Beaten Up Car Thread

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Mines in way better shape than that :lol:


This is actually it. Ignore the skimpy tires those are just winter ones. Yes the hood closes.

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Zenith
Has a 440 out of a motor home.
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That's another reason why I love big blocks. In a conversation with someone who knows what a 440 is but doesn't realize they put them in literally everything looks dumbfounded when you tell them "I pulled a 440 big block out of this motor home in the junkyard. Yeah, it's the same one they put in '69 Chargers". :lol:
 
Now I gotta dig through a few stacks of negatives to find a beat up Mercury Monarch that looked scary and unsafe as hell. And was being driven.
 
Stotty
Question for the US contingent...

Don't cars have to pass any sort of roadworthiness test in America?
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Some states require it, but most don't. Some states only require a roadworthiness inspection if a car is brought in from out-of-state or after a car is rebuilt after a totaled accident. A more common inspection is emissions testing, and that too is done state-by-state.

There are certain state and Federal requirements that cars have to meet, technically, but there aren't really mandatory inspections to enforce them post initial sale.
 
Everything in New York is required to pass a safety inspection that meets regulations for the year of the vehicle up until that point. So a car from say 1995 would have less regulations than say a car from 2010. However this only applies for cars younger than 25 years old as far as regulations are concerned (in which case making sure stupid little things are in check). Cars older just have to be inspected to make sure its in good workig order. The inspector basically has to go over the car and make sure things like your signals and lights work, seat belts work if it has them, good brakes, no chassis damage etc. Emissions is a bit more difficult, but since this is based on safety I won't get into that.
 
In Indiana we don't have any emissions or safety inspections.

Unless you're pulled over by a cop, you don't need functioning headlights, brake lights, etc. or even turn signals, but that's ok because no one uses turn signals here anyways.
 
The fines here are stupid ridiculous if one of those doesn't work....inspections are cheap though, it's like $21 and takes 5 minutes to do.
 
Once saw an old Galaxie with an unfinished paint job(part black, part brown or something like that) at the gas station. I don't have any pictures of it, though.
 
Arizona only cares that your car doesn't add too much to our dusty air, but that's not really a surprise since the majority of the population lives in Phoenix and Tucson, where it does not snow, and thus there is no rust-related worries.
 
Slash
That's another reason why I love big blocks. In a conversation with someone who knows what a 440 is but doesn't realize they put them in literally everything looks dumbfounded when you tell them "I pulled a 440 big block out of this motor home in the junkyard. Yeah, it's the same one they put in '69 Chargers". :lol:
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Ehhh, not really the same 440 in cars that they put in RVs. The motorhome engines are low-compression (around 8:1, although I've read some were also 7.5:1), relatively low-power, and tuned for low-end grunt instead of speed, so just swapping one into a car without any mods would suck.

But...put some 10:1 compression pistons in it, swap the 2-bbl carb out for a 4, and get a better camshaft...now you've got a good musclecar engine.
 
Johnny_Clash
Ehhh, not really the same 440 in cars that they put in RVs. The motorhome engines are low-compression (around 8:1, although I've read some were also 7.5:1), relatively low-power, and tuned for low-end grunt instead of speed, so just swapping one into a car without any mods would suck.

But...put some 10:1 compression pistons in it, swap the 2-bbl carb out for a 4, and get a better camshaft...now you've got a good musclecar engine.
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Yes, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. While you are totally correct, a lot of people think all 440's are the same because 440. Most people aren't educated on that like we are so to say you've pulled a Charger motor out of an RV makes them go google eyed at you :lol:
 
Slash
Everything in New York is required to pass a safety inspection that meets regulations for the year of the vehicle up until that point. So a car from say 1995 would have less regulations than say a car from 2010. However this only applies for cars younger than 25 years old as far as regulations are concerned (in which case making sure stupid little things are in check). Cars older just have to be inspected to make sure its in good workig order. The inspector basically has to go over the car and make sure things like your signals and lights work, seat belts work if it has them, good brakes, no chassis damage etc. Emissions is a bit more difficult, but since this is based on safety I won't get into that.
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As the grumpy State Troopers. Everything is stupid expensive in NYS.
 
I'll try to grab a pic of it next time I see it, but there is a rusted out E46 M3 roaming around Ann Arbor. Nearly makes me cry.
 
My spots:

Rusty Nissan Silvia S15 and beaten up Honda Civic Hybrid
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Mitsubishi Pajero Sport with... uhm... this.
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GT-R (today, it's already fixed)
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Ford Focus Sedan with a lettering saying:
GIRLS! LEARN BREAKING!
OR BUY A KAMAZ PLZ
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A cop Focus Sedan. Haa-ha.
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GAZ 21 Volga.
Original Soviet plates still there...
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Skyline R33 (not really a GT-R)
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Silvia S15 Spec-R, looks kinda brutal :D
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Mitsubishi 3000GT
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Skyline R34
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Oh 🤬, it's gonna fall! :lol:
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