Odd Modifications Thread

[TexRex]

 

[TexRex]

Explorer front end on a Ranger.

 

[ScottPuss20]

 

[05XR8]

I’ve seen a Mustang low rider on Daytons, but not one slammed on JDM Longchamps.

 

[TexRex]

I don't normally go for cut fenders on a Bullnose because they look awkward. Turns out keeping the trim helps a lot.

 

[GranTurNismo]

 

[TexRex]

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Edit: I've seen a few flashier examples, but I'd love to see a LeSabre T-Type of this period done in this manner, where it looks like a totally stock car was dropped onto a race chassis.

 

[Roo]

Fiat Topolino rail car used on the Dutch railways in 1947:

 

[anlis]

 

[toastet]

still not sure if odd or tasteful, kind of a Lancia 037 reminescence:

 

[TexRex]

This hood.

I'm not a fan of the build overall but this car has periodically popped into my head for probably a couple decades now because of the hood with its raised center detail flattened about a third of the way from the cowl edge.

Compare to the original's style:

 

[TheCracker]

I get that whole smoothing fad that's particularly popular in VW modding circles. The deletion of some of the clunkier details can enhance the shape of them, but the Beetles hood/bonnet shape is where it got its nickname in the first place!

 

[TexRex]

'88-98 GM fullsize with a '67-8 Chevy grille and bumper. I...like it? If someone proposed modifying the front end of an OBS to accept the early fascia, I'd laugh right in their face, but this is very well executed. Now I want to see it with the quad headlamps of the GMC version.

Basically the inverse, a 1970 C10 with OBS wheel arches grafted in. It's also got the '67-8 grille and hood (most everything aft of that was used through the '72 model year).

I'm not sure why this truck just popped into my head when I haven't thought of it since seeing it in person 20+ years ago. Got pictures of it at the time too but those are long gone and it has precious little internet presence.

I get that whole smoothing fad that's particularly popular in VW modding circles. The deletion of some of the clunkier details can enhance the shape of them, but the Beetles hood/bonnet shape is where it got its nickname in the first place!

I get it, but I think it still retains the majority of its identity despite that and other modifications. My primary gripe is with the Mercedes headlights; I think it'd look much better with standard units. I just think the hood is interesting. My ideal for these is trim removal with most of the focus on a very particular stance and a hot motor.

Spoiler

 

[TexRex]

Corvair-powered Volkswagens are hardly new and you could buy a kit to bolt the motor to a VW transaxle and a cam to reverse the rotation (Corvairs spun backwards because GM used a front-engine gearbox and stuck the motor to the back of it) starting in the '60s with the buggy craze, but a Type 3 is a little unusual. It actually makes a lot of sense because the Type 3 used different cooling tin that made the complete motor package as long as the Corvair six.

 

[GranTurNismo]

One of my G-Reddy guilty pleasures

This Figaro has a Honda F20C under the hood.

 

[TexRex]

It's a little odd for an M-body Dodge/Chrysler to be modified in this way, even if the modifications themselves aren't that odd.

 

[TexRex]

Not sure where to put this seeing as it's a photoshop, but this could be really straightforward with rear window glass being the only wildcard, and not much of one at that. Also I feel like it was a missed opportunity for GM, even if it wasn't actually needed in the range because you're not likely to need 4wd in a G-van/Express (conversions do exist).

 

[GranTurNismo]

1985 Ford LTD on RPF1s.

 

[05XR8]

The photo lens look more odd than the car.

 

[TexRex]

It's a little tight.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

The DAM4100 GTi package for the Metro 6R4, which was offered in the mid 90s by former Austin-Rover motorsport engineers. Adds six inches to the length, as well as some slight engine upgrades and aero tweaks to make it more stable, but the most obvious difference is the change to the then-contemporary Rover Metro/100 lights, front grill and rear end design.

I’m in two minds about how I feel about it; the new parts don’t really mesh well with the boxy body, but it does answer a potential ‘what if?’ scenario, where Group B never died off and they were still building the 6R4 well into the 90s and modernised/facelifted it a bit. Weirdly neat!

 

[Centroid]

OK that's a bit spooky. Only yesterday when I was looking at the fanatsy restomod thread, I wondered what a Roverised version of the 6R4 would look like.

 

[ScottPuss20]

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The DAM4100 GTi package for the Metro 6R4, which was offered in the mid 90s by former Austin-Rover motorsport engineers. Adds six inches to the length, as well as some slight engine upgrades and aero tweaks to make it more stable, but the most obvious difference is the change to the then-contemporary Rover Metro/100 lights, front grill and rear end design.

I’m in two minds about how I feel about it; the new parts don’t really mesh well with the boxy body, but it does answer a potential ‘what if?’ scenario, where Group B never died off and they were still building the 6R4 well into the 90s and modernised/facelifted it a bit. Weirdly neat!

I like it.