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Old 02-21-08, 12:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Some very interesting ideas and not a bad overall concept

Joe Harmon Design-Building The Splinter Wooden Supercar

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Old 02-21-08, 01:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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it "wooden" go!
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Old 02-21-08, 01:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Leaf it alone....!!
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Old 02-21-08, 01:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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"A chip off the old block"
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Old 02-21-08, 02:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Do you think he met this guy?

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Good job he didn't go on strike..!
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I have just twigged that you blokes are all barking mad.
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Old 02-21-08, 05:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Good to see ideas branching out for leafy horizons.


Tell the critics to get knotted!
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Both of those cars can be seen running at Goodwood this year
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Both of those cars can be seen running at Goodwood this year

Only if they don't get axed.
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you're a cutup
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I do believe that Fred's met his _match_ ....

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Oak K.....if I owned one of those I'd just have to "spruce" it up a bit and then everyone one would be "pine"ing over it....!
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gives me a woody
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I guess I can't say the McLaren has matchless performance.
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I'll bet the exhaust system has a nice Bark to it...
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Who wood have thought?
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I think I have a woody.
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As for the F1, you can only light it up once.
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We must all be a bunch of saps.

Let's just leaf him alone!
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