Photos from the Cohort by Jerome Solberg.
The things you can do with an aging luxury car, some garage doors lying around, and lots of time. Plus some tools and mmm… creativity? I’m honestly still trying to figure this one out, but I guess it’s a camper with a non-too-accomplished Space Shuttle shape. Maybe?
I had to look for this one over the web, and somewhere online, the moment of its creation was captured. Almost.
In reality, looks like the shuttle camper was built for a Ford pickup before finding its way into the Caddy. There are some videos on YouTube featuring both, uploaded by their owner-creator. Don’t worry, I won’t link any of those here. I rather save you the brain damage. I watched them over, and as short as they were, they were as bewildering as this creation is.
In any case, my best guess is that a Top Gear episode featuring dubious homemade campers served as inspiration (Campervan Challenge?). Like I always tell my wife, once your ideas are out in the world, you never know what damage they may cause.
I’ll have to admit that I like the ‘recycling’ of garage door materials, and I wonder if those are solar panels upfront. Do they really work, or are they just for show? And if my memory isn’t completely shot, I’m pretty sure this was captured on I-5.
So let’s leave this find for now, with this rather heroic shot, pulling away around golden-hued hills. I don’t quite see this one reaching infinity, but it’s certainly beyond anything I could’ve imagined.
It’d be really interesting if you could push the button on the little clicker and the garage door sides rolled up to get that perfect vintage #camperlife2021 picture of some feet tangled in a blanket with the tide rolling in while the sun sets…
And the downforce from the huge wing on back must help to keep the rear planted on this front wheel driver. DeVille – The Final Frontier.
The rear wing angle of attack is undoubtedly set to create uplift to keep the poor rear suspension from bottoming out. He’s obviously given that some very serious thought.
Well yes, now that it’s been established that the shots were taken on the 580 corridor, it’s obvious that the whole thing was a group exercise at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Cadillac Camper, the rolling definition of Glamping, it’s just a different version of the fusion experiments they’ve been working on there.
I’ve got to believe that those solar panels are supposed to be functional…but of course in that position, he may get just enough juice to about quarter-charge a flashlight. Driving due West at sunset, kind of like in the final picture. It probably would help if he were able to park it on its tailgate…just like the real space shuttle.
Kinda cool to look at. Kinda pretty poorly thought out so far as being a functional camper.
Looks more like the 101 between Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo to me.
Whatever floats yer boat, I guess.
The more I think about this, the more my head hurts.
Thanks for posting these pictures!
It’s the 580 between the Central Valley and San Francisco/Oakland.
Whatever else one sat, at least it provides some intrigue and entertainment to passers-by.
one might say
Ah yes, 580. I knew it was California, and a landscape I had seen driving on my way out of the Bay Area, about 20+ years ago.
I see the garage door panels now that it is mentioned.
Up to that point I was thinking more of a repurposed chicken coop…de ville…
Compare and contrast to Jeremy Clarkson’s efforts (!!) on a Citroen CX…
https://images.app.goo.gl/4S5tbK9KES7yaRy26
A ‘Cx’ badge car with a vertical plywood tower in the back reminds me of any unmodified modern F-150 with an “eco-boost” badge on it.
Ridiculousness doesn’t kill even for the best-selling vehicle in NA. Jeremy could give us a review of a new F-150 and it would be as relevant as what he did with the Lincoln Town car at the time.
We need a reliable 4 cylinder van since no one makes them ( reliable so exit Transit connect, Nv200 & Promaster city ) .No wonder some people tinkered with it but here is a cady bad base. Sienna Hybrid ? : Prohibitive price, too much equipment and no base panel model without glass… do not understand that Toyoya does not sniff out the market . Instead maybe they will offers the ‘new’ squared modular Hi-Lux but would really like a base base base Sienna instead .