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Old 08-13-24, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
To me it doesn't look like they used different cars to create one, but rather they took an existing older Mercedes and chopped/moved the roof. I'm not getting the Camry taillights. Those look like standard issue Mercedes tails to me.

Whatever it is, it's wild.
It's like they put a Mercedes front clip on an old El Camino and then did some body work to add the MB lights on the back.

I thought slapping an AMG badge on a car was cheesy but this takes the cake! Haha
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Old 08-13-24, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Look at the silver-gray El-Camino-like vehicle right next to it.
right next to what? i thought we're talking about the silver frankenstein car with mb headlights.

i said impala because it's an often used old junk platform for much modification.

just because it has some kind of open 'bed' at the back doesn't mean it used an el camino. i figured impala, bolt on the mb front/rear change the trunk lid for some kind of cover, and there you go.

regardless, it's an abomination.
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Old 08-13-24, 12:45 PM
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Looks like an attempt to turn an old 80's or thereabouts C-class coupe into some type of pickup.
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Old 08-13-24, 12:55 PM
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It’s an S-class. W126
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Old 08-14-24, 11:06 AM
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Another beauty in its day
1948 Norman Timbs Special
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Any ideas?

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Old 08-14-24, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Jakerin
Any ideas?
Lambo kit on a Buick with a CyberTruck windshield
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Not a kit car and Lambo kit cars don’t look like that anyway.
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Old 08-31-24, 05:49 PM
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Old 08-31-24, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K

..........so what are we supposed to be guessing here? Most of those cars are from 50s and 60s vintage.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
..........so what are we supposed to be guessing here? Most of those cars are from 50s and 60s vintage.
Well I see an Impala, bunch of Beetle's and what is that wagon looking vehicle all white roof. Name a bunch of cars you recognize.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Well I see an Impala, bunch of Beetle's and what is that wagon looking vehicle all white roof. Name a bunch of cars you recognize.

I recognize almost all of them in the first 5-6 rows....I grew up with those cars...and learned to drive on some of them. VW Karman Ghia, a number of Beetles, Several different Ford Fairlanes, Buick Skylark, Ford Galaxies/LTD, VW Microbus, Plymouth Valiant/Dodge Lancer, Chevy Bel-Air/Impala, Camaro, Chevelle, Mustang, Olds Delmont/Delta 88, and numerous others.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
..........so what are we supposed to be guessing here?
Originally Posted by LeX2K
Where are all the SUV's?
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Originally Posted by PGA71
Where are all the SUV's?

SUVs were not a significant factor in the American market back then. The only ones I can remember seeing were the International Scout and Travelall, and the Jeep Wagoneer. Foreign-brand SUVs, for all intents and purposes, did not exist aside apart from a very few Toyota Land Cruisers...and the first Range Rover did not come along until 1970. There were a few Ford Broncos and Chevy Blazers and an occasional Dodge Ramcharger, but even they did not sell in significant numbers. That all changed in 1984 when the Jeep Cherokee was introduced, and in 1990 when the Ford Explorer hit the scene......that's when the SUV market in the U.S. really began to take off.
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
Lambo kit on a Buick with a CyberTruck windshield
Well since whole parking lots are being shown, this is…a 1970 Lancia Bertone Stratos HF Zero
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