Automotive Oddballs: Strange Metal!

[Capt._Chaos]

Courtesy of MSN News

Automotive Oddballs

Strange metal that somehow made it to the sales floor.

By Lawrence Ulrich (http://autos.msn.com/help/AutosHelp.aspx?xml=masthead) of MSN autos
Avert your eyes. Run for the hills. And call the National Guard. The mutants are attacking. Not from outer space, but from car factories right here on planet Earth. It’s time to don the 3-D glasses and check out some freaks of the four-wheeled variety.




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As far as the AMC Pacer & the discussion, if I remember right those didn't come from Detroit, but from Kenosha, Wisconsin. :wtf:

[PartTimeDweller]

As far as the AMC Pacer & the discussion, if I remember right those didn't come from Detroit, but from Kenosha, Wisconsin. :wtf:

Why isn't that a shock?:p

[beanie baby]

I owned a Pacer at one point in time!!:hah::harhar:

[PartTimeDweller]

I rest my case.[smilie=to funny.gi:

[beanie baby]

I rest my case.[smilie=to funny.gi:

:hehe::bleh: It was a fun car, looked like a fish bowl. I wanted to put window clings on the windows of fish!! :D

[Kranky 1]

Speaking of cars & fish, how about the Amphicar?:D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Amphicar-stuttgart-2005.jpg/250px-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Amphicar_Cabriolet_1963.jpg/250px-

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Kranky 1]

The Tucker.

From Cicero IL.

Only 51 of these POS's were made before the company failed.

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1948/tucksm2.jpg

Story here:
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1948/tucker.html

:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes:

[EagleAce]

Lets not forget the AMC Gremlin!

[EagleAce]

and I spotted this Unimog in Nevada

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/1LowCav/Road%20pictures/contraption.jpg