i think it's a 57, but don't get me lying to you.

Would you lie to me? If it didn't involve love, or money?

I think the big trucks are all the same until '58. If there are small differences in the trim/badging I'm not familiar with it.

Back in the day if you wanted a small truck you had to have one built as part of your business plan.

This is supposed to be the last vehicle that Steve had any connection with that's not locked into a private collection. Of course most of those collections are owned by old men so you never know what going to be on the market.

This ad was served up to me. Amazing what having no engine will do for cargo space.

https://youtu.be/mYXYcObUQiQ

Desperately Want!!!

Now that's a truck Tesla, pay attention.

MSRP $125,000

Yeah but with increased production that will come down to maybe $100,000. :haha:
It's about the ultimate in usefulness as working trucks go.
For high speed travel or a run to the pilates class, no.

Word. Big data put us together as well.

When you need big truck for towing or something, and don't want to give up that plush interior for your gang...

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Orrrr... there might have been a lot of alcohol involved. ;)

Built by committee.

Oh no.

That right there is the product of a singular passion. He mighta had help in the build process, but that's no stone soup, it's Watts Towers on wheels.

We need more info on the thing. Bruce?

No you don't, what you see is what you get. The last guy that questioned the owner/builder was found stuffed in a trash can in a Jersey swamp. :eyebrow:

But he was found, right?

Only because kids wanted to steal the can.

Musta been recyclable...

Buicks, I wonder if they have full crankcases on the transporter?

Not with my BMW, you don't!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mbq8-Fjh0

More pics on an interesting subject:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/349732727282606175/

The '34 is a beaut.

So many things that could go wrong with that transporter. :facepalm:

I hate pinterest, it keeps throwing me off when I get to something I want to see. :mad:

Alfas...

Dis my kind of Alfa:

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I used to work with a guy who drove an Alpha, at least twice a month he would be looking for a ride home. He claimed if it didn't start on the first try it wasn't going to for a couple hours no matter what he did. Winter or summer it didn't matter, never did find out why.

There are alternatives from over the pond...

I think the one above is a recent pic of a lucky one.
This is a short video of a not so lucky one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdiVDM4pdkM

Big Bad Bentley...

Typical Leno over-do but interesting. I think he paid $600,000 +
Mileage may vary.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-bentley-video

Milk truck...

The milk truck brought this denizen of the Sea of Monsters to mind:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110103204754

Well, sort of.

Got Bondo?

Volvos were cool back in the day...

The Duesy cost $25,000 when the average Doctor made $3,000 a year.

But Chebbys be cheap...

Base, no frills, good way to learn basics.

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Again, base and very little more, good to learn on.
But not legal anywhere.

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I love the streamlined fuel tank with the Valkyrie boob cup.

Saw a (it turns out) Matador Red '57 on my way to the grocery store this afternoon. Very pretty.

By the time they reached that point post PV544, except for the gorgeous 1800s, not cool any more.

I remember driving to work one morning with a lot of fresh snow back when the snowplow left a little on the side streets without anyone suing the town.
There was a Volvo either 444 or 544 stopped in the street and he flagged me down. Said he had dead battery and wanted a push to jump start it. I got out and looked because my '67 Ford F250 Ranger Camper Special was higher than than average bear. Not jacked up just a full sized pickup on 16 inch split rims. But I digress...

I was worried about overriding his bumper but he had fairly big bumper guards and he was convinced it would be ok. Since the plow left a half inch of snow getting him rolling and let him coast to jump start wouldn't work, I had to keep pushing while he jumped it. It fired up he waved and took off, probably late for work. As he drove away I could see the trunk lid was pushed in. I regret that to this day.

In the mid '50's, one of my best friends had a 444 or 544, which I always thought looked like miniature '41 Fords.
It had enough miles (a million?) to need a rebuild and the story went that block's Swedish steel was so strong it broke the bore bar.
I've never been sure if it was true.

Speaking of a million miles, I was really impressed by Volvo ads featuring salesman Irv Gordon's P1800.

https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/e...ssreleases/616

I can't buy the boring bar story, but the cars are built strong. I've got one I know is true. My buddy worked as a mechanic at a Volvo dealership and said if a light bulb burned out all you had to do is pull the bulb and turn it around because they used dual element bulbs where they only needed one. They're probably all LEDs now but it shows the line of thinking.

Here's some for your bucket list...

That Jag is dead sexy.

How many inches from the pavement is your ass, if the tires on your car come up chest-high? Can you imagine how that Jag handles? Unbelievable, gobsmacking design.

Yeah, that is sharp.

check out the view from the back window

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So it that the headers dumping right into the compartment there??

those would be the intake stacks

just gulping down that air.. that flows in through the scoop on top of the rear wheel wells?

Here's a peek at the headers:

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okay I've been Googling trying to find a shot of the headers, thanks!

12 into 4 into 2, I read somewhere

Such a shame spending all the time, work, and money to build that beautiful car and make such a simple mistake ruining everything. They must have printed the blueprints backward because they put the steering wheel on the wrong side.

ha ha

I worked on a house where the framers pulled the blueprints wrong, so all the plumbing from the rough-in was exactly 12 inches out of the walls. Poor bastards that bought that house had no idea we'd jack-hammered big holes in their slab to move everything.

Jaguar has always had sexy engines. Cars, too.

Mud flaps are for the hoi polloi, gentlemen have brushes like the Swan car...

When Cadillacs were cool...

Speaking of Volvo 444's, here is another link to BaT for what looks like a worthy project:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-volvo-pv444-3/

I'd rather work toward something classier...

Me too.
Current bid on 444 is $1000.
Doozy on Hemmings is $1,100,000.

Yeah but the Doozy is done. :lol:

How about something smooth...