Fast and Loud

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I've only watched a bit of an episode. I heard they sinned and sacrilegiously modified a Ferrari F40. Not sure about that.
 
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They were given the opportunity to buy a wrecked F40. The price was 400K. Gas Monkey called his deep pockets friend to help fund the build. Deep pockets put up 400K for the car. Gas Monkey put 300K parts and labor. They had the frame straighted by a local ferrari shop, put some upgraded turbos on, and painted the car black. Deep pockets liked the car so much when finished, he bought Gas Monkey out of his 300K plus 100K. Gas Monkey made 100K profit. Deep Pockets got a car he valued at 1 million for 800K.
 
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I usally catch the reruns on the weekend. Good show. The man likes his beer. He once calculated his profit on a quick flip in cases of beer.

Currently i am about 100 miles south of their shop. (The old one.) I have actually been by there turned around to make sure that it was what i thought it was, seen the old shop truck and a few older cars...a 32 t bucket rat rod. which i found on e bay. The bidding was at 14,000 and had not met the reserve. And what looked like a 64-ish Impala.

Any way fun to watch.
 
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Good show.

Rawling's Mustang is a particularly intresting thing to me.

I should hate it. ....but I don't.


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One thing I like about the show is every car does not have to be a piece of art. Sometimes they drag stuff in get it running and driving and sell it to pay for the big overhaul projects. See a lot of interesting stuff. Dude has a knack for finding stuff!
 
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I think it is a pretty good show, Aaron is pretty talented. I am not a big fan of how they bastardize some of their builds. I guess it is the essence of hot rodding, but they could try to keep things at least within the same manufacturer. That Dodge truck they build had a Ford front end, Chevy motor and tranny and Dodge frame and body. How would you like to be the guy who owns that truck when it is time to go to the auto parts store.
 
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coors40light said:
I think it is a pretty good show, Aaron is pretty talented. I am not a big fan of how they bastardize some of their builds. I guess it is the essence of hot rodding, but they could try to keep things at least within the same manufacturer. That Dodge truck they build had a Ford front end, Chevy motor and tranny and Dodge frame and body. How would you like to be the guy who owns that truck when it is time to go to the auto parts store.
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That's what makes them different and a fresh look on the same style show that's been made 20 different ways. They aren't just going to remake a classic. They add flair to it.
 
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volfanbill said:
That's what makes them different and a fresh look on the same style show that's been made 20 different ways. They aren't just going to remake a classic. They add flair to it.
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Understood. But i think Aaron has a comfort zone with certain components, i.e. Chevy motors and Ford front ends when it comes to his builds. I would prefer to keep it within the manufacturers profile of products. For example, they could have put a number of Mopar motors (Viper v10, late model Hemi, build 360 or 440) in that truck that would have been bad ass.

Instead, that poor guy has to get plugs and oil filter for an LS motor, brake pads for a Crown Victoria and drum shoes for a 61 Dodge pick up when it is time to perform routine maintanance.
 
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I enjoy the show and take it for what it is.. entertainment. Richard and the crew do some good work and I like most of what they have put out on the show. Richard loves cars and loves making money and it's fun to see his vision for each car or truck he finds. I will have to say some of the interiors they have done are terrible.
 
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coors40light said:
Understood. But i think Aaron has a comfort zone with certain components, i.e. Chevy motors and Ford front ends when it comes to his builds. I would prefer to keep it within the manufacturers profile of products. For example, they could have put a number of Mopar motors (Viper v10, late model Hemi, build 360 or 440) in that truck that would have been bad ass.

Instead, that poor guy has to get plugs and oil filter for an LS motor, brake pads for a Crown Victoria and drum shoes for a 61 Dodge pick up when it is time to perform routine maintanance.
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That's not much different than buying them all as Mopar products. It isn't like he was actually going to hit up the Chrysler dealership for parts to a 40+ year old truck anyway. Besides, they've made plenty of rebuilds to classics. They wanted a "Frankenstein" and it made interesting TV.
 
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