Car pics too cool not to share
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The ultimate Unicorn: A VW microbus that can actually get out of its own way!
Don't know how accurate all this information is but it's a cool story if true.
Jeffords AMX R “Ramble” seat.
Jim Jeffords was head of the Javelin Trans Am Racing Team for AMC in the late 60s. Jeffords wanted AMC to sanction the Ramble seat and allow him to buy and modify 500 AMX’s. Unfortunately, there were obstacles that prohibited the progress of such a project. In addition to political and liability hurdles, Ralph Nader, after learning of the AMX-R’s existence and the pending idea, declared it unsafe.
Jeffords AMX R “Ramble” seat.
Jim Jeffords was head of the Javelin Trans Am Racing Team for AMC in the late 60s. Jeffords wanted AMC to sanction the Ramble seat and allow him to buy and modify 500 AMX’s. Unfortunately, there were obstacles that prohibited the progress of such a project. In addition to political and liability hurdles, Ralph Nader, after learning of the AMX-R’s existence and the pending idea, declared it unsafe.
Late 70s CJ5 Levi Renegade
Random Jeep in front of a house with half a dozen homies on a rare beautiful sunny day in a random HOOD. Stolen? Trade for crack...oops
maybe I mean meth? Who would know?
For sale a month ago, $38,000 may be for sale for quuite a while.
1947 Hudson Big Boy Pickup. Almost perfect except for a 454 Chevy engine I didn't bother to even look at.
Even the interior looked like it came from the showroom floor but my picture of that was a blurry mess.
Random Jeep in front of a house with half a dozen homies on a rare beautiful sunny day in a random HOOD. Stolen? Trade for crack...oops
maybe I mean meth? Who would know?
For sale a month ago, $38,000 may be for sale for quuite a while.
1947 Hudson Big Boy Pickup. Almost perfect except for a 454 Chevy engine I didn't bother to even look at.
Even the interior looked like it came from the showroom floor but my picture of that was a blurry mess.
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Sometimes it doesn't take a lot to make a cool cruiser out of a vintage car. Even a "many-door" can be made to look cool, if done right. There was a guy in Ballard years ago with a white '65 Chrysler New Yorker 4-door hardtop. He had lowered it all the way around, and had a set of lake pipes on it. The front hubcaps were set-up to not spin with the wheels (they were affixed to the end of the spindles, and in no way attached to the wheels). It made for a wild sight to see this thing slithering slowly down the road. With the factory fender skirts hiding so much of the rear wheels, and the front flipper-style hubcaps not turning, it looked exactly like his license plate read: SLIDER
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That's one of those yes, but also no cars. Anybody recognize what that top and rear door/window are from?
So many nice rides in the background...
In case you're talking about this one beside that Hudson
Or maybe these, one on each side of the Mercury woodie:
So many nice rides in the background...
Like a frame-swapped 4x4 '60 El Camino?
Or maybe the boat-tail Rivi?
For the last 10 years or so there has been someone running around here in a black, or maybe dark green, boat tail Rivi' as their daily driver. I see it at a local grocery store every few weeks. The other car at that person's house is a '68 Charger, and a younger guy dives that car. Both are well-worn, but driving.
And don't think I missed that Fury or the '62 Chevy parts car clearly selling bootlegged stuff out of the trunk.
I don't know if this was some kind of ChromaFlair paint or what and I wish my phone took better pictures but as I walked up to the back of it, this Plymouth looked like it was at least 31 flavors of orange
I was. That one hurts a little. I’d drive it, but that's just too rare of a car to do that to. It needs to be on bags and having trouble navigating speed bumps.
Probably a pearl coat mix, can be mixed and sprayed in both two stage and three stage systems...though most are probably done in two these days.
Yes, but did you catch the lovely rusted 1995 Ford F-150 next to that El Camino...
Hey, that's a classic truck now.
They really are starting to come up in price, too.
Color me surprised, those images had the hallmarks of AI generated, might just be bad processing and image compression. The photos you posted are legit. The wheel choice doesn't do much for me but I like the rest of it. Wagons can have a pretty high cool factor.
Hey, that's a classic truck now.
Seems everything these days is labeled "classic" or "vintage" for marketing...and everything seems to be coming up in price (and that's not to say the stuff is worth the money).
If you look at more pics of it, there are just a lot of gaudy choices that were made.
For example, the seats look great to me.
The front end treatment, not so much.
The wheels, nope.
The engine choice, yes. The engine dress, nope.
Here's some more pic if you want to see it. https://www.carscoops.com/2021/11/1...ormed-into-a-sleek-two-door-with-a-600-hp-v8/