visian

I just played SNES this past weekend. I can say, having the nice KA-CHUNK as you input a cartridge is a nice nostolgic feel. BUT then removing it and blowing in it till I am blue in the face 10-15 times made me realize why the emmulator is so much better and how mush that nostolgic feel still sucks. LOL
 

Saw this video on Facebook, realized that it needs to happen. I am going to start collecting calculators, old radios, and other random electronics. If you have some, send them my way. 😂
I also made some quick mock ups of the control levers so I can get a better idea on proportions and mounting location for the hydro brake.

 
 

There is such a difference between what Jason is doing and your run-of-the-mill crappy car build.
The run-of-the-mill crappy car build:  intentionally rusted body panels, or fenders draped entirely in stickers/wraps, an aluminum tow-hook, Domo-kun drift charm, pink dildo shift knob, some idiotic windshield banner that attempts to label the style and status of the individual driving it, and either extremely cheap wheels or extremely expensive wheels. The intention is attention. Show up to Automotion and get 1000 likes on Instagram then go home and feel hollow because deep inside you are an asshole and you know it.
 
Jason's build:  Ratty piece of crap build with genuine creativity and an overall cohesiveness. The entire car takes on a theme which drives the style and direction of the build instead of random aimless "mods". Its art. Balldesacki should take note. It has some sort of goal other than being an attention-whore on wheels. This is why I enjoy like this car/build despite not subscribing to this particular genre of automotive enthusiasm.
keep on keepin on
 

Very true, no substitute for the real thing. The nostalgia is definitely missing a bit, trust me you're talking to the guy who just pulled all his 90's lego sets out of the basement to rebuild over the holidays haha

What about that satisfying feeling of pushing the cartridge in the console and hearing it snap in?  And having all of those cartridges laid out in front of you and picking your favorite to plop in there.  There's so much nostalgia!

That's awesome! I would kill to play 1080 Snowboarding again...

Perhaps instructions will show up on an off topic thread soon.

HAHAHAHA, I was thinking more like this @visian
 

Air Mags!

 

I would like to let you know, that those pedals and shift knob certainly go together to make your car into a musical muscular death metal machine. 😁

Nice Emulator! This is the best Xmas ever!!!!

Here's my bounty from jdesign! Pantyless Bra kit is for an 05 corolla hubba hubba. My e30 doesn't have enough skulls on it yet so this is perfect. Do you think if I install these womp pedals, some tasty guitar licks will flow from my exhaust? Muscle thunder is going up in the office and flag in the garage! Thanks so much!!

Amazing!!!! Here's a text I got from my sister regarding my secret santa delivery::
 
Can't wait til Christmas Day! I'm in Kansas City until then.

I installed my new license plate mounting plugs, screws, and washers yesterday. The old ones were left in when the trunk was resprayed. I have a feeling the whole hatch will be resprayed when the car goes back to paint so I will make sure to remove all of the trunk handle inserts and the license plate mounting plugs so they don't just spray over them again. I do need to figure out the correct part number for the license plate screw plastic caps. They're a bit bigger than the interior screw caps. 
I also finally finished a project that I have been working on for 2 years off and on. I set it aside and forgot about it countless times when it made me angry and wasn't turning out great. 

I can post in process pictures that I took along the way if anyone is interested in what I all did.

Amazing!!!! Here's a text I got from my sister regarding my secret santa delivery::
 
Can't wait til Christmas Day! I'm in Kansas City until then.

Amazing!!!! Here's a text I got from my sister regarding my secret santa delivery::
 
Can't wait til Christmas Day! I'm in Kansas City until then.

All owned by John Voight the dentist

Here's our chance to each own one of the most magnificent vehicles ever produced.
https://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/5893207494.html
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That's me. I thought the socks were pretty dope.

Got my gifts from Mr. Worley today. Excited to dig into this book and hang the flag up with my collection!

SMG edition

Planes, Trains, and 22 K cars. Its perfect timing too. Who needs to drive home for X-mas? I'm sure John Candy and Steve Martian would approve.

Well I fell short on making a seat bracket. I am having a hard time because I wanted to use scrap material, and I dont have any in the gauge or length that would be appropriate for the strength and weight of the seat. I went to look at buying some new material from the hardware store and it would have been close to half the price of a new bracket online. So any suggestions on a cheap seat bracket here would be helpful. 
What I did manage to do was pull the headlights apart and install the red LED halos I got for $8. They turned out better than I expected, and are extremetly bright. I have an extra pair they shipped me on accident as well that I have yet to come up with an interesting place to put them. I also removed the high beam from the passenger side and put soem mesh wire in  there for an air inlet. to top that off, I added just one HID to the drivers side to mix up the look. 



I also made brackets for mounting the V6 ford power steering pump and spent a good 6-7 trips to the parts store to get the right belt because of various reasons I care not to talk about. 

While all this was happening, I decided to remove one of the fenders because I wanted to see what it looked like underneath and I plan on making my own widened fenders up front. This is what it looks like underneath:

I also added a little patina to the licences plate because it looked "too nice" for the car. 

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5912963414.html looks like a nice one, and a BMW enthusiast - making room for a 99 m3
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"sighted" on google street view: some guy who realized the google van was going by.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8983787,-87.6418253,3a,49.9y,186.08h,83.52t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_5zPPwZAbSuJRtn5wy2b0g!2e0!5s20110601T000000!7i13312!8i6656