Photo: Barrett-Jackson
Usually, custom car builders know how to carefully choose materials and colors so that their builds end up being at least satisfactory to all of the potential buyers’ senses. Yet, from time to time, they do mess up.
Last week, we talked about the famous 2000 Plymouth Prowler Wild Thing designed to be part of that year’s House of Kolor calendar. The entire build cost somewhere in the vicinity of $400,000, of which the paint job alone was worth $55,000. An amount that, for some, cannot be justified by the questionable end result.
Whereas the builders of the Prowler showed what it’s like for someone to screw up on a grand scale, the car here is proof that similar mistakes can be made on a lot cheaper builds.
The vehicle in the gallery above is a 1933 Ford custom, and is currently sitting on the grounds of the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And it must be equally disturbing in real life as it is in the photos we have here.
Officially, this convertible is wrapped in a pretentiously called Violet Pearl Metallic color. That’s a shade of purple, and purple looks horrible on any car, let alone on custom builds, and especially when combined with an interior wrapped in tan leather.
There are a few mechanical aspects to this car that might just save face though. Beyond the questionable exterior, the builders hid under the hood a GM-sourced 350ci V8 engine with dual-quad Edelbrock carburetors (which has been run for just 800 miles, all for testing purposes) that works together with a 4-speed automatic transmission. And there are some crazy features like remote-controlled trunk, doors and windows.
Car lovers are a diverse breed though, and even if this looks disturbing to us, someone just might find the color combination enticing enough for them to buy.
Whereas the builders of the Prowler showed what it’s like for someone to screw up on a grand scale, the car here is proof that similar mistakes can be made on a lot cheaper builds.
The vehicle in the gallery above is a 1933 Ford custom, and is currently sitting on the grounds of the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. And it must be equally disturbing in real life as it is in the photos we have here.
Officially, this convertible is wrapped in a pretentiously called Violet Pearl Metallic color. That’s a shade of purple, and purple looks horrible on any car, let alone on custom builds, and especially when combined with an interior wrapped in tan leather.
There are a few mechanical aspects to this car that might just save face though. Beyond the questionable exterior, the builders hid under the hood a GM-sourced 350ci V8 engine with dual-quad Edelbrock carburetors (which has been run for just 800 miles, all for testing purposes) that works together with a 4-speed automatic transmission. And there are some crazy features like remote-controlled trunk, doors and windows.
Car lovers are a diverse breed though, and even if this looks disturbing to us, someone just might find the color combination enticing enough for them to buy.
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