@@memorimusic420 Yeah, this single video is like an entire channel devoted to neoclassic cars, but in only one video, which is the one you're currently watching. 🙄🙄🙄
I was having lunch one day and a friend pulled up in a brand new one he ha just bought. Cream and gold.He took me for a spin and I got several phone calls that afternoon from people who'd seen me on my short joyride and thought I'd struck oil. I think "parts bin" is an apt description. As we say in Texas, "All hat and no cattle." It was the 80s. 'Nuff said.
When I was a kid in the 80s, I found out about these and was FASCINATED by them. They're so silly, and I still have a soft spot for them (I should get that looked at)
Neoclassic kit cars were fairly popular in the 1970s and 80s too. Many, like the Migi (an MG TD replica) and a chinzy knockoff of the Mercedes Benz SS, were originally built on VW Beetle platforms, then were later built on a bespoke frame with Ford Pinto drivetrain and suspension. Eventually these kit cars grew more sophisticated, including several Auburn Boattail, Speedster replicas.
I drove a similar neo-classic car in the 90’s (short distance) while working at a Canadian car dealership. It was not an Excalibur, but something like it. It had a Nissan V6 power plant, whatever it was. Thanks for the video.
I met this car because here in Brazil there was a Top Trumps card game Brazilian version called "Super Trunfo" which had a set called "Grandes Marcas" (Great Makes in Portuguese). So I also met Clénet, Stutz and Panther as well. Please make videos about them too. Thank you so much! Congrats for this video!
Ed, thanks for the memory! Back in the early to mid-80s, Excalibur was a customer of mine. They were located in Brookfield, WI, and I had the honor of meeting Brooks Stevens. Not my cup of tea, but Mr. Stevens was the soul of Class.
Let’s go! I couldn’t believe my own eyes when this was posted. Your video on neoclassical cars is my favorite! The Excalibur Phaeton is my favorite car of all time!!! I’m so glad you reviewed this beauty! Neoclassical cars are the best!
I remember these things. My dad and his friends, who had all been hot rodders in the 50s, laughed at them and the people who bought them. Also, we snorted coke off of mirrors. Allegedly.
Excaliburs were originally for those who wanted that sporty look. I was on the highway in St Louis, Missouri and passed an early Excalibur that still had that full Mercedes look. The driver was a bit on the senior age. He was wearing a nice snap brim hat and a huge smile. His license plate was a tribute to the great comic, Jack Benny. It's number was, AGE-39. For those who are not familiar with Mr. Benny, GOOGLE him.
Back in the 80's I owned a Shell Station in St. Charles, Mo. There was a woman that would regularly stop at my station to fill while driving one of these. It was her daily driver.
There was a few around the St.Louis area. There was a Dealership that sold them. I believe possibly an ex-Studebaker dealer (?). I remember begging my mom to stop in so I could see them. Finally one day, she did. They were actually nice to me and let me sit in one. I must have been about 9 years old.(?). I don’t remember where the dealership was, though. 🚗🙂
@@jeffking4176 There used to be an old Studebaker Dealership by Manchester and Big Ben in Maplewood. I remember seeing the Avanti on their show room floor. I'm showing my age hehe.
Lotus have been fans of the parts bin of various car makers. Having an early Esprit one gets to know where all the various parts came from. Regular service items. Timing belt Nissan maxima Front pads GM' Rear pads FIAT Indicator stalk Landrover S3 Door handles Austin Allegro etc
In the 1970s and 1980s, my admiration of luxury cars of the 1920s and 1930s was well developed. Rolls-Royce and Packard were (and still are) my favorites. In the early 1970s, I lived in Los Angeles California and saw more classic Packards and Rolls-Royces (mostly at dealers) than I saw of Excaliburs and other neoclassic cars. I'm glad of that. Well, there was this one car in San Diego that I really liked: replica of an MG roadster on a VW chassis with a body of oak and mahogany hand-built by the owner. The owner said the bodywork was too heavy for the car.
I knew a jolly Irish fellow, the owner of a small restaurant chain in Florida, in the 70s, who had a very green Phaeton. I believe Roy Orbison had an early 70s Roadster. Zimmer made a similar model, plus a sport coupe, built on a Pontiac Fiero.
i would like to say, it is nice to see you in front of the camera from time to time. mostly you do voiceover, so it is more noticeable when you are in frame, but i want to say you have a great presence and i really love your videos.
