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Old 04-19-2010, 01:56 PM
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Snapped this photo last summer at one of our local car shows....





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hey!!.....it's a split window.....
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There's a blind spot in the right rear panel.
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Yeah...seeing past those wings must be a pain......
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I threw up in my mouth a little.
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It can stay out of the country.
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Originally Posted by narlee
I threw up in my mouth a little.
Ya, well I threw up in my mouth, a lot!

Maybe if he chromed the rear bumper it would make it all better. All that time an effort and it is just plain fugly.
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Virgil Exner must be rolling his grave........
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Originally Posted by stratplus
it is just plain fugly.
The builder/designer must have worked in the International Harvester design studios on their pickup truck line.

Doug
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Originally Posted by narlee
I threw up in my mouth a little.
C'mon now - although they could have paid a little more attention to the front fascia (looks a little bulldozerish), they were obviously a fan of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. One of my idols - I applaud the effort, but they failed in the execution....
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Originally Posted by AZDoug
The builder/designer must have worked in the International Harvester design studios on their pickup truck line.

Doug
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Might make a nice Batmobile
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There was way too much beer involved in this project.

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I'd give it an animated face and it would look like one of the cars in the "Cars" movie.
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Kind of makes me want to !
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Thought it looked like Tommy the train, or truck, or what ever the hell he was.
That was one U G L Y custom . Bill

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Originally Posted by capevettes
Might make a nice Batmobile
That was my first thought when I looked at it ( eyes half open)
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I wish you whould have taken some interior shots as well. I wonder what kind of f/u that was.
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I don't have to like the end product to appreciate the hard work that someone put into their own vision.


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