro except the front end.
and the back end. and the t-roof. and the ground effects packages. and the graphics.
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So did the old Firebirds....
wrongway
difference was, that back then, pontiac actually built their own engines, which were torque monsters that the chevy engines of the time could only hope to be.
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and the back end. and the t-roof. and the ground effects packages. and the graphics.
:rofl
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These are AFTERMARKET CAR conversions. NOT Production cars. Pontiac, Pontiac Trans-am, and Pontiac Firebird all in the past.
These are Trans-Am Depot Conversions.
And I will agree with you that they are not Concept Cars.
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and i(nor anyone that i know of) ever said these were production cars.
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I used to work production sound recording when I was a lot younger, the sound guys likely unplugged the fridge because the compressors when they're running (on an automatic switch) makes an aweful humm that's a bi!@# to edit out later but can be done... or we just unplug the fridge and get rid of the sound from the recording. Why the microwave was unplugged is maybe because it had a clock on it (the edititor's bane), maybe they unplugged both not knowing which one was the fridge and teh fridge wasn't running at the moment, etc. etc.. The unplugged fridge is SOP, the unplugged microwave is a coin-toss, so a little suspicious but definetley far from unheard of in production recording/filming.
You know that makes a lot of sense and if this were a new show I'd be more inclined to agree with you there. Basically they are taping and someone mentions that having those plugged in may not be a good idea so they unplugged them for the reasons you mention. What bugs me about that theory is that by this point, this show had already been on the air for a number of years and they were in a new facility knowing that cameras would be pointed at them and knowing that having running compressors and digital clocks would be a bad idea.
Basically what I'm saying is that why would they even put a fridge/microwave in a room like that knowing that a lot of filming would occur there? Also if you notice in later episodes the fridge and microwave were never replaced (to that location) which means that they had no specific purpose for being in that room other than for being props to be kicked around.
I'm not saying the entire show was staged, but I can't help but to think that the scene was staged... or at least provoked in some manner. Maybe they had already got into a bit of an argument and Jr had already quit, but the camera crew asked them to do it again and to go crazy with it?? The thing is that we may never know, but the fact that the appliances were there in the first place was already suspicious, and the fact that neither were plugged in especially so.