The original Excalibur (1966) came with a 327 Chevy mounted to a Studebaker frame, which meant you got kingpins instead of ball joints, but you did get front disc brakes. Early Excaliburs were pretty basic, but fast. Like everything else, they matured into a bloated, smog-choked engined caricature of itself. I'd take one if it was free.
Ed, I am pretty sure that like the Stutz neo classic, the Excalibur is built on a Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Pontiac Gran Prix frame. The body is all the custom stuff. Those early Excaliburs were much nicer, bringing to mind the racers of the 30s.
Somehow Excalibur never fell into the "just a gaudy joke" category, perhaps because they had actual car guys in their company, chiefly and as mentioned Brook Stevens, designing and developing in an ongoing manner. Excalibur also got their dimensions right, on all their models. Not many other Neo Classics can claim that, they're usually too high, too narrow, too spindly, too something. Clenet is the other well executed one that comes to mind. And those aren't Beetle indicators... 😅
They are indicators from the US beetle around 1970 and later. Apart from Clenet, do you also remember the brand Desande? They made similar neo classics.
@@fhwolthuis seriously? I mean they sure look like Beetle indicators, but I've never noticed any model with the wraparound plastic. Fair enough, I take it back, learned something new!
@@fhwolthuis exactly, which is why I assumed that these aren't from a Beetle, but merely looked similar. You know what, let's not worry about it too much. I like Excalibur if they're Beetle indicators or not 😁. And now I need to look into the other brand you mentioned, because it doesn't ring a bell buy I am sure it'll be interesting
love your videos about old American luxury cars that were considered classy today but people now find kitschy, I myself find them more interesting than most present day luxury cars
The pushbutton HVAC looks like the controller on my 1985 Dodge. Chrysler has long been into pushbutton controllers while Ford and GM usually used sliders and/or twist knobs.
I've always had a soft spot for neoclassical cars, and I was super happy to see brief cameos from two of my favorites, the Stutz Blackhawk and the Panther De Vil, specifically Cruella's. They're a bit less "chrome bling and covaine" than the Excalibur.
Ed, I always look forward to watching your lastest video and hearing your Dutch perspective. I certainly miss working with all our IBM Amsterdam coworkers from my 1970-1980 years at IBM Austin (Texas). Ed, please keep up your great work.
I lived in Virginia Beach (USA) during this time. There were a few of them in the area, I had no idea they were this expensive or that only 3500 were ever made.
As someone who was around when all these neoclassic cars were new, I can certainly say I found them tacky as a kid, and just as bad now. Especially the ones based on the Fox-bodied Mustang passenger section, and the one based on the "aero" 1983-86 Cougar. But I'm glad you got to drive one, as that dealer must have most of the examples in Europe!
There used to be a local guy with an earlier Excalibur. It came with a 7.4 liter V8. With some modification it made 500hp. He used to enter burnout contests with it.
The early ones looked great. As with everything else from across the pond they got bigger, heavier and more kitschy with each generation… but they carried on regardless when the Great Oil Crisis Reset happened to everyone else - a privilege afforded to niche builders of exclusive blingpanzers like this, I suppose. Did regulations kill Excalibur or did taste karma finally balance? 😆 Great review, Ed - thanks for sharing 🙂
Neighbor had one when I was 18. He was a poser and would tell everyone it was a $100k+ car (back in 80s). I used to laugh and ask him why it had an oil leaking American car engine in it. 😅😅😅 cool novelty car especially back in those days.
The Spanish builder Hurtan produces retro kitschy/gawdy/tasteless cars like these; those are based on Renault cars (Mégane) and include all the apparel to punch your eye.
I have to admit, I like the series I as the styling seems tastefully done. However, it with subsequent series, it increasingly gets more gaudy, and it's kinda tacky by the end.
I saw one of these once here in Italy (a glimpse of it as we were both on our cars and driving on the road), not many years ago (probably around 2010 or so) and I was "WTF is that thing?????". At the beginning I thought it was a Morgan, but it was waaaaaaaaay too kitsch to be one of those amazing sport cars, did some research and got to know this brand.
