Continuing on from the recent spate of custom sedans is this monstrosity captured by tbm3fan. Being a post-1980 vehicle, I have no idea what make or model this is, nor do I care to research it. That rear light strip does seem slightly familiar, though.
However, CC being the home of a story for every car, I’ll let the CCommentariat (try to) tell this one.
How should we call that? A “Plyuick” or a “Buimoth”?
I was thinking, “Kardashian!”
Good Lord. Looks like a 1995 or ’96 Regal sedan with the back end of a…what?
Back end is a 73-76 Plymouth Valiant. Front?
’74-’76 Valiant. The ’73 Valiant’s rear was quite different, a minor variant on the ’67-’72.
And the Scamp had a different rear until 1973 http://oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Plymouth/1973%20Plymouth/1973%20Plymouth%20Barracuda-Duster-Valiant/1973%20Plymouth%20Barracuda-Duster-Valiant-06.html
The 1974 Valiants (sedan and Scamp, minus the Duster) shared the same rear end.
I love the Bondo! The rest not so much.
Ah, the rare Buick Regal Business Coupe.
The disparity in the bumpers (plastic and metal) is interesting. I wonder how that will be settled.
Someone has ‘way’ too much time on their hands.
Reminds me of that guy in the small southern Indiana town of Scottsburg who makes Frankenstein creations out of wrecked Prius’ front ends and Subaru Baja rear ends.
As someone who thinks the El Camino left us too soon, I could sort of get the appeal of a hybrid ute. I’m a little fuzzier on the point of this, unless a tree crushed the back of his Regal or something.
Someone took certain substances, I’d say.
Sooo, you are familiar with Scottsburg? 🙂
Actually, Madison. I had a Chevy Volt at the time and would make regular trips to that Prius guy’s shop in Scottsburg, plug in the Volt at his charger (with his permission), eat at a local restaurant, then come back to my charged-up Volt and drive back to Madison, entirely on electric power. And that was about the most exciting thing I ever did around there.
When I first opened this, I thought someone slipped a Hi-Power Hallucinogenic substance in my coffee!
My eyes! Make it stop!
Yep, that’s the place. I think the EV charger is just out of camera range to the right of the white Prius (which I think is his wife’s car). The place is, literally, a Prius boneyard with mostly older Priuses and Prius parts everywhere (although there were a few Nissan Leafs scattered about). He did manage to score a brand-new, flood-damaged plug-in Prius not long after they were introduced (it still had the window sticker in the window). Imagine trying to sort that thing out.
One of his more memorable projects was converting an old Jaguar XK convertible to either hybrid or electric power. Given his affinity for Priuses, I would imagine that’s what was going into it as the new drivetrain.
He was a decent enough guy, but talking to him reminded me a little of that old adage about it being a fine line between genius and insanity.
OTOH, while it’s not worth a special trip, any CC aficionados traveling on I-65 between Indianapolis and Louisville should definitely consider taking a quick side trip to the place (particularly those with any kind of Prius interest). It’s less than a mile from the Scottsburg exit.
OK, I’ll bite. I am fairly familiar with Scottsburg and will be going over there on State Road 56 to catch I 65 to miss the paving on SR 60 in a couple of weeks.. Where, from the exit is this shop located? I used to pass through there a lot and spotted some interesting cars in that area. Once I even saw a couple of women driving a light green ’60 Edsel sedan. My former job sent me to that area and over to Madison quite a lot.
I’m not a Prius fan, but like to look at oddball vehicles.
From the I-65 Scottsburg exit, head east towards Madison on 56. Not more than maybe 100 yards from the interstate is a stoplight. Turn right and head south (the street parallels I-65). You’ll pass the high school on the right. Maybe a quarter or half mile down, the Prius guy is on the left. It’s before the light where one of those Casey’s convenience stores is located. You can’t miss it since there’s a Prius carcass on the roof (or maybe on the side of the building, I don’t recall).
Is that paving they’re doing through Austin? I know they were doing it a while back but thought it would be done by now. Man, what a hell-hole that place is, the very definition of rural/urban poverty That road that runs from Austin to Scottsburg is the one on which the Prius place is located.
If you talk to the guy, ask him how he’s doing with that hybrid Jaguar XK convertible.
rudiger
For some reason, there is no REPLY button on your reply to me. Anyway, the road I am talking about is being repaved between Borden and Hamburg.
I agree on the sad condition of Austin.
I think I saw the Prius guy advertising parts in one of the traders.
The car featured in this thread looks like it started like this:
” On Friday evening after we closed the salvage yard we were sitting around drinking beer………………………..”
It looks like something you’d see in a Mad Max movie…
“There will be no more suffering, no more pain, just give us your Frankencar and walk away!”
In construction sure, but in execution cars in Mad Max movies are cool and intimidating, this is just ugly and stupid.
“Jack thought, I’ll show ’em. They won’t laugh at my Scamp any more! He glanced at the speedometer. Pegged at 85, but he knew the car and knew what it could really do with pedal to the metal. Gotta be doing 93 if its doing 10! But as his gaze took in the whole dash, looking for a telltale idiot light, Jack never saw the little old lady in the Regal stopping at a green light in front of him….”
If this isn’t an example of a high school class putting together two donated bodies into one, I shudder to think what it might be…
It’s a Regaliant!
I was actually thinking Valial. We already had Valiant Brougham, now we have Valiant Regal. Or Regal Scamp?
Valiam?
