Post Worst or Funniest Build Pic

[cheapthrillz]

I haven't seen a thead like this since I've been on the site, and I thought it would be interesting.

I will start with two build pictures of fellow pro-tourer Wes Strawn (Formula).

You know the kind of pictures I'm talking about... the ones that make you cringe or laugh when you see them....

We always see the times when we accomplish task, but what about when we are down on our luck?

[TonyL]

Here's one of my faves.

I call it "It just needs a carburetor kit, and it'll run fine."

Check out those pushrod tubes!
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[cheapthrillz]

I can top that.... It is fun when you put a brand new rebuilt motor in your car and its got a really nice knock to it, so you take the head off (while ruining the new headgaskets) to find this.....


And then they try to blame it on you!

[shizzy]

in this pic I discovered that drinking Mickeys and working on the ride dont mix well. My roomate found me sitting there singing along to the radio.....

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Intoit-1.jpg

[Atrain]

The reason I stroked the motor in my jeep to 4.6L:

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Motor001-1.jpg

[TonyL]

My wife shot this as i was installing my Fatmat. It's covered with blue ink.
She kept saying "Let me get a shot of your face!!" And I couldn't figure out why...
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[TA219]

I dont have anything too scary with my 67, but when i installed longtubes on my old TransAm i had to get the car high enough off of the ground to point the header straight up in order to get it in...
these are old crappy pics but you can see the bricks under each wheel.... :eek: The sad thing is i beleive i had to get the car a little higher after taking the pic to get the header in!!

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[dusterbd13]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Picture138-1.jpg

my buddy dallas after hour 12 of wrenching. hung the exhaust that day, and after way too much caffiene and far too little sleep, he decided that the exhaust box would make a nice bed. he even used the air bag packing material as a pillow.
Michael

[got_hp?]

:eek: The sad thing is i beleive i had to get the car a little higher after taking the pic to get the header in!!



heheh.......i know how that install goes...........the sad thing is that it looks like you did it "safer" than i did.

[TonyHuntimer]

Here's one of those new carbs from Holley. They run pretty good, but they have a few flat spots. :seizure:

[StRacerDuke]

Alright, I haven't posted pictures in a few years so here are some shots to add to the thread. These are all build shots when I was living back in Norcal. PM me if you want more or any highres shots.

Safety first. I'm the Sierra Club's public enemy #1...
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The first cruise with the family is always the best...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_07651-1.jpg

Flintstone power...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2955-1.jpg

Every wonder how a company can claim their parts are universal fit?
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Camaro1-1.jpg

Laying paint at 2am in College. Neighbors loved this one...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/64chevellepainting-1.jpg

Another Garage paint job. Number, umm, well I lost count...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2873-1.jpg

Nothing like fresh primer in the morning...
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Roomate cutting down a perfectly good set of D&D exhaust cans so we can shorten them and fab up an under seat system...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/MVC008X1-1.jpg

Who says you can't get perfection in a garage? :yeah:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_1994-1.jpg

Fruits of your labor...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2956-1.jpg

[cheapthrillz]

Can't believe only a few people actually have fun while they're building there cars.... come on, lets see those pics!

[redfire69]

I call this "maxi-tubbing"!!! Gotta fit those 28s somehow!:rotfl:

[Diognes56]

Can't believe only a few people actually have fun while they're building there cars.... come on, lets see those pics!

I have fun, I just have no friends ....................... :eek: wait, um, I mean ...............

Dang it, here is a pic. This is the previous owners "patch" thin sheet metal, pop rivetted to rusty metal, covered in underbody coating. I was cringing while I was taking the pic :banghead: .

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David

[jp455]

:barf: ...I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. haha!

[70TWO NOVA]

all i have to say here is; i should have checked that those lug nuts were tight before i let my bro take it for a test drive!...Goodmark here i come! lol
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[RaceMan]

I remember taking these pictures and thinking what the hell am I gonna do now !! lol
Also I think this is the correct way to do a mini tub lol

[SicMonte]

come on...who hasnt done a pic like this???

