Chevrolet Lumina / 1939 Mercury mashup

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/unspecified/1736934.html?refer=blog

Here is one I couldn't see coming. The workmanship is impressive but the result ... is surely an acquired taste.

Uh, um, hmmmm. Yeah, that's a.... thing?

Apparently you can polish a turd. Or at least paint it purple.

needs more being on fire

That is awful in every way a thing can be awful. It's probably responsible for the last Indiana Jones movie and Garth Brooks' rock star alter ego Chris Gaines.

This is what a custom Merc of that era should look like:

"hey, I want to build an old-school hotrod. I think I'll use a Chevy Lumina chassis and some of its body panels as a basis."

Said no one ever.

It had the potential to be awesome. It failed miserably.

Reminds me of the family guy/Simpsons crossover. So much potential. So little success.

SSR prototype .001???

I suspect that's a Monte Carlo, not a Lumina, but I guess there's no way to know unless you decode the VIN (if you can even find it) and it really doesn't matter since they both have the same wheelbase.

Dusterbd13 wrote: It had the potential to be awesome. It failed miserably.

drdisque wrote: I suspect that's a Monte Carlo, not a Lumina, but I guess there's no way to know unless you decode the VIN (if you can even find it) and it really doesn't matter since they both suck the same amount.

Fixord.

Oh, no. No.

I seriously dry heaved upon seeing that.

I knew from the title there was no way that turn out well, but that's actually worse than I imagined

I'd seriously buy it if it were 1/5 the price. That would be so miserably awesome to take to Cruisin' the Coast. It really needs some cheap Pep Boys flame decals added to the sides though.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

Just because you can ....

I honestly wonder if it matched the builder's vision. Was he/she had with the result?

Dave wrote: I honestly wonder if it matched the builder's vision. Was he/she had with the result?

Well........they are trying to sell it. Might be a reason.