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^^  That ^^

I found it interesting this past summer, that almost no one at any show I went to asked if it was a “kit car”.

The majority of people opened with the question. “What year is it?”

The most fun was a guy in a tractor trailer that pulled up beside me at a stop light, looked way down and gave me a thumbs up and “What a beautiful car!    Whanna trade?”

@Bob: IM S6 posted:

They actually named a product 'Soylent Green'?

https://soylent.com/products/soylent-green-squared

Someone never saw the movie...

@barncobob posted:

the bag reads"as good as humanly possible" Im thinking we/us are getting  JERKED

@Stan Galat posted:

I think they know exactly what they're doing, and it's hilarious.

This is from the bag:

SoylentGREENSquaredPDP_RTB_1200x

They definitely knew what they were doing.

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Since we've drifted to oblivion, I'll just mention that Beyond Meat, one of the more prominent plant-based meat companies, is not doing so great.

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From the article the other day in Bon Appetit:

"Plus it wasn’t a boon to stock prices when Beyond Meat COO Doug Ramsey allegedly bit off a chunk of a man’s nose in September. Ramsey got into an argument in a parking garage (relatable) after a football game (understandable) and after punching through the back window of his victim’s car (as one does), he got into a physical altercation with the man, eventually biting off a piece of his nose. Ramsey was arrested and subsequently suspended from his role at Beyond."

(It is absolutely worth noting, for the purposes of this thread's logical cohesion, that the victim in this unfortunately cannibalistic incident was reportedly driving a Subaru).

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^^  That ^^

I found it interesting this past summer, that almost no one at any show I went to asked if it was a “kit car”.

The majority of people opened with the question. “What year is it?”

The most fun was a guy in a tractor trailer that pulled up beside me at a stop light, looked way down and gave me a thumbs up and “What a beautiful car!    Whanna trade?”

@Gordon Nichols what’s nice is you put a lot of smile with a lot of folk and with a wide range of age. 😎😎👍👍🤙🤙

There was a guy here (Bruno Designs) in Sarasota FL area that bought a set of CMC wide body molds and put it on a Mazda Miata "frame".  It got written up on the RCN Magazine.  It remained front engine/rear drive.  Hood could use some redesign.

See the source image

Interesting read -

Porsche 356 Speedster with a Mazda Miata Donor | Rare Car Network (rcnmag.com)

The Miata is one of just a few (?) modern cars that use a back bone chassis that can be removed from body and actually lengthen or shortened. Not AWD though.

Image result for mazda miata chassis

I've long been of the opinion that the Exocet frame/tub could (and should) be adjusted to include door openings, then draped with appropriate aluminum or fiberglass bodywork to make it look like something appropriately '50s or '60s-esque.

Other than Stuart Mills,* I don't know that anyone has done it though, since Exocet owners would much rather spend their weekends hooning around the track at top speed than shaping fenders on an English Wheel...

*Mills made a Miata-based DBR1 tribute that may or may not have been based on the Exo-skeleton, which has been out of production half a decade now.

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