You know racing generates many new ideas on new cars?

[Greg Myers]

So do custom cars.

[Draggon]

I wonder if the guy that did this knows about the Druid Princess. That thing is hideous. The PT, not the custom car.

[Greg Myers]

My opinion on Ed's car

Edited April 14, 2014 by Greg Myers

[sjordan2]

I'd call the first one a P-U cruiser.

(BTW, I finally got it Greg -- you're doing a Jeopardy version of your posts. Phrase the answer in the form of a question. )

[Greg Myers]

Really just trying to get people thinking. Must be the teacher comin' outa me.

[sjordan2]

Really just trying to get people thinking. Must be the teacher comin' outa me.

Do you remember what happened to Socrates?

[Greg Myers]

Then you'll just have to look the other way, as many have.

[sjordan2]

Ouch. I get your point.

[Bill J]

Is that PT Liberace's limo?

[ChrisBcritter]

Is that PT Liberace's limo?

Oh please. Even Lee had some standards.

This would make him say "Remember when I said 'Too much of a good thing is wonderful'? Never mind."

Edited April 14, 2014 by ChrisBcritter

[Greg Myers]

I remember seeing that, Sebastians Death, in the National Gallery in London when I was a kid.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Greg Myers

[Harry P.]

Really just trying to get people thinking.

You got me thinking they're both hideous.

[martinfan5]

ewwwww is all I can think of

[Greg Myers]

You got me thinking they're both hideous.

I agree. Just thought of Roth's Druid mess when I saw it and thought I'd share with everyone here.

[JollySipper]

I've always liked the Druid Princess, it's even my background at the moment.... always wondered why it never made it into kit form

[mrindy77]

When I was a little kid and dad took my to the winter car shows...I never gravitated towards the show rods. Show rods are an aquired taste for which I have never acquired. They remind me of the custom themed motorcycles that Orange County Choppers build.

[Harry P.]

Show rods... the "Miley Cyrus" of the automotive world...

[sjordan2]

The Druid Princess is obviously based on QE II's coronation coach. Just think how much street cred she would have today if she had gone to her coronation in that.

[johnbuzzed]

I didn't even like the over-the-top show rods (nor overdone customs, for what it's worth) when I was a kid. They're an art form, and not everyone appreciates all types of art.

[Skydime]

Here we go starting threats to make fun of things again...rather ridiculous and immature for a "teacher" to do this repeatedly. Way to discourage expression of creativity on a site that's designed to encourage and showcase it. Let's just forbid that the car in question may have been created for an express purpose. Heck, let's just ban anything designed to modify a modern compact car or truck. Or even worse, lower/bag/juice anything that Greg Myers might see.

BTW, AGAIN using a misleading or vague title to capture everyone's attention. Should've paid attention to OP before wasting my time.

Edited April 17, 2014 by Skydime

[Ace-Garageguy]

Here we go starting threats to make fun of things again...Way to discourage expression of creativity on a site that's designed to encourage and showcase it...

No, not really.

Here we go again trying to thwart somebody pointing out poor, awful, ugly design.

There's good looking stuff, and then there's hideous in EVERY genre, and teaching people to look farther than just "different" and to recognize "taste" and "proportion" and "flow" is a good thing. I mean, they have things called "design schools" that help students learn how to differentiate between this...

...and this...

Of course, if YOU like the first one better and want to say so, that's OK too.

[johnbuzzed]

I've heard said that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Also, "One man's ceiling is another man's floor." And: "I can't define pornography but I know it when I see it." As I said in my previous post: "Not everyone appreciates all types of art." That goes for any genre, any form of any art. That's the way of the world. There are those who look at a work by Dali and wonder "WTF?"; that could probably be said for the Mona Lisa, too.

I don't see anyone in this thread discouraging anyone else from building anything. Members are expressing their opinions in this forum.

[Psychographic]

Let's just forbid that the car in question may have been created for an express purpose.

Now that you've said that, I could see this being a car built for weddings or something similar, I seriously doubt it was built as a custom show car. It seems it was built tall enough to stand in, a mobile chapel perhaps? As with some of the other oddball customs that have been posted lately, the craftsmanship seems to be of good quality.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Psychographic

[Greg Myers]

Yes, there are others

[Greg Myers]

My original post was generated by several things, first a funny ( my opinion, sorry if I offended any here, understanding, of course that many of you may like the style of the car pictured) picture reminding me of Ed Roth's last attempt at building an outrageous show car ( I think he succeeded).

Second , a thought ( my, there's an original idea) that many good things come to us from racing and race cars ( i.e. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=88476 )

Yep, last thought here, the car pictured ( from a great time waster site I might add;http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2013/10/31/daily-picdump-961/picdump-961-17/ always funny, always thoughtful http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/04/13/daily-picdump-1087/ ) made me wonder if anything has ever come to us from the show car circuit ?

Sorry if my original post was submitted too simply for some to understand, must be the "Teacher" in me.

Was I trying to incite something here?

Yes, Thought.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Greg Myers