{"id":11,"date":"2011-05-09T22:55:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T04:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2015-06-04T10:06:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:06:59","slug":"vehicles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What would a website about post-apocalyptic vehicles be without a stable of projects?<\/p>\n<p>Vector: The car that started it all for me.\u00a0 A 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, modified with the 440 ci V8 from a 1978 Plymouth Gran Fury.\u00a0 Flat black, wrapped in acres of expanded steel mesh, square tubing, NYC &#8220;No Parking&#8221; sign posts, and seeming miles of chain, this car turns heads everywhere it goes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vector_3quarter_halfscale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vector_3quarter_halfscale-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vector_3quarter_halfscale-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vector_3quarter_halfscale-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Vector_3quarter_halfscale.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tensor: My personal project, every modification to this car has been done according to my designs.\u00a0 A 1972 Plymouth Satellite Custom, Tensor features a heavily modified 318 ci engine, custom headers, tubular upper control arms, full commercial LED rear lighting in bespoke steel diamondplate housings, and a completely stripped down interior with a one-off instrument cluster and dashboard.\u00a0 Future plans include 13&#8243; brakes from a Mustang Cobra, a full FIA spec roll cage, front and rear sway bars, and a blast from the past aerodynamics package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tensor_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_2.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tensor_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tensor_1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subhuman: Starting life as a 1984 GMC K-20 Suburban, and ending life annihilated by a drunk driver while parked, Subhuman is being resurrected as a &#8220;Beyond Thunderdome&#8221; style pickup buggy.\u00a0 Plans include enormously stout bumpers front and rear, tractor trailer fenders and muffler, and a cage just in case the rubber side doesn&#8217;t stay down.\u00a0 <strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Ok, plans <strong>used<\/strong> to include that.\u00a0 Subhuman got hit while parked <strong>again<\/strong>, and is now destined to be harvested for parts and scrapped out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/subhuman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/subhuman-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"subhuman\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/subhuman-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/subhuman-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/subhuman.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sandworm: 1970 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, or at least the frame and powertrain of one.<\/p>\n<p>Adamant: 2002 Corvette C5.\u00a0 Did you know that you can take almost all of the fiberglass off of a Corvette and still have a driveable vehicle?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dodge_and_vette1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette2.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dodge_and_vette2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dodge_and_vette2.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mercury: 1991 Dodge D350 framed, Swab bodied ambulance.\u00a0 Tow vehicle and RV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rambulance.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rambulance-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rambulance\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rambulance-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rambulance-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Other things that aren&#8217;t even official projects:<\/p>\n<p>1966 Cadillac \/ Miller Meteor ambulance.\u00a0 I picked this up a long time ago, and haven&#8217;t ever quite figured out what to do with it.\u00a0 I keep getting the urge to shear it off at the belt-line and turn it into effectively a long-bed pickup, but it seems so wasteful.\u00a0 :-\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cadillac.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cadillac-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cadillac\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cadillac-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cadillac-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cadillac.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1970 (1971?) Datsun 240z.\u00a0 The vehicle with the most potential to be a vaguely normal project.\u00a0 Part of me wants to drop in an air-cooled V-twin motorcycle engine.\u00a0 Part of me wants to stuff an SR20DET+6 speed in it.\u00a0 My wallet wants me to work on something else, first.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/240datsun.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57\" src=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/240datsun-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"240datsun\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/240datsun-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/240datsun-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/240datsun.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would a website about post-apocalyptic vehicles be without a stable of projects? Vector: The car that started it all for me.\u00a0 A 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, modified with the 440 ci V8 from a 1978 Plymouth Gran Fury.\u00a0 Flat black, wrapped in acres of expanded steel mesh, square tubing, NYC &#8220;No Parking&#8221; sign posts, &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/?page_id=11\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pavq.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}