What is your dream project car??

Like our resident Napolis's dream to build the P4/5, what would be your dream project car?

Mine, is somewhat less glamorous, but much more realistic for me. When I was in high school, my first car was a Jeep Wrangler that I had jacked 7" on 35" mud tires, I loved that thing, and I still regret having to sell it. When I get the chance and the extra money, I'm going to build the ultimate Jeep (or at least have it built for me). It will be completely custom from scratch by the best shop I can find to build it. Here are some of the specs I have in mind:

- On the body of either an old CJ-7 or a newer TJ Wrangler. Either way it will be completely stripped.
- Drop in a new heavy duty V8 from a Hummer or anything that could fit in there
- 44"x"19" Super Swamper Bogger tires on 12" of suspension lift (it's going to be massive)
- A drive train / manual tranny that can handle the massive tires
- Paint it like an old WW2 Willy's Jeep, flat army green with white stars, black wheels
- Also, I want the interior WW2 themed, with custom leather work and gauges made like that era

It's going to be the most badass Jeep anyone's ever seen, and I think that even with doing the whole project top of the line, I could still do it for less than $50k.

 

Here are some pictures of my old Jeep, that one was 35" tires on 7" of lift... the one I want to build will be 44" tires on 12" of lift... so MUCH bigger. And yes, I went to many monster truck rallies when I was a kid growing up in Texas.
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Haha that Jeep looks like fun..

I have a few project cars that I want to do at some point in the future..

-Porsche 944 Turbo- flat black, gutted, caged, big turbo, 968 tranny, "Big Red" brake upgrade
-Porsche 914- flared fenders, 911 motor (turbo?)
-Datsun 240z- RB26DETT motor, restored exterior, 240sx rear subframe for better suspension set up, etc...
-Mistubishi Eclipse GSX- 2nd gen, built to hell (sleeper), a guy I used to know had one as a daily driver with close to 500hp, nothing like seeing him launch it at the track with all 4 wheels spinning through 1st and 2nd

 

Not a Jeep fan, but those are awesome photos!

The *DREAM* build would to design an exotic in America, with an Italian and German heritage being its base. Something light, powerful, sleek, and jaw-dropping with a sweet exhaust note; while at the same time remaining somewhat low-key and usable everyday.

That is my dream.

Last year I sold my truck. It was my baby for 7 years. Had all my memories from my senior year of high school and college in it. Recently I began missing it severely. I'd love to get another and trick it out again. Do everything I wanted to do before. Although I sort of want to bag it, but at the same time just have a really low static drop.

Pretty cool idea for a thread.

 

I've always wanted to do a street legal 3.0L IMSA Datsun 240Z or maybe a 280Z IMSA Turbo like the one on the bottom.
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Reminds me of my 1st car. I had a Honda Del Sol that I dumped close to $10k into. It got stolen the day I finished ordering the last of the parts I needed for my turbo set up. Me and my friend were going to do the install over spring break that year. I still really miss that car and have thoguht about doing another one. But I have a little rule about owning the same car twice. There are so many cool cars out there, why repeat?

 

All my friends had muscle cars 69 Camero SS, 72 Fastback, 73 Road runner, and a 73 Z28. Some were destroyed, some were a complete blast, and all were in pieces every weekend.

I used to have “Da Beast”. It was my project car in high school. Well it wasn’t a car it was “Da Beast”. She was a 72’ Ford F250 Custom High Boy. 429 bored over to a 459. Custom edelbrock intake, custom pitons and rods, crack shaft from a two truck (seriously more torque than anything I have ever seen), Ultimate transmission, Dana 66 rear, Dana 64 front. 44” super swampers. 5 in suspension lift, 3 in body lift. 3 ton winch in the bed for when I got stuck. Desert camouflage paint job. I had duel straight pipe exhaust but one muffler caught on a rock while climbing one day, ripped it off, so I cut off the other. Sooooo loud. People sometimes make the comments about being able to hear you coming a mile away, literally my parents could hear me coming home from two blocks down.

I smoked all of my fiends. Ahhh the good times. It wasn’t pretty it was a rock climber with no tail lights and no turn signals. I would always get pulled over going to or coming from Hollister. It was dented, battered, beaten, and bruised. Just writing this brings back some good old memories…

Da beast when up inflames after the dash caught fire and the fire extinguisher I had was from he same year the truck was made so it didn’t do anything. I bailed out, called 911, called my buddy and told him to come get me and bring some marshmallows.

I am about to start working on 71 Chevelle with my little bro. I am far more responsible now and this one is going to become more of a show and cruiser car then a steer racing dragster.

 

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And you're going after ricers on another thread?!? Pot, Kettle, Kettle, Pot.

 

I'm thinking of building an H1 for a just in case vehicle, to have something to drive when it hits the fan

I'm thinking diesel w extra large fuel tanks, brushguards, winches, CB, exterior roll cage, roof rack, solar panels,

Everything you'll need AFTER Armageddon LO

 

That's cool! Don't forget a machine gun on the roof for protection...

 

WTF is ricer about a Fiat X-19 made in italy. I think you missed that one real bad...and show me a ricer that does 1.6 g lateral in the turns and can spank any ferrari on a canyon road???? Exactly... And for the record I never bashed ricers, I just posted a funny video of a guy going ape **** over someone wrecking his car....