Neoclassical cars, I remember there was a similar version of the Cadillac. It had fake spare wheels on the fenders, most often they were white, or pearl if you prefer.
This reminds me so much of the kit cars from the same era -- the kind where you could make your Volkswagen Beatle look like a 1930's Mercedes roadster. The fake exhaust pipes and giant hood housing a small-ish V6 or V8 also reminds me of the prop cars that the movie studios built for _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ and _The Great Race._ Being raised around pre-war (and pre-both-wars) cars, I always saw this style of car as a cheap imitation, and lowkey despised it for that. Maybe one day, an automaker will make a 1930's retro car that actually looks like it could fit into the 1930's, and whose form follows function.
A late friend of mine had a 1986 Excalibur. The tail lights were slightly melted by the bulbs, we figured they were motorcycle tail lights, but were never able to source replacements.
2:10 Thats pretty simple, none of Studebaker's designs ever looked like the competition. There was always something that leaves you wondering about their thought process.
A local, sleazy business man, who owned an estate in the Bahamas and is now in custody facing trial for various sex crimes, had one of these, it didn't do anything to improve his reputation...
Ed, that Excaliber appeared to have been restored. If it was did they improve the build quality? I remember them as a young car man, but don't remember them being touted for their fit and finish.
These are always a hard sell for me, on one hand I absolutely adore 1920’s and 30’s speedsters and so you’d think that these replicas would fill the niche, but you always only ever see those ones with the big square butt or the Bugatti replicas that you’d think would be great, but it’s just a VW underneath. My end goal would be to build my own from scratch, modify a kit car, or get one of those Bugatti replicas out of Argentina that are prohibitively expensive
If you keep it long enough, and keep it in exceptional condition, any car becomes a “classic” eventually. Even an AMC Pacer or an Edsel. 😉 … Or an Excalibur.
Excalibur in the 1970's was in it's day was like the early 2000's wave of Retro cars like PT Cruiser , Plymouth Prowler , Millennium Beetle and BMW Mini. P.S. in all that time Morgan motors still selling the unchanged same model car with little up dates and is still around today
There was a lot of famous people who owned these. I can remember singer Wayne Newton was among them. Why pay so much for an illusion, I have no idea. these had a lot of kitsch. still do. A total "Frankencar."
I have to admire your dedication to trying to save cars that should have been all destroyed along with the evidence of their existence.
This is like a neoclassic channel, with a 70s/60s vibe and theme, talking about old cars in the modern days
Call it Edxcalibur 😂
@@memorimusic420 Yeah, this single video is like an entire channel devoted to neoclassic cars, but in only one video, which is the one you're currently watching. 🙄🙄🙄
@@crookedtool ?
This is only his 2nd video on neo-classical cars. Ed covers all eras of auto mfg and many countries.
@@bossfan49 I know, I'm just saying
"Bumpers that came off a prison gate." 🤣🤣 I love your channel, Ed!
I was having lunch one day and a friend pulled up in a brand new one he ha just bought. Cream and gold.He took me for a spin and I got several phone calls that afternoon from people who'd seen me on my short joyride and thought I'd struck oil. I think "parts bin" is an apt description. As we say in Texas, "All hat and no cattle." It was the 80s. 'Nuff said.
Parts bin is quite common in many rare cars. If you watch Doug DeMuro, you'll see this often.
Is it true that Texans sometimes install/installed cow horns on the hood? Was there anything like that outside of movies, in real life?
@@crookedtoolThat means having to put up with watching Doug DeMuro.
Unfortunately, yes.
@@metricstormtrooper Good one. 😒😒🙄
I grew up in this era, I had two neighbors that built these things. The kit cars.
Back in the 90's when dad and I looked through Autotrader magazines religiously, we used to see a few of these for sale.
Yes, Kit Cars were very popular. I almost bought a Bradly GT.
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You mean they built replicas of a real Excalibur car?
@@crookedtool yes. It was sold as a kit you built on a donor car.
Excalibur (Milwaukee) never offered kit cars, they only build complete cars.
It's just like an SSK Mercedes... that someone described over the telephone.
😁👍 Good one!
When I was a kid in the 80s, I found out about these and was FASCINATED by them.