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this scares me when I look back on it!!

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I have no idea...

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[Kokamo]

Well, I guess I'll post up my moment of pride. This is a few of my buds (not me) standing around the remains of a 2000 Z-28 that was recently totaled out from hitting a horse. We didn't really have the correct means of taking the motor and trans out.....but since I worked at an equipment rental store.....we managed.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2582-1.jpg?t=1202454690

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2585-1.jpg?t=1202454564

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2588-1.jpg?t=1202454568

And this is me on the bobcat........

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2587-1.jpg?t=1202454650

[Tony@AirRideTech]

Kokomo.......
Totaled Camaro, A bobcat, and Lots of beer.....Darren and I have come to the conclusion that we are heading your way this weekend..... :) Why do I have a feeling that some of the next images you post are going to be of a LS1/6sp replacing the little diesel in the bobcat?

[Kokamo]

Kokomo.......
Totaled Camaro, A bobcat, and Lots of beer.....Darren and I have come to the conclusion that we are heading your way this weekend..... :) Why do I have a feeling that some of the next images you post are going to be of a LS1/6sp replacing the little diesel in the bobcat?

LOL! Yeah, honestly, I have had thoughts of a V8 powered Bobcat once or twice before. Don't know how the 6 speed could be put to work tho.

The LS1/T56 were transplanted into my 69 Camaro. Not on the road just yet, but moving under it's own power.

I'll PM you pics if you like.

Thanks,

Joe

[jackfrost]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2585-1.jpg?t=1202454564

what could POSSIBLY go wrong?? :Alchy:

[cjrolke]

is it me or is that a gear head mouse trap? you know ala wileecoyote

[Tony@AirRideTech]

heck yeah...... shoot some pics over!

" what could go wrong?" ... Only the trailer house rolling that they stole the blocks from?

[Motown 454]

Good thread! I've been there done that but left no evidence!!
Wayne

[CliffsBlueCamaro]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Safety-1.jpg

Safety first!

Not me or anyone I know...thank God.

[Boesch]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Safety-1.jpg

Safety first!

Not me or anyone I know...thank God.

That's awesome! It's gotta be safe....he blocked the rear tire!

[dstryr]

looks like someone from pirate4x4 hahaha

[brownz]

i cant WOW no words

[southernfriedcj]

looks like someone from pirate4x4 hahaha

You had better be careful, I may dime 'ya.:slap: :)

[dstryr]

Haha i used to hang out on colorado k5...way better ;p.

[deuce]

i wonder if this guy disconnected the battery like the instructions always say ...safty first right?????? damn fool




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Safety first!

Not me or anyone I know...thank God.

[TonyHuntimer]

I think he's welding on the fuel tank too. :cool:

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

[Strip Poker 388]

I wounder what it is??????:secret: :cheers:

[Kokamo]

I wounder what it is??????:secret: :cheers:

I have been scratching my head on that one for 20 minutes and still cant figure it out.....yeah, it could be a return for a dry sump or oil cooler....maybe, but a pressure gauge?:dunno:

[formula]

hahahahaha jc you son of a gun! I didn't even notice this was your thread 'till I looked at the pics...

here's a couple more fun shots from our years...

Me and my dad when I did my very first mod....check that hair out! Woo!
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My buddy zac after my car decided to blow its load on him...guess he treated that oil plug juuuuuuust rigggght

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[jvike]

This is me when I restored my car, it's in the background. It's my statue of liberty pose. The symolism is the same tough, where the statue has a tablet to represent knowledge, my tablet is the 1970 Plymouth Service manual.. Where the lady has a torch to represent enlightment, so does my Mopar distributor. It enlightens my eight cylinders! :)
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[TPI Monte SS]

It was a rainy day near the end of May '05, and my wife was 8 months pregnant with our second child. Perfect timing to build a new motor and swap it, right?? Here's a pic of when me and my buddy Anthony took the old 305 shortblock out of my car. My garage is too small to work in, so we did the deed on my driveway. My neighbors know I'm crazy already, so no one complained. :)

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/03/305_out-1.jpg

And here's the 355 going in, somewhere around 10PM. Still raining! My neighbor was cool and lent us a 10'x10' tent to keep us somewhat dry, and supplied us with beers and coffee too!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/03/355_going_in-1.jpg

[WEAVER]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/Safety-1.jpg

Safety first!

