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I think they did an outstanding job of painting it, especially considering the price: $511.00 US. But I don't like the color of the vinal back panel with the new red body color, so I think I'm going to change it over to white.

I spent $500.00 on the car, $500 on the paint job, and about $700.00 ( so far ) on repairing all the mechanical problems we could find. By the time I'm finished fixing it up the way I want it, I estimate it will cost about $2,000.00 ( not including the sound system I'm going to put in and then take back out when I get ready to sell it ). Not bad, considering I'm going to have a car that will drive well, look decent, last awhile and not require making car payments. :D

Thats a halfway decent pimpmobile.

Thats a halfway decent pimpmobile.
ROFLMAO! That's about what one of my sons said! :D

Personally,I would have ditched the vynal all together. It looks bad and accellerates the detterioration of the roof.

You a pimp now!
http://members.lycos.nl/lollypopkiller/cu2/pics/pimp.gif

You a pimp now!
http://members.lycos.nl/lollypopkiller/cu2/pics/pimp.gif

All my friends love a lowrider
The lowrider is a little higher
Lowrider drives a little slower
Lowrider is a little poor

Lowrider knows every street, yeah
Lowrider is the one to meet, yeah
Lowrider don't use no gas, now
Lowrider don't drive too fast

Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me

It's awfully... umm... square and boxy. And orange?

Personally,I would have ditched the vynal all together. It looks bad and accellerates the detterioration of the roof.
That would take more money than I want to spend on the car.

You a pimp now!
http://members.lycos.nl/lollypopkiller/cu2/pics/pimp.gif
Kewl! Lots of money and all the women I can ... uh ... whatever. :D

All my friends love a lowrider
The lowrider is a little higher
Lowrider drives a little slower
Lowrider is a little poor

Lowrider knows every street, yeah
Lowrider is the one to meet, yeah
Lowrider don't use no gas, now
Lowrider don't drive too fast

Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
Uh ... it's not a "lowrider." :rolleyes:

It's awfully... umm... square and boxy. And orange?
Not orange ... almost a fire-engine red.

And the "square and boxy" look is the way they built cars back in 1988. :p

Wow, my parents rented one back in 1990. They nicknamed it the "Crocodile" on account of its fuel consumption. Bought a Ford Pony instead.

Kewl! Lots of money and all the women I can ... uh ... whatever. :D
You need a pimp cup that can keep up with your many adventures with the hoes :D

Wow, my parents rented one back in 1990. They nicknamed it the "Crocodile" on account of its fuel consumption. Bought a Ford Pony instead.
Which is one reason I'm only going to hang onto it until I can buy a small convertible of some sort to tool around in. :p

Not orange ... almost a fire-engine red.

Yeah, orange. :P

And the "square and boxy" look is the way they built cars back in 1988. :p

You sure you don't mean 1978? I saw an old Volvo from the 70s that was all square like that.

You need a pimp cup that can keep up with your many adventures with the hoes :D
LMAO! NOT! :p

Yeah, orange. :P

You sure you don't mean 1978? I saw an old Volvo from the 70s that was all square like that.
Volvos were built that way for many years, largely because of their insistence on building safe cars. I like Volovs, or use to before their merger with Ford. :(

Which is one reason I'm only going to hang onto it until I can buy a small convertible of some sort to tool around in. :p

You mean like the one (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0520.jpg) I just got? :p

Yay for the GI Bill!

LMAO! NOT! :p
Don't be moddest!

You mean like the one (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0520.jpg) I just got? :p

Yay for the GI Bill!
Kewl! Nice ride! I'm jealous. :p

Like I said: I despise making car payments.

Don't be moddest!
Modest? Me? I thought you knew me better than that. :p

Modest? Me? I thought you knew me better than that. :p
I know there would be 3 hoes on each limb possible to hold on to :p :eek:

eww... why did you pick red? that reminds me of a car I used to have, it was this gross orange color except when it rained then it was the same color as your car.

(I found out years later that I could have waxed it and it would have been red all the time)

I have the music you must listen to at extreme volume as you drive this car about town.

Pimpin' (http://media.putfile.com/Pimpin-56) (clicky)

(Yes, that's my original. Do not steal it. I will know.)

