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Oct. 12, 2009 8:22 a.m. slantvaliant HalfDork
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Oct. 12, 2009 8:24 a.m. mad_machine UberDork
Trans_Maro wrote:
I'm surprised no-one has posted this beauty yet:
Shawn
When I was a young boy, I had a 1/24 model of that particular car. I had forgotten all about it
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Oct. 12, 2009 8:46 a.m. Josh HalfDork
I <3 this thread. That '55 vette is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I'd want mine on a '58 though.
I'm sure I have previously professed my love for the astons on here as well.
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Oct. 12, 2009 8:47 a.m. Ian F HalfDork
This is just an entire thread of awesomeness...
Of course, I own an 1800ES, so I'm just a little bit biased...
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Oct. 12, 2009 9:08 a.m. Tom Heath Marketing / Club Coordinator
There's no way in hell we'll ever see it now, but I liked these at the Detroit Auto Show like...6 or 7 years ago. It was built on the Solstice platform, so it would have been rear-wheel drive with a turbo 4. I don't care if you call it a wagon, hatch, or shooting brake, I like it.
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Oct. 12, 2009 9:54 a.m. RossD HalfDork
They should have made the front end of the solstice look more like that. Hell, Chevy should make that car and just call it the C1; with or without the shooting brake/wagon part. Eitherway its cool.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:15 a.m. Carson Dork
There was a company a few years ago doing these conversions on the 4th GM F-Body. I saw it on one of the Spike TV shows.
I seem to recall the entire rear opened and hinged there the glass hatch did on the normal production car.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:17 a.m. alex Dork
Tom Heath wrote:
Weren't they calling this a Nomad? I remember this at Detroit, too, and I recall thinking at the time 'this is too cool to ever make production.' I love this thing.
Now this is the exception that proves the thread title's rule. Yikes.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:19 a.m. alex Dork
Carson wrote:
There was a company a few years ago doing these conversions on the 4th GM F-Body.
That looks suspiciously like a massaged camper shell. But I think I like it.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:21 a.m. alex Dork
This is so wrong (on so many levels) that it's back to right again.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:23 a.m. Keith PowerDork
You know, I've never actually seen one of these. But they came out at an impressionable point of my childhood.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:24 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
Sultin of Brunei's Ferrari 456 Wagon...
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:25 a.m. Carson Dork
alex wrote:
That looks suspiciously like a massaged camper shell. But I think I like it.
No, no, this looks like a massaged camper shell on a F body. I use 'massaged' loosely.
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:27 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
or... Maserati Quattroporte Wagon
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:42 a.m. speedblind Reader
alex wrote:
Carson wrote:
There was a company a few years ago doing these conversions on the 4th GM F-Body.
That looks suspiciously like a massaged camper shell. But I think I like it.
Interesting. They've eliminated the usability of a hatch and added minimal room to the cargo area. Was the goal to make something uglier and less useful?
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Oct. 12, 2009 10:54 a.m. Carson Dork
In reply to speedblind:
The whole back opens, it hinges on the roof at the b-pillar. The hatch function is unchanged, the shape of the hatch has changed.
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Oct. 12, 2009 11:24 a.m. ultraclyde New Reader
keith - there's one for sale here in mid ga. Cheap. might even run.
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Oct. 12, 2009 11:43 a.m. hobiercr Reader
RossD wrote:
Anybody close that could go see this thing? I just happen to have a 302 laying around here somewhere...
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Oct. 12, 2009 11:56 a.m. RossD HalfDork
In reply to hobiercr: Its kinda near my cabin. ~2.75 hours away.
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Oct. 12, 2009 12:51 p.m. Ian F HalfDork
I kinda like that F4 conversion.
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Oct. 12, 2009 12:53 p.m. Jensenman MegaDork
Not a conversion. The last 510 Jensen Healeys made were Jensen GT's in response to US laws which made production of small convertibles kinda impractical for several years.
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Oct. 12, 2009 12:56 p.m. Ian F HalfDork
In reply to Jensenman:
That looks like a combination of a Vega (front) and Spitfire (rear fenders) and a Volvo 1800ES (roof line and rear).
But since I have an affection for all of those cars, I like it.
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Oct. 12, 2009 1:05 p.m. jstein77 HalfDork
alex wrote:
This is so wrong (on so many levels) that it's back to right again.
Overhang, anyone?
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Oct. 12, 2009 2:33 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
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Oct. 12, 2009 2:46 p.m. dyintorace Dork
Does this count?
And there are some interesting others here: http://www.pestalozzi.net/sb/a_photo_index_2door_easy.html
