Oh the humanity!! ^^^ One thing I think about when I see a rig like the Monte Camino or the above is that some shlump was thinking "I'm gonna build me the coolest kustom ever!". Gotta give 'em an A for effort before they get back on the short bus.
Actually, the above was built in Mempis, TN by the Memphian Coach Co. They built many low end funeral coaches and service cars. This cars intended purpose was mostly to run flowers or make first calls.
Actually,it was one of their first builds together,but don't shoot the messenger.I remember it being for sale on eBay,and the owner had proof of it being a Barris build.I contacted Barris' people and they could neither confirm nor deny it being a Barris build.
Thanks for posting that - I don´t think I´ve seen the original version before. It doesn´t look half bad does it. The second go is pretty damn bad.
This car reminds me of a tv show I watched when I was a kid in the early sixties. Anybody else remember "Supercar"?
This one is on a car selling site in Belgium. The picture is together with some other cars and i'm not sure if this car is for sale or is just an eye catcher?? Maybe you guy's have more info about the builder(s)?? It looks strange to me that this would be really for sale here.
That's the '59 Cadillac Cyclone, designed by Harley Earl and built by General Motors. I have seen it in the GM Heritage Collection in Detroit, and it likely isn't going to be sold through the classified ads in Belgium.
One of the weirdest customs I've ever seen turned up in Texas back in the 70s. A guy up in East Texas who sold mechanical parts for oddball cars had it. I saw it on the cover of one of the "Little Books" before, think was called "The Cyclops." It did have a turning center eye in the 49-50 Ford grille but also conventional headlamps in the fenders. It was bright red, severely chopped, perhaps sectioned(memory fades here) 49-50 Ford Tudor, had a dash filled with switches and gauges like a freaking 707, but the back end had not one, not two but threeeeeee Cadillac, say 49-50 or so, tailfins! One on each quarter and the third high on the deck lid, all three with working lights! Turned up for sale many times through the 70s but kinda disappeared after that. Where is it? Confess, do YOU have it? If so, why isn't that magnificent thing on the street every day?
The builder of that car is still around. I talked to him last summer. He built this cas when he was in his late teens. I saw him building it when I was in grade school.(about 1960) I saw him drive it back then with no steering wheel, just a joystick.
I have been looking for photos of that one... I knew I had seen it on here, and had just scanned the original article on the car. EDITED at first I thought it was the same car... but after reading some of the comments and paying a bit more time at looking at the details. I have to agree this most likely is not the same car as the one from the article below. To many different details. Molded in headlights on the article car and stock headlights on the one in primer, large rear window versus small on the article. Still very nice.. and hopefully you will finish the car in gloss paint with a hood.
Here is an early type home made sports car I have had for several years, built in the early 50's. It started out in life as a 39 Chevy coupe. Most people who come into the shop think it is a XK120 or an old Allard. It came from the Fresno area in the central valley here in California. I sure would like to find a little history on it. It still is running the stock 6 cylinder. The frame has been Z'ed front & rear, torque tube has been shortened.
If you look close, I really don't think it's the same car/truck. There's just way to many differences.
OK when I built my 49 KB-2 last summer I used parts from a Monte Carlo. Engine, transmission, steering column. I'm glad I don't do drugs or I might have ended up with the twin of this........WOW What's up with international trucks getting used for abortions? <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
I was gonna say the same thing, look at the rear window and windshield treatment. Possible that someone redid it though.