300c convertible is here

For all who what a 300c what the brains blowin out hip hop for convertible,from the people who brought us pimp my ride.How come they can do it but chrysler can't. It looks nice but i don't trust the quality.http://westcoastcustoms.com/Home/Pages/index.htm

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Vilfrard8
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I wouldn't even park my car on the same street as WCC after watching that show a couple times. Too bad those guys haven't a clue what proper bodywork is; I wonder how all those kids feel who have had their rides "pimped" after a year or two when the big chunks of bondo start falling out.

nate

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N8N

They've just been sued by the DOT for replacing a drivers side airbag with a TV screen. You've got to give them credit for that one, if you're going to be irresponsible don't do it in a little way, do something fantastically idiotic.

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General Schvantzkoph

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TNKEV

Huh? I for one would not miss the explosive device in my steering wheel.

------------ Alex

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Alex Rodriguez

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No doubt the car looks good. I don't like the tacky chrome grill and chrom wheels, but the rest looks pretty good.

-------------- Alex

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Alex Rodriguez

Hey, look, it's a 300C done up by/for the coke dealer/user set.

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Daniel J. Stern

It took you a *couple* of times?

Pimp My Ride: Reason number 3,990,390 why I do not watch television.

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Daniel J. Stern

Oh, beautiful. Beautiful! That one's gonna cost 'em.

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Daniel J. Stern

Well, of course, and you as a vehicle owner have the right to remove, deactivate or disable the airbag(s) in your own vehicle(s), unless your state has a law against same. But, it's FEDERALLY illegal for any professional (=mechanic, bodyman, TV network exec, etc.) to remove, disable, modify in such a way as to render noncompliant, or render inoperative any device, system or design feature required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Civil penalties are up to $5k per violation up to a max of $15m *plus* another up-to-$15m for company principals who ought to have known better.

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Daniel J. Stern

...and the black spray-painted taillamps and sidemarker lights, and the dumb speakers in the doors and elsewhere, and the 57 TV screens...

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Daniel J. Stern

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Yeah, it sucks, but for a nice counterexample watch "Overhaulin'" a couple times. While there's only so much that can be done to a car in a week - the standard build there seems to be shave the locks, tuck the bumpers in, drop in a "crate" drivetrain and spray a custom paint job on it - I've been consistently impressed with the quality of work. Rust is cut out and new sheetmetal welded in, frames are powdercoated, and suspensions and brakes are usually upgraded with good quality parts. Not to mention the fact that you usually end up seeing Chip Foose aligning body panels, grinding away rust, etc. which only increases my respect for him. I wouldn't mind one bit if Chip were to overhaul one of my cars (although the thought of trying to source a "crate" Studebaker engine in a week is amusing... and let's not even contemplate the ubuquitous SBC/THM350 swap, ugh...)

nate

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N8N

*plus*

Well, since they're clearly not professionals I bet this suit will get thrown out.

nate

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N8N

I like the fine-mesh grille, HATE the wheels and rubber-band no-traction tires. HATE HATE HATE HATE.

Agreed on the tail lamps, but blacked out side-markers just follows in the hot-rod tradition of "shaved" door handles and such.

TVs don't belong in cars, PERIOD.

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Steve

Spoken like someone who does not have young children. TV's are appropriate when used by passengers, not the driver.

------------- Alex

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Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez wrote:

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that's possibly true... but ISTM that kids raised watching TV in the car have a completely different perspective than those without... when I was growing up, the family car was a '67 Cutlass hardtop, without even air conditioning or FM radio... a road trip in the summer was obviously windows down, you got all the sounds, smells, etc. of everything going on around you, today's cars are much more insulated from the driving experience both for the drivers and passengers... does this mean that the sports car or basic, no-frills (yet still fun to drive) car will be completely dead in another generation, or relegated to occasional weekend short trips only (and therefore an expensive, niche market?) because people won't have the same associations that I have with riding around in the family ride? I sure hope not! But really, sometime in the late 60's or early 70's it seems that cars really blew up into something more than they'd been before - instead of simple transportation appliances that just did their job and took you where you wanted to go they became something like extensions of the home, insulating one from all the nasty outdoors around you - and while apparently most people like that, I still enjoy driving with the windows down, top off, etc. drinking in my surroundings, and I could care less if my car has anything more than rudimentary climate control, any power amenities, etc - as long as it still runs, handles, and stops well I'm happy with it.

Man, I wish my dad hadn't scrapped that car. I understand why he did it (frame was rusting out after 13ish years and 300K+ miles of year-round western PA use) but still... like it or not, they don't make 'em like that anymore... more on topic to this group, I'd probably prefer, say, an old Dart GT convertible, but those old Olds drivetrains were actually some of GM's best... another proud name that's not with us anymore...

Dang, I have no idea where that came from, but I can't wait to get the convertible put together now! I need an open-air road trip bad! (I can almost imagine it now... that "old car" smell of various hot automotive fluids, warm breeze, the sound of that nice old V-8 through duals behind me, the feel of that big Hurst shifter knob... the "giant sucking sound" of a four-barrel through an open element air cleaner... ah, I feel better now...)

nate

(proudly driving my beat-up old 944 every day, while I still can!)

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N8N

Actually, I do. But having passengers read a book is a lot less distracting than a prattling TV in the back seat.

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Steve

After I followed that link and discovered the pix for the convert....I gotta say, that chrysler's marketing people are going to miss the mark big time if they don't offer that to the public.

That body was MADE to be offered as a ragtop.

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KaWallski

Ab-so-frickin'-lutely! Such horrid taste, these 'pimp my riders' have. Such a premium is placed on sound and video equipment, wheels and chrome and fiberglass. Why have these kids all got such a watered-down idea of what a performance car should be? All style..(poor style)...no substance.

Awful. Truly awful. It hurts to look at it. Yuck.

--Geoff

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Geoff

Not as much as this was:

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MoPar Man

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