They're so silly, and I still have a soft spot for them (I should get that looked at)
Neoclassic kit cars were fairly popular in the 1970s and 80s too. Many, like the Migi (an MG TD replica) and a chinzy knockoff of the Mercedes Benz SS, were originally built on VW Beetle platforms, then were later built on a bespoke frame with Ford Pinto drivetrain and suspension. Eventually these kit cars grew more sophisticated, including several Auburn Boattail, Speedster replicas.
"The same table that you would snort coke off of." 🤣🤣🤣
All woodgrain interiors from 1975 to 1988
😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤣😭🤣😭
More likely set a beer bottle on, this was Milwaukee after all.
I fell in love with those when I got a matchbox model of one when I was a kid in the 80s
Matchboxes are much better than Hot Wheels.
Remember “Corgi?”
The aerial top-down view reminds me of the mid-80s game Spy Hunter. Anyone else?
it reminds me of the first couple Grand Theft Auto games
I drove a similar neo-classic car in the 90’s (short distance) while working at a Canadian car dealership. It was not an Excalibur, but something like it. It had a Nissan V6 power plant, whatever it was. Thanks for the video.
Something like a Mitsuoka LeSeyde comes to mind.
I'm not a hard core car buff, but I did not know Excalibur was a "modern" car. Learn something every day.
Basically a pastiche of a 1930s Mercedes SSK.
Well it's not *modern* modern, but "modern" compared to '30s cars.
I met this car because here in Brazil there was a Top Trumps card game Brazilian version called "Super Trunfo" which had a set called "Grandes Marcas" (Great Makes in Portuguese). So I also met Clénet, Stutz and Panther as well. Please make videos about them too. Thank you so much! Congrats for this video!
Ed, your walk and talk presentation is quit good! That and your humor touches made this really fun to watch.
Ed, thanks for the memory! Back in the early to mid-80s, Excalibur was a customer of mine. They were located in Brookfield, WI, and I had the honor of meeting Brooks Stevens. Not my cup of tea, but Mr. Stevens was the soul of Class.
Let’s go! I couldn’t believe my own eyes when this was posted. Your video on neoclassical cars is my favorite! The Excalibur Phaeton is my favorite car of all time!!! I’m so glad you reviewed this beauty! Neoclassical cars are the best!
A customer of our shop here in Munich had one in Black.. it was very very impressive! One must see it live! 👍🏼🏁
Ed, you look good in that car .
I remember these things. My dad and his friends, who had all been hot rodders in the 50s, laughed at them and the people who bought them.
Also, we snorted coke off of mirrors. Allegedly.
Happy Saturday morning indeed. Hi from Canberra AU Ed & all.
It's Friday in AZ usa.
Excaliburs were originally for those who wanted that sporty look. I was on the highway in St Louis, Missouri and passed an early Excalibur that still had that full Mercedes look. The driver was a bit on the senior age. He was wearing a nice snap brim hat and a huge smile. His license plate was a tribute to the great comic, Jack Benny. It's number was, AGE-39. For those who are not familiar with Mr. Benny, GOOGLE him.
Back in the 80's I owned a Shell Station in St. Charles, Mo. There was a woman that would regularly stop at my station to fill while driving one of these. It was her daily driver.
There was a few around the St.Louis area. There was a Dealership that sold them. I believe possibly an ex-Studebaker dealer (?).
I remember begging my mom to stop in so I could see them. Finally one day, she did.
They were actually nice to me and let me sit in one. I must have been about 9 years old.(?).
I don’t remember where the dealership was, though.
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@@jeffking4176 There used to be an old Studebaker Dealership by Manchester and Big Ben in Maplewood. I remember seeing the Avanti on their show room floor. I'm showing my age hehe.
I would love to own an Excalibur. I have fond memories as a kid seeing these driving around in the Eighties.
Lotus have been fans of the parts bin of various car makers.
Having an early Esprit one gets to know where all the various parts came from.
Regular service items.
Timing belt Nissan maxima
Front pads GM'
Rear pads FIAT
Indicator stalk Landrover S3
Door handles Austin Allegro etc
Ooooh mmyyy. If Liberace was a car. 😂
Hahahaha
I think he actually owned one of these
In the 1970s and 1980s, my admiration of luxury cars of the 1920s and 1930s was well developed. Rolls-Royce and Packard were (and still are) my favorites. In the early 1970s, I lived in Los Angeles California and saw more classic Packards and Rolls-Royces (mostly at dealers) than I saw of Excaliburs and other neoclassic cars. I'm glad of that.
