Submitted by: Aaron Markson – I saw this in St. Paul Minneapolis in the parking lot of a grocery store via Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comment: Fixer Kees says, “What kludge? All I see is a Buick with a roll cage. Made of wood. With a plywood rear cover. Flanked by loose wiring. And a broken tail light cover. And a damaged fuel tank cap. Okay, someone call 911 before this gets out of hand.”
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This looks very much like it’s meant for skateboarding?
Don’t leave it too close to the park– kids will be on it just like flies on… a pile of manure?
mobile skateboard ramp? I heard the State Seal of Minnesota was Bondo..
Those 80s Buicks really last forever.
I think it’s a Plymouth actually.
That would be a dodge dynasty. Thanks for playing.
I have this car but it actually looks nice and if times got tough and gas got to $4 a gallon again you do what you gotta do. And yes it’s a Dodge Dynasty, not a Buick. IMO better.
Actually, it’s a Die-nasty.
Well, it does look nasty and ready to die.
Dodge Dynasty…I worked on plenty…& thats the ugliest one I’ve EVER seen
Right, that thing looks like SH*T!
I like the fact that the back chunk of plywood is hinged–it’s a DIY hatchback.
(These kludges always make me wonder where these folks live. Wherever it is, they obviously don’t have to pass annual vehicle inspections.)
I’d like to know too. I’ve been pulled over for having a brake light burnt out, and police let this sort of thing drive around!
Look directly under the picture. It says where the picture was taken.
It’s a hatchback now!
More like a hutchback.
Hunchback really…
I think it’s a notback.
more like brokeback
Nah, this is just a misunderstanding. the car is a homebuild mod that’s converting a Buick to look like an El-Camino. They’re using it to pick up a (poorly) home-made sleigh!
Again it’s not a Buick it’s a Dodge Dynasty
Why is is when someone see’s a old car they can’t identify they always call it a buick? Are there that many stupid people out there that don’t know what car is made by what manufaturer? This is a epic fail for man kind for sure. Hell I used to work in a auto parts store and everyday people would come in not knowing what is was they were driving. If I asked them what the part they wanted was for they got stupid and said “well its a blue four door”. Yea that really narrows it down.
Yeah I know! LOL.
Didn’t Lincoln drive a car like that? (You know, to match his log cabin.)
Lincoln? I thought it was a Dodge disguised as a Citation.
Seems like GM has stooped to a new low.
Another person that thinks it’s a Buick?
Oh, my dad will love that car, when wheels up, it will swing like his loved rocking chair, do you accept visa, amex or mastercard?
HAHAHHAHA! That made me laugh, thanks.
One of the new Mad Max cars?
Thank you. The first thing I thought was Thunderdome.
HEY! THATS MY CAR!
What the **** is it doing there?!
You come *here* and you ask *us*???
(In electronically disguised voice) “Give us $5,000 dollars if you want to see your car again! If you do not comply in the next 12 hours, you will force us to cut off one of it’s lug nuts!”
“Uhh… how much do I need to give you if I DON’T want to see my car again?”
“You, you don’t care were going to torture it to death?”
dono1, you couldn’t afford it.
Look what the recession’s done to Santa.
Now he cannot afford to own a car AND a sledge.
I’d have to say the aerodynamics has improved, I mean if I was an air particle, I would make quite an effort to avoid hitting that.
At least it uses recyclable materials.
What kludge? All I see is a Buick with a roll cage. Made of wood. With a plywood rear cover. Flanked by loose wiring. And a broken tail light cover. And a damaged fuel tank cap. Okay, someone call 911 before this gets out of hand.
Now, if only it were actually a Buick. That’s a Dodge Spirit.
Nope, sorry that’s a Dynasty
Wow, I thought it was a Chevy Citation at first. But it’s not a Buick guys, it’s a Dodge Dynasty. You can tell mostly because IT SAYS “DODGE” ACROSS THE TAIL LIGHTS!!!. observation fail. But I digress. That is a good giggle.
A Dodge Dynasty? I thought it was a Dodge Conestoga.
No mater what the original is/was I think this dude is trying to revival the AMC Pacer… his own way!
I was thinking Citation, too, since my family had one for like 15 years. I swear we got like 300K mi. on it.
This is definately a Dodge Dynasty. I had one and the shape of the back deck is distinctive. (hey don’t knock it, it was my Dad’s before I got it and it ran like a champ, and was still running when I sold it to a friend a couple years ago.) I have also owned a Chevy Citation and a Pontiac Phoenix (same car diferent label) and I often lamented that the one thing the Dynasty lacked was a hatchback. LOL
Most trunk room ever despite the shape of the back…
My dad had one of these that lasted forever!!! he put 383k miles on it and still got $800 for it when he sold it. The only ones worth a crap were the 91 models with the Mitsubishi 3.0 V6, the bottom end of the motor on his was still original at 383k.
Cripes, Chrysler really has fallen on hard times.
See what Italians will do to ya?
Tired of seeing rust slowly eat away his prized car, Johny used a truly unorthodox, yet brilliant, method. Now, he can drive around without fear, for his roof is now 100% rust proof.
Then one day came the beavers…….
Put that way, this kludge sounds more like a medical amputation.
But before the beavers, there was the dry rot. So, Johny never really solved anything, did he?
Don’t forget the termites!
Thanks for finding my car. I knew I left it somewhere in the parking lot. If you think this looks bad, you should have seen it before the paint job!
Where are the shingles?
The owner has them.
That’s the grave diggers car.
50% Flintstone
exactly!
These Minnesota winters made me and Wilma put boots on, ya know?
I’z dig demz rimzzz!!!
Note that he actually used Bondo on other (non-wooden) parts of the car.
