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Old 12-03-2006, 07:58 PM
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Hey Hatt, guess what famous boat company is from High Point?????

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Old 12-03-2006, 11:18 PM
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Hey Hatt, guess what famous boat company is from High Point?????
Dear God I hope no one related to them had anything to do with this pos!
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Old 12-03-2006, 11:33 PM
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Well - if that one is out of your price range, maybe this fixer-upper might be more to your interests:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kit-car-1986-Lamborghini-Diablo_W0QQitemZ180057959548QQihZ008QQcategoryZ39405QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 12-03-2006, 11:51 PM
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Well - if that one is out of your price range, maybe this fixer-upper might be more to your interests:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kit-car-1986-Lamborghini-Diablo_W0QQitemZ180057959548QQihZ008QQcategoryZ39405QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This is the one ... Boy, there's a transmission, tires are nice ...
I really like those duct tape marks and the rope holding the nose in place, very stylish ...
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Old 12-03-2006, 11:59 PM
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This is the one ... Boy, there's a transmission, tires are nice ...
I really like those duct tape marks and the rope holding the nose in place, very stylish ...
but... how much is the shipping to So.Cal.???...that's the deal breaker
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:42 AM
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but... how much is the shipping to So.Cal.???...that's the deal breaker
It's worth the trouble ... it'll be an attention grabber on Rodeo Drive ...

... on second thought, I'm kinda worried it'll get here in one piece ...
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:57 AM
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It's worth the trouble ... it'll be an attention grabber on Rodeo Drive ...

... on second thought, I'm kinda worried it'll get here in one piece ...

Same here....that's what's holding me back.....................

still might go for it!
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Old 12-04-2006, 09:08 AM
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Wooden dash,wooden frame and it wooden work.
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:18 PM
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Wooden dash,wooden frame and it wooden work.
But would Howard Hughes agree?
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:46 PM
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But would Howard Hughes agree?
He only used laminated birch because they wouldn't allot him that much aluminum.
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Old 12-04-2006, 04:40 PM
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He only used laminated birch because they wouldn't allot him that much aluminum.
The Spruce Goose or the POS replicar?
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Old 12-04-2006, 05:05 PM
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The Spruce Goose or the POS replicar?
The Hercules Flying Boat.
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Old 12-04-2006, 08:02 PM
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That dash looks cardboard to me.
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Old 12-04-2006, 08:37 PM
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I think the funniest thing is the Oldsmobile engine This is the kind of thing that is worth good money only to the creator, or a weird rich dude with so much money he can't even think of how to spend it all.

Kind of like real Lambos!
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:29 PM
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Kind of like real Lambos!
Yeah thats the sad part, the real ones are pretty junky as well. VW bumped the quality up a lot, you know it was bad if VW did that!

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