the 1:1 scale car thread

[hkp]

I'm not sure it's anything impressive compared to what you guys drive, but here is my little wagon.

Here in the HKP household, we're pretty fond of Toyotas, I've had a Lexus IS and Gen 7 Celica before this one, my girlf runs a Yaris.

It's a Europe and Aus only model called the Auris. Running a 2.2 liter Diesel Turbo engine it pushes 180bhp and 300 ft/lb of Torque. This model is running on Toyota Motorsport lowered springs, 6 speed g/box and has the double wishbone suspension. For our roads, it's just perfect

[acerpower1]

this is my daily driver.

i picked it up about a month ago.
i'm going to pick up a cold air intake and a tuner when i have a little spare cash. unfortunately, right now my cash is being spent on gas for this pig!

[Daryl Lane]

Some recent shots of my daily driver sitting around


NOT---







My son's Miata



Soon to be running Track Rat

[RichieRich]

Daryl!!! Where have you been?!

Sweet rides.

[JK Racing]

My son's Miata

Great, just reminded me my oldest will be able to drive in about 3 years...

When I get to work, I will post my boring car pics, nothing like the others posted already.

[germanrc10gt]

@daryl: sweet. what engines are those, 316, 320, 323?

[Daryl Lane]

I've been working
Work-
On the house -
On the Cars -
and did I mention working....? But it has all been good just really busy.

Adam is our youngest and he is 22, so it's all good now - except he is like me and has two cars himself, the Miata and a 89 BMW 325i for a daily driver. So my wife sometimes says there are too many cars in the drive, I did not post pictures of the 65 Malibu wagon or 98 honda, 99 Ford F250, 82 Chevy 3/4 ton, nor the 1981 BMW 320iS........ 2 of them are for sale. Did I say I was busy working on cars?

The silver car is a 1980 US spec 320iS 1.8l stock motor with coil overs and other suspension and chassis mods. The blue and white car is an euro spec 320/6 2.0l six with a holley 450 cfm, 5 speed, headers, MSD, fully gutted with a full cage in it - hope to get coil overs in it soon as well as adjustable camber plates. I picked it up for $2000.00 because it was not running, had some carburetor and ignition issues.

[shodog]

whoo hoo did some high speed runs on the Bonneville salt flats over the holiday.



I ran it up to a mind blistering 118mph

[JK Racing]

My boring truck:



My better halfs hotrod:

[germanrc10gt]

ok as the one who started this thread i should contribute some pics of my own rig
again nothing special, bmw e36 318is. ok i do know it is a toy car for your u.s. v8 engines,
but dont let the rather small displacement of 1.8 liter and 140 hp fool you - this car is quick. i wanted to go
for an inline six but i got this 318is for very little money from my brother who now owns a new bmw for his family.
the inline 4 engine is based on the first gen m3 engine. it revs up pretty fast, and along with the m suspension it is
a lot of fun especially on curvy tracks. it has a total mileage of around 25 k miles and does around 135 mph top speed.
color is madeira violett metallic. it is all stock. bmw bbs 15'' rims, bmw business cd II, 2-color velvet interior,
5 speed manual transmission, total weight 1180 kg. thanks again MikeyD for the wax you sent me!

[civilguy]

Ok, I just spent some time reading this thread and thought I'd contribute. My car is the family 1999 Buick Century- we bought it brand new in 1999 just before my daughter was born (the car seat fit better than in our 2 door Cavalier) and it was my wife's daily ride until 2005. I was getting it all cleaned out to sell in spring 2006 when I won a local radio station contest a la 'Pimp My Ride'. This is what I got back and have been driving for the past couple years!

[bearrickster]

Some very sweet Rides On Here Here is my 1970 Torino Cobra 429 Big Block I sold it last year to buy the 70 Torino Convertible I am now restoring. I really like that Datsun 510 templeofspeed I have always wanted one of those

[cherokee]

Very cool Torino....I had a '70 Torino cobra about 20 yrs ago....I wish I still had that car, shaker hood and all the goodies.

Here are some pics of my current toys.

67 Triumph GT6



And now a couple of real race cars....
1st Gen Toyota MR2 SCCA IT Race car.....Its for sale if anybody is intrested



72 Opel GT SCCA race car, pics show it in ITB trim it is in the middle of turning into a GTL car.

[aeiou]

Here's a shot of my ride. The facility in the background is the Sugarbowl R/C Raceway in Sugar Hill, Georgia.

[civilguy]

aeiou- I've been looking at the Silverados. Does anyone actually ride in your back seat? I'm torn between the extended cab and crew cab-- my kids are getting older and I'm afraid they'll outgrow the extended cab pretty quick. But the price jump to crew is hard to swallow....