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Rod Powell
#278802 - 03/10/12 11:17 PM
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Re: Rod Powell
[Re: Andrew]
#278837 - 03/11/12 04:36 AM
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> Rod is the guy that built tha Pac-Man "show rod" you may have seen pics of around the
> interwebs. From what I've read, it started as an egg-shaped car for Robin Williams'
> Mork character but he quit the show before it was done. It was then reshaped into the
> Pac-Man car. According to Rod, the car still exists but he doesn't know where it is.
> There's some great shots of the car I've never seen before attached to some of the
> posts below.
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> Sadly it seems it was not drivable, just for display.
When I was a kid I used to go to the World of Wheels custom car show every year, and the "program" they sold every year was a magazine called Hot Rod Show World which was basically just pics of cars (and bikini babes). The first time I saw the Pacman rod was when it was featured in the 1983 or '84 edition.
I never noticed that the engine was mounted transversely in the back like that. I wonder if it was even tied to the wheels at all? In the early 80s, I don't think there were any transmissions for that configuration capable of handling the power of a V8.
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