eBay find of the day: All-terrain PT Bruiser
When offering an item for sale, a fuzzy key selling point like "may be legal in some states already" might not be the deal clincher you'd hoped. On today's episode of "Fun With Centers of Gravity" we have the delightful union of the neuter-car PT Cruiser with the greasy unmentionables of a 29 year old Chevy Blazer. It may very well be legal in some states, but it'll still be unholy everywhere it goes. Build quality appears on par with a dollar store habachi – are those pop rivets on the fender liners? The battery sitting on a folded back seat is the crowning feature of the interior and there's also no heat or air conditioning, making this a fun year-round ride. The zip-ties and extra-fun spark plug wire routing in the engine bay dress up the 350, and the seller believes so much in this powertrain that there's a warranty to sweeten the pot. Let's ignore the fact that the nearly $10,000 Buy It Now price would buy a used Jeep Wrangler with a suspension lift, because the seller is being truthful when stating that this is a true one of a kind.
Gallery: PT Bruiser
[Source: eBay via Winding Road]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John R 10:01AM (4/09/2008)
They're making a "M.A.S.K." movie now?
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Dan Roth 10:07AM (4/09/2008)
can you picture some blind girl trying to figure out what the heck this thing is by feel?
SPG 12:53PM (4/09/2008)
@ Dan Roth,
Wrong Mask, M.A.S.K. was an animated series from 1985.
As opposed to Mask the touching movie about a deformed boy and his drug addicted mother.
That was pretty funny though.
Dan Roth 12:57PM (4/09/2008)
Oh yeah! Now I remember playing with that Kenworth that would transform into a control room or something back in the 1980s.
I still think someone trying to figure out what this car's trying to say via braille is far funnier :)
Mark 10:30AM (4/09/2008)
Oh hell yes....
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Frank 10:12AM (4/09/2008)
That thing got a hemi?
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Linoth 7:21PM (4/09/2008)
You make that joke now. I wish I could remember the magazine or garage involved, but I remember my father showing me an article. In it, it discussed a garage owner near Syracuse, NY building a Ford Coupe. And he'd already finished most of the work on the Hemi he wanted to put into it. Can't remember the displacement, almost think it was a 427.
It was an aside in the article that until the project car was ready, his son had installed the Hemi into his own PT Cruiser, complete with cut-out hood for the blower. The mind boggles over it, which is why I wish I could remember where I had seen it to confirm my memory of the article. Or at least find out where the garage is for some lazy weekend.
capt kirk 10:16AM (4/09/2008)
Whoa, this looks like the ideal vehicle for traversing those Michigan roads under discussion today.
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MemphisNET 10:21AM (4/09/2008)
I was going to make a negative comment, but you're right - I wouldn't want anything LESS than this (or similar) for Michigan!
I'm a big fan of 'Cruisers... but dear lord...
Yubastard 10:51AM (4/09/2008)
he's crazy... plain and simple... I would buy it, tho'... if I had money to spare.
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Stuka 11:16AM (4/09/2008)
At least its got a good drive train. And not stock half ton axles. Visibility has got to be horrific though!
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jetfast 11:46AM (4/09/2008)
The funny thing about this is that the panel gaps actually look closer than they did from the factory.
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Alex 11:55AM (4/09/2008)
A batter in the cab is an easy way to keep it dry. Then again a battery in the cabin is usually within its own metal box and in the back for the protection of those in said cabin.
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Alex 11:56AM (4/09/2008)
battery not batter.
stupid fingers.
cowboy bob 11:59AM (4/09/2008)
I have made several 4x4/beast conversions in years past. They include a '74 El Camino, an MG midget, and an S-10 truck on a blazer chassis. This is a good backyard job, and for those of you who poke fun- you build one. I wouldn't pay 10k, but I sold my 'Camino for 10, and it wasn't this radical. Good fun in the mud pit I bet. As far as roadworthy or safety, ...not. But so what? What do you think you're going to do with this? It ain't going to K-Mart for pet food.
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Injun Joe 12:49PM (4/09/2008)
Well, if you put it like that, Bob, I can see your point.
On the other hand there's a Jeep out there just sobbing because it couldn't get those upgrades.
cowboy bob 2:12PM (4/09/2008)
Right Joe- The element of usefullness or practicality might rule your mind to think the money/time spent would be better used. Oh well, sometimes you just 'do it' because you can. I believe that was the reason Bill Clinton gave for his romp with Monica, as I recall. Good sport that too, but not practical either.......
asdf asdfds sd 9:05PM (4/09/2008)
glad autoblog finally has better writers.
thanks for the chuckle
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Benfolio 12:13PM (4/09/2008)
Only in Wisconsin....
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Torrent 1:15PM (4/09/2008)
ROFL!
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