The ICON Derelict

[Adam]

Its a '52 Desoto/Chrysler Town and Country. With modern drive train and chassis. Oh yeah.

Head 2 Head with a 2014 E63 AMG S-Model Wagon. 'Cause wagon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBksUjg2sJE

Jay Leno's Garage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQVpSFoROg4

Car and Driver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIh1Sm4DyAE

The owner/builder appears in the 2nd and 3rd video. He talks the most in the 3rd video. Also, this car was on the cover of Hot Rod some time in 2011.

[Adam]

Hot Rod article:
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/ ... ewall.html

Check out the suspension shots.

[kevm14]

So here's the thing: this kind of represents my academically ideal car. Looks like nothing on the outside, but drives modern. Actually, it doesn't look like nothing. It looks interesting. Which is a problem. Maybe in the 60s a car that looked like this would have been a sleeper but now it's really not, imo. And calling it a beater is just ridiculous.

[Adam]

Hey, check out my $140,000 beater!

Maybe building this sort of thing out of '70s iron is more beater-like.