there was actually a buick or something of that era that was done like that in town. it was advertising for budget rent a car " whether you are coming or going..." and was driven daily.
HEY THAT'S TRADITIONAL. those were popular in the late 40's early 50's as was the making pickup's out of four doors. also all the short coupes made by removing the rear doors.It may never come back. but it WAS here
I seen that car at the Pumpkin run last year near Cincinnati. I agree, why would anyone want to spend so much time and effort building something so odd. I looked at this thing closely and it was well done with alot detail work even the interior is detailed. Strange thing.. can you imagine seeing it going down the highway in front of you? Your first reaction would be that the car is coming at you.
Not my bag either, but somebody spent a lot of time on that thing, just like any other car. Credit goes to him for that, but definately not for their style. To each his own.
A older gent here in town has one like that,,,not restored but his story is that the car was built to travel up and down logging roads by park rangers to get to the fire towers in the 40's and 50's where there was no room to turn around. I'm not sure I believe that but it does have a Park Ranger logo that was painted on the doors years ago.HR p
The car was build and is owned by a guy here in Columbus, his name is Ray Gosnell and he has a collection of cars that would water anyone's eyes. The red and white traditional 32, Motor City flat head, has full house painted on the cowl, he also drives a 32 steel roadster and a 62 bubble top 09 car, has a building full of toys that were featured in the Goodguys Gazette a fews years back. Ray's a hell-of-a-good guy that you all would enjoy knowing. Shoe
I agree John. I have gotten to know Ray through the years He is deffanitly a great guy. That car acctualy has history. The car was originaly built back in the sixties by his father. If I remember the story correctly Ray's dad was a mechanic and owned his own service station. His slogan was something about "We got you coming or going". So the car was a rolling billboard. Ray and his brother used to double date in the car when they were kids. When Ray re did the car a few years back it was in real bad shape. He spent a lot of time restoring the car to even better condition than it was when his father originaly built it. We usualy park close to each other at Goodguys Columbus. Its funny to sit back and watch the crowds try to figure out wich side you drive from. So mabey it was a waist of two cars back in the sixties but today its rolling icon of Rays childhood. I just hope that when I am Rays age I will have the opportunity to restore one of my dads cars. I don't know if Rays father is still alive but I can't think of a better memorial.
There used to be a tan one just like that near Mt. Rushmore. I think weird shit is cool and those are amusing. I want to do one with front wheel drive cars that you can actually drive from either end. Like never have to back out of a parking spot, drive in and drive out.Mostly to play with peoples head with tho.
I think that's very, very cool. One, long gullwing door on each side would make it just a little cooler
<font color="red"> A few of those things got built down here years ago. There are still some around that pop up from time to time. You have to remember that the cars themselves were worth nothing at the time they were built. It was a certain way of gathering interest for advertising. </font>
there is one running around San Diego - it's a promo car for a local radio station - 91X. It's 2 Checker Cab fronts...
[ QUOTE ] Didn't Dr. Doolittle have something like that? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, the Pushme Pullyou Weird, not my thing, but must have taken a lot of work. For that I can admire it.
There was something like that built for the French fire dept. Outta two 2CVs. And it, too, was built to drive into and out of fire situations without turning around. Since they are front wheel drive, the car was actually always driving forward... Cosmo
Beats letting them rot in a junkyard or recycling them into Hyundais... anyways it's just a couple of Plymouths, it's not like they cut up a couple of '50 Mercs to make that. Not many guys with a thing for 50 Plymouths - The thing is not every kind of car may be my bag, but I don't go out and say someone else's car is s--- just because I don't like it for being a Ford with a small block Chevy that looks like 800,000 others, for instance.
Yes this was a trend once upon a time. I found one in a junkyard in Concord California years ago. It was made from two 49 Fords. It was used as a parade vehicle. Definately cool.
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