7 replies to this topic

[Phil Hackett]

Who knew? It looks too "factory" to be some sort of dealer installed trim level....

 

[Mike Patterson]

Aftermarket trim kit, probably.

 

And where's the Vogue tires?

[Dave Crevie]

I think it needs the rest of the maple trim;

 

 

Or better yet, real wood. The contact paper fake wood doesn't weather well;

 

 

(I could have a lot of fun with the digger in the background!)

 

 

Where it all started;

 

[Jim Difalco]

My son and I went to a Barrett Jackson auction in Florida. On the auction block was a car that was supposed to be a tribute to the station wagon in the National Lampoons Vacation movie. Wood grain contact paper that was sort of peeling etc. Very poorly done. Somebody paid $92,000 dollars for it!

[Dave Crevie]

My son and I went to a Barrett Jackson auction in Florida. On the auction block was a car that was supposed to be a tribute to the station wagon in the National Lampoons Vacation movie. Wood grain contact paper that was sort of peeling etc. Very poorly done. Somebody paid $92,000 dollars for it!

 

Some people will buy anything. My first full time job was working for Tom Edwards Chevrolet, one of two Chevy dealers in my town. ( the other was Celozzi-Ettleson ) Jimmy Long was the owner. He made big bucks by taking rusted out trade-ins and "gyppering" them out to look like pristine cars. He would have the body shop grind out the worst of the rust, then schmere Bondo on a piece of cardboard, and stick it over the hole. They would then grind away the cardboard and finish the surface out. 

I was walking through the body shop one day, and saw Jimmy watching a body man do his bidding. I stopped and asked him, " How can you sell a car like that?"

His response, " There's an *** for every saddle".

 

By the way, Jimmy got caught pulling some hokus-pokus at his dealership, and did time in the Illinois slammer. When he got out, he opened a used car lot, (with a body shop), in Carol Stream, Il.  Since he was banned from selling cars in Illinois, he put everything in his son's name. Also named Jim. 

[MG Brown]

Call me old school, but I prefer this Bluebird that was spotted at Road America.

 

[zipper]

Datsun Bluebird 1200 cc. 1963 - Finland was the first country in Europe  to have Datsuns, year was 1962.

[Dave Crevie]

Looks like a candidate for the "LeMons" class at Pebble Beach.

 

 

(thanks to Car and Driver for covering this event)