There was a Valiant Regal, in Australia. Top trim level for a while, then the Regal 770 took over. Here’s a ’74-ish VJ wagon, showing the badges.
I had a 74 Regal sedan with tow pack 265, 727, LSD heavy duty springs and brakes great car oddly enough in that colour scheme Sienna with bone vinyl roof, I previously had a Centura GXL with the same decor but ironically at the same time my young brother had a Chrysler Cordoba the same colours.
FrankenBuick! LOLOL
Wow, that’s an unholy marriage. Or two great tastes that don’t taste great together. Or something.
Nevertheless I applaud the effort. Clap Clap!!
Have to agree here. The one good thing (probably the ‘only’ good thing) about this is, when finished, it will really wow the gang down at the local car show. Whether that’s worth the effort would be up to the creator.
Of course, once the novelty wore off, it would be fun trying to find a car dealer who’ll take it in as a trade, too. Maybe they could slap some old AMC emblems on it and pass it off as a rare concept car.
Kind of like breeding a Great Dane with a Chihuahua. It just isn’t done.
Back end is a 74 Plymouth Valient/Volare. My friend had one when we were in high school. We had to sing Volare, every time we got in like a couple of demented Dean Martin wannabes. Yeah, we got lots of girls! (not!)
The Volaré had a completely different rear-end.
It’s an Opera Business Landau Brougham Coupe.
Just . . . wow. Looking it up, the Regal at 73 inches is actually 2 inches wider than the Valiant or Scamp.
I can just see the junkyard transaction. “I need the back of a car. What’s the cheapest you have that’s between 70-75 inches wide? . . . . Yeah? I’ll take it.” The problem is that they got rid of the most reliable part of the Plymouth but kept the worst part of the Buick.
We are all laughing now, but wait until you open the hood and see the slant six. 🙂
I think Stephen King had something to do with this.
The problem is that they got rid of the most reliable part of the Plymouth but kept the worst part of the Buick. Could not have said it better!
True, but it would have been a whole lot tougher to mate the front end of a seventies’ Valiant with the rear end of nineties’ Regal.
In fact, when you think about it, one of the great ‘features’ of FWD cars is the ability to do exactly this. It would theoretically be possible to do this with any two vehicles that had the same approximate widths and truly revives the old hotrod ethic of being able to stuff any engine into any vehicle (like the CC about that cool old Edsel that sported a turbocharged Ford four-cylinder engine).
Although I’m a little unsure about individuals who think it’s a good idea to mate up the entire front end of a FWD car with something completely different, let alone worth the effort.
You made me laugh out loud and cry…Thanks!!
“You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!”
Exactly!
“You got Valiant in my Regal!
“You got Regal in my Valiant!
(taste)
EWwww
The story:
“Be the envy of all your friends with this modern / classic car….it’s a 1995 Buick regal with a 3800 v6 FWD front end with a 1975 Plymouth scamp rear end clean Ohio title…the bodys was molded together by an old school body man ….looks great …needs a starter and possible a fuel pump …it has been sitting for awhile lost interest figure someone would like to have this cruising beast….750.00 obo or trade …”
Have since surpassed this one with an indescribable butchery of a 1990 Miata into a rat rod with a MBZ front grille.
The Miata looks sort of like a LeMons idea, but the Valegal/Regliant, I just don’t get. Answer to a question nobody asked.
That Miata kind of looks like some of the crazy ideas I had to get into the rat rod thing. Didn’t think anyone would actually build one though. Hers’s a better finished example based on a second gen Camaro. I actually ordered the build videos!
Here’s another view.
Could of made a handy ute out of that with a more pleasing look, thats just awful.
Perhaps the front halves of two ’95 Regals should’ve been spliced together.
That would certainly look better, and think of the burn-outs!!!
Happy Motoring, Mark
Kill it with fire, please.
Better than a Suzuki x90, though.
Perfect example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Yes. Just like swapping that Pratt & Whitney R-4360 into your MGB simply because you have one.
Yuck!
I want so badly to like this…
I want to see it’s fraternal twin, the two other halves built. Just out of curiosity.
What a vehicular abomination that thing is. I think it should be crushed just to put it out of its rump-ugly misery.
How long before one part of the car rejects the other? Or, worse, how long before that trunk lid, tail light panel, and bumper reject the entire rest of the car? A sort of automotive graft-versus-host disease.
One word: why?
I know it’s frowned upon to criticize people someone’s creative expression now a days but this is really pushing the boundaries.
i’ll ask the question no one dares…
“what did he do with the other halves???” 🙁
So, FWD plus RWD means this is an AWD car, right? Right?
If it is permanent, yes. It’s really a narrow distinction though,
like the difference betw a sunroof and “moon”roof.
4-wheel drive = switchable 2 or 4 wheel.
All-wheel drive = All wheels all the time.
I was once playing some quiz game in Minnesota with my non car enthusiast inlaws and their friends, and a question came up along the lines of “What was the first AWD car marketed in the US?”.
I got into an argument (yeah, I know) with one of the guys (Subaru driver) because I argued that 4WD and AWD are exactly the same, assuming the car has 4 wheels, and that AWD is just marketing talk. I have a feeling that AWD and 4WD are more likely to be used interchangeably outside the US – in the UK I have definitely heard or read the phrase “Permanent 4WD” in place of “AWD”.
Fingernails on a chalkboard…automotive version.
I’ve been looking at the Cohort and I think it’s a failed attempt at a Moskvich Duet replica 😉
It’s just so improbable and random, it’s awesome.