God is in the details...

penski · 28 Apr 2006 at 07:15

Zip said:
Rust is homogay tbh

Quiet, convict.

*n

DreXeL · 28 Apr 2006 at 09:28

penski said:
Quiet, convict.

*n

That was a genuine LOL

Anyways..... Not sure about this one Penski. I do actually like a lot of the cars you post, and I always 'get' them, but this one looks just a bit too ready for the scrap heap. I don't know, it just doesn't work for me.

Also, it looks like a 3D render to me :confused:

EDIT: Great website though, with some really nice photography :cool:

Fr0dders · 28 Apr 2006 at 09:59

words fail me

so ill use google image search instead

what on earth is the attraction in something that hasnt been looked after, looks old and decrepit, attractive ?

its a bit like saying you find old woman attractive.

Durzel · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:34

JRS said:
Mate, what are you on about? Where's this metal decay - all I can see is surface rust on account of the paint having been stripped off it by the sun over the years. It's probably spent most of it's life in Arizona. 'Rotting from the inside out' - again, where? No holes that I can see from that shot. I suspect that it's been treated to prevent decay on the chassis, all the rubbers will have been either maintained or replaced. As for "neglected"....knowing the owners of cars like that, I doubt very much that it's neglected in any way.

Blah blah blah. It looks like its on its way to the scrappy, whether its surface rust, underbody rust or whatever. Anyway, surface rust is the beginning of all of that anyway...

They obviously care for it so much that they can't even be bothered to give it a coat of paint.. or are you seriously suggesting that every car in Arizona ends up like that regardless of how well its been looked after?

Leaving a car sat out in the sun for an eternity doesn't strike me as "caring" about it to be honest.

MrSix · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:41

I like it very much.

The pin striping above the lights is such a nice touch and I didn't even notice the flames until you pointed them out.
There's just something really pleasing about those cars, almost like an "I don't give a **** what you think of my car, it's big, it's bad and it's downright ugly, but in the same way as a pitbull is, but you wouldn't **** off a pitbull would you

"

Dj_Jestar · 28 Apr 2006 at 11:45

Durzel said:
Blah blah blah. It looks like its on its way to the scrappy, whether its surface rust, underbody rust or whatever. Anyway, surface rust is the beginning of all of that anyway...

They obviously care for it so much that they can't even be bothered to give it a coat of paint.. or are you seriously suggesting that every car in Arizona ends up like that regardless of how well its been looked after?

Leaving a car sat out in the sun for an eternity doesn't strike me as "caring" about it to be honest.

Dude, get a clue.. the owner WANTS the rust.

Haircut · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:10

penski said:
Thanks to HoodRide, my new desktop at work is this.

Check the stance...The wheels...The tyres...The bumpers...The pinstriping over the lights...the spats on the rear arches...

...Then check out the flames.

Awesome.

Just awesome.

*n

You know, the more threads like this you post the more I think you're just taking the ****

F355 · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:23

Why do we need a daily 'here is a car penski likes' thread :confused:

excaliborg · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:40

Penski, Do you know how they do the detailing? Is it airbrushing over a stencil?

Looks great and wouldn't mind giving it a go on my BMX bike paintwork.

mr jamez · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:48

Cool, but what do they use to stop the rust from just eating it alive?

Yet again the same boring comments from the its not shiny = it must be a dangerous shed brigade. I had the same with my mini, looked tatty as hell but mechanicaly and structuraly it was sound.

Gilly · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:07

mr jamez said:
Yet again the same boring comments from the its not shiny = it must be a dangerous shed brigade.

Who said it was dangerous? :/

mr jamez said:
I had the same with my mini, looked tatty as hell but mechanicaly and structuraly it was sound.

I thought you said it was a mini?

Phantom · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:12

you'lllove this one then... even worse state than the other:

EddScott · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:14

penski said:
Quiet, convict.

*n

"Well allow me to retort"

Quality

Have to say not my thing, but having seen some those cars, I do feel better about the paintwork on my car.

AmDaMan · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:14

You love posting these controversial crap box threads don't you?

Anyways, looks crap.

mr jamez · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:39

Gilly said:
Who said it was dangerous? :/

Its a "rotten wreck/shed/ready for the scrap heap" etc, perhaps I took it the wrong way, but I got that a lot with my car so I get rather emotional

Gilly said:
I thought you said it was a mini?

Fnar

Rust is the new black tbh.

mr jamez · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:39

AmDaMan said:
You love posting these controversial crap box threads don't you?

Anyways, looks crap.

So does a dimma bodykit on a bog standard clio

Zip · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:45

mr jamez said:
Rust is the new black tbh.

Really? I could have sworn that silver colour is the new black

Trojan · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:47

mr jamez said:
So does a dimma bodykit on a bog standard clio

Nobody has said otherwise :confused:

JRS · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:52

Durzel said:
Blah blah blah. It looks like its on its way to the scrappy, whether its surface rust, underbody rust or whatever. Anyway, surface rust is the beginning of all of that anyway...

What, it's looks like it's on the way to being crushed ito a cube because of surface rust?! My God, I know we seem to be in a throwaway society these days but that really is ridiculous.

Besides which - my Oldsmobile has holes in the bodywork, yet still passes MOTs. Why? Because the bodywork isn't structural, it has a seperate bloody chassis and that is completely sound!

Same deal with this example - there will be absolutely no rot in anything structural.

Durzel said:
They obviously care for it so much that they can't even be bothered to give it a coat of paint.. or are you seriously suggesting that every car in Arizona ends up like that regardless of how well its been looked after?

The amount of cars that come out of Arizona with the paint completely stripped off by the sun suggest that yes, you leave a car there long enough without repainting it and that'll happen. This car was built in the '50s - if it spent a good portion of that in the hot and dry climate that I think it did then there wouldn't be a whole lot of the original paint left.

Durzel said:
Leaving a car sat out in the sun for an eternity doesn't strike me as "caring" about it to be honest.

You're right. How dare people park cars in Arizona?

Just think about this for a moment Princess - the current owner might not have owned the car for it's entire life. You suppose that maybe, just maybe, it was found with the body in that condition? And that maybe, just maybe, he liked it like that and kept it that way? Why should he paint it if it isn't rotting? Sure, he could sand it down tomorrow and give it 14 coats of paint and clearcoat....but what would be the point if he likes it looking the way it does?

D4VE · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:58

F355 said:
Why do we need a daily 'here is a car penski likes' thread

Cos its good to see what people like.
I like the fact everyones into different cars, its good to see what floats people boat.
I didnt know rust was cool for example.

God is in the details...

Man of Honour