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Dirty Octopus™

11-17-2007, 06:57 PM

Yesterday me and Ju took a visit to what is now my second home... :bump:

I was perhaps a little too hype though and it shows in my pictures from the tour. The majority of them came out relatively blurry. But i still wanna share my soober excitement with yous guys :D

Here da pics! ;)

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5882b.jpg

Soon as we walk in next to the Welcome sign :yumyum:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5877b.jpg

I forgot what tha hell he said this was... it was obviously 4 heads joined to make an ultra fabulous table :dunno:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5883b.jpg

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Then the tour of the warehouse began... :super:

To your right, beyond the tires, there was basically a Sam's club packed with wheels piled amazingly high :eek:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5887b.jpg

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Oh sh¡t son! Ju makes a cameo! :doh:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5893b.jpg

Wheels torn down

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5891b.jpg

sprix! here goes your LMs pimpin'! :goodjob:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5890b.jpg

We've got Barrels....

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5900b.jpg

Barrels

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5888b.jpg

And even mowr Barrels! :crazy:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5902b.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5899b.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5898b.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5901b.jpg

The BBS Kitchen :D

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5903b.jpg

The BBS Boat :D

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5905b.jpg

A 3-4 pound wheel! :eek: tire and all!

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A Random Panoz :thinking:

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5907b.jpg

Nardi Hoe! http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/GIFs/Yule.gif
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5908b.jpg

Holla!http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/GIFs/1-92-29998-l-1gbMA1vqOzgAmVuBW3hGg.gif

Kamikaze

11-17-2007, 07:01 PM

Cool. Where is it located?

EclipseE16g

11-17-2007, 07:01 PM

nice!!!!

crxsiguy

11-17-2007, 07:05 PM

I wanna go! I hate you! lol nah but looks fun thou :goodjob:

HiPSI

11-17-2007, 07:06 PM

Cool. Where is it located?

braselton, right next to road atlanta.

changaroo

11-17-2007, 07:07 PM

you went to a BBS factory without me?! what is this!

Dirty Octopus™

11-17-2007, 07:22 PM

you went to a BBS factory without me?! what is this!
:lmfao: :lmfao:
how bout we head out to Braselton for my shoot that you gotta do for me? :rolleyes: :ninja:
i still gotta go get some new polished logos for my center caps. :goodjob:

gtikid

11-17-2007, 07:30 PM

That place was definitely sick :D

The guy said it was 2 Porsche motors put together, remember :goodjob: Bad ass table :yes:

Z33_kid

11-17-2007, 08:06 PM

i juss want one set !!!

AnthonyF

11-17-2007, 08:15 PM

i live right next to it! shoulda hit me up DURRTY

Elbow

11-17-2007, 08:31 PM

Cool used to go ALLLLL the time as a kid I have billions of BBS stuff in my room lol

Fr33way

11-17-2007, 08:34 PM

Thanks for sharing. I have been curious since I saw the outside of that place.

changaroo

11-17-2007, 08:55 PM

:lmfao: :lmfao:
how bout we head out to Braselton for my shoot that you gotta do for me? :rolleyes: :ninja:
i still gotta go get some new polished logos for my center caps. :goodjob:

if i knew where braselton is, id consider it! lolol.

AnthonyF

11-17-2007, 09:35 PM

^^its right where i live. i live 3 min from the BBS factory/Road Atlanta

TallGuy

11-17-2007, 11:25 PM

damn ... i dont think they would miss just one set???

.blank cd

11-18-2007, 12:16 AM

I bet they got that inventory UBER computerized and counted every damn day. So you think i could score a set of 16" RS's in 4x114?????

Dirty Octopus™

11-18-2007, 12:37 AM

I bet they got that inventory UBER computerized and counted every damn day. So you think i could score a set of 16" RS's in 4x114?????

maybe you could but definetely not from BBS :doh:
you know my wheel was only made from 83-95. So your best bet is to find some old timer that doesnt know what they have under their fenders! :D

Oh... here's a few more pics...
we saw this shop on our way back.

This lil' guy was weird. but i had no clue what it was. the only clue i got was the word Panoz on the steering wheel :thinking: :dunno:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5909.jpg

and this was probably my favorite car ALL day!
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5911.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5913.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5915.jpg

and you got this bad boy that belonged on the track next door :rolleyes:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5920.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/DirtyOctopus/1PICT5923.jpg

Elbow

11-18-2007, 12:41 AM

Car at the top is a Panoz, if you werent kidding lol.

