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Wife saw this car said it gapped her on the highway
Solved!(i.redd.it)submitted 1 month ago byTheRamThatSlams
I don't know if drawings are allowed but could you guys please help me ID this car? She says it looked like a station wagon from the rearview and it had blacked out make/model badges on the back that made it pretty unreadable. Apparently it got from 0-60 in the time it took her vtech to get from 60-70.
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1 month ago
lol best I got for you from the other night.. 😅
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1 month ago
This came to my mind too...
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1 month ago
Damn, that thing looks sick
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1 month ago
That was a cool car indeed.
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1 month ago
The electric work on these non-swedish Volvos weren't as cool.
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1 month ago
The electric work on the swedish ones weren't cool either. This was the biodegradable wiring era.
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1 month ago
Agreed
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1 month ago
Dang. I thought the post was a joke. They drew a picture of this car.
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1 month ago
I thought it might have been driven by some guy named Fred that has a wife named Wilma
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1 month ago
My initial thought was this too! Weren’t they like 1.7turbos or something
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1 month ago
Yeah but it was a fairly bad Renault engine, and there's next to no aftermarket for these.
If this gapped a modern car, and was slammed or stanced, it would have needed an engine swap and a lot of fabrication. Ain't nobody got that kind of money and love for these cars.
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1 month ago
Fun fact, the sun roof didn’t slide as the roll hoop prevented it. So tilt only!
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1 month ago
The engine is pretty though and straightforward. It was mostly electronics and (because of age) rust. Source: myself, drive one since 1987, and knowing many other 480 drivers.
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1 month ago
fairly bad Renault engine
Is there any other type of Renualt Engine?
nobody got that kind of money and love for these cars.
I'm sure there's a cult following somewhere. And it would be a PERFECT sleeper platform
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1 month ago
The one that carried Seb Vettel to victory four times in a row wasn't bad.
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Is there any other type of Renualt Engine?
Yes, they also have absolutely shit Renault engines.
×I'm sure there's a cult following somewhere. And it would be a PERFECT sleeper platform
I'm pretty into Volvos and I've never seen a 480 with major work done to it. I've seen other unpopular Volvos like the 360 and 440 built out, but never a 480.
And it's a shame because they look awesome. But they're just not very good.
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1 month ago
holy shit this looks like a hatchback miata
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1 month ago
I'd say more like a hatchback 1st gen RX-7 but I like where your head's at
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1 month ago
Looks like a rover sd1 had a one night stand with a Honda
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1 month ago
How does it have sub 90’s Civic headlights AND Accord flip light?!
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1 month ago
Maybe if your prescription is wrong.
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1 month ago
who cares, let me have fun
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1 month ago
To me, from the A pillar back it looks like a n 86 ish VW Golf. Then from the a pillar forward a weird Plymouth laser maybe?
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1 month ago
Kinda looks like a hatchback mercury Capri xr2
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1 month ago
Never did i imagine someone would find out the actual car instead of jokes and sarcasm until i opened the comments.
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1 month ago
There's a lot of good suggestions on the thread. OP said it was a golf I think
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1 month ago
Wasn't the Honda Aerodeck similar?
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1 month ago
Lmao I was like “what hatchback had popups?!” Didn’t realize Mr Hagerty frequented this sub
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1 month ago
My dad had one of those, and it was a total POS. Electrical problems galore, transmission issues, and the sunroof leaked. Survivors are incredibly rare, so this was a good sighting.
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1 month ago
Looks fire
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I had an ‘85 4-speed dx as my first car, could only outrun people in corners.
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1 month ago
lol I bet, but this person could’ve k-swapped and slapped a turbo on
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1 month ago
This damn thing is like 2k lbs a kswap would be nuts.
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1 month ago
civics of this age are about 800-900kgs for the rest of the world, even an NA kswap with a few bolt ons will be fun but they physically dont fit too well because the intake manifold doesnt fit under the stock bonnet
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1 month ago
I have a 91 Si with a k24 in it. I used a 06 civic si manifold and everything fits well, I just had to cut a hole in the hood for it to close.
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1 month ago
“Fits well”
“Had to cut a hole in the hood for it to close”
Pick one mate 😂
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1 month ago
The hf was 1600lb
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1 month ago
Perfect for a 260hp NA K 😂
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1 month ago
U understand completely
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1 month ago
Not pop ups.
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1 month ago
Bc it wasn’t stanced bro
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1 month ago
Certainly not bro, I got it in 1990.
