A final farewell for my old MY

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:48 pm

I was initially going to just strip it and cube it but Amy (she's just as evil as me, maybe more) reckons the old girl deserves a decent send off and gave me a much better idea.....

DEMOLITION DERBY!!!!

This is how it stood when I stopped driving it:

It's got a few bits missing since then but nothing essential for the derby.

So I'm looking for ideas for derby preperations, so far I have:
Weld a 4" x 4" steel beam (I just happen to have one lying around, doesn't everyone?) between the B pillars, weld mesh in place of the windscreen and windows, the usual stuff.

But I'm also looking for cosmetic ideas, the more evil the better, I'll be cutting a set of Y pipes at the join and putting them on opposite sides to give me side pipes, they'll have a spark plug installed in each one wired off a 2nd coil that can be switched off for safety, the carby always ran rich so it should be fun, but thats all I got so far.

Open to any and all ideas the crazier the better, but I don't want to be spending much considering it'll be demolished anyway.

Cheers,
Jordan.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:21 am

do a BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG wing on it. or a normal-size one with long-ass mounts that go from the rear bumper to just above the tailgate.

cut vents in the bonnet and bend the material around (for better airflow... naturally)

get some polycarbonate and make a big clear box on the roof. duct-tape a chair to the roof and dress up a newspaper/stocking dummy in pope attire, but with devil horns and a red tail. have him holding a trident and have a pentagram painted on the hood.

paint on the side: DEVILMOBILE

put cardboard discs on the tyres so only 2" of tire is showing. draw in some big rims and paint the cardboard chrome.

splatter blood all over the place. do this by: doing a burnout on top of a pan filled with red paint, hitting a cat, throwing a balloon filled with red paint/pigs blood at the bonnet and side panels, and/or throwing a can of paint at the windscreen prior to removal.

cardboard-ify a bodykit.

make your racing number "665" because you killed stan, the six hundred and sixty sixth minion of satan. hence the blood all over your car. you also killed his cat.

give it a complete exterior cage.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:50 pm

Erm.....riiiight, not quite what I had in mind, possibly going for a little less contriversial.

Kind of worried what you do in your spare time

Any other ideas?

Jordan.

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:46 pm

yeh i think kerazy is just that- crazy

go nuts with some spray paint- flame job, offensive words, subaru logos, bright colours etc
bonnet vents/scoop would be pretty cool
if ya can mount a tyre on the front and back to absorb some impact.

and remember to take video/pix!!!!

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:28 pm

Seriously... i think a subi would last less than 10 seconds in a Demo derby... they brake too easy when there not getting rammed.

Really need to protect them wheels... one side knock from a car and u will shear the ball joint and bend the radius rod and control arms.

Dave

TW83 · Post by **TW83** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:42 pm

Check out the usmb. One bloke did really well in a derby in his L series. I think it was severed wiring that stopped him. Had plenty of tips on how to make a subi go the distance

good luck searching

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:45 pm

BaronVonChickenPants wrote:Erm.....riiiight, not quite what I had in mind, possibly going for a little less contriversial.

Kind of worried what you do in your spare time
.

I watch porn and throw faeces at strangers who wear black shirts.

Nah... I guess I did think about that way too much. I might sell my subi out of protection now... or else I'm going to do a devilmobile

:D:D

*sigh*, if only I were joking just now.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:20 am

SuBaRiNo wrote:Seriously... i think a subi would last less than 10 seconds in a Demo derby... they brake too easy when there not getting rammed.

Really need to protect them wheels... one side knock from a car and u will shear the ball joint and bend the radius rod and control arms.

Dave

bugger the suspension, just weld a beam (or two) across to both control arms - just thought of it!lol.

luv the idea, it would be a heroic send off, must tell us when and where...and good luck.

if you need steel bar/rod etc, theres a local salvage/scrap yard i frequent, could look out for some, whatever you need.....

suba_dooba · Post by **suba_dooba** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:34 pm

lol kerazy. my idea is cover the car with polistyrene and then take it off a 6 foot jump into a ball pit.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:38 pm

well... as long as it involves fire.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:48 pm

TW83 thanks for the USMB heads up, in case anyone else was wondering you can have a squiz here haven't had a chance to have a full read yet but looks interesting.

Thanks for the offer fred, I may take you up on that.

Jordan.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:27 am

What are the rules for the derby? google found some US rules...
"No reinforcements of any kind will be allowed."
so much for my above suggestion:(

wonder what budget you need for this...and entry etc,,,,and removal......lol?

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:26 pm

So far everything is pretty much going to plan, the big event is this coming Sunday 18th March at the Moss Vale Show, Moss Vale Showground.

For those that can't make it there will be plenty of before and after pics and a video of the event.

Entry for the event is $72 including a $50 bond which is given back if you remove the car yourself or kept if you leave it there.

Jordan.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:34 pm

Best of luck Jordan, hope you get some good footage!!

Pity I can't make it!

smoov · Post by **smoov** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:10 pm

What time is the event?

I'm going to try to make it for this event.

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:46 pm

cant wait for the results, although theyre gonna be bad from the subas POV. go for the enemy's weakpoints first!!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:27 pm

hey hey, sounds like fun. It defenetly needs a BYB or ausubaru.com sticker... that'll keep the car going through the tough times...

I'd love to be there to see the battle. Who's driving, you or Amy?

Cheers

Bratgeebah · Post by **Bratgeebah** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:54 pm

Good luck. Hope its awesome.....wish I could come and watch.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:34 pm

The event is 2pm sunday afternoon.

I plan to put AUSubaru on it somewhere, now sure where yet.

I'll be driving it and driving it hard in low range 4wd

Jordan.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:24 pm

I missed the event

car just wasn't ready in time, theres another derby in nowra in about a month, aiming for that now but don't know if it's going to be feasable, going to cost me about $250 in entry and transport costs which is going to be hard after blowing over $100 just to miss the last one not including costs to prepare the car.

The car has about half a days work left to be ready, it's looking and sounding great, just a few little things left, as I'm sure you can imagine, I was really REALLY devestated when I realised I wasn't going to make it an hour before entry cut off after hiring a car trailer just to see it sit in my driveway for 4 hours, not to mention many long days and late nights spent under the car in Robertsons not so tropical weather.

Sorry to anyone that came out of their way to not see me, I'll keep you posted for the next one, shouldn't have as much trouble preparing for it just a matter of affording it, damn me and my expensive hobbies

Jordan.