I know there would be 3 hoes on each limb possible to hold on to :p :eek:
LMAO! You're really on a roll today, ain't ya? :D

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I think they did an outstanding job of painting it, especially considering the price: $511.00 US. But I don't like the color of the vinal back panel with the new red body color, so I think I'm going to change it over to white.

I spent $500.00 on the car, $500 on the paint job, and about $700.00 ( so far ) on repairing all the mechanical problems we could find. By the time I'm finished fixing it up the way I want it, I estimate it will cost about $2,000.00 ( not including the sound system I'm going to put in and then take back out when I get ready to sell it ). Not bad, considering I'm going to have a car that will drive well, look decent, last awhile and not require making car payments. :D
Leave the blue and put a white stripe down the side and then you will have an All American car. You could call it the Patriot Pimpmobile?

Something like this:

http://www.starskytorino.com/moviemike/2moviemiketorino1b.jpg

Or this:

http://www.diecastfast.net/images/309w.jpg

eww... why did you pick red? that reminds me of a car I used to have, it was this gross orange color except when it rained then it was the same color as your car.

(I found out years later that I could have waxed it and it would have been red all the time)
Well, if you really want to know, just think it through: the body is red with white pinstriping and white sidewalls, and the interior is blue. :D

Leave the blue and put a white stripe down the side and then you will have an All American car. You could call it the Patriot Pimpmobile?
:rolleyes:

Look closely and you will see a thin pinstripe down the side. :p

Not bad for an old man. :p

I agree with you on the vinyl.

I have the music you must listen to at extreme volume as you drive this car about town.

Pimpin' (http://media.putfile.com/Pimpin-56) (clicky)

(Yes, that's my original. Do not steal it. I will know.)
ROFLMAO! Uh ... no! :p

Not bad for an old man. :p

I agree with you on the vinyl.
:rolleyes:

Why is my frakking age ALWAYS an issue??? :(

Thanks. I do think the white would look lots better. :)

What sort of car is it? I don't mean to put down all the work you've done on it, but it's as ugly as a hatfull of arseholes.

:rolleyes:

Why is my frakking age ALWAYS an issue??? :(

Because. If you were younger than me, I'd have to say "Not bad for a little kid" instead. It's not an issue!

Thanks. I do think the white would look lots better. :)

Either that or really deep black. But white's dope too.

:rolleyes:

Look closely and you will see a thin pinstripe down the side. :p
I thought that was glare.:D

:rolleyes:

Look closely and you will see a thin pinstripe down the side. :p
Too thin!! Be bold!! :p

Because. If you were younger than me, I'd have to say "Not bad for a little kid" instead. It's not an issue!

Either that or really deep black. But white's dope too.
The original color of the vinal was black, but some dementoid used that vinal paint stuff on it and painted it blue, which is now starting to wear off.

Too thin!! Be bold!! :p
Honey, if I weren't bold, I never would have painted the car red in the first place! :p

The original color of the vinal was black, but some dementoid used that vinal paint stuff on it and painted it blue, which is now starting to wear off.

I figured something like that had happened... didn't look like a naturally occuring color to me. Damn shame, but white will be a welcome change.

:rolleyes:

Look closely and you will see a thin pinstripe down the side. :p

You mean "pimpstripe".

What sort of car is it? I don't mean to put down all the work you've done on it, but it's as ugly as a hatfull of arseholes.
Thanks. :rolleyes:

It's a 1988 Crystler Fifth Avenue which only cost me $500 US. Since I plan on getting a smal, fuel-efficient convertable as soon as I can afford one, the price was right for something to use when running errands, visiting my children, etc. You might try reading the OP.

EDIT: at least it's not one of those insipid LRCs that all look idential to one another. :p

You mean "pimpstripe".
[ trout smack ] :p

I figured something like that had happened... didn't look like a naturally occuring color to me. Damn shame, but white will be a welcome change.
Probably next week. :)

Honey, if I weren't bold, I never would have painted the car red in the first place! :p
Honey? :eek: You must be suffering from CRAFT disease?

