Sunrise El Grande Stretched Limousine Custom Neo Classic on Cadillac chassis
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2011-07-23 23:32 |
Would the side pipes indicate Excalibur?? |
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tom11 ◊ 2011-12-17 18:47 |
Looks more like a Zimmer Golden Spirit to me. |
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◊ 2019-12-07 13:29 |
I think I've found it. This is a Sunrise, built by the Sunrise Automotive Corporation of Des Moines, Washington (not Iowa!) Note the design of the spare and the way the exhaust pipes are hidden: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Sunrise_car.JPG Link to "lh3.googleusercontent.com" Link to "www.allcarindex.com" Another one here: http://landsverk.no/italy_2014/#9 I wonder what Animatronixx will say about this, other than ![[:puke]](https://imcdb.opencommunity.be/images/smileys/puke.gif "[:puke]") ... |
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◊ 2019-12-07 13:59 |
Good job, man! I think you nailed it. .gif ":)") Ross Vick of Sunrise Automobile Corporation Sunrise Automotive states he built 21 of these Cadillac-based Neo Classic limousines and this actually looks to be one of them. "El Grande" was the model name of this creation. ![[Image: 19142983_1868683090050965_8660006819528920115_ojpg_nc_cat104_nc_ohcynsecmkj7a8aqmjmwtcbk3_v8n7g67jiw.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3946/19142983_1868683090050965_8660006819528920115_ojpg_nc_cat104_nc_ohcynsecmkj7a8aqmjmwtcbk3_v8n7g67jiw.jpg) You mean what I think of it? Then you nailed it again! While I do like Neo Classics in general and take them seriously as custom cars rather than oddities, I struggle with the Sunrise designs... OK, I'm actually so disgusted I just may have laughed all over my jacket! Boxy, clumsy, awkward shape, lacking any sort of elegance. Faux exhaust pipes look like Joe's Plumbers from downtown made a special offer. The front bumper is plain awful, the faux spare tire isn't integrated at all - just bolted to the fender. And let's not even talk about the "hood ornament" in this case... |
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◊ 2019-12-07 14:05 |
"Stretched Limousine" is rather superficial, as that will just make people believe it's a stretched version of a production car known as Sunrise El Grande |
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◊ 2019-12-07 14:13 |
Yeah, that's what it is! The majority of these appear to be standard wheelbase cars, but 21 of them were stretched ones, just like the one above. Sucks if you already wasted a name like "El Grande" for the regular ones and then release an even longer version. ![[:ddr555]](https://imcdb.opencommunity.be/images/smileys/ddr555.gif "[:ddr555]") Did I mention the cheap Walmart spoke hubcaps, the miserably shaped front fenders and the oversized indicators yet? No offense to Mr. Vick, but this is what I call a redneck Neo-Classic spoof. |
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◊ 2019-12-07 14:13 |
Skylark convertible looks not that bad.. if it wasn't painted in yellow maybe he should call it El Really Grande or something like that.. -- Last edit: 2019-12-07 14:14:51 |