 

BMW M1 Procar

 

These guys have what you need

www.earthroamer.com

 

Nordschleife Monster. 1 off, faster then anything around a turn. +mechanical grip -aero grip.

EDIT: Oh god, i just woke up!.....

 

Finish rebuilding my 1984 Mustang SVO. Had this car for 20 years now and have put it through numerous track events and absolutely loved how balanced the car was.

Time and technology move forward, so I've started to rebuild it how I want, but with a 1 year old, almost all progress has stopped. What it will have (when I can finish it):

- 2.5 liter, 4 cylinder stroker motor (2.3 liter stock) already built by Racer Walsh
- Esslinger Alumunim D-Port head and high lift cam (already bolted on short block)
- Fully ported, polished head, and port-matched intake and exhaust manifolds
- T04e turbocharger
- Front mount intercooler
- 3" downtube and exhaust
- Maximum Motorsport coil-over suspension
- SN95 spindles and 13" Cobra brakes

Should be making about 350 - 375 horsepower (at the flywheel) when done. Not too shabby for a 3000 pound car.

 

Suuurrrre I have. Some might say that what you've done is take a beautiful X-19 and turned into a monstrosity. Everything is in the eye of the beholder. FWIW I like your X-19 but that's just me. I'm into 1970-80s style flares and such. I'm just not Eurocentric like so many people here seem to be. Oh, and just because a car was make in Italy doesn't mean it can't be "Ricer". That term has moved out of the general lexicon of simply being a hot rod Japanise car to any car that isn't tastefuly modified.

As far as as a Japanise car (I guess under your classification system they're all "ricers") take your pick from some of these: http://www.mr2ownersclub.com/mr2records/mr2records.htm

Specifically your X-19 WONT beat this MR2 Turbo (600hp & 400 ft lbs of torque. 10 sec 1/4 mile @ 130mph. Holds 5 SCCA SM2 Hill climb records. The car hasn't lost a hill climb in 2&1/2 years. In 2006 it won both the PHA SCCA SM2 hillclimb championship and the NEPA SCCA SM2 autocross championship): http://www.jekylhyderacing.com/hyde/resume.htm

Oh, and it's 100% street legal with stock bodywork. How many hill climbs has your X-19 won?

 

A replica of this, complete with Ferrari V-12 power.
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I have a few

Right now one of my dream projects is going on which is my Pontiac fiero, yeah its not going to have a V8 or anything like that but its an 84 2M4 with 87k orginal miles on it and the cars engine doesn't look so bad, everything underneith is in showroom condition, its the outside that exciets me because its going to need a ton of work and once iam done with that it will become my daily driver. Its not much but its been one of my dreams to take something and do something with it and well why not do it on one of my favorite cars.

Mine would have to be a Lamborghini Diablo or Countach or even a Murcielago project build up something that its got alot of work done to it. Ultimately I would want my car to be more than capable of beating a Sus Hayabusa GSX-R 1300 the car would make more than 700hp on low boost and only god knows how much with high boost I just want something that would be nasty to run against. I will own that car in the future just not quite right now but it means the world to me oh and its gotta be blue.

The second would be a Factory Five GTM and the 3rd would be an Ultima GTR twin turbo with the Chevy LS7 motor in it. But almost any kitcar would be my dream build next to my dreamcar.

Last but not least a twin turbo z06, twin turbo viper and a turbo supra. I always wondered how would it feel to build one of those monsters. To me thats how a tunercar should be.

 

Interesting.. watch this... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7481966643412094657&q=fastest+cars&total=28253&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=7

better watch this... first..

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4039536226454557146&q=fastest+cars+israels&total=49&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

 

in the day, those x-19's were made as race cars by dallara...they were hillclimb monsters! actually made in the day of the group 5 lancia monte carlo turbos which were so quick, winning many sports car endurance races. they even beat the 935's!!

the x-19 in the video is a beast!!! probably a ttod car at virtually any event assuming an atlantic car does not show up.

 

Good luck, when the first person dings your 'door' you'll be trapped inside.

 

Take a car that is now seen as the bottom of the food chain, such as a Mondial 8. Gut the interior, and use the longer wheelbase chassis to create a more roomy two-seater GT, complete with completely custom interior and CF dash.

Rebuild the engine, derestricting the two-valver and adding turbo or supercharging to get about 300 rwhp.

Replace the brake system with F430 ceramics, upgrade the suspension to high-quality adjustable units.

Finally rebody in hand-hammered aluminum in the finest carrozzeria tradition. The shape would be something along the lines of the 288 GTO Evoluzione.
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Short of that, just getting a tired 308GTBi and bringing it back to life would be good too. Not a full restoration, but a series of refurbishments and improvements. Now that the car is getting older, in some states the smog equipment can come off. Replace the exhaust, take all of the restrictive items off, change the cams and FI to let the engine breathe.

 

Very cool dreams!

 

I want one of these, 1964 Thunderbird Convertible in Samoan Coral. Black leather interior with a Roadster kit and Kelsey Hayes wire wheels. The 428 engine would be preferred, but the 390 will do. I'd like to update all the running gear, suspension, and brakes to give it a little more modern feel, but what a great car.
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