The vinyl does look silly, and I don't understand that kind of car fashion with vinyl either. :)

Honey? :eek: You must be suffering from CRAFT disease?
And that would be?? [ I was scared to ask, but you made me do it! ] :p

The vinyl does look silly, and I don't understand that kind of car fashion with vinyl either. :)
Me either, but the price was right. :p

Me either, but the price was right. :p

Just win some lotto $$$, and get real pimp-mobile.

And that would be?? [ I was scared to ask, but you made me do it! ] :p
Can't Remember A Ffen Thing

As far as the honey part is concerned, I may be a liberal kinda guy, but I am not that liberal. :eek:

LMAO! You're really on a roll today, ain't ya? :D
Rollin' like a pimp in a caddy :D

Can't Remember A Ffen Thing

As far as the honey part is concerned, I may be a liberal kinda guy, but I am not that liberal. :eek:
lmao

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I think they did an outstanding job of painting it, especially considering the price: $511.00 US. But I don't like the color of the vinal back panel with the new red body color, so I think I'm going to change it over to white.

I spent $500.00 on the car, $500 on the paint job, and about $700.00 ( so far ) on repairing all the mechanical problems we could find. By the time I'm finished fixing it up the way I want it, I estimate it will cost about $2,000.00 ( not including the sound system I'm going to put in and then take back out when I get ready to sell it ). Not bad, considering I'm going to have a car that will drive well, look decent, last awhile and not require making car payments. :D

I always knew oficers earned more than us enlisted swine, but I never dreamed they earned that much more. Anyone who can afford a car that looks like that has to be rich. :p It looks great Eut.

You mean like the one (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0520.jpg) I just got? :p

Yay for the GI Bill!

Hey, everyone knows the GI bill was meant to pay for education, not cars. :p

That needs some fringe along the front windscreen. That would be totally pimp. And... and... shag fabric on the seats.

That needs some fringe along the front windscreen. That would be totally pimp. And... and... shag fabric on the seats.
[ hurls ]

That needs some fringe along the front windscreen. That would be totally pimp. And... and... shag fabric on the seats.
and the fluffy dice

and the fluffy dice

Totally.

Why is my frakking age ALWAYS an issue???

Maybe because it's still frakking hard to believe you're that old?:p


For what you bought it for, it looks (stereotypically)great, hope you buy that mini-convert.

Maybe because it's still frakking hard to believe you're that old?:p

For what you bought it for, it looks (stereotypically)great, hope you buy that mini-convert.
It is??? :eek:

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Thanks. :)

I always knew oficers earned more than us enlisted swine, but I never dreamed they earned that much more. Anyone who can afford a car that looks like that has to be rich. :p It looks great Eut.
LOL! Didn't you read the text? By the time I'm done working on it, the total should come to about $2,000 max! :D

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2977/1988chrystlerfifthaevenue4lf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

cool!
sweet car man... i like it :D
in fact, i'd love to have something like that myself - got me thinking last night about how feasible it would be to do up an old volvo like that... and then i changed my mind to psychedelically painting a VW Camper and throwing in a V8 engine :p

cool!
sweet car man... i like it :D
in fact, i'd love to have something like that myself - got me thinking last night about how feasible it would be to do up an old volvo like that... and then i changed my mind to psychedelically painting a VW Camper and throwing in a V8 engine :p
You should make sure the one you get one of the ones with the mini-kitchen (complete with gas stove) and a bed. They are sweet. You can cook some tommato soup while your buddy drives. Although, past 60 they lose their ability to turn.

Uh ... it's not a "lowrider." :rolleyes:

I know, just reminds me of one with the new paint job, shiny alloys etc...just lower it 4 inches...:p

I know, just reminds me of one with the new paint job, shiny alloys etc...just lower it 4 inches...:p
Get some blue underlighting....

ughh.... it appears our taste in automobiles differs greatly

Get some blue underlighting....


