The Cellar / Got Cars

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/19/2021 8:23 am

If you're paying 2½ times the price of a Rolls you certainly have serfs to do that wax on wax off.

Somebody turned a '55 Jeep station wagon or panel truck into a damn pretty pickup.
Much nicer than the factory stepsides and stake bodys.

**Posted by griff** 2/19/2021 5:52 pm

I like that very much

**Posted by Gravdigr** 2/20/2021 12:29 pm

Much nicer to look at than the current four-doored-abomination-to-the-eye...

**Posted by griff** 2/20/2021 1:21 pm

Easily the ugliest thing on the road right now.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/21/2021 3:48 pm

In January of 1944 a MN farmer managed to buy a new jeep that had been built by Ford but rejected by the military at final inspection. He immediately named it Smiley and proceeded to drive it 170 miles home. A reporter and photographer decided to ride along for the story... in a military Jeep... with no doors, windows, roof, actually just a windshield between them and MN in January. The thing that got me is children (probably adults too) had heard of a Jeep but never seen one in person. Duh, Jeep didn’t exist before 1941 and weren’t in civilian hands until after the war... I just hadn't thought about it.

**Posted by BigV** 2/21/2021 3:54 pm

cool story!

1 -- a 65 degree incline? not without a f*ckin rollbar thank you very much.

2 -- why was Smiley graded "I. C."?

**Posted by griff** 2/21/2021 4:39 pm

Nice ride!

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/24/2021 1:12 am

They never said why it failed, by the end of '43 they were cranking out jeeps so fast if there's a problem it was probably not worth fixing as there's a steady stream right behind it... several streams at several plants.

Now Griffins were fancier...

But some things shouldn't be allowed to exist...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/25/2021 10:34 pm

This is a real bargain, some seat covers and wide whitewalls, would make this a driver and mobile den of iniquity.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 2/26/2021 12:02 pm

I think it says it comes with a driver, just not how much of the price is based on that.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/02/2021 2:07 am

I think he said it is a driver. It's cheap for an 81 year old car that hasn't been bent or rotted out.

Ronnie Rayguns baby brother...

A CA pileup of the same series which about ended it.

They were running out of Model Ts.

**Posted by Gromitspapa** 3/04/2021 11:47 pm

picture hosting for forums

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 3/05/2021 7:43 pm

Tiger Woods was driving a Genesis G80 for his crash,
A what? you say.
A fancy Hyundai that I had to look up.
Now there is a fight over its "black boxes."
But what I wanted to ask is what you think of its logo. Look familiar?

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 3/06/2021 12:23 pm

https://listcarbrands.com/genesis-logo/

**Posted by Gravdigr** 3/06/2021 1:19 pm

Gromitspapa wrote:

That car is almost beautiful.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/07/2021 12:52 am

Or take the Limo...

If that's too spendy take the Chevy...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/08/2021 4:39 pm

The title when I found it was, corvettecorvairGMcalendar. I don't think is was more than an artists rendering.
It says Chevrolet on the front fender, but I can't make out what it says across the back.
Sure is pretty though, I can't help wondering if it was a Corvair proposal, rear engined with corvette-ish styling.
I don't think GM would have allowed that, anymore than building anything with a bigger motor or faster than the Corvette.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/14/2021 4:19 am

Ralph Nader would love it...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/20/2021 2:45 am

You don't suppose Smokey did any rule bending do you...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/21/2021 12:01 am

Now that $12,500 in 1965 is $104,371 today, but that car is worth millions.

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**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 4/01/2021 12:52 am

How much would that Cobra go for today?
$12,500 in 1965, $5.5 million in 2002, $5.1 million in 2015, and last week it went for $5.5 million.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 4/01/2021 12:55 am

You could have this pick-up for $9,000, but you have to go live in China...

**Posted by fargon** 4/01/2021 4:36 am

I wonder if I can "Grey Market" that truck?

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 4/01/2021 12:13 pm

99 HP

**Posted by glatt** 4/02/2021 8:59 am

I would like to see it side by side with a typical US pickup. I wonder if I could fit in it at 6'2" tall? It looks big in the pictures above, but I think they are using one of those real estate cameras.

I was checking out other offerings by the same company in China and they are tiny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIC-GM-Wuling#Products