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JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 2:23 p.m.

Ok, car stuff out of the way first....dirt cheap Lotus Esprit body for someone to turn into the ultimate challenge car, Lemons entry, etc. And if you look at the seller's other items he has a bitchin' DKW hot rod as well (I really like this guy)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Esprit-Lotus-esprit-Lotus-Esprit-S1-Body-only-for-parts-or-custom-project-series-1-espirit-/171318120861?forcerrptr=true&hash=item27e35b119d&item=171318120861&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

But seriously...scroll through the photos in this ad. Is that a SUBMARINE in this dude's backyard?

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
5/5/14 2:25 p.m.

Sure looks like it.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 UltimaDork
5/5/14 2:27 p.m.

a lotus and a submarine .
Perhaps it is Bond, James Bond.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
5/5/14 2:29 p.m.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-DKW-AUDI-Auto-Union-3-6-F91-DKW-DKW-Auto-Union-Audi-1955-3-6-Hot-Rod-Project-car-classic-/171317347249?forcerrptr=true&hash=item27e34f43b1&item=171317347249&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

Here is the DKW. Also in the pictures, I see a Lotus and a Delorean.

I want to meet this guy.

CGLockRacer
CGLockRacer GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/5/14 2:30 p.m.

Multiple, Lotuseses, a Delorean, DKW, a Cortina?, and a potential submarine? (all seen looking through his DKW and Esprit shell auctions). He must be on this board. And what is that primered van behind the DKW, or that shiny black car?

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 2:35 p.m.
JohnRW1621 wrote: a lotus and a submarine . Perhaps it is Bond, James Bond.

Yeah, that was actually the semi ironic part. When it was first posted by a friend as a potential Lemons car I said only if it was done up like the subarine in Bond. Later we noticed the backyard sub. And yes this dude has a yard full of interesting stuff and we should be friends. I believe fate has put us on opposite sides of the country to prevent all the awesome from putting the country out of balance.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
5/5/14 2:37 p.m.

Wow... so eclectic has hit a whole new level.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/5/14 2:37 p.m.

Shiny black car is a Subaru 360:

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 2:38 p.m.
CGLockRacer wrote: Multiple, Lotuseses, a Delorean, DKW, a Cortina?, and a potential submarine? (all seen looking through his DKW and Esprit shell auctions). He must be on this board. And what is that primered van behind the DKW, or that shiny black car?

Primered van is a VW kit car

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 2:39 p.m.
mndsm wrote: Wow... so eclectic has hit a whole new level.

This is what happens if my wife ever leaves me....fair warning.

well, this and less pants...

eastsidemav
eastsidemav Dork
5/5/14 2:42 p.m.

Thank god Washington state and Ohio are so far apart.

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/5/14 3:15 p.m.

Email him through ebay and ask him.

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/5/14 3:22 p.m.

N/M I went ahead and asked

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/5/14 3:34 p.m.

The sub looks like a smaller version of this German WWII Type-VII

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_VII_submarine

neon4891
neon4891 UltimaDork
5/5/14 3:48 p.m.

This is the best shot of the sub, sadly no tower on it.

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/5/14 3:51 p.m.

Scary, I dont know whats cooler, the lotus or the sub

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 4:01 p.m.
ryanty22 wrote: Scary, I dont know whats cooler, the lotus or the sub

One should never have to choose

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/5/14 4:30 p.m.

The guy just messaged me back. Its a movie effects miniature of a german sub from the movie U-571, its 40 ft long. Thats one hell of a miniature

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/5/14 4:30 p.m.
petegossett wrote: The sub looks like a smaller version of this German WWII Type-VII http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_VII_submarine

2 points for you

JThw8
JThw8 PowerDork
5/5/14 8:17 p.m.
CGLockRacer wrote: And what is that primered van behind the DKW?

Circling back around because I knew I had seen these before but couldn't remember the name. It's a Phoenix kit for a VW bug.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/5/14 8:52 p.m.

In reply to JThw8:

That is awesome!

eastsidemav
eastsidemav Dork
5/5/14 9:15 p.m.

In reply to JThw8:

I want that

SEADave
SEADave Reader
5/9/14 11:51 a.m.

Wow - that's not too far from me and the trip up to Granite Falls is really pretty. If anyone on this board really needs that Lotus body or any of his other stuff, PM me and I might be able to help with pickup/short term storage.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/9/14 11:56 a.m.
JThw8 wrote:
CGLockRacer wrote: And what is that primered van behind the DKW?
Circling back around because I knew I had seen these before but couldn't remember the name. It's a Phoenix kit for a VW bug.

That's a fairly brilliant idea, in a totally 70's kind of way.

failboat
failboat UltraDork
5/9/14 12:06 p.m.
Woody wrote:
JThw8 wrote:
CGLockRacer wrote: And what is that primered van behind the DKW?
Circling back around because I knew I had seen these before but couldn't remember the name. It's a Phoenix kit for a VW bug.
That's a fairly brilliant idea, in a totally 70's kind of way.

Tom should do this with his trooper.

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