I'm Troy Sloan and I Chase Super Widebody Speedsters!

You'll remember from your science class that one of the laws of physics is that nature abhors a vacuum...well so does my garage!

Now that the Pewter Imposter has found a new home, I have taken in another homeless widebody. She just needs some TLC and she will be back in top shape and looking for a new permanent home, with a new owner who will treat her better than her previous owner who neglected her and only put a little over 500 miles on her!

Here are just a few pictures taken on the day I rescued her, there will be more in a couple of weeks when she is ready for her new home.
Troy

I dub thee "Hippy Smurf."

Not "Hippie Smurf," -- as there is not a VW logo evident -- but Hippy, like "Damn, check those flares!"

Troy, what is that brown stuff on the fronts of those mirrors.....

Troy - you're becoming the West Coast version of Alan 'DrClock' Merklin! 8-)

I've been mentoring Troy .......bwaahahaha

Not even in the same class as Alan!!! Although it is true that Alan has been mentoring me, he is a builder and I am only a restorer (number 5 in the past 12 months). I wouldn't have a clue how to build one of these, but I do know how to bring back the sparkle that they had when they were new.

Vince, you should be very familiar with that brown stuff on the mirrors, it's rust; the same thing that was holding El Diablo together!
Troy

I was a builder, I have about 33 hours to go on my current build then I am done with complete builds, just too many hours, weeks and months. Time to do fixer uppers and make em' sparkle...

"...then I am done with complete builds..."

Of course you are.

Let me tell you, complete builds take "forever" (months turning into years, sometimes), no matter who you are.

Fixer-uppers are WAY easier.

I heard they're filming a new reality show...."Flip This Speedster".

~WB

Naa, complete build$ take 3-4 month$.....

I agree with "Wild Bill"-this ain't no EBAY

Very cool, Troy
You certainly do a great job at cleaning them up.
I'm surprised there's so many late model super-wides that have been put out to pasture.
What a fun hobby, eh?

It is fun Terry. I think I have just been lucky to find the wide bodies that I have had. In fact, there were none over the winter and then all of a sudden there were two in a row.

FYI. This one, will be losing the bumpers in place of nerf bars.
Troy

Also diggin' the sexy tow car! Troy? You got it goin' on!!!

angela

Just sayin': if I saw that car in a parking lot I wouldn't classify it as a "fixer-upper." Rusty mirrors?

Thanks Angela. Your confidence that the Jaguar could be used as a tow car helped me make the decision to have the custom made hitch constructed and installed. It's working out great!
Troy

Here she is one week later, starting to get her color back and looking much better.
Troy

Troy, FYI... don't piss-off Wayne Carrini... he's about 2-feet shorter than YOU!

Nice tub my friend! can't what to see the finished item...

i would totally watch "Flip This Speedster"!

HI Troy,

I'm looking for this exact car. You going to sell it? I'm interested and local to L.A.



Nick Hasson
nick.hasson@gmail.com
323-309-1245

Although it looked good in the original pictures, my latest restoration project was in need of some serious paint work. Here it is, sparkling, after a color sanding and cut and polish. Check out the reflections in that door! It looks almost black in the photos, but it is really a very VERY beautiful dark blue.

I still don't have a good name for her. "Hippy Smurf" didn't quite work for me Cory ;-), but try again.

I still have some mechanical work to do as well as polishing the wheels, replacing chrome, some badging and putting it all back together. Then, its on to eBay to meet its new owner.
Troy

She's a beaut!
I'll work a name up ...

Here's you next wide body, may need a bit of color though

I'm not even going to click on that one!!! And that brown stuff Troy is called 'patina' I don't like to use that four letter 'r' word around 'crusty'.

Cobalt Cruiser?

Best I can do tonight, Troy.

"Patina"??? I don't think this qualifies as patina! Fortunatly, it was only on the mirrors. Do you think that shit will buff out?



Troy

Engine is looking good.

Uh...make your pictures bigger. WTF, I thought the web-master posted a caveat about this issue of f-ing with the code. YOU are screwing up all the "img borders". Please stop!!!

Sorry Scott. I didn't know I was screwing anything up; it looks fine to me, just a bigger and better quality picture. I'm not sure what "image border" it is that is screwed up.
I know that panoramic picture from Pismo took up a lot of screen, but I didn't know it screwed anything up.
Troy

This image code "manipulation" started back around 2-27-11. Theron made reference to posting images on that date (See Site/Club Enhancements-thread ID: "Topic: Linking to photos on another site".)
Indirectly and unknowingly, changing the text string often times affects the margins on many computers, PDAs etc. I would e-mail Theron and get his advice on normal (viewable) images that DO NOT cause the margins to get blown out. I only have this problem here at this site when these billboard pix are posted. (I seem to recall yesterday a member "commenting" re: the effects on his iPAD). Rediculous!

Scott.
What I recall is that Theron said it was ok, but be aware that some users may have slower Internet connections, which could make it difficult to download the pictures in a reasonable time.

I look at the site on my Droid cell phone all the time and it simply resizes the photos to fit my screen. I'll try looking at it on an iPad next week. Maybe it's just a setting on your computer.

Personally, I would prefer to view a large picture rather than a small picture, but if its creating problems for everyone that would not be good.

Is anyone else having the a problem with the direct linked pictures?

By the way. Ridiculous is spelled with an i not an e.
Troy

I have an H/P notebook w/Windows7 and Firefox. It must resize them also. Looks OK on this end.
My iPhone shows them properly also.

~WB

"Little Boy Blue"......he needed the money...

You are correct about the spelling of "rediculous". (E-mail Theron about the "phenomenon" I am questioning; he is the one to best explain what is happening. And to fix this once and for all-hopefully)

BTW-This is the direct quote posted by Theron on 2/26:

"Hey guys, I don't mind linking to photos on other sites, but keep in mind that users on slower connections may have a problem viewing a thread with lots of large photos linked.

Plus, please use discretion when linking directly to the large photos on this site. This site is housed in my home office on a small server, so I don't have unlimited resources like the big hosting sites. If you want to share photos across the internet and onto other sites, can I suggest a site like http://imgur.com/ , http://picasa.com or so many others. They have the advertising and budget to support thousands of image views.

thanks
-=theron
....."
Now Troy, don't you think that the web-master has also taken notice of this...or is it just my computer. I really don't know! E-mail HIM for the solution.

Blue what?

That mirror is pushing the envelope on patina; I'll give you that. All kidding aside, the car is looking great, you'll do well on it.

Cobalt Cruiser sounds good!

Blue Velvet.

angela