Chrysler’s PT Cruiser was a hit for the company at the turn of the millennium. Funky micro hot-rod styling, Neon underpinnings, and a cute and friendly aura that seemed to just draw in the money gave DaimlerChrysler something to smile about. The guys who had been cut with Plymouth (where the PT Cruiser was originally slated to go) might not have been smiling, and anyone who has ever worked on one of these miserable little retro-mobiles will tell you with no feeling spared just how much they hate it. From personal experience, I actually shut down a paid trip to Hawaii because I refused to work on one. They suck that bad.
Now, let’s tempt you for a moment, in the form of a Chrysler 440. Not a bad offer, is it? One Chrysler big-block, hooked to an automatic (we assume a 727 Torqueflite), bolted to the front suspension from a Mustang II, pushing power out to the rear axle of a Ford Ranger, all tied up into a tube frame and draped with the body of a blue-green Chrysler PT Cruiser. Oh, and you’ll get a set of staggered turbine wheels, to really pull together the hot-rod look. Street sweeper? Parts donor? You decide, but everything together comes out to $4,200 and for that kind of cash, provided it all works, you’d have something unique to start with. Whether you run with it or deconstruct it, that’s all up to you.
Craigslist Link: 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser
The 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser. It’s the cat’s ass.
(Thanks to Shannon Sykes for the tip!)
It certainly looks like something that came out of a cat’s ass….
Could you get a good look at the welds?
I dont know how he did it but I love it !
I was hoping he put the 440 in the back.