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Cincy 2003 - the planning starts now
count me in for a sawzall and about 600 horseys (i'll tow the front center, engine and all).
muahahaha
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Haygood" <theonlyred16v@hotmail.com>
To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: Cincy 2003 - the planning starts now
> haha, all who pull the ricer apart should get a small "Rice Burner" sticker
> for their cars.
>
> We have to make the car look like it was a real ricer, so the ricer's get
> really ticked off.
>
> Seriously, here is how I picture it. We start the video like a feature
> article on the ricer (Somebody bring a babe in a bikini!). Keep the camera
> far enough back that you can't spot the fact that the GIANT spoiler is paper
> mache, it's only lowered because it has no springs, etc. I bet someone
> could pick up a huge chrome tip (and return it later if you want) from
> FLAPS. A few cans of chrome spray paint can dress up the wheels. Maybe
> some flourescent lights can be placed underneath to look like they are part
> of the car. Who knows what else? If somebody gets some ricer interior
> footage we can splice in, it would look like it has a decked out interior.
> We also need somebody to hand paint some kind of crud on it that looks like
> the usual vinyl. Anybody know how to write "Honda's suck" in chinese? Just
> good enough so the camera can't tell from several yards away that this isn't
> a totally built ricer. Then...
>
> zoom back.
> zoom back. What are those chains for?
> zoom out.
> zoom out. What are those Scirocco's for??
> zoom out.
> Engine's racing...
>
> (the floor pan is cut completely into five sections, one for each corner,
> and the rear (trunk/hatch, rear bumper, etc.), The A, B, and C-pillars are
> cut 90% of the way through from the inside. the door hinges are cut or the
> hinge pins and latches removed, the rear axle is unbolted (if it has one,
> how the heck should I know). The engine is free of everything but the front
> crossmember.
>
> 8 'rocco's are attached.
> one for each corner, one for each door (ten rocco's if its a 4-door), one
> for the back axle/rear bumper, one for the front bumper/ engine.
>
> READDYYYY!!!!
>
> GO!
>
> We'd have to add some noise to the video, since the car won't make much
> noise as it breaks apart.
>
> Notes:
>
> Must use heavy chain, not tow straps, otherwise the parts will be catapulted
> into the pulling cars.
>
> A little grass fire never killed anyone. Oh, wait. I guess it did.
> Nevermind.
>
> As outlined above, the doors would pull off, then the whole car would be
> spread way out, stretching the roof and pillars flat with the sheetmetal
> from the corners stratched way out, then BOING! The first corner would pop
> off. The other three driver's might have to reposition, to pull off each
> successive corner.
>
> I'd love to see a civic split so wide open that it takes up 30 feet in
> diameter before it snaps.
>
> BH
>
> I knew my engineering degree would come in handy some day. Bring plenty of
> sawzalls and extra blades!
>
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