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh classssssy :p

You should make sure the one you get one of the ones with the mini-kitchen (complete with gas stove) and a bed. They are sweet. You can cook some tommato soup while your buddy drives. Although, past 60 they lose their ability to turn.
hmm there must be something that can be done about that turning problem (don't want the stupid thing tipping over either :eek: )... maybe adding some weight to the chassis might help. a v8 engine would be doubly useful then! :p :D

though if i got one it'd have to be a total project... not just psychedellic paintjob on the outside, but lavalamps everywhere, oil projectors on the cieling, and, yes, a kitchen and groovy bed (be great for festivals!)
oooh i'm so gonna have to save up and do this! :p (give CTOAN a run for his money with Veronica ;))

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2977/1988chrystlerfifthaevenue4lf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I think they did an outstanding job of painting it, especially considering the price: $511.00 US. But I don't like the color of the vinal back panel with the new red body color, so I think I'm going to change it over to white.

I spent $500.00 on the car, $500 on the paint job, and about $700.00 ( so far ) on repairing all the mechanical problems we could find. By the time I'm finished fixing it up the way I want it, I estimate it will cost about $2,000.00 ( not including the sound system I'm going to put in and then take back out when I get ready to sell it ). Not bad, considering I'm going to have a car that will drive well, look decent, last awhile and not require making car payments. :D
Stop reminding me of my Grandfather.
Or keep reminding me...

ughh.... it appears our taste in automobiles differs greatly
Proabably not. It's more likely that our budgets differ greatly. Heh!

Stop reminding me of my Grandfather.
Or keep reminding me...
Well, make up your mind! Sheesh! Some people's children! :D

if you're wanting a small drop-top for around 2 grand with good fuel economy and low running costs you can't go far wrong with an MGB (http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pw/images/mgb.jpg). this pic shows the two different models they did. i personally prefer the pre-1974 version with the chrome front end rather than the plastic of the 1976 model they show here. don't know if you'd find many of these in the us either so it'd be pretty distinctive :)

or if your feeling really flush, how about this (http://www.a-c-d.dk/brochurer/biler_piger/MGB%20GT.JPG). same thing, but with a v8 and a lady! :D

You got to throw some 18s on that.

if you're wanting a small drop-top for around 2 grand with good fuel economy and low running costs you can't go far wrong with an MGB (http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pw/images/mgb.jpg). this pic shows the two different models they did. i personally prefer the pre-1974 version with the chrome front end rather than the plastic of the 1976 model they show here. don't know if you'd find many of these in the us either so it'd be pretty distinctive :)
Yeah. I've seen those. I wouldn't mind that at all. Besides, they'd be fun to fix up. :)

You got to throw some 18s on that.
Uh ... ??? "18s?" :confused:

or if your feeling really flush, how about this (http://www.a-c-d.dk/brochurer/biler_piger/MGB%20GT.JPG). same thing, but with a v8 and a lady! :D
Oh, yeah! NOW yer talkin'! :D

Uh ... ??? "18s?" :confused:

18 inch rims. Wheels.

http://www.alpinaaustralia.com.au/parts/images/e39_18%20inch%20rim.jpg

Like those.

18 inch rims. Wheels.

http://www.alpinaaustralia.com.au/parts/images/e39_18%20inch%20rim.jpg

Like those.
Ah! This real low-profile tires? I don't think those would look good on this sort of car, so I suspect you're tugging at my leg. Leggo! :p

Yeah. I've seen those. I wouldn't mind that at all. Besides, they'd be fun to fix up. :)

yep! that's half the fun with owning a classic. getting them looking and runnig nice and then knowing that it's all down to your own hard work. i've wanted to get one of these for a while although i'd want the GT version for the extra boot space and chassis rigidity. really makes a difference with the handling. just need the money *sigh*

Ah! This real low-profile tires? I don't think those would look good on this sort of car, so I suspect you're tugging at my leg. Leggo! :p

You don't necessarily have to go with low-pro tires. It's the size of the actual wheel. Based on that picture I'd say you've got 15s or 16s. I'm just saying that I think the car would look better with bigger wheels that filled out the wheel well a little bit more.

You don't necessarily have to go with low-pro tires. It's the size of the actual wheel. Based on that picture I'd say you've got 15s or 16s. I'm just saying that I think the car would look better with bigger wheels that filled out the wheel well a little bit more.
Hmm. Having trouble visualizing that. I know a guy near here who specializes in customizing cars. I'll see what he thinks about it.

yep! that's half the fun with owning a classic. getting them looking and runnig nice and then knowing that it's all down to your own hard work. i've wanted to get one of these for a while although i'd want the GT version for the extra boot space and chassis rigidity. really makes a difference with the handling. just need the money *sigh*
Heh! I know about having ( or rather, not having ) the money needed to upgrade a car. If the VA hadn't come through for me, I'd still be afoot! Sigh.

