Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Thursday March 28, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
NASIOC
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC Miscellaneous > Off-Topic

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-24-2021, 03:07 PM   #701
torquemada
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 128484
Join Date: Oct 2006
Chapter/Region: International
Location: Germany
Vehicle:
2006 EDM WRX STI
WRB

Default

* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
torquemada is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 02-26-2021, 12:34 PM   #702
torquemada
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 128484
Join Date: Oct 2006
Chapter/Region: International
Location: Germany
Vehicle:
2006 EDM WRX STI
WRB

Default

torquemada is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-26-2021, 01:29 PM   #703
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default

Its engine




Oh my
lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-12-2021, 07:58 PM   #704
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default



neat
lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2021, 02:42 PM   #705
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default

Antarctic Snow Cruiser



tl ; dr: They used smooth tires on ice and seemed shocked this big bastard didn't move forward but did have some luck going backwards.

Quote:
Originally Posted by wiki
The Snow Cruiser arrived at Little America in the Bay of Whales, Antarctica with United States Antarctic Service Expedition in early January 1940 and experienced many problems. It was necessary to construct a ramp from timber to unload the vehicle. As the vehicle was unloaded from the ship, one of the wheels broke through the ramp. The crew cheered when Poulter powered the vehicle free from the ramp but the cheers fell silent when the vehicle failed to move through the snow and ice. The large, smooth, treadless tires were originally designed for a large swamp vehicle; they spun freely and provided very little forward movement, sinking as much as 3 feet (0.91 m) into the snow. The crew attached the two spare tires to the front wheels of the vehicle and installed chains on the rear wheels, but were unable to overcome the lack of traction. The crew later found that the tires produced more traction when driven backwards. The longest trek was 92 miles (148 km) – driven completely in reverse. On January 24, 1940, Poulter returned to the United States, leaving F. Alton Wade in charge of a partial crew. The scientists conducted seismologic experiments, cosmic-ray measurements, and ice core sampling while living in the snow- and timber-covered Snow Cruiser. Funding for the project was canceled as the focus in the United States became World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser
lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2021, 03:08 PM   #706
Hondaslayer
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4562
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Auburn, WA
Vehicle:
2014 Electric Datsun
2005 Adventure van

Default

“Hey, it barely moves? I know! Let’s drive it nearly a hundred miles into Antarctica”

This, from the “Greatest” generation.
Hondaslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2021, 04:11 PM   #707
torquemada
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 128484
Join Date: Oct 2006
Chapter/Region: International
Location: Germany
Vehicle:
2006 EDM WRX STI
WRB

Default



Quote:
Like the MAZ-7904, this unnamed vehicle was based on a missile transporter erector launcher, specifically a 12-wheeled MAZ-547 with its engine and transmissions removed. Lowered over top of it, per ZR.ru, was the body of an ex-military Kolomna DM62 "Mashka" diesel-electric locomotive (number 1727), which brought its 14D40 power plant with it. This 150.6-liter, two-stroke diesel V12 produced about 1,970 horsepower, which a book excerpt on a Russian forum says channeled into a 1,300-kilowatt traction DC generator, ordinarily used to power the locomotive's traction motors.
Quote:
What exactly happened when technicians fired up this train-truck-thing for the first time is debated, though all accounts agree it wasn't good. One story suggests the machine moved a short distance before its third axle failed and its fourth set of wheels broke away completely, while another says it gushed hydraulic fluid from innumerable leaks. It seems the experiment was deemed a failure then and there, and the vehicle was mounted on static axles, repainted in its original locomotive livery, and put on display outside Kolomna's VNIKTI Institute.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/39244/...rlanding-train
torquemada is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2021, 08:20 PM   #708
car_cursed
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 85327
Join Date: Apr 2005
Chapter/Region: RMIC
Location: Sandy, UT
Vehicle:
1964 Miata
Hairdresser Red

Default

I just had a customer request to ship one of these. Did not know they existed.

