*mental block* - what car is this?

[Jimmy Neutron]

[quote=""TajMan""]I've always wanted to try and Isuzu Impulse for the AWD turbo thing, cool unique aging car IMO.[/quote]

theres a red one rusting out in a lot behind my apartment, im seriously thinking about trying to buy it off the guy, provided it doensnt have anything completely wrong with it

[bluej]

[quote=""FastOldGuy""][/quote]
vw "thing" ?

[Jimmy Neutron]

[quote=""bluej""]vw "thing" ?[/quote]

not even close
the thing is about 3x the size of the car pictured

[My92Stealth]

[quote=""Jimmy Neutron""]theres a red one rusting out in a lot behind my apartment, im seriously thinking about trying to buy it off the guy, provided it doensnt have anything completely wrong with it[/quote]

Saw one of those going down the opposite side of the road yesterday, they actually dont' look half bad.,

[Theo1]

[quote=""FastOldGuy""][/quote]

Inst that some crosley prototype or something?

[Jimmy Neutron]

[quote=""My92Stealth""]Saw one of those going down the opposite side of the road yesterday, they actually dont' look half bad.,[/quote]

I think they look damn decent for a 90-92 vehicle. The headlights remind me of BMW a lil.

(Whoa, i just realized, on my dvorak keyboard bmw are right in a row!)

[My92Stealth]

^yeah it looked pretty cool, I dig the headlights. And it's not something you see everyday (around here, at least)

[Jimmy Neutron]

[quote=""My92Stealth""]^yeah it looked pretty cool, I dig the headlights. And it's not something you see everyday (around here, at least)[/quote]

According to one forum i was researching it on, based on the number imported, and the number of known wrecks/part outs theres only between 200 and 400 still left in drivable/repairable condition in the US

[Theo1]

[quote=""Jimmy Neutron""]According to one forum i was researching it on, based on the number imported, and the number of known wrecks/part outs theres only between 200 and 400 still left in drivable/repairable condition in the US[/quote]

They also made a wagon back version of it. The suspension was made by lotus if i remember correctly. The geo storm was also based of this car. Very rare, indeed

[Jimmy Neutron]

[quote=""Theo1""]They also made a wagon back version of it. The suspension was made by lotus if i remember correctly. The geo storm was also based of this car. Very rare, indeed[/quote]

The wagon back impulses are almost impossible to find.
also, they didnt get the awd turbo drive train, just a lowly 1.6l 16v NA FWD
But to do the turbo awd swap into one of those would be sick.

I found one guys webpage where he put the turbo/awd setup into a Storm wagon back, really sweet lookin little car, but it was a lot of work since the chassis arent the same

[Theo1]

I really dont know why those cars didnt sell. Talk about bang for your buck!

[Hannibalzero]

An impulse project car would be pretty sweet... but locating parts would be such a pain in the ass. At least with mitsus, we have local dealerships that still stock some parts and we decent number of used parts available. In contrast, the impulse makes us look like we have the parts support of the mustang or civic.