Phantoms

[Robert Hall]

Prius convertible

Just had to kill the buzz

It's been done...there was one on Autoblog a few months ago.

Enjoy..

Prius convertible

Edited August 12, 2008 by moltar

[A Horse With No Name]

Prius convertible

Just had to kill the buzz

That would kill the fastback roofline, which is one of the best parts of gthe Prius IMHO.

Chris

[Camino LS6]

No more rice talk in this thread.

[Robert Hall]

No more rice talk in this thread.

Mmmm..rice. I think I may have a Thai curry w/ rice for dinner. Or chicken fried rice. Or some basmati rice with kebabs.

[A Horse With No Name]

What about merging the two threads, Phantoms and this should be mine? I'll take a 87 El-Camino pick em up with an SS front end, but made into a convertible, like GM did with a (1965, I believe) El Camino for a show car.

I would much rather actually have THAT than a Prius.

Oh, and did you know that all Prius come with navigation systems? They drive themselves from one self righteous destination to another...

Chris

[A Horse With No Name]

Mmmm..rice. I think I may have a Thai curry w/ rice for dinner. Or chicken fried rice. Or some basmati rice with kebabs.

I wish I still lived in either Atlanta or Chicago, great ethnic food both places!

Seriously, I think it says something that there are no really crative ways to modify most Asian cars.

Chris

[Robert Hall]

Oh, and did you know that all Prius come with navigation systems? They drive themselves from one self righteous destination to another...

Chris

My coworkers with Priuses laugh when I refer to them as a 'Pious'...

[Sixty8panther]

Well, the kiddies hop up '92 Civics because that is what is readily available. In the real world, there aren't any '79 Sunbirds..I can't remember how many years it's been since I've seen such an animal. The Civic is to the younger generation what the 5.0 Mustang was to my generation.

Yup.... 2008 sucks, there's not too many cheap '67 Camaros,

let alone '32 Fords kicking around, there's a LOT of truth in

your statement, however it's NOT entirely true.

In the past three years I've found dozens of cars that YOU

guys on this forum would consider extinct, like an unmolested

'62 Buick Special, not one but TWO '84 Datsun Maxima sedans,

both with the 5-speed manual trans., dirt cheap RWD luxury

yachts both classic (Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles...) & contemporary

like my current MB & the Infiniti Q45...

But most of today's kids can't think outside the box, just like

their Camry driving parents they aim LOW even when they aim

HIGH. Avalons and Ford 500s are NOT cars to aspire to, even

if you grew up poor you can have higher standards than that.

CAR fanatics should be people who think outside the box, not

go with convention and just do like their neighbors.

The world needs another Civic with a cold air intake & oversized

turbo like I need a hole in my head!

[Sixty8panther]

I always call it a "pr-ISSS" like Opie and Anthony.

(Anthony drives a Cadillac Escalade BTW)

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NOw as far as that "Prius Convertible" it's not a convertible

if it has not only FRAMED doors but $% permanent roof

structure from the top of the b-pillars!

It's like a "pseudo-webasto-roof" sardine-can special like

some French pile of garbage from the 1970s.

[A Horse With No Name]

Thinking outside of the box is what is fun about loving cars.

Chris

[Satty]

Prius Limo

No matter what your opinion of the Prius, the work the guy did to make this happen is pretty impressive. Gotta go through a few pages to get to the good stuff.

[Sixty8panther]

Some of those members of that PriSSS forum are grade-A morons!

Typical Toyopet-humpers!

WHATZ a PHUNERAL KOACH!?

[Camino LS6]

What about merging the two threads, Phantoms and this should be mine? I'll take a 87 El-Camino pick em up with an SS front end, but made into a convertible, like GM did with a (1965, I believe) El Camino for a show car.

I would much rather actually have THAT than a Prius.

Oh, and did you know that all Prius come with navigation systems? They drive themselves from one self righteous destination to another...

Chris

Need pics of that '65 vert Camino!

[Satty]

Yeah, they have some dumbasses. To be fair, so do we. Anyways, page 12 is where the guy who built the limo starts posting.

[Blake Noble]

A second-generation GMC Syclone. Hmmm ...

*Whistles.*

[mustang84]

I kinda wish they would have put the Turbo 3.8 from the Grand National in the Cutlass 442. The Olds 307 wasn't bad, but something like a 442 deserves more than 180 hp. Oh, and I wish GM would've built the FE3X concept for the Cutlass.

[SuperSport623]

in response of Camino's Firebird wagon, from howstuffworks.com

A second-generation Camaro Kammback concept car, circa 1968. This body style was seriously considered for the 1970 Camaro and Firebird lines.