Caddyshack Motorhome

car_cursed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-15-2021, 09:31 PM   #709
Hondaslayer
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4562
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Auburn, WA
Vehicle:
2014 Electric Datsun
2005 Adventure van

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by torquemada View Post
TFW: It’s clear that lemming had no clue when it was suggested he “put a train on that bitch”
Hondaslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 12:44 PM   #710
Reciprocity
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 1165
Join Date: Mar 2000
Default



Found randomly on Reddit with just these details: 1999 Acura Integra with a mid-mounted twin turbo 500ci Cadillac V8
Reciprocity is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 02:53 PM   #711
Vostok 7
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 30209
Join Date: Nov 2002
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Washington State
Vehicle:
2017 BMW 540i xDrive
Alpine White

Default

I like the subtle widebody.
Vostok 7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 02:54 PM   #712
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default

lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 02:56 PM   #713
Hondaslayer
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4562
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Auburn, WA
Vehicle:
2014 Electric Datsun
2005 Adventure van

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vostok 7 View Post
I like the subtle widebody.
Oh, wow. Didn’t notice that at first.
Hondaslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 02:59 PM   #714
sixty3
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 253189
Join Date: Jul 2010
Chapter/Region: South East
Location: Louisville Ky
Vehicle:
2016 SS
Black

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaslayer View Post
Oh, wow. Didn’t notice that at first.
Subtliest
sixty3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 03:07 PM   #715
Reciprocity
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 1165
Join Date: Mar 2000
Default

Nice find!

Bummer about those vents on the rear...IMO makes the "OK, something is quite different" too obvious. But it's still 99.99999% cool.
Reciprocity is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2021, 03:12 PM   #716
Hondaslayer
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4562
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Auburn, WA
Vehicle:
2014 Electric Datsun
2005 Adventure van

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Reciprocity View Post
Nice find!

Bummer about those vents on the rear...IMO makes the "OK, something is quite different" too obvious. But it's still 99.99999% cool.
Agreed, but they are clean. The rest is subtle enough to call it “show car” while wondering why that Cadillac sounds off lol
Hondaslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2021, 01:26 PM   #717
Vostok 7
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 30209
Join Date: Nov 2002
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Washington State
Vehicle:
2017 BMW 540i xDrive
Alpine White

Default



https://carsandbids.com/auctions/Kdp...CZkIxTF2Db8uG8

Lord forgive me, I'd drive the heck out of it.
Vostok 7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2021, 01:34 PM   #718
Pat Bateman
DUNCE
 
Member#: 275442
Join Date: Mar 2011
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Vehicle:
This Face
Seats Five

Default

I've wanted a lowered Roadmaster or similar with a faster V8 just like that for awhile now, but it never dawned on me that I also really want a lifted one as well.
Pat Bateman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2021, 01:45 PM   #719
Hondaslayer
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4562
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Auburn, WA
Vehicle:
2014 Electric Datsun
2005 Adventure van

Default

Kinda feels like a halfassed youtuber expedition diesel Mercedes wagon.

Had one of those traded in at my old work. Light blue, 47,000 miles. Still had the factory plastic covering the back seat. ****ing mint.

“Send it to wholesale”

Seriously?
Hondaslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2021, 02:29 PM   #720
car_cursed
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 85327
Join Date: Apr 2005
Chapter/Region: RMIC
Location: Sandy, UT
Vehicle:
1964 Miata
Hairdresser Red

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Bateman View Post
I've wanted a lowered Roadmaster or similar with a faster V8 just like that for awhile now, but it never dawned on me that I also really want a lifted one as well.


Dax Shepard has a sweet one.

car_cursed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2021, 05:13 PM   #721
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default

Original JDM B5 RS4 imported to the USA modified to be a "Safari"



https://www.motor1.com/news/502644/a...-safari-video/


-- I didn't read/watch long enough to see how this is road legal as they claim it's a DD.
lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2021, 12:46 AM   #722
Vostok 7
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 30209
Join Date: Nov 2002
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Washington State
Vehicle:
2017 BMW 540i xDrive
Alpine White

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by lag View Post
Original JDM B5 RS4 imported to the USA modified to be a "Safari"

https://www.motor1.com/news/502644/a...-safari-video/


-- I didn't read/watch long enough to see how this is road legal as they claim it's a DD.
...JDM?
Vostok 7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2021, 02:36 AM   #723
lag
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 34631
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Momma Didn't Love Me
Default

Originally sold in Japan.
lag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2021, 03:27 AM   #724
Vostok 7
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 30209
Join Date: Nov 2002
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Washington State
Vehicle:
2017 BMW 540i xDrive
Alpine White

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by lag View Post
Originally sold in Japan.
JDM: Japanese Domestic Market. As in, Japanese made things made for the Japanese market.

If the Germans are making things domestically in Japan again, I'd be worried.
Vostok 7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2021, 04:58 AM   #725
samb
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 177235
Join Date: Apr 2008
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Washington
Vehicle:
2016 Focus RS
2002 WRX Wagon

Default

Calm your tits you knew what he meant.
samb is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:59 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.