80's body kit time!

The Sbarro Golf with the 930-turbo engine on a hydraulically-lowered engine bay was cool back then, and I'd rock it today.

So where are all these cars we are laughing at now? I'd rock most of them! (the cars of my youth right there!)

93EXCivic wrote: In a bad german accent "STOP.....ITS HAMMER TIME!"

The wide body 6 and the Zakspeed Capri look awesome!

this has made me want to dig through my stuff and pull out the pictures and brochures from the 1985 Frankfurt Auto show that my Dad took me to when we lived in Germany. (Of to the basement when I get home)

I like all of these things.

^^ I should really hate that. If it were described to me over the phone I would hate it. But... I don't. I love it. There's something wrong with me.

TIme to add my own - I think this kit was actually a factory variant, or at least very, very common:

This one doesn't have the Testarossa louvers, but it's in the correct colour: Want.

mmrrmmm... Renault Alpine. One of the few french cars I would sell body parts for

A personal favorite:

One day I should scan my old Zender catalog.

David S. Wallens wrote: Today I'm going to scan my old Zender catalog.

Fixed for ya

It's the master catalog circa 1993, so it's going to be a big scanning job. Zender stuff was tasteful for the day, however. They didn't go off the reservation like some others.

David S. Wallens wrote: It's the master catalog circa 1993, so it's going to be a big scanning job. Zender stuff was tasteful for the day, however. They didn't go off the reservation like some others.

Don't you have an intern for such important matters?

E30 anyone?

all stolen from one of the mega-ist 80s body kit threads known to mankind

We tend to blame the the Fast & Furious movies for all the automotive butchery - I kinda forgot that this was going on before those E36 M3ty movies came out.

darkbuddha wrote: A personal favorite:

Flares without the wheels to back them up is just about the worst thing you can do to any car.

Another 5 inches of wheel and tire and that thing would be awesome.

^^^ Maybe he is running on the spares?

Some of those kits would not be bad aside from the gullwing doors and Testarossa side strakes. especailly the black 911 (that might need a spoilerectomy too)

mad_machine wrote: Some of those kits would not be bad aside from the gullwing doors and Testarossa side strakes. [ ... ] the black 911 [ ... ] might need a spoilerectomy too

LIES.

pinchvalve wrote: The Sbarro Golf with the 930-turbo engine on a hydraulically-lowered engine bay was cool back then, and I'd rock it today. So where are all these cars we are laughing at now? I'd rock most of them! (the cars of my youth right there!)

I was about to say, "WUTTHEHELLISGOINGONHERE", but you beat me to it with the explanation.

Hmm, I do have a black Starion sitting that's been sitting in a garage doing nothing for the last 3 1/2 years...

Speaking of black hatches, I'll gander that the designer of the M-coupe had this page of the magazine stuck together.

what were the little white hatchbacks that looked like rally fodder? There was a sea of those things in that shot....

ultraclyde wrote: what were the little white hatchbacks that looked like rally fodder? There was a sea of those things in that shot....

This one.

MG Metro 6R4. MG's Group B car and one of my dream cars.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Jay wrote: ^^ I should really hate that. If it were described to me over the phone I would hate it. But... I don't. I love it. There's something wrong with me.

This was Pioneers show car for awhile, I used to see it at audio shows in upstate New York when I was ten or so.

what's under the panel in the front trunk lid anyway? More lights?

and what is the black hatch up above.. looks like an Opel emblem on the rear