Miscellaneous Stuff

[neanderthal]

Sum like dat.

[MR2 Fan]

Dall-E mini is out (This is the fully AI generated image creator) so I decided to see what it would do with "concept car" and "concept car 1980s". Interesting results. The way this works is still a mystery to me

[XHawkeye]

The Mazda 323 4X4 was available in two versions: the Lux, with alloy wheels, bodykit and plenty of equipment, or the more basic Rallye, with steel wheels and black bumpers. The latter was designed to be adapted by enthusiasts as a competition car.

[XHawkeye]

The brochure described the widely-praised 323 4X4 as 'a shining example of the Mazda philosophy of achieving success by stretching the technological envelope of the conventional car'. To back this claim up, plenty of detailed background information was provided.

[Dicknose]

Australia got a lot more Ford Laser TX3 Turbo than the Mazda. Pretty much same car, the TX3 was built in Japan while most other Lasers were assembled in Australia.
Plenty of Laser buyers had no idea that they were buying a 323 clone!

[XHawkeye]

Who remembers the Camel Trophy? The pictures alone are incredible: https://buff.ly/3HC5mf8.

[Leon]

Australia got a lot more Ford Laser TX3 Turbo than the Mazda. Pretty much same car, the TX3 was built in Japan while most other Lasers were assembled in Australia.
Plenty of Laser buyers had no idea that they were buying a 323 clone!

Now the BF and BG four wheel drive Familia's are unicorns, because their running gear was made out of butter, with a side serving of hopes and prayers. But you could get decent power out of the engines. Not the ideal combination.

A friend had a fairly heavily breathed on BFMR, and I was able to hold out an Sti coupe off over a mountain range.

[George]

Who remembers the Camel Trophy? The pictures alone are incredible: https://buff.ly/3HC5mf8.

Only the name. I never followed it. I do remember the Camel Guy being in ads in Road & Track magazine when I had a subscription in the early/mid 1980s. He was a curly-haired blonde guy in safari clothes doing manly things like arm-wresting in a bar in a jungle with a cigarette in his mouth.

The Marlboro Man rode a horse, but Camel Guy flew small planes and climbed mountains and so forth. This was before cartoon smokesperson Joe Camel made the scene.


Rollin'
In my old '5-0*
With the rag top down
So my hair can blow...




*for 1950

Yes, I know that rounded hood and rounded front fenders didn't appear on Jeeps until around 1953, but such are the demands of songwriting.

[XHawkeye]

Craziest spot of my life. Fairbanks, Alaska and a 300SL Gullwing from Luxembourg that they drove from Halifax. They are heading up the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse next.

[Godson]

What the fuck.

Talk about lighting money on fire.