It's the year 203X and combustion engines have been outlawed

Foxbody

>>14158929
>being a future boomer
>owning a fuel burner in an era when the former advantages are likely gone or meager at best
But why senpai

>>14158929
I'd just drive a slightly sporty but sensible and affordable electric econobox. Like whatever Toyota or Honda bring out to fill the Corolla/Civic niche. Or a Tesla 3.

>>14158929
Exocet with LS3 conversion and then twin turbos slapped on.

Lightweight fiberglass panels for less drag when going super fast.

I will want enough horsepower to outrun whatever shitboxes the near non existent police drive.

1500 should do it.

i'll have a 1995 chevy suburban and i'll crash it into a tesla refill station to protest, then drive a electric prius after im out of jail.

why would I want an outdated piece of shit ice

>unironically stealing ideas from an early 80s rock song

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>biodiesel
Not a problem

>>14158960
muh burnin dinosaurs
muh vroom vroom
muh no torque

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>>14158929
dis

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This is actually easier than it sounds.

We're going for items which are common and reliable.

So: Foxbody.

They made shit loads, they're easy to work on, and they work pretty damn well, regardless of what the haters say.

For the engine, I'd go with a 4L69E trans, and an LQ6 6.0l, with twin turbos. Parta are common place, and reliable. The LS series of engines also don't need much to be said about them, we all know what they do.

As for fuel, I'm going a little different: LPG.

Yes, natural gas, like what feeds your oven. You can install hook ups to your house, and retrofit kits are available for cars, and to can even DIY them if ya know what you're doing.

It also has an octane rating of around 130, so its great for boost. It's also fairly energy dense, so a 30 gallon tank will last you hundreds of miles. So fuel is really the easiest, And cheapest sourced item.

With all that working, I would have a reliable, inexpensive, powerful, easily fueled street machine that will fuck up most everything on the road.

Exactly what OP posted, a Karmann Ghia.
With an EJ257 swap.

>>14161819
thats a 356 in op

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>2035
>not owning your own warwagon

>>14161772
Underrated post

>>14161752
>thinking this is a bad thing

>>14158960
>>14161747
This is a board for people who like cars. The actual car, not just the convenience of them.
Like /g/ is for people who like technology, not "wow look at the styling on the new iphone"

>>14161752
What song? I want to listen to it now.

My first choice without thinking:
1989 Audi 200
but then finding spare parts, dealing with it's technological, complicated injection engine.

Nah, one proud choice, reminding me.WHO i am. where im from:
Volvo 240 with the rare GTX optional package

>>14162436
>implying /g/ hasn't become exactly that lately

My Miata with whatever I need to stuff in it.

>>14161800
nice 84' accord. I'll just go over here and barf now. BLEHHHH

>>14162483
im sorry i meant 84' corolla. And honestly thats an insult to the corolla

>>14162456
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

>>14158929
20b FD with straight pipe and anti-lag

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VL GRP A visual replica
RB30ET, 6spd Hollinger gearbox, built 9inc diff
doseitcunt pipe, anti lag/mis fire system for max power/annoying factor

Then run it on home brew white lighting/e85 and pray for a reliable 7/800hp at the rear wheels.

>>14161752
Which was in turn taken from an early 70's Road and Track article Neil Peart read.

http://www.2112.net/xanadu/articles/a_nice_morning_drive.htm

>>14162436
Except that's exactly what /g/ is these days, and a CAR is not a fucking engine and nothing else.

Internal combustion is actually pretty shit, by 2030 we'll be driving little 1200kg coupes with 500 mile ranges that do 0-100 in 2.5 seconds while sounding all futuristic as fuck

>>14162526
That's some real retarded scare mongering right there.

Hellcat challenger
I want something that makes a sound that will put the fear of god into people. Yeah it drinks up a lot of fuel but it's for special occasions so fuck it.
Since it's a newer car getting parts for it should be easier and it will be more reliable anyway.

>>14162646
>fear of god
Except all they need to do is find a corner.
>more reliable
It's a dodge, moron.

>>14162659
>It's a dodge, moron.
If I'm going to hide an illegal car it's gonna be cool and that means a muscle car. Modern mustangs are more reliable than challengers but they're less cool. Old muscle cars are cooler but they aren't reliable.
The challenger is right in the center of the reliable/cool venn diagram.

Asshole.

>>14162677
>Old muscle cars are cooler but they aren't reliable.
Except for how they 100% are, this being one of their more well-known features even before resto modding became a thing.

Go learn how pathetically unreliable modern fiat-chrysler shit really is and you'll make a very different choice.
All the power in the world doesn't help when your fucking starter button doesn't work.

>>14162686
It's a button. A key switch is more likely to get fucked up than a button is. I'll probably have to figure out how to change the battery in the fob but how hard can that be.

>>14162686
And how many engines from the 70s go 100k miles with just general maintenance?

>>14162487
underrated post desu

>>14162706
Just about all of them.

>>14162721
I think you're wearing rose colored glasses. My dad owned a Pontiac Tempest and a Triumph and he's never made them sound very reliable. He said he had to let the triumph go because fixing it all the damn time was sucking up all his income.

>>14162706
Like... All of them?
350 chevs are legendarily reliable, ford 302/351 are bulletproof and old school mopar gear only has a reputation for exploding because they were so easy to get massive power out of.

The Ford I6 especially did a hell of a lot more than 100k miles

>>14162721
>old engines
>reliable
toppest kek m8 good meme.

>>14162801
>name 3-6 engines out of the THOUSANDS at the time.
>no mention how all of them were prone to overheating
>no meantion how they made no power and all the advertised power was bullshit once dynos came around
>being cucked by times past like they were better
lol

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>>14162817
Well i'm not that guy but still. The list of reliable engines pre 1980 is fairly fucking large.

Perkins diesels
Gardner Diesels
Cummins Diesels
Cat Diesels
Detroit 53/71/92 series diesels
Holden red/blue 6 cylinder
A/B series BMC engine
Ford 6 cylinders
Chrysler/Valiant aussie 225/245/265
A n L series Datsun\
K series Toyota

The list goes on of pre 80's engine that are reliable and run for ever. The biggest factor is the owner does he maintain it or does he abuse it and never check the oil.

In short you starting some shit to start some shit and i got nothing better to do then add to this shit storm.

>>14162888
The iron duke is a turd but they'll run forever.

Subaru EJ22 is the same.

>>14162888
What is the most reliable pre 1973 muscle car in your opinion.

>>14162979
a chevelle with a 307 or lopo big block.

Can you even make a carburetted engine run on ethanol? I always thought it just messes up everything, in addition to corroding everything.

>>14163010
of course.
they run carbs with methanol and nitro and it has a much lower afr.

>>14162622
To be fair, you'd be scared too if you were in the heydey of American muscle and were about to take a nosedive into the smog era.

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that wasnt very hard

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>>14162150
>warwagon

You mean war rig?