What was that horrible '70s knock off of the Mercedes SSK?
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Sept. 26, 2011 5:52 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
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Sept. 26, 2011 5:53 p.m. N Sperlo Dork
Is this about to turn into "The History of Kia?"
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Sept. 26, 2011 5:59 p.m. Datsun1500 SuperDork
The Gazelle?
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Sept. 26, 2011 6:05 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
I thought there was one that wasn't a kit car.
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Sept. 26, 2011 6:09 p.m. pres589 Dork
Excalibur.
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Sept. 26, 2011 6:10 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
pres589 wrote:
Excalibur.
That's it.
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Sept. 26, 2011 7:08 p.m. N Sperlo Dork
Ah, the car that King Arthur pulled out of the stone.
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Sept. 26, 2011 7:40 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
and we all wish he hadn't.
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Sept. 26, 2011 7:43 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
I was thinking from the thread title, "Miata"?
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Sept. 26, 2011 7:44 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
The Excalibur actually first came out in 1963. Phyllis Diller owned one.
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Sept. 26, 2011 8:09 p.m. Brett_Murphy HalfDork
I'm not sure that is a strong selling point.
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Sept. 27, 2011 5:41 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
I'm afraid to ask ....
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Sept. 27, 2011 5:50 a.m. Wally SuperDork
stuart in mn wrote:
The Excalibur actually first came out in 1963. Phyllis Diller owned one.
When it was delivered she said "Wow, this has more plastic than Joan Rivers face"
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Sept. 27, 2011 6:38 a.m. xFactor New Reader
My dad actually owned a '78 Phaeton III. It had a 454 crammed in there, and the exhaust pipes coming out from the hood were real. I remember going on long ice cream runs, with me and my two sisters going three wide in the back seat. Wherever we went it always started a conversation, typically "Is that a kit?"
later, matt
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Sept. 27, 2011 6:58 a.m. T.J. SuperDork
Panther Kallista is sorta in the same vein, but it looks a lot more Morgan and a lot less Mercedes.
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Sept. 27, 2011 7:09 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
xFactor wrote:
later, matt
Matt Houston?
(TV detective that drove an Excalibur)
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Sept. 27, 2011 7:49 a.m. ST_ZX2 Reader
Excaliber's were built in West Allis (Milwaukee), Wisconsin and were built largely on Corvette running gear and designed by Brooks Stevens (Studabaker,Harley-Davidson etc.). Like most cars of the 70's, they grew to be big and bloated, but the early cars, IMO, were pretty cool...
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Sept. 27, 2011 9:06 a.m. dculberson HalfDork
Yeah! Some of the Excaliburs were pretty dang cool. Fast, too, faster than the contemporary Corvettes since they were lighter.
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Sept. 27, 2011 9:47 a.m. Marjorie Suddard General Manager
N Sperlo wrote:
Ah, the car that King Arthur pulled out of the stone.
snort.
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Sept. 27, 2011 10:06 a.m. Luke SuperDork
I didn't know about the early Excaliburs! That green one above looks great, (at the very least it looks like something a 1970s Pimp would be less inclined to drive).
Makes me think of a hot-rodded HRG.
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Sept. 27, 2011 12:49 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
big and bloated did not cover what happened to the excalaber.. but I didn't know about the early ones
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Sept. 27, 2011 12:52 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
The "35X" looks cool.
This does not...
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Sept. 27, 2011 1:13 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork
EvanB wrote:
Now THAT is PIMPIN'!
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Sept. 27, 2011 1:33 p.m. porksboy SuperDork
1988RedT2 wrote:
EvanB wrote:
Now THAT is PIMPIN'!
For some reason I remember where I first heard of the Excalibur. I was about 12 when I saw an article and picture of this car in Playboy Magazine. I thought I too could get me "some" if only I had a car like that. Ah the innocence of youth.
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Sept. 28, 2011 7:41 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
A Japanese company is making a bad copy of that.
Mitsuoka Le-Seyde
