This one has us completely and utterly stumped. This photo was posted by BangShift member Blazerteam and seems to show an old Buick that had truly horrible things done to it. Is this a motorhome? Perhaps a mobile meth lab? Some sort of botched government experiment? We’re open to any and all ideas because cannot make heads or tales of this mess.
It looks like the “builder” used the cowl and front half of the Buick (which we believe was a wagon) to start the “upper level” and if you squint it looks like there are two Buick wagon glass panels lined up in the rear.
Other than that, we’re at a loss.
Does anyone know what the hell this thing was supposed to be?
It is the ShamRockAway. Hemmings has done a couple blog posts on it. It is currently for sale.
http://blog.hemmings.com/?s=buick+motorhome
It has looked better. Not good, mind you, but better than this. Never saw any pics of the inside, which must have been quite a trip. As mentioned in the other comment, Hemmings has featured this thing a couple of times, and even has a picture of it driving.
it’s a Buick 😀
It’s several Buicks.
That is indeed the ShamRockAway. Do a search, you will find alot of information on it!
The article has a link to another article with a photo of the beast going together. Apparently 2 Buicks and some filler.
This is cool, photos of it in it’s prime.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/tag/shamrockaway/
If I were to guess at the builders source of inspiration, I woulsd say it was Harley Earls Aerotrain from the 50s.
I want this thing. Bad.
All I can say is… Sham Wow!
Its a ’62 Buick. I remember my dad looking at these in the showroom. The whole lineup looked just like that.
What’s his name that made the pro street J2000? Dobrinski? His first attempt?
Way way too south of 16. Space shuttle?
Like like an early prototype for “The Dukes of Hazzard”.
lets you just drop them pants right now , ha , ha
Wasn’t Giglligan at the helm? I know! its the SS Minnow
I know what the hell is it!it’s a 60’s homemade camper(in these years people wanted to have hovereverything a trailer or a camper,and who din’t have much moneys built it hisself)this is a homemade camper maked with parts of 2 or 3 ’59 cadillacs!it’s as a lifesize hotwheels’camper,If I can I sure take it!(but I can’t)let’s going to do searchs and find the original person who built that!
huh, no, ops it’s a custom camper but pieces are from 2 or 3 ’62 buick special,sorrt for my error in the precedent text
Big Diamond In The Rust!
Wasn’t that in a Speed Racer episode
I thought this was so cool, I did a rendering of it as if it were an available option from Buick… Then I saw this… Check out this link… http://www.leftlanenews.com/photos/eight-wheeled-buick-motorhome-makes-online-debut-picture-1.html