THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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Mad Gramps: Mad Max-Themed 2002 Buick
Did the world need the unholy combination of 2002 Buick Regal and Mad Max mods with a motorcycle thrown on top like a cherry? I guess the seller will find out, but we strongly support this as a pickup conversion! It’s not clear to us whether this is based on the supercharged Regal GS, or…
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Outgrew your Playmobil toys? How about a Fuldmobil from Elektromaschinenbau Fulda?
Behold the car that might or might not have created the bubble car concept! This is, as you might guess, a 1950s German contraption, launched in the hard times after WWII.
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Dies el Camino: 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Pickup
Our friends over at Daily Turismo have found another great one! See and read more at the link below… DieselCamino
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Minup: Ex-Red Bull Mini Pickup
Let’s get this out there: The Suzuki X90 represents the Holy Grail of ex-Red Bull vehicles. With that out of the way, this Mini is a close second and, well, it’s the only other choice.
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(Help Me) Ronda? Yes, it’s a Rover Honda.
Today’s feature is a Rover 216SE, falsely advertised as a 316. Why is this a Ronda? It’s because this is essentially a rebadged Honda Ballade, which, in turn, was a slightly fancier Honda Civic. If a Sterling is too common for you, this Rover 216 should do the trick.
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The Train Truck
Beneath this moderately convincing steam train is a Chevy 1-ton truck chassis powered by a good ‘ol 350. As one can imagine, this was used for parades in the past. What will you do with it?
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Nissan in Unique Position to Celebrate Long Life Cycles with Anniversary Editions
Nissan is uniquely positioned to celebrate significant milestones for vehicles still in the same life cycle. The 50th Anniversary Nissan/Datsun Z was revealed in New York, but also serves as the 10th Anniversary of the 370Z itself, which has soldiered on since 2009 with minimal changes. Too bad it’s not “black gold.” We expect to…
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Land Crewser: The Custom Crew Cab Land Cruiser Project
Do you love FJs, but want more doors? Well, someone else did, but didn’t complete the project, so we’re left with some work done and a lot left. Are you brave enough to take this one on?
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1987 Toyota Corollup
Here we have an example of one of our favorite categories of oddimobiles – hatchbacks (usually shitboxes) converted into pickups. This is a strangely common phenomenon, with seemingly half of the world’s remaining Ford Festivas converted into pickups. Good news here is a supercharged JDM (yo!) 1.6L was swapped into this bad boy, which also…
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Oh Shala! The Dick Dean Shala-Vette is Ready for the World.
There are a lot of VW-based customs in the world, but this one has a bit of celebrity, as Dick Dean, who worked with and for George Barris, designed and marketed these.
