Cool, Awesome & Amazing Custom/One-off/Prototype Cars

[Slash]

1966 Corvette it started as...

Eight years ago Glen, who has owned this Vette since new, decided to build what he calls a "wild Pro Street dream." The car now sports a one-off full-tube chassis and custom lift-off body panels that were hand-formed and painted in Glen's garage. The 9:1 compression 468 big-block, which is force-fed by a pair of Mighty Demon 750 carbs, a B&M 6-71 Mega Blower, and a Nitrous Express rail port wet nitrous system, is set back 5 inches, creating a favorable 49/51 percent weight bias. Power is transmitted via a JW Performance manual-shift Turbo 400 back to a 3.50:1-geared, Detroit Truetrac-equipped Strange 9-inch. Rear suspension is an adjustable four-link with a Panhard bar and coilovers, while the front is out of a Z51-package C4 Corvette. And that's just scratching the surface.

Might as well have just started from nothing since all the Corvette was thrown away

 

[RocZX]

Do you know anything about that truck in the background? It's a crew cab but also an extended cab with a short bed

 

[Slash]

Wow, I didn't even notice that the first time. Unfortunately I don't, but that swap is popular on older trucks so maybe it was some kind of concept?

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> ...

Do you know anything about that truck in the background? It's a crew cab but also an extended cab with a short bed

^ There is a small company in Oklahoma who does conversions like this for a while now...

CABT - Custom Autos by Tim

-> They also do a Super Duty Excursion and Raptor SUV (a fraction of the price of the Hennessey version) conversions.

-> They used to do a 2-door Excursion/Broncersions before, good luck finding those!

-> But Ford themselves did a Anti-Avalanche truck!

Ford Desert Excursion

-> Apologies for the off-topic...

 

[Slash]

The 2 door Excurison thing is like a Bronco. I like it.

Anyways, 1969 Holden Hurricane

 

[LivingWithGames]

The 2 door Excurison thing is like a Bronco. I like it.

Anyways, 1969 Holden Hurricane

Do you usually have this kind of luck finding awesome cars? Seriously.

(I'm also back for more linkage perhaps. Finally waved goodbye to XP.)

 

[Slash]

I must have good taste or something like that

 

[RocZX]

Wow, I didn't even notice that the first time. Unfortunately I don't, but that swap is popular on older trucks so maybe it was some kind of concept?

I never remember Ford every having a concept like that.

-...

^ There is a small company in Oklahoma who does conversions like this for a while now...

I know that there companies that do the conversation by I saw it in back of the Mustang design study which would be at Ford facility. I was thinking that it could be something made by Ford themselves.

CABT - Custom Autos by Tim

-> They also do a Super Duty Excursion and Raptor SUV (a fraction of the price of the Hennessey version) conversions.

That is where Hennessey gets the Raptor SUV from and he pretends that he does the work himself. One of the many reasons why I hate Hennessey.

-> They used to do a 2-door Excursion/Broncersions before, good luck finding those!

The first and last one looks photoshoped but it still looks cool. I've always liked 2 door SUVs.

-> But Ford themselves did a Anti-Avalanche truck!

Ford Desert Excursion

-> Apologies for the off-topic...

That thing is awesome.

 

[Slash]

Well they don't always show everything to the public so who knows. I sure don't.

 

[gnomefromnome]

Citroën Karin Concept1980

 

[Slash]

@mustang fanatic @Badasp5.0

New, just in photos from Ford. These are Mustang prototypes/concepts. Some might not be, but these are from the archives.

 

[ildd]

Kind of surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

1995 Chrysler Atlantic Concept

I have the Hot Wheels of this from like 1997

 

[mustang fanatic]

@Slash. Those are awesome.

 

[Slash]

I know right? Those pivoting seats would have been awesome in the production car. What really shocked me is the 1970-1973 Torino was originally a Mustang prototype.

How cool.

 

[Spacegoat]

Anyways, 1969 Holden Hurricane

Holden's first ever concept. Rather technically advanced for it's time too with such things like automatic air conditioning, rear vision camera and even an early form of "GPS" called Pathfinder. Really cool car. 👍

Edit: Quick video.

 

[mustang fanatic]

I know right? Those pivoting seats would have been awesome in the production car. What really shocked me is the 1970-1973 Torino was originally a Mustang prototype.

How cool.

I laughed at the Mustang pledge.

 

[kikie]

Does this count?

 

[Marisauna]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VectorW8.jpg
W8 because why not.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Kind of surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

1995 Chrysler Atlantic Concept

I have the Hot Wheels of this from like 1997

That makes the two of us.

Hot wheels...? Nvm, I have this very same car but not Hot Wheels. It's Matchbox for me.

 

[ildd]

That makes the two of us.

Hot wheels...? Nvm, I have this very same car but not Hot Wheels. It's Matchbox for me.

Nvm I'm stupid. It is Matchbox
Is yours gold?

 

[LivingWithGames]

Nvm I'm stupid. It is Matchbox
Is yours gold?

I think...I mean, was it the same only color, wasn't it? It suffers the same color situation for the Copperhead which was an amazing color too.

 

[Fastcarguy]

1951 Kaiser Drag'n
An epic custom one off car

 

[Slash]

Mustang II concepts and sketches

97 more prototypes here:


http://www.mustangii.net/photo_scans_prototype.asp

 

[ildd]

The Mustang II has always been weird.

That second to last concept didn't help.

 

[Slash]

Some of those concepts in the link were pretty interesting to look at.

 

[mustang fanatic]

http://www.mustangii.net/photo_scans_prototype.asp

I really liked the first one in the link. Ford should have used that body style instead.

 

[Slash]

It needs work but yeah I think that could have looked good with some more development.

 

[TheCracker]

I'm seeing more than a quite a few Capri Mk1 design cues in those design proposals. I'd imagine some of the design team worked on them both.

 

[Minty]

I wonder how close we really came to having a factory mid-engine Mustang...

 

[ildd]

I wonder how close we really came to having a factory mid-engine Mustang...

Well the sketch looks a lot like a GT40, so I'd assume "not very"