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Old May 26, 2010 | 04:50 AM
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Just finshed prepping my car trailer for a trip the the All Ford Nationals In Carlisle, PA. next week.
Yes, its a trailer made from a car.
A buddy of mine came over one day and we applied a sawsall to the middle of the car. It really does saw all.

Independent rear suspenstion, baby.

Actually this was a really bad choice for this project, but I had about 7 Merkur XR4Tis sitting in the back yard at one point. So I thought why not.

IRS is really bad because the camber changes based on how much of a load you have in the trailer. It's also a bit nose heavy. The TR8 Convertable in my back year would have been a better choice, but would not have carried much.

I do have a GLH Omni and Shelby Charger just sitting there. Hmmm?? FWD hatchbacks. Now there's car trailer food for thought.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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Wow that merkur is 10 times nicer then our lemon
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Old May 26, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by treekiller
Wow that merkur is 10 times nicer then our lemon

Thanks, I did go over it replacing the side marker lights, a tail light, and the rear hatch with nicer pieces. It also has 225/60/15 tires on Mustang rims. (Versus the small factory 195/60/14 )
And I'm glad you are not using a mint XR for Lemons racing.

I'm repainting the bumper this week.
I'm also kicking around the idea of adding a Cossie rear wing
and Smoked tail lights.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by treekiller
Wow that merkur is 10 times nicer then our lemon
Well...the back end, at least.
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Old May 27, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pullg
Well...the back end, at least.
True, actually the XRTTTTi is going to have a fate WORSE then lemons for a year it's going to be a teenagers first car!!!

if it survives that then a lemons race is nothing.
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Old May 28, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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XRTTTTi, funny.

I often type XR$Ti.
Because the 4 key is also the $ key.
And coincidentally, you can dump a lot of money into one of these cars.
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Old May 28, 2010 | 04:19 AM
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you need to put seats back in it and bring it to the next autocross and sell rides in it
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Old May 30, 2010 | 01:14 PM
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i kicked around the idea of making a 300zx into a tow behind camper (a-la tear drops) make some fold out crap, bed, mount a small tv, put a floor in the engine compartment to haul shit. would be unbalanced but look cool at z meets
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can you unhook it and drive it around once you make it to ur desination ?
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Wow you are right up there with Brad Anasi as far as cutting up Merks for fun!
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