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Title: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 07, 2014, 05:04:46 AM

A couple of months ago, AutoPuzzler Emeritus Paul Jaray posted a puzzle of a wild custom car of questionable heritage and possessed of a muddled overall look. I'm sure it looked great to the builder, but to others...?

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=27824.msg320903#msg320903

At least one other Auto Puzzles member besides me spent considerable time looking at picture after picture of some wild and woolly custom cars which, like PJ's puzzle, probably looked great to the builder. I've started a thread here to share them all with you. At least one of them was once a puzzle, but has been repainted since. Can you spot it?

Please feel free to add some of your own. 

Enjoy!  :o

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 07, 2014, 05:09:10 AM

...and...

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Ray B. on June 08, 2014, 02:15:41 AM

Ouch !

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: grobmotorix on June 08, 2014, 02:24:11 AM

A very well executed custom car, that failed was the brazilian "Cisne Pratedo" we had here as a puzzle long time ago:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=5822.msg45878#msg45878

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: grobmotorix on June 08, 2014, 02:32:43 AM

Another nice, but quite ill-conceived custom car.

I found it at a friend´s home while searching through his very cool vinyl collection.
It´s shown inside of Steppenwolf´s vinyl album "For ladies only" and I´d really like to know more about it... :)

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: grobmotorix on June 08, 2014, 03:12:02 AM

There were also some very ill-conceived custom cars in the 1980´and 1990s in Russia, the GDR and in Germany...

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 08, 2014, 04:55:49 AM

Awesome!  ;D

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Paul Jaray on June 08, 2014, 06:50:08 AM

 :bag:

Here's #5 in all its splendor:

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: grobmotorix on June 08, 2014, 07:16:18 AM

OMG... :o

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 03, 2015, 04:13:48 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on June 08, 2014, 02:32:43 AM

Another nice, but quite ill-conceived custom car.

I found it at a friend´s home while searching through his very cool vinyl collection.
It´s shown inside of Steppenwolf´s vinyl album "For ladies only" and I´d really like to know more about it... :)

.

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: pnegyesi on December 03, 2015, 09:45:34 AM

Okay, let me nominate this car here. The guy who built it was very enthusiastic about the project and wanted to trademark it. I don't think he succeeded. It's powered by a Volvo 440 engine

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: kwgibbs on December 29, 2015, 06:24:44 AM

I think #5 is the car from mars,pretty cool though!

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 29, 2015, 04:53:09 PM

This is #5 once new.

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Wendax on February 17, 2016, 03:38:54 PM

You have deserved this one:

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: ftg3plus4 on February 18, 2016, 11:08:55 AM

Wow, some of these really make my eyes hurt.

I kind of like the 3rd car in the 1st post, though... a Marlin with fins!

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: el_monty on February 23, 2016, 07:44:12 AM

Have to agree with ftg3plus4. The idea of a Marlin with fins actually doesn't look half bad.

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 24, 2016, 05:14:22 AM

Actually, I think it's a '58 Plymouth with a Marlin roof grafted on

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Ray B. on February 25, 2016, 04:50:53 PM

 8)

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Arthur Dent on February 26, 2016, 03:06:50 PM

Spotted these two in Texas a few years back

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5249/5251305391_8a4cc958d3_z.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5169/5250820450_ffe686ba0b_z.jpg)

Title: Re: Blame PJ - It's the Ill-Conceived Custom Car Picture Thread
Post by: Ray B. on June 25, 2016, 04:27:31 AM

 8)