# New cars VS old

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-cars-vs-old/262148
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [January 4, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-cars-vs-old/262148 "2012-01-04T09:50:32Z")
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### Author: ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-cars-vs-old/262148/95 "2012-01-08T23:46:52Z")

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> [@Official: NHL Playoff Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500/365):
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> i knew i shouldn’t have looked at page 3  
> shit.
> 
> and on with my rant.
> 
> Nailheads  
> Flatties  
> early HEMIs  
> big Caddilacs  
> stylistically the best engines ever produced IMO. now everything’s covered up and hidden.
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> ever see an S4, any camaro, F150 or (god forbid) a Magnum driving around without it’s fenders and hood? No, you havent. because new motors are ugly. open the hood, pull off any plastic cover you can find under there and there will be a big ugly rats nest of wires staring you in the face. it’d be a long search for a single peice of plastic meant to cover something in a 32 Ford, or a 49 Mercury.
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> those cars made of plastic and glue will run, spin, or slide circles around anything from the golden age of autos, but they wont have the style, the image, or just the presence of a vintage machine.
> 
> /KK style rant.

Eh, you’re trying to compare customized older engines to OEM modern engines.

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