Cars That Make You Smile :-)

The SSR...

Sports car pretending to be a truck...

 

The Fiero...

Some of y'all may know that I've been around hot rodding for more than two score years...

I have two friends that have made electric conversions with a little 914 and a CRX...

I've always thought about doing that to a Fiero...

Here's a few that are converted...





Pontiac Fiero - Electric Conversion

Here's another one on YT...

YouTube - Pontiac Fiero EV Walk Around

 

What size tank? Bigger than 45 litres I suspect.
OK you win but you still have to catch me and I rarely drive at or below the speed limit.

 

Any Mini or Bug!

ohhh yea and a prowler...

 

I will admit I was also enamored with the rebuilt/customized Dodge 100 p/u... I wasn't totally impressed with how to get in and out, but the moving steering wheel was sorta fascinating... I always thought it would be a real beotch trying to get in and out in the rain... but drive-in movies would be cool.

 

Bubble topped cars...

1956 Ford T-bird custom, by Darryl Starbird...



The Predicta...



A 55 Ford custom...



A 58 Firebird III...



A 59 Caddy custom...



The Beatnik Bandit by Ed Roth...



The Roswell Hot Rod...



Super Dave's bubble top Camaro...



And a Corvette...



One from English TV...





Newer stuff...

The Eco Star, and electric...



Honda Puyo...





Nissan Pivo2...

 

So, why don't we see any production bubble-tops?
Safety issues couldn't be much different than those of convertibles lacking roll-bars :noidea: ....

 

My cousin and my wife had MG Midgets...





The rounded rear wheel-wells tell the above are made after 1972...





An early one without windows or outside door handles...



Some of em are even raced...

 

It was once called the American Ferrari...

The Avanti...

The Ad...







Then they were sold due to bankruptcy... and some other fellas put a few together on old parts...

An 89 convertible...



Then they didn't have any more parts and sold their stuff off to a firm tied to Ford in Mexico...

An 06 convertible...



From Wiki...

 

How can you say the "v" is ugly?

 

Rocket Car

 

Yeah, that's cute... Artists have a way with making us look at them... A Baron Margo creation I think... I really don't see it stealing anything from a modern car...









There's a bunch of pictures of that little LA ride... I would get a kick out of driving it too I guess... but hey, I've been in parades on purpose...

I Like the JET CARS more than Rocket Cars... although, the Blue Flame would be my favorite actual rocket car...

 

Speaking of JET CARS...


The Green Mamba... sadly this one was stolen...





A Volkswagen jet car...







The Chrysler Turbine...










Oh and one for the kiddies...

A Murray Super Sonic Jet Car...

 

And some for the kiddies...

 

Cars that have been... stretched...


Some we call limos... some we just smile at...






























And how could I forget...

 

The Mail truck...













I drove these in NYC after I was discharged...







I owned an International Scout mail car... mine was right-hand drive though and not a Cali car...




I drove these too...

 

Swamp buggies...

 

Helmet and Hat/Bullpen cars...