Odd Modifications Thread

[GranTurNismo]

'70 Mustang with a 1100ci Ford GAA Sherman V8 tank engine.





M135i with an M2 bodykit and V8 engine from an X5 M.



Pontiac Parsienne pickup

BMW Isetta powered by a WW2 fighter plane engine.

 

[MisterWaffles]

'70 Mustang with a 1100ci Ford GAA Sherman V8 tank engine.





M135i with an M2 bodykit and V8 engine from an X5 M.



Pontiac Parsienne pickup

BMW Isetta powered by a WW2 fighter plane engine.

I actually really like that BMW. I wish it was a body style that they offered from the factory. Reminds me a lot of the old Z3 M Coupe

 

[TexRex]

I like lace paint...

Two-tone '69 300 with a greenish blue metallic and burgundy/black lace paint inserts. It's obviously not for everyone, but I dig it.

 

[05XR8]

Toyota Crown

I believe that's a 1UZ

 

[Joey D]

That Icelandic Toyota Crown is awesome.

 

[05XR8]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[TexRex]

That's awful. I love it.

...

This was a Toyota Stout.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Ryan Tuerck is back at it again with engine swaps. He has now graduated from a 458 V8 to a Judd V10!

 

[TexRex]

Criminy. I wouldn't have thought this an odd modification given that the fenders and hood are the same, but it is crazy difficult to find a G-body Malibu coupe with the facelift front end.

Here's one with a pre-facelift for comparison.

And a junker part-way through the swap.

 

[GranTurNismo]

MK2 Golf GTI with a 3.3L VR6 making 1356hp. Why it even needs that much power, I have no clue.

EG Civic hatch with Supra parts

NA Miata with RX-7 rear

This Mercedes 350Z

180SX with Toyota Chaser front

1996 Caprice wagon with 1965 front-end

And I know this isn’t real, but would be awesome if it were. Trans Am Aztek.

 

[-Fred-]

The Civic/Supra is a bad photoshop.

 

[VXR]

The FD rear on an MX5 looks like a nice mod if it was added to a stock model and not a slammed one. Imagine it as a spiritual successor the the Elan with the stylish rear of a Alfa Duetto.

 

[Zychotic1]

that "350z" is actually an s15 with a nose and tail swap...
( I'm FB friends with an importer who recently inspected that car)

 

[ScottPuss20]

EG Civic hatch with Supra parts

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That's not real! That's wrong!

 

[Volksauto]

There is this Jaguar X-Type in this one parking lot I see almost every day. Nice looking car. Today was quite chilly and I noticed something different about the car. The owner made the ornament a little sweater.

 

[Fastcarguy]

Stumbled across this in a discord server, have no other info on it though. It’s a squarebody truck with a narrow body dually. Reminds me of airport push trucks but the rear end is unlike push trucks I’ve seen. It’s possible it was a push truck that was modified but I don’t know.

 

[TexRex]

'71-2 Plymouth Valiant Scamp (basically a Dart Swinger body shell with Valiant front sheetmetal) with the sharktooth grill from a Duster 340 or Duster Twister from those years.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/de...-6060423?pageSource=details&id=SSE-AD-6060423

 

[Neddo]

FTO will probably appreciate a lot because its a rare car. That replica is a miss IMHO

 

[Volksauto]

That almost looks factory.

 

[05XR8]

FTO will probably appreciate a lot because its a rare car. That replica is a miss IMHO

There's one for about $4500AUD. I think it's a white GPX. Owners put stickers on the dash.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/mitsubishi-fto-1997/SSE-AD-6920650

There's also a red Auto for $9000.

 

[Neddo]

There's one for about $4500AUD. I think it's a white GPX. Owners put stickers on the dash.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/mitsubishi-fto-1997/SSE-AD-6920650

There's also a red Auto for $9000.

Well, that is still around 200K miles, and not rarer GP Version R. This one is 16500 USD. Not a small price after all for 90K miles.

 

[05XR8]

Well, that is still around 200K miles, and not rarer GP Version R. This one is 16500 USD. Not a small price after all for 90K miles.

That's Japan prices. Here in Australia, owners don't go off miles/kilometres. I've noticed, they go by how much it cost new.
"Oh, my 2004 white manual Corolla wagon? Selling it for $7000.". "It's got a/c, alloys and service history. It's a steal at this price!".

 

[Neddo]

That's Japan prices. Here in Australia, owners don't go off miles/kilometres. I've noticed, they go by how much it cost new.
"Oh, my 2004 white manual Corolla wagon? Selling it for $7000.". "It's got a/c, alloys and service history. It's a steal at this price!".

So would it be more profitable to keep FTO and sell it outside Australia or to convert it to some meh replica and sell it in AU? I still think that first option would make more sense even in Australia, at least in mid 2020s.

 

[05XR8]

So would it be more profitable to keep FTO and sell it outside Australia or to convert it to some meh replica and sell it in AU? I still think that first option would make more sense even in Australia, at least in mid 2020s.

No one really looking at the FTO or many JDM machines(However, I have seen a couple last model Preludes popping up on the streets. The 1st gen 4WS models, are usually driven by older women. Seriously.) 4X4 seem to be what today's young people(here) are looking at.

The AUD is weak. I'd test the waters of selling it(FTO) outside of Australia.

 

[GranTurNismo]

Turbocharged 2JZ-GTE powered Saturn Sky making 520hp.

Solstice with a '66 GTO front



This 1960s camper conversion for the El Camino



1982 Toyota Starlet, with a turbocharged 2ZZ-GE making 450hp with stage II nitrous, 6-speed Altezza transmission, modified 8' Hiace LSD.

Hellcat convertible

1st-gen Audi A3 powered by a VR6 making 1200hp and has the 4WD system of the Nissan Skyline GT-R. Can do the quarter mile in 7.54

Lumina Z34 "El Camino"



'91 Civic with a twin-turbo Mitsubishi GTO VR-4 engine

This Bimmer.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[TexRex]

Another Mopar A-body front end swap. This time it's a '70 and later coupe shell (ostensibly a Duster) with a '68 Valiant front end.

 

[CyborgGT]

Not sure how I feel about this one...



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