Todd Aldridge gets the tipster credit on this one but we’re not sure we should be giving it to him. After all, how did he find it? Was he searching for S10 (normal)? Or was he searching for Sunbird (bad)? We’ll go on the premise that he was searching for S10 because he’s a BangShifter and the only thing that Sunbirds are good for, generally speaking, is monster truck fodder. In this case, the Sunbird has been drastically modified with the addition of a Chevy S10 frame under it, a 350 Chevy engine has been slammed between the fenders, and the front end has been modified into a flip-nose arrangement. There’s an ill-fitting IROC style hood on the car as well. Why? Because why NOT?
The stance is kind of gasser, kind of awkward, and kind of awesome. Has anyone else ever heard of someone slinging a truck frame under one of these babies before? We sure as hell have not. The fact that the guy kept the factory luggage rack is a classy move that we respect. The interior looks clean, the paint looks decent, and the fact stands that these cars do no exist anymore in areas of the country where the roads were treated with salt. Heck, by the time I was graduating high school up there in the late 1990s they were virtually gone outside of the ones that kids were schlepping around and junkyards were crushing. I had not even seen one of these cars in years before Todd sent this link. I can now go for the rest of my life without seeing another because none of them will ever match this pile of sweetness.
Ok, let’s hear it. What do you think?
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I just threw up a lil bit in my mouth.
I think it’s a good start. Ditch the IROC hood, and flip front kit. Tweak some pannel gaps. Lower the front end signifigantly. Drop in a stroked LT1 (94-96 style) and you got a sweet convertable cruiser that cops won’t bat an eye at. Feel free to embarass kids in mom’s Challenger/Mustang/Camaro all day. Oh I almost forgot, paint it metallic teal (they were all that color) and put a “Fear This” sticker on it somewhere. extra points for Autozone stick on, Chevy key scratch preventers around the door locks.
It’s only slightly better than that rat rod. But it has some potential if someone that knows what he’s doing buys it.
Does the crap in the back seat come with it?
Cool idea, interesting execution. Yeah, I’ll stick with interesting. Maybe the nose is so high to clear the engine???
Put some time and effort into it and it could be an interesting pint sized bruiser. OK, quite a bit of time and effort.
OMG WTF WHY?!
“I was bored” seems like a reasonable enough excuse to me.
I dont think I will ever ask why while surfing the pages of Bangshift. If I do, I promise to sell my American iron, delete this link, buy a eurotrash car and begin haunting jalopnik. As clusterf@$ked as that thing appears, I think that guy is onto something.
I’ve thought of doing something like this but better with a cavalier or Beretta or any small gm. Or even a Chrysler k car lol!
this what happens when Cousins are allowed to marry and re produce