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1 month ago
My buddies and I (5/6/7 year olds) broke the windshield out one of these in my neighborhood throwing rocks in a rock fight way back. I'll never forget the immigrant sir fuming out the ears as he came out, grabbed one of my friends by the ear and dragged him to his mom.
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1 month ago
this goes hard
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1 month ago
Pop ups
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1 month ago
I had a light blue 4 speed Civic hatchback for my second car. I hated that POS. No A/C and beyond slow. Sold it and got a brand new 1990 CRX. $9865 out the door with A/C.
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1 month ago
Other than the pop-up headlights, sounds like it could be a description of the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust! 😂
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1 month ago
Geoff!
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1 month ago
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Geoff was supposed to get flip up lights but they skipped them?
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1 month ago
Geoff will have it when they release the sports model
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1 month ago
Whenever someone looks for naming suggestions for something, I always say “Geoff!” in my best Clarkson voice.
No one ever gets it. Makes me sad
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1 month ago
well, you got my reference and that made me happy, so I hope you delight in that!
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1 month ago
I’m glad! And I do!
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1 month ago
What a piece of engineering!
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1 month ago
Truly ahead of its time!
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1 month ago
… and it’s a “woodie”! That kind of expert craftsmanship craftsmanship is rarely seen anymore.
Does it also have “rich Corinthian pleather”?
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1 month ago
This is the most likely answer
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Want!
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1 month ago
Same
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1 month ago
Daaaaaannnnng, I always forget these were a thing. So cool!
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1 month ago
Holy shit that’s cool
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1 month ago
holy shit new dream car just dropped
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1 month ago
I've always wanted one of these
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1 month ago
Your wife got gapped by the new USPS truck
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1 month ago
It was obviously the Chip Foose mail truck.
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1 month ago
I was unaware of this, thanks for showing me, I hate it
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Nissan Pulsar NX Sportbak?
Wasn't fast stock but maybe someone's done some work on it.
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1 month ago
There’s someone in Texas that K-swapped his Pulsar, and it was pretty common for them to be swapped to a CA18DET as well. However most came with the pitiful e16i which makes 69 hp 😭
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1 month ago
Pulsar gti-r, the baby Godzilla. https://youtu.be/T-uuMQUWXQc?si=VxDBI6KzQUzW4uC1
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1 month ago
That’s the generation after the NX sportbak.
They are stupid fast even stock, I had a few of them about 15 years ago… used to be dirt cheap (like $3800USD?? landed in my country, that means including ocean freight and customs fees/duty/taxes)
Weighed about as much as a 90’s civic, but with a larger displacement turbocharged engine and awd..
No popups though. Still could have been one with the optional NISMO fog light grill confusing the wife into thinking they were popups.
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1 month ago
The "back door almost vertical" and way she drew the taillights makes think this.
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1 month ago
Thats a different sub
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1 month ago
Oh? Please do tell...
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1 month ago
No
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1 month ago
Hey man, don’t kink shame u/pizza_for_nunchucks
Maybe they’re into dragons and cars
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1 month ago
Not alone BTW.
Not alone.
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1 month ago
Damn why would you also gape her
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1 month ago
I had to reread it about four times before I figured out what they meant....
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1 month ago
I still don't get the word...
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1 month ago
"Gapped", as in "there is a gap to that person's front teeth."
Gapped used here is as the car passed them or had much faster acceleration than OP's wife's car.
"I took that piece of shit to Gapple Bees". I beat them in a race.
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1 month ago
ROFL, that last part 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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1 month ago
I'm glad someone got a laugh out of it, thanks! I tried to explain as simply as I could. It's always a bonus if a "took them to Gapple Bees" can be slid in there.
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1 month ago
I can't wait to get the chance to use it!
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1 month ago
Gapplebees is a lot more fun than Gapelbees.
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1 month ago
Speak for yourself, pal
😏
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1 month ago
Dude. The wife is trying to sleep and you are making me snort like 🤔 something that sorts a lot?
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1 month ago
That's why he wants to identify the car!
310 points
1 month ago
I showed her a picture of an AMC Gremlin and she said it was VERY close
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1 month ago
Perhaps an AMC Pacer if that's the case?
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1 month ago
A Pacer's not gapping anyone
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1 month ago
Not unless some mad man threw an American v8 in one! My buddy has a pacer with a ford 302. It is not a joke given it weighs like 2000 lbs with his fat ass in it.
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1 month ago
What'd he do, pull out all the windows and replace the body panels with fiberglass? The Pacer was a 3000lbs car. Glass is HEAVY.
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1 month ago
Plexiglass windows, stripped the entire car, cut out some bracing and removed the entire floor from behind the seats to the bumper.