Not me or anyone I know...thank God.
Thats where you sit back and just wait,that is so wrong

[cheapthrillz]

hahahahaha jc you son of a gun! I didn't even notice this was your thread 'till I looked at the pics...

here's a couple more fun shots from our years...

Me and my dad when I did my very first mod....check that hair out! Woo!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

My buddy zac after my car decided to blow its load on him...guess he treated that oil plug juuuuuuust rigggght

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/03/CIMG1778-1.jpg

I was hoping that you would see this and post some more pics. I love the one of zac with a face full of oil. And your hair was ridiculous. Do you miss it?

[Young Gun]

i have no doubt that that I will have plenty of pics once i actually get the build going haha

[GNon18s]

ttt?

[BuddyP]

Yes.... it started it's life inside the house........

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[newsshooter23]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/mike1_zps7b663f57-1.jpg

[Ron S]

Well, I guess I'll post up my moment of pride. This is a few of my buds (not me) standing around the remains of a 2000 Z-28 that was recently totaled out from hitting a horse. We didn't really have the correct means of taking the motor and trans out.....but since I worked at an equipment rental store.....we managed.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2582-1.jpg?t=1202454690

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2585-1.jpg?t=1202454564

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2588-1.jpg?t=1202454568

And this is me on the bobcat........

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/02/100_2587-1.jpg?t=1202454650


I could hang with you guys.

[astroracer]

These two make me chuckle every time I look at them...
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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/MVC008Fvi-1.jpg

[ho428]

The Fintstone Flyer...

[ho428]

No Mouse Motor's here...

[KacyZ28]

A couple of friends that helped with the disassembly
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/20110114_020405_6141-1.jpg

I think he was drunk and going through withdraws at this point
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[johnparts]

My buddy Josh being a goof. We had just seen zombie land I went inside to grab a beer and I come out to this.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/Joshisagoof-1.jpg

[johnparts]

Me drunk holding the steering wheel up cause the column isn't bolted in making racing noises and banging gears.
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[GNon18s]

69515

[J-440]

Great pic right there bro. Making good memories.

[oestek]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/S71_041208_029JPG-1.jpg

[talbotdd]

Ok, this is a little embarrassing, but here is my impromptu paint booth for the epoxy primer.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/01/3209551a-1.jpg

VERY redneck but it worked great.


-Dustin

[4eyedconekiller]

GNon18S, that's good stuff right there. Hoping to do that with one of my own one day.


Ok, this is a little embarrassing, but here is my impromptu paint booth for the epoxy primer.

VERY redneck but it worked great.

Hey, gotta do what ya gotta do, right?

[cheapthrillz]

Ttt

[FlyDoc]

I wounder what it is??????:secret: :cheers:
https://www.pro-touring.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22247&stc=1&d=1204601017
I would guess that its a vacuum gauge, and the hose is hooked to the vacuum pump.

[shockrod]

My brother-law just told them that he had a fast Honda

96922

[rchaskin]

.....My brother-law just told them that he had a fast Honda....

LOL...Kids know the truth.

[Kenova]

My brother-law just told them that he had a fast Honda

Ha Ha , I don't think they're buying into that story. LOL

Ken

[WallaceMFG]

Who needs a car lift? Not me!

96974

96975

[Boostable]

Car had very little rust I swear!!!

96986

[Shootstraight]

Who needs a car lift? Not me!

96974

96975

Yikes : o

[Shootstraight]

Redneck spring compressor..

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