Hmm. Having trouble visualizing that. I know a guy near here who specializes in customizing cars. I'll see what he thinks about it.

You have to make sure if you do get bigger rims that they're still roughly the same spoke design as the ones you have. Don't get anything like these:

http://www.after-image.net/pics/david/rims/rims.jpg

because they would look like shit.

Something like this:

http://www.westcohost.com/rwimg/i.php?pid=wznt-1820

Classy. Maybe not so many spokes as this one; it's kind of busy. But you get what I'm saying.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2977/1988chrystlerfifthaevenue4lf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I think they did an outstanding job of painting it, especially considering the price: $511.00 US. But I don't like the color of the vinal back panel with the new red body color, so I think I'm going to change it over to white.

I spent $500.00 on the car, $500 on the paint job, and about $700.00 ( so far ) on repairing all the mechanical problems we could find. By the time I'm finished fixing it up the way I want it, I estimate it will cost about $2,000.00 ( not including the sound system I'm going to put in and then take back out when I get ready to sell it ). Not bad, considering I'm going to have a car that will drive well, look decent, last awhile and not require making car payments. :D
Where are the spinners? No ride like that is complete without a $5000 set of rims!

Where are the spinners? No ride like that is complete without a $5000 set of rims!

Spinners belong on Escalades and Denalis.

Spinners belong on Escalades and Denalis.
Maybe up there in the Great White North, but here in the ATL, spinners go on any old POS. The older the Cutlass, the more appropriate it is to put expensive rims on the car.

You have to make sure if you do get bigger rims that they're still roughly the same spoke design as the ones you have. Don't get anything like these:

http://www.after-image.net/pics/david/rims/rims.jpg

because they would look like shit.

Something like this:

http://www.westcohost.com/rwimg/i.php?pid=wznt-1820

Classy. Maybe not so many spokes as this one; it's kind of busy. But you get what I'm saying.
Yup. I do get what you're saying. It's just that I'm unable to visualize those on that car. Don't forget that the damned thing was made in the 1980s. Heh!

Yup. I do get what you're saying. It's just that I'm unable to visualize those on that car. Don't forget that the damned thing was made in the 1980s. Heh!

It'll look pimp, for sure. Especially if you ditch the black vinyl for white. But talk to your guy. He might be able to help you out visually.

Where are the spinners? No ride like that is complete without a $5000 set of rims!
You did read that the car is only going to be worth about $2,000 even AFTER having been fixed up, yes?

It'll look pimp, for sure. Especially if you ditch the black vinyl for white. But talk to your guy. He might be able to help you out visually.
LOL! Uh ... I don't want it to look "pimped out" any more than is absolutely necessary. :p

Volvos were built that way for many years, largely because of their insistence on building safe cars. I like Volovs, or use to before their merger with Ford. :(
One of the good things that came out of the Ford's acquisition of the British Leyland brands was the Jag chassis on the new Mustangs. I test drove one the other day and it was FUN!

LOL! Uh ... I don't want it to look "pimped out" any more than is absolutely necessary. :p

These rims are absolutely necessary.

You did read that the car is only going to be worth about $2,000 even AFTER having been fixed up, yes?
That's the irony in the way things seem to work. The POS Cutlass that's barely worth $500 gets a $5000 set of rims. Drive around Atlanta sometime, RDU is probably similar, and look at what the ghetto kids are driving.

These rims are absolutely necessary.
LMAO! Well, I'll think about it. :D

That's the irony in the way things seem to work. The POS Cutlass that's barely worth $500 gets a $5000 set of rims. Drive around Atlanta sometime, RDU is probably similar, and look at what the ghetto kids are driving.
I know! I saw one the other day with HUGE rims and those low-profile tires and thought "WTF, over??" If they can find the money to buy expensive rims, why don't they find the money to buy a decent car? :confused: