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Cincy 2003 - the planning starts now



count me in for a sawzall and about 600 horseys (i'll tow the front center, engine and all).
muahahaha
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Haygood" <theonlyred16v@hotmail.com>
To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: Cincy 2003 - the planning starts now


> haha,  all who pull the ricer apart should get a small "Rice Burner" sticker 
> for their cars.
> 
> We have to make the car look like it was a real ricer, so the ricer's get 
> really ticked off.
> 
>   Seriously, here is how I picture it.  We start the video like a feature 
> article on the ricer (Somebody bring a babe in a bikini!).  Keep the camera 
> far enough back that you can't spot the fact that the GIANT spoiler is paper 
> mache, it's only lowered because it has no springs, etc.  I bet someone 
> could pick up a huge chrome tip (and return it later if you want) from 
> FLAPS.  A few cans of chrome spray paint can dress up the wheels.  Maybe 
> some flourescent lights can be placed underneath to look like they are part 
> of the car.  Who knows what else?  If somebody gets some ricer interior 
> footage we can splice in, it would look like it has a decked out interior.  
> We also need somebody to hand paint some kind of crud on it that looks like 
> the usual vinyl.  Anybody know how to write "Honda's suck" in chinese?  Just 
> good enough so the camera can't tell from several yards away that this isn't 
> a totally built ricer.  Then...
> 
> zoom back.
> zoom back.  What are those chains for?
> zoom out.
> zoom out.  What are those Scirocco's for??
> zoom out.
> Engine's racing...
> 
> (the floor pan is cut completely into five sections, one for each corner, 
> and the rear (trunk/hatch, rear bumper, etc.), The A, B, and C-pillars are 
> cut 90% of the way through from the inside. the door hinges are cut or the 
> hinge pins and latches removed, the rear axle is unbolted (if it has one, 
> how the heck should I know).  The engine is free of everything but the front 
> crossmember.
> 
> 8 'rocco's are attached.
> one for each corner, one for each door (ten rocco's if its a 4-door), one 
> for the back axle/rear bumper, one for the front bumper/ engine.
> 
> READDYYYY!!!!
> 
> GO!
> 
> We'd have to add some noise to the video, since the car won't make much 
> noise as it breaks apart.
> 
> Notes:
> 
> Must use heavy chain, not tow straps, otherwise the parts will be catapulted 
> into the pulling cars.
> 
> A little grass fire never killed anyone.  Oh, wait.  I guess it did.  
> Nevermind.
> 
> As outlined above, the doors would pull off, then the whole car would be 
> spread way out, stretching the roof and pillars flat with the sheetmetal 
> from the corners stratched way out, then BOING!  The first corner would pop 
> off.  The other three driver's might have to reposition, to pull off each 
> successive corner.
> 
> I'd love to see a civic split so wide open that it takes up 30 feet in 
> diameter before it snaps.
> 
> BH
> 
> I knew my engineering degree would come in handy some day.  Bring plenty of 
> sawzalls and extra blades!
> 
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