WalkS

11-18-2007, 08:06 AM

nice shots! i want to go there!

NAIZBST

11-18-2007, 08:20 AM

very nice

puregroove

11-18-2007, 08:38 AM

dang, DO...nice shots. Did you get any wider lips for your rims?

Dirty Octopus™

11-18-2007, 10:01 AM

dang, DO...nice shots. Did you get any wider lips for your rims?
nah... unfortunately they don't sell lips there. they sell everything but lips and bolts :doh:
everything they do sell is soooo affordable though:bump:

disrupt

11-18-2007, 04:31 PM

This lil' guy was weird. but i had no clue what it was. the only clue i got was the word Panoz on the steering wheel :thinking: :dunno:

looks like a race-prepped esperante.

RUFFIAN

11-18-2007, 08:20 PM

Great tour pics. Was that a SPECIAL thing or can anyone take a tour?

JDMjoe

11-18-2007, 10:58 PM

I have driven past that place for the last 2 years on my way to work and have never stopped by :thinking: Im gonna have to go soon!

Doppelgänger

11-19-2007, 09:00 AM

Meh, i used to work there..... was in charge of sending out all shipments. Fun job though.

What was REALLY fun is when they went through all the old inventory up on the mezzanine... there used to be a BUNCH of old school BBS stuff up there.

Elbow

11-19-2007, 09:13 AM

looks like a race-prepped esperante.

It's just a GTS or a GTRA school car. Cheap entry level race cars :goodjob:

imbosile

11-19-2007, 09:13 AM

Great tour pics. Was that a SPECIAL thing or can anyone take a tour?

x2?

ATK_Designs

11-19-2007, 10:41 AM

wow, i need to stop by to check it out. Hopefully they'll let me in.....bad ass. Thanks for the pics.

RedEj8

11-19-2007, 11:24 AM

I passed that a few times when i was up at Road Atlanta helping out in the pits for the Riley Racing s40r World Challenge Touring car. I always wondered what the inside of that place looked like.
Oh and dont u mean that table is made out of blocks? Not heads.
Off topic but when i went up there i got to eat dinner with Danny Panoz :taun: Im sorry but their school cars are pretty boring to watch race..I need to go to skip barber some time and learn to drive their miatas though.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h192/redej8/DSCN1693.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h192/redej8/DSCN1691.jpg

Dirty Octopus™

11-19-2007, 11:29 AM

Oh and dont u mean that table is made out of blocks? Not heads.
:eek:
DaMn! what a NOOB :headslap:

RedEj8

11-19-2007, 11:32 AM

Awesome pics though. When do they have tours and do you have to pay?

Dirty Octopus™

11-19-2007, 11:50 AM

Awesome pics though. When do they have tours and do you have to pay?
Oh nah... i went to get some valve stems and a center plate for my wheel and he said. hey uhh... lemme take you on a tour :D
i was like sh*t yeah! We down! :bump:

sprix!

11-19-2007, 09:07 PM

sprix! here goes your LMs pimpin'! :goodjob:

Lol- looks like you had a great time.

Elbow

11-19-2007, 11:43 PM

RedEj8

11-20-2007, 08:25 AM

Danny is the ****, very nice guy, goes out of his way for other people. :goodjob:
I agreed. He seemed very nice and i think he paid for our dinner at Paddies..and wow Chateau Elan is just wow..beautiful. Very nice place to stay if you want to spend some $$$.

Roadster

11-20-2007, 09:08 AM

[QUOTE=RedEj8]I passed that a few times when i was up at Road Atlanta helping out in the pits for the Riley Racing s40r World Challenge Touring car. I always wondered what the inside of that place looked like.
Oh and dont u mean that table is made out of blocks? Not heads.
Off topic but when i went up there i got to eat dinner with Danny Panoz :taun: Im sorry but their school cars are pretty boring to watch race..I need to go to skip barber some time and learn to drive their miatas though.

Danny is the ****, very nice guy, goes out of his way for other people. :goodjob:

One of the guys that I work with used to build the engines for the Panoz factory race cars. I guess the ALMS Esperantes and some others.

Supposedly they were running OHC 4.6s in them for a long time but reverted to 5.0 pushrod motors to lose all the rotating mass up high and lower the center of gravity. Cool cars.