VX-O2 meetup LA at the Peterson 2013

Here ya go. The rusty muffler was one of my favorites too! The Petersen tour guide person told us this "garage" set up was for some Craftsman commerical.

NICE rims, eh Mav??!! ;) :thumbup: I think they're a few shades different than ours, more of a taupe color than the silvery/pearl white of our rims. Very sharp though!

Dave and I both noticed the better handling with the wider offset rims/tires. We have a 6 mile mountain segment at the top of Prescott that's nothing but sharp mountain switchbacks/curves, and the VX was noticeably easier to handle it. I've been through it at least 5 times prior, and this was really easier!

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Interior shots:
I really liked the decorative piece on the passenger airbag, and passenger floor area with the 3 raised bars. Nice continuity of the design lines of the ribs on side of door.

This silver logo is on the piece between the two seats, I though it looked cool.
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Thought it looked really stupid having the HVAC controls up at the very top of the center stack :_thinking
Obviously done to move the stereo down to that 3rd section..
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And lastly, a big shout out to Baldwin for so much time/work setting this up. It was far more extraordinary than I expected! The VX-O2 was fantastic, but the the entire museum was fantastic. The dossants were very knowledgable and gave us so much interesting info on everything. There were at least 3 cars there I'd never even heard of..now I'm not the ultimate historian, but I do know quite a bit….but never heard of this one…
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Ok....who swiped the 4x4 shifter knob ... :eek:

And, even having seen it "live" last time...

..I never noticed ther lack of front side marker light till now :confused:


She still looks MIGHTY good!

Jo

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Ok....who swiped the 4x4 shifter knob ... :eek:

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Dat same bastige prolly horked tha ciggy lighter too...:upsetgray

Does anyone have pics of the inside trunk or the rear inside door?

Here's some video from The Petersen.

http://youtu.be/IzxUWSbmDWo
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Glad everyone came out. Wish more did, but we had a good turnout still. Was happy to meet some of you for the first time including Steve Jennes and Scott Hyde....former Isuzu guys...and Scott being the coverboy for the VX-O2 on the In Roads magazine. Dope. I can't believe it took almost 1 year of working with the Petersen to get this set up. I'll email you guys the coordinator I worked with's info and maybe you can all give her a thank you and shoot her one of your fav pics with you and the VX-O2. Might make it easier for a future visit. Funny thing, on my way home, I saw an Ironman on the 10 fwy and it she had no idea of the meet. What a waste.

I can't help it, I've become fixated on the side-view mirrors on the VX-02. I'm wondering if they were custom made, or whether they're simply a take-off from another vehicle and paint-matched to suit.

I personally just think that the stock VX Isuzu-ish side mirrors date the overall look of the VX much more than necessary, especially when that could have easily been remedied with the simple addition of VX-02 aero-type mirrors.

So thank you all for the pictures and video. Now I at least have some more visual references to work with for finding some possible custom mirrors.

There were some pics from the first visit...

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...not sure who took them, I checked my pics..I didnt!

Suffice to say..its UGLY.
Lots of square tube bracing and MacGyver -isms !

Its an exterior 'concept'...and kind of thrown together where the sun dont shine!

I'm sure when originally exhibited they NEVER opened up the back for viewing :eek:

Jo

P.S. - Cece (and with all due respect if you're reading this too Gil), your sister is h-h-h-ot. Next time you speak with your parents feel free to relay my compliments to the chefs. :p

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I can't help it, I've become fixated on the side-view mirrors on the VX-02. I'm wondering if they were custom made, or whether they're simply a take-off from another vehicle and paint-matched to suit.

I personally just think that the stock VX Isuzu-ish side mirrors date the overall look of the VX much more than necessary, especially when that could have easily been remedied with the simple addition of VX-02 aero-type mirrors.

So thank you all for the pictures and video. Now I at least have some more visual references to work with for finding some possible custom mirrors.

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wow, how stange, that's the second thing I DIDN"T notice on the VX-02 (first being the front fender marker lights)! I never even noticed they were different..how's tha possible :_thinking, when I could tell you a multitude of very extreme details like how many texture bumps are in one square inch of cladding :laugho:
Guess it was just too much adrenaline and havin' fun wid da gang! :thumbup:

but hey, I DID notice it was a convertible! :goof:

Those mirrors are super sharp!

Oh Jason :wave: can you whip up one as a model on your CNC jr machine? :wave:

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Check out rickshaw's library of VX-O2 shots here:

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...y.php/cat/3214

The side mirrors were taken from a 2000 dodge neon I think. So don't be that impressed. :) Chif and Steve from Isuzu told me.

I posted my pics from the Petersen Meet

Pics from The Parking Lot meet-up

Pics of the VX-02

Is that a center console with cup holders?