Pimped LUV
Posted: 23 Oct 2013, 16:12
No - my El is still free. But yesterday on Pimp My Ride was a Chevy LUV. I was impressed how often it got "the ugliest ever" comments - whether the overall look, or the dash & cockpit, etc.
Not that I've looked in detail - I just hit record on my PC-TV as I was working on other things - but it was a 4 (round) headlight model with typical oval Florian/LUV/early KB dash. (I'm not sure if it had the 2 oval speedo & gauges, or the later 3 circular speedo and gauges.)
Why mention this on twincam? Well the Florian is a LUV/KB sedan, and since my Florian/s had/has a G200W... (You know - the grey nurse that beat V8s, rotaries, WRXs, etc - thanks to a $200 exhaust job on a standard 117 G200W with twin Weber DCOE45s...)
Alas I too thought the Florian was ugly until I saw a pale green spread in some magazine, though they do have a rather nice rear c-pillar line, almost coupish.
But it has possibilities, especially with the TS-Florian quad headlights similar to some LUVs & KBs, and the later big taillights, and maybe the nosed bonnets of the KBs & LUVs. (The early Florians had a flatish front bonnet. But like their useless oblong headlights, that's a contender for modification to the KB configuration - especially if standard 3-belt DOHC pulleys are to be used.)
Anyhow, Pimp did the usual front spoiler and bonnet scoop mods that are common with LUVs etc and added a linear actuated solid tray cover for the owners camping desires - plus all the audio features required for subsequent tub entertaining. I may post some screen dumps later if I can get them.
Alas I don't think they touched the running gear. Pity - IMO a 400Nm G200W through an LSD would have added real street cred.
Maybe I'll get to see their pimped Chevette again sometime...
Hmm - I wonder if they actually thought the Chevy LUV was a Chevy?
Not that I've looked in detail - I just hit record on my PC-TV as I was working on other things - but it was a 4 (round) headlight model with typical oval Florian/LUV/early KB dash. (I'm not sure if it had the 2 oval speedo & gauges, or the later 3 circular speedo and gauges.)
Why mention this on twincam? Well the Florian is a LUV/KB sedan, and since my Florian/s had/has a G200W... (You know - the grey nurse that beat V8s, rotaries, WRXs, etc - thanks to a $200 exhaust job on a standard 117 G200W with twin Weber DCOE45s...)
Alas I too thought the Florian was ugly until I saw a pale green spread in some magazine, though they do have a rather nice rear c-pillar line, almost coupish.
But it has possibilities, especially with the TS-Florian quad headlights similar to some LUVs & KBs, and the later big taillights, and maybe the nosed bonnets of the KBs & LUVs. (The early Florians had a flatish front bonnet. But like their useless oblong headlights, that's a contender for modification to the KB configuration - especially if standard 3-belt DOHC pulleys are to be used.)
Anyhow, Pimp did the usual front spoiler and bonnet scoop mods that are common with LUVs etc and added a linear actuated solid tray cover for the owners camping desires - plus all the audio features required for subsequent tub entertaining. I may post some screen dumps later if I can get them.
Alas I don't think they touched the running gear. Pity - IMO a 400Nm G200W through an LSD would have added real street cred.
Maybe I'll get to see their pimped Chevette again sometime...
Hmm - I wonder if they actually thought the Chevy LUV was a Chevy?