[balthazar]

>>"Need pics of that '65 vert Camino! "<<

Close:

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"XP-725 : Special hardtop coupe/ sedan/ convertible station wagon"

Ummm... WHAT?!?!

Edited August 13, 2008 by balthazar

[balthazar]

The GM divisions toyed around with numerous 4-dr convertibles. ^ '66 Chevy Caribe', XP-834.

Same name, different take - how many had heard of the '68 Camaro Caribe' :

I hadn't. SO MUCH GM history trickling thru the cracks over the years........ :mad:

Edited August 13, 2008 by balthazar

[balthazar]

I'd like to see a number of extended deck phantoms, either close-coupled or true coupes. '58 or '60 Series 62 or a '64 GP. Picture a 2-dr hardtop '60 Cadillac, but with no rear seat & the backlight moved up 2 feet. Love the short hood / long deck look... ie:

Edited August 13, 2008 by balthazar

[LosAngeles]

Then again, I can't think of any. None that C&G's taste Nazis would appreciate anyway.

There was this company that would advertise in the duPont Registry capable of making a convertible out of just about any coupe or sedan. I've moved on from caring to do that to any car in particular, however.

[daves87rs]

Back in 1990, GM had plans to produce Beretta convertibles, based on the Indy Pace car of that year, GM actually produced about 100 of them.

I watched GM scrap 75 of them. I hear only one escaped that fate.

Now that would have been cool....

[§carlet §wordfish]

A Cobalt hatchback.

A Commodore-based '04 Grand Prix instead of the botox-inflated blob that we got, to complement the GTO.

Along the same lines, a GTO with the VZ Commodore front fascia instead of the wimpy Monaro one. I bet that alone would've made it more popular.

I've got so many but I can't think of them all right now.

[LosAngeles]

A Cobalt hatchback.

Or conversely, how about an Astra coupe (meaning the current Cobalt/G5 with an Astra front end, not the old Astra coupe that actually came out the factory)

ETA: For my own idea, I was looking at the Monte Carlo (the final generation) and thought it would make a nice droptop (since there are currently a billion of them out there, and no one would miss one being cut up)

Edited August 16, 2008 by LosAngeles

[capriceman]

GM made a V-12 Caprice in The 80's. I want it so bad!!!! I have a picture somewhere from the GM Museum thing.

[capriceman]

but how far does this go i mean What if

- 1974 Caprice Convertible

- 572 ci v8

- 6 speed manual

- C6 Suspension

- Leather Racing seats.

That would be a crazy ass ride that i would do anything to have.

[A Horse With No Name]

I want to learn about the Monte Carlo Convertibles-first gen. People have built them by crossing Monte's with Chevelles, but were there not a few prototypes or a few released from the factory-I can't remember but it seems like I read something like that a few years ago.

Also, the 66-67 Nova as a ragtop makes a good looking car. I've seen a couple of these custom built as phantoms.

I would also like to see a first gen Camaro with a turbo six, like the Pontiac Firebird Sprint.

Chris

Edited August 17, 2008 by 66Stang

[Camino LS6]

I want to learn about the Monte Carlo Convertibles-first gen. People have built them by crossing Monte's with Chevelles, but were there not a few prototypes or a few released from the factory-I can't remember but it seems like I read something like that a few years ago.

Also, the 66-67 Nova as a ragtop makes a good looking car. I've seen a couple of these custom built as phantoms.

I would also like to see a first gen Camaro with a turbo six, like the Pontiac Firebird Sprint.

Chris

I have a GM accessories catalog that features a first gen Monte convertible on the cover, so I'd say that they nearly made production.

[Sixty8panther]

The V12 Caprice had a motor borrowed from a BMW 7.

[GMTruckGuy74]

*Whistles.*

YJ, could you please resize those pictures.. I have to scroll all over the place just to view those large suckers!!

GM/GMC had me really excited when they showed the Syclone II (and yes, there was even a Typhoon II developed). Word back then was that GM was developing the new turbo & AWD system to be used when the Sonoma was replaced. Geez how quickly that program died out

[Blake Noble]

YJ, could you please resize those pictures.. I have to scroll all over the place just to view those large suckers!!

Those are the only two photos I can guarantee you'll find of the Syclone II prototype on the internet.

GM/GMC had me really excited when they showed the Syclone II (and yes, there was even a Typhoon II developed). Word back then was that GM was developing the new turbo & AWD system to be used when the Sonoma was replaced. Geez how quickly that program died out

56k users beware! :rotflmao:

The Typhoon II went on to be a SEMA showcar, actually.

You could build your own "second-gen" Sy/Ty. Just use the all-wheel drive system from the Bravada, and install a 4.3L V6 with a turbo and a five-speed, and presto!

Edited August 19, 2008 by YellowJacket894