23-03-2004 01:24

Elgin Clock

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This is just classic FIRSTers in the off season behavior.

You gotta love it!

What kind of paint Wetzel, rattle can or Maaco? They both work just as well.

23-03-2004 01:36

sanddrag

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I appluad him for saving the chrome and trim pieces around the windows.

23-03-2004 02:06

mtaman02

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and here i thought that that was just a small lil dingy icon. now that i'm actually seeing the car. I too applaud him for saving some of the car for its natural beauty. j/k

Those colors looks like disco colors. hehe i wouldn't be surprised if people start break dancing as he drives by.

Once again Neat looking car. Where'd you get the paint scheme from or did you just decide to be creative and use a blend of colors?

23-03-2004 02:16

Madison

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Is this the old car or the new car?

If it's the new car, we need to get you some rims.

23-03-2004 05:56

Jay H 237

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Now I know where he got the idea for his avatar from, or is it the other way around? What color was it originally? It reminds me of the special Volkwagon had a few years ago. I think it was the Golf that they did a multicolor scheme on at the factory. Almost looks like the cars were build from multi Lego blocks.

23-03-2004 06:46

Ryan M.

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Some people have a little too much time on their hands, not to mention any names...

Bet that draws attention.

23-03-2004 06:59

KenWittlief

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People ask me "what kind of car is that?"

and I tell them:

Its a 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
I got her one piece at time
and it didnt cost me a dime -Johnny Cash (pharaphrased)

(song about a guy who works at a car assembly line, and over a period of 20 years takes enough pieces home to build an entire car)

23-03-2004 07:43

uzneko

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He bought it like that. dunno if he's changed anything besides random accidents though ^_^

23-03-2004 07:49

KenWittlief

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they sell them that way

thats a Geo Sampler

23-03-2004 07:49

uzneko

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Well, that's true... we all do get pretty bored during the off season, but not quite that bored, yet. His car magically came that way and while everyone recognizes his car, a lot of people don't know who he is, it's funny hearing people say "ya know, that guy with the clown car..."
and it's really quite entertaining to watch people's faces when he drives past ^_^

23-03-2004 09:48

Ali Ahmed

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Thats about the same colors we used on out robot.

23-03-2004 09:50

Wetzel

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My avatar is a picture of my car, with the background photoshoped out.

Lets see..I bought it in 2000, it had been like that a few years at that point..call it about a 6-year-old rattle can job. The couple I bought it from decided they were bored one Saturday afternoon, so they went and got $40 of spray paint from Home Depot and had some fun. They did a really good job of it too.

The badges on the outside say Geo Storm, but everthing else says Isuzu. Its really a rebadged Isuzu Impluse, and it makes me a happy driver.


Wetzel

23-03-2004 14:37

Lil' Lavery

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Wow, I didnt actually think people would talk about wetzels car, lol. Fun car to see, but the passenger side door sucks cus he slim-jimmed it open, so you have to pull the handle like 4 times to open it. Our team has such cool cars, from wetzels, to mr. fletchers old school impala, my dads mustang, lee's van w/ the tv(we watched midgets race on it(man vs. beast 2))... anyway....lost my train of tought...

23-03-2004 15:06

KenWittlief

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hey comeon! where are all the animators who have nothing to do now?

how bout giving his car a photoshop makeover - show him the hidden potential it has?

nice paint?

some lowprofile wheels?

flux capacitor?

23-03-2004 15:15

tkwetzel

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I would also like to mention a few things. You can see some duct tape on the front of his car. This was an uber-technical aerodynamic job performed before the trip to Richmond (the second time he went down). It prevents the hood from shaking and rattling too much, as it has been bent out of shape (and it only catches one of the latches) from one of the accidents. It also tremendously improves the airflow over the car. The passenger side door was slim-jimmed once to get in it. I seem to be the unlucky one, cause I always have to pull the handle more times than anyone else does to get the door open. It is only the handle on the inside that doesn't work on the first pull, but the latch to lock the door from the inside is also broken, so he has to use the key on the outisde (somewhat annoying).

Also...the wheels do look pretty bad. He does have hub-cups, which I believe he should put back on. He has a green one and a blue one and a red one and a yellow one. They match the car and help it look a lot better.

I bet he'll love me for posting all this about his car!

23-03-2004 15:19

KenWittlief

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if you lived in my area I would rig your car so that every time it moved, it would play the circus song

Dit dit didadida Dit dit didadida
Dit dit didadida Dit dit didadida

23-03-2004 15:48

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Maybe we should call Xzibit & MTV and put him on that new show "Pimp My Ride"

23-03-2004 17:23

KenWittlief

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anybody not use their pneumatics this year?

power doors - power hood - power trunk

and of course, the pneumatic power antenna - gotta have that!

23-03-2004 18:19

Jay H 237

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You know what it needs........matching interior!

Green rug, blue headliner, orange seatcovers, red doorpanels, purple dashpad, yellow floor mats..............

23-03-2004 18:57

Amanda Morrison

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This totally puts my Thunderbird, the Patriot, to shame. While there's a ton of bad pics of me on CD, thankfully there are none of Lady Liberty.

23-03-2004 19:00

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not yet...muhahahahaha

23-03-2004 19:05

Fireworks 234

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This Diddy started goin' through my head when i saw the car:

-The colors Duke, the colors.
-I'm colorblind, kid.

23-03-2004 20:57

miketwalker

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Hahahah, I wanna make my car look like Wetzel's... Lol, nice car there

23-03-2004 21:10

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Her car kinda looks like this


female drivers...lol

23-03-2004 21:25

Amanda Morrison

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DJ, for the record, is TOTALLY LYING. I was shopping at the Terre Haute Mall during Christmas two years ago and was hit on the side. Shortly thereafter, there was a slight incident involving another car and a guard rail (someone slid, hit me, and then shoved me into the rail).

Well, I definitely needed my car as soon as possible to move back home after my first year at BSU. My dad went to a local junkyard and found two other Thunderbirds, one blue, one white, and put the parts needed onto my car. No time to paint the car, I got it back... with a white hood and two blue fenders on a red car.

Lady Liberty rocks. Long live the Patriot... although it definitely doesn't live up to Jeff's awesome display.

23-03-2004 21:54

Jay H 237

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You know Amanda, that picture of the red Thunderbird DJ put up there needs a hood and fenders. We could turn it into a twin of your car!

24-03-2004 10:06

uzneko

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does anyone else find it slightly sad that there's not almost 3pgs worth of discussion about wetzel's car? and which is actually even more sad since he didn't even start this thread Xp

24-03-2004 10:29

Jessica Boucher

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I think its hysterical

Anyway, at least none of you dented your parents' car while the car wasnt moving....and you were the thing that ran into it, on skates

But it is safe to say that was my ONLY accident....I have never been in a car accident, and I have never been pulled over...and yet everyone complains about my driving

But ::ahem:: back on topic! No talking about my driving! Back to how pretty Wetzel's car is!

24-03-2004 12:12

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I think if this was featured in a Maaco commercial, Burt Reynolds would say the "uh oh" after it was done painted!

24-03-2004 14:14

tkwetzel

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His car gets lots of discussion where ever it goes. I didn't expect any less here.

24-03-2004 14:56

MissInformation

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I love Wetzel's car! The first car I ever owned was a teal Geo Tin Can... er... Storm... and Wetzel's car makes me nostalgic for my childhood since it looks just like all of my brothers' Matchbox cars after I got through "touching them up" with my mother's fingernail polishes... His car has personality.

Heidi