George Smolinski Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 NOT MINE! I'm sure someone here can't wait to buy this gem. https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/6045880643.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel88 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Someone took a lot trouble to create a truly tasteless Buick custom! Yuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 What no side pipes ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Fuhrman Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Gosh - lots going on there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I think his next victim was an Olds. See the roger rabbit thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72caddy Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Be careful you could start a flood of postings! Imagine if everyone posted a creation from their local Craigslist here. We would soon be overwhelmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger914 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 There really should be a special section for this for this type of vintage automobile. If it weren't for clown cars, clowns would have to walk to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Seems fender skirts are making a come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 13 hours ago, Digger914 said: If it weren't for clown cars, clowns would have to walk to work. Good observation, Digger! It may very well have been a clown car. Maybe from some shriners' group--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 These recent postings make the "Superfly Era" custom Cads and Lincolns from the early to mid 70s actually look halfway decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Almost makes the Stutz Blackhawk II not too bad. Then again, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 18 hours ago, Digger914 said: If it weren't for clown cars, clowns would have to walk to work. "What's the matter, kid, Don't you like clowns? Don't we make you laugh?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Perfect -- I'm in the market for a replacement that will fit into my garage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Took my son to see the Oscar Mayer mobile in the early 90s, great fun! Seeker I had a friend once who worked for Zimmer in the 80s. Good guy but I think he thought they were actually legitimate fine automobiles... I would take the "Stutz Blackhawk" of the early 70s over one of those anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 All of those early 80's neoclassics including Excalibur and Tiffany, just make me scratch my head. You have a Tbird or monte carlo shell, maybe even an 80ish caddy shell then bolt a bunch of poorly shaped 30's style reproduction pieces on it and call it a classic. LOL The scary part is they are now being restored and the sellers are asking real money for them. Who buys them? They looked as tacky then as they do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I have always liked the neo-classic cars. They are more a social statement than technology. I am glad I was around to see it. Many younger people don't get it in context and looking half a century or even thirty years later, they can be a little clueless. Brooks Stevens had a real knock out with that Excalibur. The style, even the name was perfect for the time. I only got to do a few things together with my Dad that didn't involved the whole family. We drove his new black '63 Galaxie 500 Fastback to the Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in 1963. There was a concourses in the town park. An Excalibur, an Avanti, and a Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow were on the show field that day, XKE's were up on the track racing the new Sting Rays, and Buick Rivieras were in the showrooms being a pretty close knock off of a Bentley Continental. The Exners were riding that creativity when they designed the Revival cars in 1965. And that set a lot of the pace. Exner Jr. went to work at Ford and put an awful lot of neo-classic Duesenberg into the 1970 Thunderbird. The revived Stutz wasn't many months behind. They aren't engineering feats. They are big as life "Hey! Look at me"'s. They don't look right today because the culture has beaten many into a state of worshiping humility above all. I even know some whom thing an extravagant car is a Toyota with a chrome grille. I haven't bought my Stutz yet, but I spend some time here: http://www.madle.org/estutz.htm I almost bought that Stutz that keeps surfacing as the car from Hell. When I get one I'll enjoy it just like the Rat Pack guys did and use it through their dying memory. For today, we'll probably drive over to the next county for lunch in my bright white tailfinned car about 20 feet long with the big whitewalls and when a head turns our way I'll be proud to know it is someone recognizing the improvement of the Triple Turbine Dynaflow over the FlightPitch or dreaming about the smooth power flow through the torque tube. Always did like that Zimmer Quicksilver, too. I heard the State of Vermont banned them because they thought they had Mercury in them. Bernie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 pretty sure from all of the responses, Auburnseeker is pretty hot on this one.........................! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Wilkie Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I'm suer it's a (JIM DANDY) very low production. better hurry if your wife wants this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I prefer them Stock. In out, underneath, under the hood.etc. I have rarely seen someone's creativity add much to an original design. There are a few exceptions. Xander's Hudson pickup might be one of those. Most seem to fall short. Then some you couldn't even save with a 50 foot rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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