The Junkman

Excaliber? I saw Rod Steward driving one in West Hollywood in 1979 with a smashing blonde in the passenger seat. I wanted one then. The blonde, not the car. Seeing how many few are on the road now, I'd say it was an.....inferior auto.

If you blow up the photo you'll note that it has California distributor license plates. Its for companies other than dealers and manufacturers who deal in new vehicle distribution (naturally). Third parties, independent agents, lessors. The center numbers identify the company and the little numbers on the right side identify the specific plate issued to the company. The distributor pays for any number of plates but only one has to be put on the car and could be attached to another car next week. Since the Supra is already on the market and its not a Toyota company owned car, I'd say its probably been wrapped for a future customer of the distributor.

"If you have to ask the price.....etc, etc."

The BMW-ish sidehack from the "Last Crusade". BMW(ish) because the original tooling was "liberated" from Germany at the end of WWII and parts are still available. I'd not pay the estimated price on most of those ($60-80K for the Bat Boat? Something that had 5-7 seconds of screen time?) but then again I'll probably not be asked to.

Got some reference material for you Jan/2018 The Peterson Auto Museum in LA.

Personally, I'd have imported Tia Carrere or Lara Flynn Boyle but they probably weren't available for export. ☹️

The true question is "why" it ended up in Norway. An economy car so underpowered that they had to add a V-8 to move it off the dealer lot. An "economy" car with a 1975 American V-8. Then again I understand they eat lutefisk up there. How bad is the fish that they have to soak it in lye to make it palatable? ? Hey, we may have lost our minds here but not our sense of humor.

Not Garlits but I do recall this one, I was eleven at the time. http://allamericanracers.com/gurney-for-president/ I even have a couple of decal sheets with that bumper sticker in 1/24.

I had the Maverick and wish I had it again. Thanks, guys.

Flashing through Ebay and I saw a box art offer for the old Johan Comet pro-stock. https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-BOX-ART-PRINTERS-TEST-SHOTS-FOR-THE-NEW-BOX-JO-HAN-PRO-STOCK-COMET/401841980749?hash=item5d8fa6054d:g:srsAAOSwT8ZdTPUF Is that being re-released or is this something like a fan boy wish?

Get back to us if you see that car out in the wild come, say, January or February.

Now for some reason, I'm OK with the blue one. Excepting that its blue and has flames the main difference I see is that is has real, recognizable headlamps. Not like those ones in the red one that looked like some five year old attacked it with a pencil. Changes the whole front aspect.

I admire the craftsmanship that went into it but to me it looks like an instant caricature of something.

This afternoon on US 101 in Marin County north of SF there was this one, marked just this way and this color. (Well, maybe not this precise one but you get the idea.) Still in very good shape.

I look at that photo and feel the same as when I look at dog rescue sites. "I could take that one in and give it a better home."

Keeping in the realm of cars and modeling: Decals are/have been available. Comes in both Chevy and Ford varieties.

Bone stock 1969 Chevelle 427 black vinyl over white. Sounded like it, too. Noticed it just as the light changed directing me onto the freeway and it stayed straight down the city street, thus no photos I've seen a raft of SS396's over the years but never a 427.

If you time it right (as in check to see if they're open that day) the Mullin is a can't miss. Ventura isn't THAT far away plus you can drive down Pacific Coast Hwy and see all the beaches mentioned in Beach Boys songs. I've seen a bunch of the inventory (at the Peterson, of course) and they are just gorgeous. http://www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com/

Don't know him but these guys might. http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/ Join up and post in the "Greyside" group. Nice build.

Maybe "moderately well off man's Ferrari". If they've got one, I might try the "build your car" game once the traffic on the site goes down. Tried it for the latest NSX and stopped when I reached $190K. I have expensive tastes. Ooops, here it is. https://visualizer-east.chevrolet.com/ui?carline=corvette&modelyear=2020&brand=chevrolet&language=en&country=US&channel=b2c

Past experience suggests that it will be a LONG time before you see it within sniffing distance of $60K. I recall the 2005 Mustang refresh and that a salesman was trying to push one on me that was only (!) $5k over sticker. For a V-6. Street price; probably $85k and up. Still.....

My guess is that as it is now it is an artistic tribute to the car. Finish it and put a chassis under it and it becomes an unauthorized copy of an iconic Ferrari. Red meat to a lawyer. But what do I know?

The frame. If you can salvage a frame you can build your car with as much as you want. Like if you wanted to make your own AR-15-buy a serialized receiver and build around it. Now the problem is that with cars such as this one, the VIN has to be reported to the state DMV as destroyed. Woe be unto someone who takes a VIN plate off a reportedly destroyed car and tries to pass it onto another vehicle. And lets not even get into the realm of allegedly destroyed Porsche race cars. I've heard that at one point there were 3 Porsche 917s with the same constructors number.

Looks like a Smart Car with something resembling utility.

Different......yes. Better......pretty debatable.