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    Default Help decide on next car

    Sold my jeep and im in the market for a replacement weekend cruiser. Heres a list of what im considering.

    "Executive car" is300, bmw 330, audi s4 - wheels, stereo, put gas in it. Drive it.

    60s-70s "shop truck" - level it, lower it. Big wheels, done.

    2jz foxbody - get a 4 banger coupe and do a 2jz/th400 swap.

    Ls1 rx8 - theres a graveyard full of rx8s that have rotary engine cancer, rescue one and put a bowtie in it.

    Thats where my mind is at right now.

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    I like all options but the first.

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    Those are some really different options so know what you are your priorities? If you want to be able to haul shit, definitely the truck. If you just want to go fast, obviously the 2j or LS. Or are you just asking which is the coolest? If so, my vote would be shop truck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
    Those are some really different options so know what you are your priorities? If you want to be able to haul shit, definitely the truck. If you just want to go fast, obviously the 2j or LS. Or are you just asking which is the coolest? If so, my vote would be shop truck.
    No priorities. I drive a silverado on the daily.

    After spending every free hour ive had on the road lookin at old 60s trucks and finding nothin but rust buckets i decided on a mixed bag. I got a s10 to do a sport truck. Got a black extra cab, gonna get it low, tub it and put a sbc in it.

    Still lookin for the right old truck. But s10 for now

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    An S10 would make you a joke to any true low-rider. Anything that you can bag with an off-the-shelf kit and lay frame is dumb.



    Not sayin' that it's my opinion. Easy is definitely in my vocabulary these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
    An S10 would make you a joke to any true low-rider. Anything that you can bag with an off-the-shelf kit and lay frame is dumb.



    Not sayin' that it's my opinion. Easy is definitely in my vocabulary these days.
    Hell.... youre making me like it more. I like easy!...

    I dont think ill keep this thing. Itll entertain me until i find the right truck. I want a swb fleetside fron the late 60s

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    You need a 58-64 Impala with a twin turbo LQ4/9, on switches.
    Well, at least that is what I need.....
    I'm halfway there, need to do engine swap though....
    "Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." - Steve McQueen

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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
    You need a 58-64 Impala with a twin turbo LQ4/9, on switches.
    Well, at least that is what I need.....
    I'm halfway there, need to do engine swap though....
    Never liked impalas. 63 belair...... now were talkin. I almost got a malibu but im lookin for a cool bike hauler, somethin low so i can drive into the bed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    Never liked impalas. 63 belair...... now were talkin. I almost got a malibu but im lookin for a cool bike hauler, somethin low so i can drive into the bed
    What are you talking about? In 1963, the Bel Air and Impala had the same body.
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    Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
    What are you talking about? In 1963, the Bel Air and Impala had the same body.
    I guess i got mixed up on my years. I still dont like the 3rd tail light.

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