Ultimate rice...

And ya know what really makes me sick about that car isn't the fact that they spent way too much money on the loudest yellow paint they could find... the Lamborghini-style doors... or the amount of plastic crap they hung off of it...

What irks me is that they could have seriously made that car *fast* for way less money than they spent on everything else. If they would have started with an AWD turbo car, it could have been a contender. A 1st gen head, a bigger turbo, bigger intercooler, upgraded fuel system, and a custom chip later, even that monstrocity of a car (in GSX-T form) could be in the 12s and embarrassing stock Mustangs all day long...

But the mentality is all show and no go... *sigh* That car would be lucky to hang with a stock '88 4-pot Mustang in that trim... especially with all of the crap on it... unless that big bottle is actually hooked to something, which I doubt.

JS

Take notice that the seller a now "not a registered user"

Good Lord, that's pathetic. I don't know which is worse, the car itself, or the fact that someone is willing to pay $22,100 cash for it. All that plastic and sound gear must add about a ton to the curb weight.

Any wonder the seller is no longer a registered user? :)

I thought the C-clamp on the hatch lift was a nice touch. They could have gone ghetto and used a stick to hold up that massively heavy hatch and attached park bench, but they went the classy route and used a nice shiny (chromed?) C-clamp instead. I wonder if the clamp is included in the auction... ;)

I have a tendency to agree with you. We all can't have '60/&0's muscle cars or GT's/Cobras. But when I look at these things I keep hearing the old saying, "It's like polishing a turd" I guess to each there own turds! StuK

I wouldn't want to be seen near that thing.

I considered getting a Subaru WRX STi, but the main thing that I do not like is the huge rear wing. Why in the world do they stick these ugly wings on the back of a perfectly good car?

I'm just glad the kids are doing this stuff to Hondas and the like, just think if they started ruining American cars like this!

I see a late model Mustang several times a week that has had the full rice treatment including the huge wing. This thing looks terrible.

I've seen one around here too, but the Mustang community around here shot him down real fast & he has "de-riced" his car.

-Mike

Hell, I'dda paid $100 for it...

I think you have a snobbish attitude toward the owner of this car. I came of age in the late 60's where Earl Sheib paint jobs, Thrush glass packs, and

12 inch rear shackles ruled the day for alot of the "working class Hot Rodders". While I don't car for the design, I applaude their imagination and willingness to take a risk in building the car they obviously thought about for a very long time.

Maybe one day some of us Mustang owners will have enough imagination and guts to create a stunning masterpiece of form and function with our cars, instead of doing the same tired mods as every other Mustang owner. Perhaps one day we mustang owners will appreciate the "ricers" for what they have contributed to the American auto industry in the form of leading the way in cleaner lines, more aerodynamic body styles, and greater power through smaller power plants. And maybe one day Mustangers will stop pounding their chests over their victories against the 150 hp imports with the bright paint, body kits, and loud mufflers.

Just my opinion.... but I a least give them credit for balls.

around here i see alot of 6 banger camaro's that are far worse then most of the rice rods around

True, it would take balls to drive around in that Jap Cartoon car.

Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer GOOOOOOOOOO!

John

Ok... after reading the entire post and not getting overly jacked about calling me a snob... I offer the following sentiments.

A) The "owner" of this car is a customizing shop, and they were showing off their talents. I do applaud them, as I know how much work went into this car. However, being that it is a customizing shop, why would they not show off their talents on a car much more worthy? Maybe even make it fast. These particular cars are nice... I'm looking into one, actually. I'm also designing custom parts for them (and many other cars). I personally can't see the sense in making something look fast but in all actuality is slower than my '92 Mustang Convertible with a 2.3 5-speed. Start with the turbo car and make it fit form *AND* function, as you so state in your post. A FWD N/A Eclipse isn't all that quick. An AWD turbo Eclipse and $500 will smoke my Cobra.

B) I respect a *fast* import. I've had my ass handed to me (in my Cobra) by these very same cars, or other little turbo cars. I don't beat my chest over beating a stock import, and I don't feel bad when a hopped up one flies past me.

C) It's this mentality that keeps kids out of trouble, and keeps my designs alive. If people stopped modifying their cars like this, this project that I have a bunch of time and money into would die quickly.

JS

Pat... I'm 53.... where do you think I came from? Ed Roth, Dean Jeffries.... these are names that mean something to me. Do you think we'd have seen the "Beatnik Bandit" or the "Monkee Mobile" if life was full of pop rivet panels from a catalogue?

This may be the future of custom cars, but that doesn't mean I have to like it and it doesn't mean I have to suffer it in abject silence.

I speak my mind and you call me snobbish because I don't fit in one of your cubbyholes. I think you have a snobbish attitude towards those that hold tradition in high esteem..... let's see some fabricators get frisky with a car..... let's see some artistic expression....... let's see some North American f*ckin' iron. And, especially, let's see some fat fender, chopped top, channelled cruisers. In this day and age of improved techniques and materials, we don't need to see lead sleds but that doesn't mean that body contouring needs to stop. Now, more than ever, we can relive the real world of customizing and see some good old ingenuity.

I can purchase a lot of scrw on crap for my vehicles..... if I buy it, does that make me ballsy? Knowing that every other person on the planet can do the exact same thing with a handful of pop rivets is original? Sorry man.... I don't know what you expect of me... but don't expect it....

If your hungry.... eat your import....

-- Jim Warman snipped-for-privacy@telusplanet.net

Now that's what it needs.... some features of the mach 5

Boeing called.....they want their wing back!!

Steve

Jim don't be a *Rat Fink*!

Jim's old enough to understand the joke!