VIDEO: Having fun with halved cars
If you've ever wondered if it were possible to saw a front-drive vehicle in half and still drive it, we have video proof that it's possible. Some young thrill-seekers managed to pump petrol through the powertrain half of an old Chevy Celebrity (at least we think it's a Celebrity), and even the dog was having fun. This video would make a great "Like A Rock" commercial.
There's more half-car fun where this one came from, too. Our friends over at Gadling found a bunch of videos, including one showing the procedure potential hoons have to endure to cut a vehicle in two. If you want to see the perfect mixture of funny and stupid, this video is for you. Take the jump to see this half-car doing figure-eights in a junkyard.
[Source; Gadling.com]
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PeterB 6:35PM (5/22/2007)
Its a pontiac 6000, essentually the same as a Celeb, but the grill is different.
.....I am ashamed I can tell the difference too.
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Brian Dreggors 6:44PM (5/22/2007)
Actually, it would make a great 'Driving Excitement' commercial because its a Pontiac 6000 (rectangular headlamp units, laced Pontiac wheelcovers).
Maybe its now a Pontiac 3000.
Anyway, someone did these with Toronados - albeit more professionally - and used them as aircraft and boat tugs.
http://www3.telus.net/toronado/unusual.html
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joe 7:02PM (5/22/2007)
thats some good fashion red-neck fun!
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Mike Jenkins 7:02PM (5/22/2007)
Haha this is the same guy that relocated the steering and driving components to way above the hood of the car so it can do endos, I recognize the dog.
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Mike Jenkins 7:04PM (5/22/2007)
Somebody should do this with the rear half of a Beetle.
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Taylor Alexander 7:04PM (5/22/2007)
Even has the requisite barking/chasing dog...
-Taylor
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Stoneman 8:11PM (5/22/2007)
I love that. I remember celebrities in the 80's... ahhh memories.
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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Phillip 8:33PM (5/22/2007)
#4, ITS IS THOSE CANADIANS, haha, crazy guys. In the other blogs link, you can see their Crapalier
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Henry 9:12PM (5/22/2007)
Padiddle!
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BowserUSC 9:56PM (5/22/2007)
Clarkson did this in an episode of top gear when they were making limos. After he cut his car in half (i think it was a panda or something like that but i dont remember) he drove it around with just the front end.
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amp 8:08AM (5/23/2007)
That was the last episode of the latest season. When that popped on screen, I laughed so hard I cried.
Bryan 10:16PM (5/22/2007)
LOL this is a cool video. I wonder how much it cost to do all that modifying. Wheres the gas tank? In any event, it looks like some good fun!
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BLS 7:05AM (5/23/2007)
Watch the last video on the original Gaddling post.
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Chris 8:08AM (5/23/2007)
Finally - a reason to buy a front wheel drive car!
... wait - that's not a _real_ reason!
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realitychk15 10:38AM (5/23/2007)
James Bond did this in the movie "a view to a kill" with a renault in decade of the 80's.
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realitychk15 10:49AM (5/23/2007)
Remember the 80s, James Bond did this in a renault in the movie "a view to a kill".
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Jellodyne 11:22AM (5/23/2007)
This was done with a renault in the movie "a view to a kill" by 1980's James Bond.
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thesawzall 10:19AM (5/25/2007)
They had something like this on an episode of Extreme 4x4. There were 2 FWD training demonstrators at a mechanics school the hosts were driving around in. They each had 4 wheels, but a much shorter wheelbase since the back half and top of the cars had been removed. They looked like fun.
The following episode the hosts read a letter from the school chastising them for horsing around!
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salguod 12:34AM (5/26/2007)
Is it my imagination, or is that the same barn that was in the redeck rollercoaster videos?
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