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Reply to "Dave Kindig (Bitchin Rides) is going to do a Pantera on an upcoming episode"

@mangusta posted:

Just watched the two episodes tonight...........  I am in shock that the idiots (hey! they knowingly mocked us for the hate mail to come!!!)  carved up such a BEAUTIFUL rust free body, to use so little!   THEN, once they started cutting into the fenders, and THEN THE HOOD, only to refashion a new hood (VERY TALENTED GROUP I MUST SAY!)  from new steel........what a waste!!!!

They rebuilt the door skins, the roof, the front fenders with all new steel, so why not just do the rear fenders to boot and piss off all the cutting and fitting?

I truly wonder if the front fenders will allow any serious movement of the front wheels other than rotating for turning......do they really clear during full compression, or is that only 1" of movement?   Oh, wait, what am I thinking? These cars are not made for driving! Only for TV!!!  Then sitting in a collection......!

I can't think of anything that would shock me more than seeing my rust free, low production sports car hacked to bits to do what was done here! (yes I understand many were hacked up for race focussed cars back when......)   For all the wasted time it took them, they could have splashed the entire body for molds to make 'glass or carbon fiber components for fenders, doors, and hoods fr & rr.........!!!!!  Not cut up what looked to be a good honest $100K car!!!!       AT least then they'd have made molds that could support building more customs....since the Roaster Shop seems to have a formula for welding these chassis up! I expect to see more....

I'm just thinking of all the guys with some chassis rust that could be using the discards to repair their cars!!!!  Probably all went into the dumpster......

For as much as Kindig pined about how much he loved these cars, I truly cannot believe he cut such a perfect body up!!!!   Yes I know it was not his car......but since this was a "no pressure build" as evidenced by posts dating back two years of the conceptual ideas being tossed about........he could have sourced another body that wasn't so freaking perfect, AND slime green!!!    Then he wouldn't have had to worry about throwing so many good pieces in the dumpster!  Like total interior, door glass, AC parts, wiring, all the suspension, steering, ZF & 351C............

What I did NOT see in these episodes, was how the engine/trans combo is supposed to be serviced????   It appeared that the firewall was now without access hole.....?   None of the crossmembers appeared to be removable......and OH yah.......is there a heatshield for the exhaust to prevent that "piece of art" exhaust system from boiling the paint off of the decklid???

Hate the seats..... dash looks like poo....no attempt to put any of the originality back in the car.....no shifter guide plate......

I feel like the one dude in the shop that hated the car. Period.   Wife took one look at him and was wondering what planet he dropped in from...... hey, what can I say, she married me!!!  I can't talk!

I guess the original car wasn't all that perfect.....the front grill emblem was installed upside down.......

Ciao!
Steve

I'm from Zluto. They just dropped me off here and abandoned me. Unfortunately I didn't get the same benefits as Superman.

Everyone can tell I'm an Alien.

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