Can't remember a car name

What was that horrible '70s knock off of the Mercedes SSK?

Is this about to turn into "The History of Kia?"

I thought there was one that wasn't a kit car.

Excalibur.

pres589 wrote: Excalibur.

That's it.

Ah, the car that King Arthur pulled out of the stone.

and we all wish he hadn't.

I was thinking from the thread title, "Miata"?

The Excalibur actually first came out in 1963. Phyllis Diller owned one.

I'm not sure that is a strong selling point.

I'm afraid to ask ....

http://www.excaliburautomobile.com/Pages/homeus.htm

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"

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

Panther Kallista is sorta in the same vein, but it looks a lot more Morgan and a lot less Mercedes.

xFactor wrote: later, matt

Matt Houston?

(TV detective that drove an Excalibur)

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...

Yeah! Some of the Excaliburs were pretty dang cool. Fast, too, faster than the contemporary Corvettes since they were lighter.

N Sperlo wrote: Ah, the car that King Arthur pulled out of the stone.

snort.

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.

big and bloated did not cover what happened to the excalaber.. but I didn't know about the early ones

The "35X" looks cool.

This does not...

EvanB wrote:

Now THAT is PIMPIN'!

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.

A Japanese company is making a bad copy of that.

Mitsuoka Le-Seyde