have yoy ever seen this sh*@ before

[leadsleadolds]

What the fuck is this thing and did people really use these on there cars. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2485416098&catego ry=34204

[HotRod60F100]

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What the fuck is this thing and did people really use these on there cars. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2485416098&catego ry=34204

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Yeah,bug screens have really come along way since eh NOT!

[manyolcars]

No, people didnt use them, thats why its still new in the box. There were millions of aftermarket accessories made but most of them were rarely ever seen in use.

[Skate Fink]

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No, people didnt use them, thats why its still new in the box. There were millions of aftermarket accessories made but most of them were rarely ever seen in use.

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.....obviously, you have never been in FL when the "Love Bugs" are swarming???? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Jimv]

I can't believe that 4 people bid on it!!
JimV

[JimC]

People DID use them.
When I pumped gas after school and on Saturdays', a long time ago, I saw many of those on various cars.
Most were used in highway travels.
Most had the canvas water bags on the front bumpers, too.
the bug screens were on a lot of travelers cars from western states.

[Bruce Lancaster]

Looks better than those vinyl covers all the cars at York have on their front sheetmetal!

[BLAKE]

I think it'd be cool to see a custom Olds drive up to an event with a back seat full of suitcases and that thing covered in bug squash. Reminds me of the home-built versions we saw on the Alaska highway... electrical conduit uprights with a 5' tall run of rabbit wire strung between them like a volleyball net. That'll keep the rocks off yer windshield.

[scotth]

It's like those cupholders from the 70s that slip down inside the window and hang the drink on your door panel... you just know they're gonna start re-popping those to make the muscle cars "period correct." http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[4t64rd]

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.....obviously, you have never been in FL when the "Love Bugs" are swarming???? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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What's the last thing that goes through a love bugs mind when he hits your windshield?

his a-hole! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Thanks folks, I'll be here til Saturday, remember to tip your waitress.

[choprods]

Finally an Idea for a new bussiness...market those babies to the 'Chainers cause they MIGHT hit a bug between the power Parking space and the enclosed trailer...OHHH & dont forget the large trailer size one, to protect the front of trailer! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Stevie G]

All the old folks in FLA have them. Like Skate Fink says "Love Bugs". Talk about messy.
I run one on my Hot Shot Rig. It snaps onto the fasteners for the winter cover. I guess it just depends on where you live and how much you actually drive your car/truck.

[leadsleadolds]

I'd be a gold chainer if I had the money. lol

[RocketDaemon]

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Finally an Idea for a new bussiness...market those babies to the 'Chainers cause they MIGHT hit a bug between the power Parking space and the enclosed trailer...OHHH & dont forget the large trailer size one, to protect the front of trailer! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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i will start to make vacum clear plastic tent trailors so the chainers dont even have to take the cars out

[Bruce Lancaster]

No need--the streetrod of the future is going to be a hologram, solving many problems like this at once. Chainers will just set down their IPods in the power parking places, and boot up the latest ride. A download from Boyd will start at $100,000. Excuse me, gotta get down to the patent office...

[Smokin Joe]

Choprods, If you'd ever driven thru a salmon fly hatch along any of the rivers in my part of the country, you'd not only bid on that thing, you'd hope for a couple spares in the trunk. Picture 3" long juicy bugs aprox 1 per square foot flying along the roadway for a 10 mile stretch. Damned things make grasshoppers look like gnats. Hell, 90% of cleaning my car at events is getting rid of baked on bugs every time I drive out of town in the summer. Much better to get there, pop off the bug screen, stick it in the trunk while grabbing a cold one out of the cooler and check out the other guys cars while THEY clean off bugs! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[gearhead1940]

I saw some home-made versions along the AL-CAN highway on a roadtrip up to the Yukon. It looked like some guys just pulled their screen door off their back porch and bolted it up to the front of their trucks.

[Hellbilly_Buzzard]

One year too late. To bad it won't fit my '56 Olds.

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Finally an Idea for a new bussiness...market those babies to the 'Chainers cause they MIGHT hit a bug between the power Parking space and the enclosed trailer...OHHH & dont forget the large trailer size one, to protect the front of trailer! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Just be sure to make it from billet aluminum! Maybe you could mill some flames into them?

[Dirty2]

I was about to bid on it !!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif