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  1. Alff says:

    That's what I call a movie trailer.

  2. Maymar says:

    Whoa, looks heavy, Doc.

  3. Lotte says:

    If there's a busted oven abandoned in the forest, does anyone give a damn?

  4. OA5599 says:

    Are you telling me…you built a towing machine…out of a Delorean?

  5. MrHowser says:

    I saw a couple of oddities today – wonder if y'all know anything about them.

    One was this beast – looked like an F350 and a Bronco had a baby. Sorry for the poor quality – it definitely was not a pickup with a canopy.
    <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_UZEndLT0UZQ/TYwhzhkvlBI/AAAAAAAAASw/19s1rXJjBco/s912/IMAG0074.jpg"width=500&gt;

    The other, I lump in with the odd Renault, Peugeot, and the Ford Ka I see running around – Phoenix is close to Mexico, so we get some of their stuff up here. Chevy Tornado, anyone?

    <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_UZEndLT0UZQ/TYwhy4XezHI/AAAAAAAAASo/5mJaz7_QjxM/s912/IMAG0078.jpg"width=500&gt;

    This one was just for fun.

    <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_UZEndLT0UZQ/TYwi0o4yk0I/AAAAAAAAATA/KqijcVssWwo/s912/IMAG0064.jpg"width=500"&gt;

    • SSurfer321 says:

      I thought the 4-door Broncos were export only but Wikipedia corrected me.

      Bronco Centurion

      From the late 1980s through its demise in 1996, the Bronco was also sold at Ford dealerships as a modified 4-door SUV (making it similar to the Excursion or Suburban). These 4-door Broncos were converted by Centurion Vehicles of White Pigeon, Michigan. The conversion involved combining a new crew cab short bed F-Series truck with a Bronco tailgate and fiberglass top. In addition to adding a third row of seats and more room, a Bronco Centurion could be ordered using an F-350 as the donor pickup, allowing the Centurion to have such engines as the 7.3 L (~445 cu in) PowerStroke turbodiesel and the 460 cu in (7.5 L) gasoline V8. Half-ton chassis featured the 351 cu in (5.8 L) fuel injected V8 engine.

      The Bronco Centurion could be ordered with options such as a third-row seat that can be folded into a bed, second row bucket seats, a TV with a VCR, and a built-in radar detector.

      Bronco Centurions are considered after market conversions. Ford introduced the Excursion as an official production model in 2000.

    • IronBallsMcG says:

      The top one is probably a Centurion aftermarket conversion.
      I understand there are other companies that versions of these, but Centurions are the only ones I've ever seen.

    • LTDScott says:

      Sarah Palin's husband owns a Centurion Bronco. I remember seeing them for sale on the dealer lot back in '94 or so and really wanted one. Still do.

    • OA5599 says:

      Centurion also made a van-dually pickup mashup. A former neighbor with a bodyshop was fixing one up for a customer. It looked like it led a hard life and was used as intended.

      <img src="http://www.autolunacy.com/carimages/82-Ford-Centurion.jpg&quot; width=500>
      (not the one my neighbor worked on).

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