So was it spotted in St. Paul OR Minneapolis? 2 separate cities.
It’s at Mississippi Market in St. Paul (the Selby/Dale location)
Oh thanks!!! I thought the Muddy Pig sign was an “Allina” medical sign…
I knew I recognized the location. I’m going to have to keep my eye open for that car the next time I’m there!!
Is this the promotional vehicle for Timber Lodge steak house?
LOL – this is at the co-op. No commentary on the driver or the co-op, but seeing this there says something different about the driver than if the car had been spotted at Walmart.
It’s the Pinocchio 3000, the new Italian car from Geppetto Motors. If you lie about your gas mileage it’ll turn into a stretch limo.
WIN
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k188/bpatches701/MyDodgeDynastylimosene.jpg
Ooops…
McGyver meets Einstein at the trailer-park.
For sledding, flip car.
I never thought I’d see a tribute to the Mohs Ostentatienne Opera Sedan:
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I kinda like that car (the one you pictured, not the trashmobile at the top of this page). It even came with donks, long before people with more money than taste came along.
From Dodge’s Bentwood Limited Edition.
You might be a redneck if…
Beyond aerodynamics: aerustdynamics.
What’s the kludge? Everyone’s seen the after-market hatch back, right?
Actually, there IS a kludge; it’s that green tape holding the rear lens and bumper trim in place.
The nicest thing on this car is the chrome-plated catapult release lever.
“Introducing the all new *sniggers* Plymouth Volare Horizon. Small car, but big on luxury!”
I hope they keep going. This is what I would bring to the island
Instead of getting snow tires, you can flip this over and hook up some dogs.
Mush!
Wilma… I’m home….
Fred
On the other hand, if you flip the car on icy roads it’s already got runners on the other side for some sledding fun.
And here is the used DIY version of the Plymouth. Previously owned by a man with a large mustache, aviator reading glass and a lengthy criminal record, it has a new rusted paint job that goes along nicely with the rustic tree body frame. Complete with the electric taped lights and ply board trunk it’s a steal for only 50 bucks! [NOTE: blood stains cannot be washed out of the backseat]
“Free is a four letter word.”
my son says, ” That will never fit on the pinewood derby track!”
lol
Actually, that’s a Dodge Dynasty. It reminds me of Mater from the movie Cars. And like Mater, it’s obviously a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics.
Its Minnesota, This is just getting the car ready for winter. when she rolls over it just keeps on going.
I like the fact that he put rolls bars… woodedn roll bars… on top. Like that’s gonna help.
Dont knock it. it gets 150 mpg,,,, but sometimes it catches fire
I knew the space shuttle program was in trouble
when they decided to forgo the 747 and move it back to FL
via this Dodge.
is it just me, or does it look like not only the (real) wood panels, it looks like there are seven diffrent cars kludged together?
In a year or two, I’ll get rid of all the metal in this ride and change my name to Flintstone…
Unsatisfied with the results, Doc Brown leaves his time-machine prototype and goes off to find a better type of car.
I think this car “wood” have a calming spa feeling when you use the rear-view mirror.
So, is this the new Citroen Pluriel or something?
I does have that Citroën look, as well as some innovative engineering.
After the Swiss Family Robinson returned to mainland, they could never truly return to a normal suburban life.
You go to market with the car you have, not the car you wish you had.
The scariest part is that it has a hitch. And looks like it tows things.
He could use about 5 cans of expanding spray foam, and some matching blue, and red spray paint, and he could make it look real nice!
Nate
O yeah, a tube o silocone, and some plexiglass, cut a hole and presto, the rear view mirror can now see more than the chainsaw, and tools in the back seat!
New Home Depot’s publicity car
As a Minnesotan, these ghetto-rigged car mods baffle and disturb me. I can’t even begin to fathom how this is supposed to work during the winter — i.e., RIGHT NOW. Any precipitation would almost certainly soak the plywood, and having it freeze could cause all kind of problems (breaking down the wood with freeze/thaw cycles, for instance). I have no idea how these holes are supposed to keep snow out, not to mention the frigid winds…yeah. I don’t get it.
At least http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/mariem-volvo.jpg is a little more refined (thanks, Google!).
As an aside, I imagine people were guessing Buick because of the five-letter name on the plastic between the reverse lights. Buick, Dodge, whatever. It’s ridiculous.
(Also: Last I checked, St. Paul is in Minnesota, not Minneapolis.)
Yeah. But I live here too and drive a rusted out geo. I’m seriously considering either quick foam, or wood for a cheap insulation fix!
Must…….find……duct…….tape……or……I…..will………die.
I think Tony Hawk just peed himself!
I actually live in the same neighborhood as this car. I’ve seen it on my way to school
Playin’ it old skool.
Guys it’s not a Dodge Dynasty it’s a Ferrari Enzo… he just accidentally let it get too salty during winter and the paint rusted a tad bit.
It dead! It worse than Joe Dirt Car! (Say in Southern accent)
This car is perfect. It just needs a little matte polyurethane to waterproof it.
Well, I guess visibility out the rear is not so great.
Decrepit Dodge meets Indian lodge.
That will never hit 88 miles per hour. . .
The wooden pimpefish. A wondrous creature, much more fragile than its metallic cousins. Here we see one in the advanced stages of life, with much of the glass, metal, and plastic that mark the younger members of the species shed away.
Truly a fascinating species.
… Needs a paint job.
Not a roll cage. The long tree limbs act as springs to keep the back hatch open.
This guy obviously ended up upside-down on top of a giant rock. only explanation of why the car could possibly need this fix.
What No sheetrock ?
OMG let it die already
i thought that was a 1984 prius