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Ray
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posted March 04, 2002 11:06 AM
Okay... so.. there I was, washing my SVT, babying her, like I always am, and behind me pulls this HUGE (20' rims) vehicle. I turn to see what it is, and guess what I read..
"Eddie Bauer Edition"
"Expedition"
"SVT"
I don't know about you guys... but... I KNOW that there is NO SUCH THING as an Expedition SVT.. ESPECIALLY an EDDIE BAUER EDITION one. Called SVT team, they said they had a prototype of one, called the "Thunder", but was never sold (or made).
. I confronted the guy.. "ahem... excuse me... I don't mean to bother you or anything.. .but... I own an SVT.. I mean a real one... and I was wondering where you got those badges?" The guy starts telling me this fabricated story of how he knew the owner of a Fatory, and the owner made him a one of a kind car, etc, etc... whatever...
To each his own, on most things... but he needs to do MORE research, and LESS lying... (putting a Saleen badge on a Mustang works... but an SVT on an expedition?????? C'MON!!!)
Ray
What do you think?
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Desert Storm
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posted March 04, 2002 11:08 AM
BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Sorry, done laughing. That is funny, I am glad I didn't see it. Trying to make a truck (or car) something it IS NOT means you have some self esteem problems. Glad you laid into him.
BWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAA!!! ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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cindy
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posted March 04, 2002 11:08 AM
He knows a guy at the factory. Yeah, and monkeys might fly out my butt.
I think he's a crack dealer delving into the product line.
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JPett
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posted March 04, 2002 11:12 AM
You should of asked to see what he had under the hood to see what kind of crap he threw on the engine to "try" and make it look authentic ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Ray
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posted March 04, 2002 11:20 AM
OH.. TRUST ME.. I looked under the hood... I was "really" interested in seeing how "cool" his truck was...
He galdly showed me.. get this... "SVT" in silver sticky backed letters (from PepBoys, etc) stuck to the engine... LOL.. spraypainted RED, (complete with red run-off down the cams, and red speckled residue on the hoses..
LOLOL.. I asked what was so special about the SVT line of engine (looking for "extrude honed", etc, etc..) get this.. "oh.. its got a really big engine that most cars don't" (now THAT was technical... lol.) I am really GLAD that I don't know this "guy" from the factory... he may have duped me into buying the pinto-mobile, too..
Ray
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Desert Storm
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posted March 04, 2002 11:23 AM
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He galdly showed me.. get this... "SVT" in silver sticky backed letters (from PepBoys, etc) stuck to the engine... LOL.. spraypainted RED, (complete with red run-off down the cams, and red speckled residue on the hoses..
I am laughing even harder now. I will have to go away so I can catch my breath.
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Ray
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posted March 04, 2002 11:25 AM
Will take pics tonight.. look for pictures of this "ultra-cool" SVT, soon..
Ray
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Viss1
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posted March 04, 2002 12:11 PM
The one good thing about this is it indicates people actually attach some value to the SVT name.
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Toadster
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posted March 04, 2002 12:14 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cindy:
Yeah, and monkeys might fly out my butt.
someone needs to photochop that....
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posted March 04, 2002 12:50 PM
I saw an SVT Taurus the other day. My wife even got pi$$ed when she saw it...
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Ray
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posted March 04, 2002 01:01 PM
An SVT Taurus... hmm.. maybe someone will mistake SVT for SHO? It just a little irritating to those of us (me) that really admire this line of vehicle ...
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Originally posted by flyer1704:
I saw an SVT Taurus the other day. My wife even got pi$$ed when she saw it...
Props to the wife!!
Ray
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Desert Storm
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posted March 04, 2002 01:21 PM
Anyone ever seen an SVT Festiva???
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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posted March 04, 2002 01:50 PM
Well, my bro-in-law drives an SVT Tempo 2 door! Complete with whitewalls and 1967 LTD wheel covers. The sawed off straight 6 has so much power it can do 60 in 20 sec.
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posted March 04, 2002 01:56 PM
Never seen an SVT Festiva, but an aquaintence of mine had one with side pipes.
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Desert Storm
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posted March 04, 2002 01:58 PM
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Well, my bro-in-law drives an SVT Tempo 2 door! Complete with whitewalls and 1967 LTD wheel covers. The sawed off straight 6 has so much power it can do 60 in 20 sec.
Ah the Tempo; fine American Automobile.
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posted March 04, 2002 01:59 PM
HAHA yah right, they did make a Thunder but only for show - never made prod. Hey I've seen a SVT E150! from the pics it had the entire lightning interior ( at least the front ) and claim to have the motor too, along with the rims to boot. If I can find the link I'l post.
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Jim
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posted March 04, 2002 02:03 PM
Yea, and if he ever tries to sell this "SVT" to someone else, they'll have an action for misrepresentation. What a bunch of b.s. The guy has major self esteem issues!
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posted March 04, 2002 02:04 PM
Sad, but true:
There's a last-gen 3.8 Litre V6 Mustang here at work. Silver, with huge, fancy black stripes adorning its flanks. GT wheels. F-body-ized aft-axle transverse-mounted Pep-Boys muffler, sprouting two pipes which wrap around to the center and exhale Boxster-style. SVT badge on passenger side of bootlid, Cobra emblem on driver's side of bootlid.
The best part? "V6 HO" badges on the fender, just behind the front wheels...right off our favorite little pushrod Pontiac competitor's GT model.
As much thrill as it would grant me to capture such imagery and share it with the group, I dare not jeopardize my EOS Rebel 2000's well-being 1) for fear of such hideosity actually destroying the lens, or 2) the car's troglodyte owner becoming violent over copyright infringement of his art.
All he's missing is the Ram Air kit.
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Desert Storm
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posted March 04, 2002 02:07 PM
This thread made me remember something. In college my friend had a Toyota Tercel. I am not ripping the Tercel, but he put "GT Coupe" badging on it. I laughed my a$$ off.
Whenever we rode in his car we would all say "GT Coupe" when we got it. Pi$$ed him off!!!
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posted March 04, 2002 03:25 PM
How do you know it wasn't the Sultan of Brunei driving around Jacksonville FL with the SVT Expedition? He's been known to have some special factory one off's (Porsche's and Ferrari's)! ROFLMAO. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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MaStaMooN
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posted March 04, 2002 03:29 PM
Project Thunder was actually on MotorTrend television last night! (speed channel)
Weird.
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DemonSVT
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posted March 04, 2002 05:22 PM
Ahh misbadging at it's best (or worst mind you)
Speaking of SHO's
I actually saw a early 90's Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with SHO badging. Large ones on the front quarters and another smaller one on the rear decklid.
When I asked the kid about it he responded it was a special edition with the high output engine and he looked everywhere for one. (Where did he make this crap up?)
Needless to say I could not hold my laughter in. He wouldn't say what he paid for it at that point, but I could tell it was a hell of a lot more than he should have.
BTW - it was a normal 2.3L 4-cylinder with an ATX (not even the the HO Quad 4)
Poor schlep...
Why do people think misbadging is so cool when it only makes them look like complete morons???
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posted March 04, 2002 05:28 PM
at least it's not a Type R badge
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posted March 04, 2002 06:36 PM
FORD EXPLORER EXPEDITION SPORTRAK EDDIE BAUER EDITION SVT TYPE-R SPEC V
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Bob Blaylock
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posted March 04, 2002 06:39 PM
I used to have an SVT, but it's long gone.
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