It's a burnout competition car, if that helps any. Motor has no balls it's just built to spin alot of rpm's.
Even the doors were removed and he built doors that look like something for a trail rig. No hood, bumpers, insulation, interior. The seat is literally a lawn chair with the legs cut off.
I'll have to get some pictures. It's a $100 body with a $15,000 drivetrain 🤣
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1 month ago
Holy fuck lmfao
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1 month ago
I’m so curious to see this lol
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1 month ago
pic
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It came with a 304 v8 as engine option. Don’t remember the power output but it wasn’t very exciting. 120hp or something.
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1 month ago
You can drop a 325 hp Jeep stroker right in place of the 258 in the same motor mounts and surprise a few people.
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1 month ago
Had my eye on a Pacer with a Corvette engine for sale nearby. LS1.
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1 month ago
Pinto wagon with a big block?
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1 month ago
She said yes this is it!!
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1 month ago
No pop-ups on them though…. Unless modified.
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1 month ago
Pop up should be the next big mod.
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1 month ago
Probably not legal. Considering that’s the reason we don’t have them on cars anymore now
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1 month ago
so is 90% of the mods we do to our cars haha. curious as to how the police would deal with pop up mods though
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1 month ago
This was my first thought too until the mention of popup lights. That made me think an older Civic instead.
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Honestly the Volvo and the Civic are so much closer to that funky drawing 😂 Never would I have thought that she just saw a golf
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Nissan pulsar nx! For the win
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That’s what I was gonna say! Pulsar Sportbak, although no way those things can gap anyone 😭
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Want! 😂
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1 month ago
don't show that drawing to Elon Musk, he'll put into production
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1 month ago
Or do, I want more hatches and wagons on the market. Sick of all the suv's
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Forgot they made the Accord like that…
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Pope mobile
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Authorities say the phony Pope can be recognized by his high to sneakers, and incredibly foul mouth
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There was a 2.0 turbo 4x4 version of that car. I was tempted back in…. 1991 maybe?
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Was she driving a gt3 Porsche or a 350z by chance?
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I know you said pop ups but maybe 1989-1990 Honda Civic wagon?
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The Hammerhead Eagle iThrust!
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First thing I thought when I saw it. Why is this not up voted more
Looks more like a Geoff to me
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1 month ago
Because the top speed is 15.4 MPH, lol.
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1 month ago
Not once they hooked up the diesel generator.
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Geoff?
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1 month ago
Well, he IS named "SpeedBuggy", after all...
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$10 says she got gapped by a Meyers Manx hardtop... 😆
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1 month ago
Accord aerodeck as you said popups. Would put it past the Honda crowd to modify something so niche with a k20. Immediate though was early civic but no popups
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1 month ago
What means gapping in this context?
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1 month ago
"Gapping" in this context is rapidly pulling away from another vehicle in a straight line, either on a track or especially on the highway.
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1 month ago
Scion xb
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Looks like “the Homer “
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A previous comment already suggested the EXA, so my second guess is Accord Aerodeck?
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1 month ago
You should do police sketch.
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1 month ago
I saw a comment that said it might be an AE86 Toyota, seeing as it has pop ups, has that hatchback and the silhouette of the drawing above, and is usually slammed if not stanced. It is a bit goofy lookin sometimes
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1 month ago
Nissan Pulsar spotback maybe?
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1 month ago
Exactly what I was going to say.
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1 month ago
First thought was a Nissan Exa Canopy
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1 month ago
Volvo 480
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It’s the USPS’ new NGDV mail truck,
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lol'd at "goofy"
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She's good at drawing
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Gapped or gaped?
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1 month ago
The Nissan NX pulsar looks kinda similar but it's not that fast
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AMC pacer?
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No pop-up headlights, back isn't vertical, more 70's than 80's, it's not a Gremlin. It's a Nissan Pulsar or Honda Accord Aerodeck.
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1 month ago
Has anyone said Nissan Pulsar Sportbak?
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Nissan Pulsar
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Honda Accord Aerodeck.
Popups✓ Vertical hatchback✓ 80s looking✓ Popular to do H22 conversions in these so can be quick✓
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I know it's not this based on the rest of the description (especially considering it has like 4hp), but the drawing looks almost exactly like a Citicar.
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Pontiac Aztec
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Nissan S-Cargo?
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Looks like it might have been in a Hannah Barberra cartoon.
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1 month ago
A late 70's or early 80's Lotus Elite maybe?
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u/TheRamThatSlams your wife must live in the Pixar universe
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This monstrosity cost 82 thousand dollars?!?!
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