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54 Buick Wildcat II
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The image in that post is gone, and I don't remember what it was.Originally Posted by acptulsa
Oh, not so bad as all that. It's just terribly unfair of me to put anything in the same post as a sixteen cylinder Marmon with a Le Baron body.
"The Patriarch"
A very similar Marmon 16 convertible, but all in silver paint. That photographer found a better angle, too.The image in that post is gone, and I don't remember what it was.
It's hard keeping pics in these posts.
Oh, wait. You meant the fugliness. I think it was the eight door '78 Oldsmobile airport limo. I think.
Last edited by acptulsa; 04-09-2019 at 07:47 AM.
This?
"The Patriarch"
No, that's a circa 1968 Olds Tornado by Universal. It was a stretched version of this with a massive, structural luggage rack on the roof to help keep it from buckling in the middle:This?
Interesting thing about those Universal conversions. GMC 'borrowed' (stole) the chassis modification design for this:
Last edited by acptulsa; 04-09-2019 at 08:14 AM.
Oh ya. A tad bit fuzzy this morning. Too much fun and company last night. Only ten years off...No, that's a circa 1968 Olds Tornado by Universal. It was a stretched version of this with a massive, structural luggage rack on the roof to help keep it from buckling in the middle:
Interesting thing about those Universal conversions. GMC 'borrowed' (stole) the chassis modification design for this:
Not a big fan of late 70's to 80's style.
"The Patriarch"
Was it style, or was it origami?Oh ya. A tad bit fuzzy this morning. Too much fun and company last night. Only ten years off...
Not a big fan of late 70's to 80's style.
Lol. Some people actually think they look good. Ack.Was it style, or was it origami?
"The Patriarch"
What the heck?
One of a surprisingly large variety of fiberglass kits produced in the 1970s to fit the Volkswagen Beetle chassis.What the heck?
It all started with the dune buggies.
The Bradley GT was an early and surprisingly popular kit. It seems to have been primarily used to attract shallow women on a budget.
The Gazelle was another popular kit.
Imitation Porsche Speedsters were among the most popular, as they looked and sounded like the real thing.
Some were better...
...than others.
For those who didn't want to do that much work, or wanted a mostly steel body, there were imitation Rolls Royce and imitation 1940 Ford trunk lids. They not only made your bug look different from the other twenty million Beetles on the road, they enlarged the trunk space.
Last edited by acptulsa; 04-13-2019 at 07:48 AM.
Yeah, I've seen the kits, especially the hoods. "Man" had the Rolls kit at the start of Up in Smoke, and there is a 40 Ford hooded one in Kirksville. I even had a coworker that built his own angular body on a shortened floorpan that we called the Polish Porsche.
Driving a floorpan with no body is a pretty wacky experience too, you have to hold the steering column up and it has tons of chassis flex.
And the most popular VW kit of them all was...
Tough,, Dependable (with Maintenance),, and highly customizable.And the most popular VW kit of them all was...
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You can work on them with just a cresent wrench and a screw driver. And they are EMP proof. lol
This is the third Baja we have owned over the years. It will go anywhere the Cherokee will go but rides much softer. The Bugout Bug.
American LaFrance 700
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
Ron Paul 2004
Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
It's all about Freedom
From Caterpillar to catamaran.
Are you sure he's not actually semi-retired?
Ha! Well done!
1964 Pontiac Star Chief Vista
1960 Dodge Dart Seneca Sierra.
Sunbeam Tiger
1914 Case.
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A perfect car for Smart!
Sunbeam Tiger
1905 Austro-Daimler
1939 Plymouth
Locomobile
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