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By marvh - 15 Years Ago
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Check out this car
http://www.thecollectorcargroup.com/auction_article/1108
item number 67
I have no financial interest in this sale, just passing along as rather unusual car
marv
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By rgrove - 15 Years Ago
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20 year storage my a**. I saw that car at teh CVA convention in St Charles, IL about 7 or 8 years ago. Car has also been to other conventions, and featured in CVA newsletter....unless, god forbid, there are two of those monstrosities!
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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OMG! I hope there isn't more than one of those! That's too many if you ask me.
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By MarkMontereyBay - 15 Years Ago
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Buttugly. This is what happens when you combine a bag of amphetamine, large tube of super glue, and getting lost in a wrecking yard for three days.
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By lowrider - 15 Years Ago
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Ah the 60's
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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If we weren't so PC this would be a spot for an ethnic slur Reminds me of the "Jitney" jeep's in the Phillipines or the log trucks and busses in Thailand. Chuck in NH
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By marvh - 15 Years Ago
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Guys.....careful that car was built in Australia and during that time "to trim out" a car as that one was the "in thing" to do. It is a 58 model with right hand drive.
marv
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By BIGREDTODD - 15 Years Ago
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I just threw up in my mouth a little. Looks like someone just called JC Whitney and said "4 of everything please!" Square headlights, crushed velvet interiors, 8-tracks, sky-jackers, and van conversions all come to mind as other things that were "in" at one point also. 
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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These are 3 Jitneys or Jeepnys and the last is a Thai log truck. The log trucks carried a lot of Teak wood and would only go about 20mph. At that speed they too BLOCKS to stop. I had a friend hit in the leg by one and he ended up with a spiral break of his entire lower leg. Tons of weight on them. Chuck in NH    
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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mctim64 (4/21/2010)
OMG! I hope there isn't more than one of those! That's too many if you ask me. 
Tim, guess what? These were 57, 58 Customline models and a few of our aussie migrant generation liked to adorne them a little? i guess from their homeland. We lovingly cringed but appreciated the work that went into them, the son of the orig owner uncovered it from shed a few years back and got it going. In hindsite it is probably inline with some current kustoms of today. Regards bill. The one mentioned previously was built and owned by charlie carauna and joe pirotta.
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By Brodie - 15 Years Ago
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Further proof that alcohol, acetylene and bondo should never be mixed.....
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By Moz - 15 Years Ago
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im sorry but thats just damn ugly if i had a woman like that id shoot her
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By Moz - 15 Years Ago
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actually marv i just had another look (car accident you have to keep looking ) thats our 57 model our 58's were like my ute & had a star in the middle of the grille
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By Ol Ford Guy - 15 Years Ago
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That's what we used to call a "Gook Wagon".
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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Ol Ford Guy (4/22/2010)
That's what we used to call a "Gook Wagon".Paul, i hope you havent got an M16?
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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Bill, You mean you don't have one? Chuck in NH
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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MoonShadow (4/22/2010)
Bill, You mean you don't have one? Chuck in NH Chuck, i couldnt do it to them, i like them!
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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Chuck, remember the edsel, then years later they are sought after, like an aqquired taste? well, i think of these old customs as examples of the car hobby from the 50,s and not many survived! I can remember some of the migrant car guys used to get these 56 -58 customlines and fit the tail fins off dodge and chrysler royals, on top of rear fenders, batmobile style, and that looks ok, doesnt it? i think i,m lining myself up here for some good shots? ha,ha.
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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Likeing them is not the issue. Its their car and they do put in a LOT of work to make them like that. My pals wouldn't be caught dead with fender skirts, a continental kit or dingle berries. We were much too KOOL for that. Chuck in NH
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By Ol Ford Guy - 15 Years Ago
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I don't own an M16...there was no ethnic connection to that word back in the day. I guess everyone has different taste. I get a kick out of some of these big 4 door cars with 22" wheels with three big spokes. I used to like customs and still do, but I prefer a stock appearing car.
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