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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:09 am

So, for extra credit: Where did the interior for Preston and Vera's model come from (year and model)?

Hint: It's from a real convertible car (land yacht)...


...it was almost 19 feet long and weighed a little more than 4,800 lbs, but still had a 120mph top speed...
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby John K. » Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:13 pm

OK--- my guess is a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado. You know, the big fins and lots o' chrome.
Am I right? Am I right? What do I win? A new 1959 Cadillac Eldorado??? Huh? Huh?
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:38 pm

John K. wrote:OK--- my guess is a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado.


Good guess: It's got big fins and tons of chrome, and you're almost there with the year. But it's not from General Motors at all... :(
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby Tucker Fan 48 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:52 am

It's a freaking Edsel
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:38 am

Tucker Fan 48 wrote:It's a freaking Edsel


Not an Edsel, not a Ford. Add a foot and another half-ton (+1,000 lbs)...
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby TuckerCar » Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:47 am

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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:47 pm

TuckerCar wrote:Packard Caribbean


Not a Packard...

...but if you "Google Image" just the right year and make, it's the first image that appears: A big, RED, and awesome one-of-600 or so of this model...
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:35 pm

...hemi-powered...
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby TuckerCar » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:13 pm

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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby Natalie » Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:38 pm

streamliner wrote:...hemi-powered...


Chrysler 300(D)? Just tell us!!!!
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:17 pm

TuckerCar wrote:Dual Ghia

Not Dual Ghia...

Natalie wrote:Chrysler 300(D)?

Technically not a "Chrysler" for this year, but...

Natalie wrote:Just tell us!!!!

:twisted:
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby MD » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:31 pm

'58 Imperial...
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby streamliner » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:55 pm

MD wrote:'58 Imperial...


BINGO!!! More than half a foot longer than the extended length Ford Excursion. Try fitting this in your garage:

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That's the interior to the Project Vera model: grayscaled, flipped horizontally, cut, pasted, trimmed, erased, distorted, cloned and cleaned up.

If you Google either "1958 convertible" or "1958 imperial", it's the first image that comes up...

Congrats, Martyn, you're spared from Zombie Tucker!
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby TuckerCar » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:44 am

Those were horseshit clues. Saying it's not a Chrysler is like saying a Lincoln's not a Ford or a Cadillac's not GM.

I declare shenanigans on this contest!
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Re: Guess What's Back on eBay!

Postby Tuckeroo » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:27 pm

Putting a Chrysler-brand interior into a "Tucker"...sacrilege!!! This scandal gets worse and worse!
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