Well, there was this one car in San Diego that I really liked: replica of an MG roadster on a VW chassis with a body of oak and mahogany hand-built by the owner. The owner said the bodywork was too heavy for the car.
I knew a jolly Irish fellow, the owner of a small restaurant chain in Florida, in the 70s, who had a very green Phaeton. I believe Roy Orbison had an early 70s Roadster. Zimmer made a similar model, plus a sport coupe, built on a Pontiac Fiero.
Orbison’s car was sold by the Yorkshire auction house Mathewson’s and featured in a TV programme.
Damn good channel, love your Videos!
Sad that your channel only has 171.000 Subs, you deserve a lot more!
Hi Ed, I believe the HVAC contoller was from Chrysler aslo. I remember that well from the Omnis and Horizons...FYI
Agreed. The font is different from what GM used. Definitely Mopar.
i would like to say, it is nice to see you in front of the camera from time to time. mostly you do voiceover, so it is more noticeable when you are in frame, but i want to say you have a great presence and i really love your videos.
I love how the Panther De Ville uses the doors from an Austin 1800.
Was trying to figure that out. Thanks. Pretty funny!
The original Excalibur (1966) came with a 327 Chevy mounted to a Studebaker frame, which meant you got kingpins instead of ball joints, but you did get front disc brakes. Early Excaliburs were pretty basic, but fast. Like everything else, they matured into a bloated, smog-choked engined caricature of itself. I'd take one if it was free.
Ed, I am pretty sure that like the Stutz neo classic, the Excalibur is built on a Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Pontiac Gran Prix frame. The body is all the custom stuff. Those early Excaliburs were much nicer, bringing to mind the racers of the 30s.
I did not think I would like a video on Excalibur I was wrong . As always Ed a great video . This is why I always watch your videos first🎉
I can't wait for an episode about kit cars.
Morgan is the only car company that I can think've that mass produces cars of this style.
Best car channel on TH-cam
Somehow Excalibur never fell into the "just a gaudy joke" category, perhaps because they had actual car guys in their company, chiefly and as mentioned Brook Stevens, designing and developing in an ongoing manner. Excalibur also got their dimensions right, on all their models. Not many other Neo Classics can claim that, they're usually too high, too narrow, too spindly, too something. Clenet is the other well executed one that comes to mind.
And those aren't Beetle indicators... 😅
They are indicators from the US beetle around 1970 and later. Apart from Clenet, do you also remember the brand Desande? They made similar neo classics.
@@fhwolthuis seriously? I mean they sure look like Beetle indicators, but I've never noticed any model with the wraparound plastic. Fair enough, I take it back, learned something new!
@@seventysevenfiji On the beetle, the body colored plastic was most of the times chrome.
@@fhwolthuis exactly, which is why I assumed that these aren't from a Beetle, but merely looked similar.
You know what, let's not worry about it too much. I like Excalibur if they're Beetle indicators or not 😁.
And now I need to look into the other brand you mentioned, because it doesn't ring a bell buy I am sure it'll be interesting
@@seventysevenfijiAt least the latest US spec. Beetles have those blinkers with included sidemarkers.
love your videos about old American luxury cars that were considered classy today but people now find kitschy, I myself find them more interesting than most present day luxury cars
Nice to see you on camera!
Hello from South Louisiana! Great video! Love the content! Keep them coming!
There was also a company called Zimmer that made cars like this, but they used Lincoln chassis and engines.
The pushbutton HVAC looks like the controller on my 1985 Dodge. Chrysler has long been into pushbutton controllers while Ford and GM usually used sliders and/or twist knobs.
You’re the best, Ed. Keep it up!
Very enjoyable presentation Thank You.
I've always had a soft spot for neoclassical cars, and I was super happy to see brief cameos from two of my favorites, the Stutz Blackhawk and the Panther De Vil, specifically Cruella's.
They're a bit less "chrome bling and covaine" than the Excalibur.
Good video. I do remember these cars when I was about 9. I saw a few when I was that age.
Ed, I always look forward to watching your lastest video and hearing your Dutch perspective. I certainly miss working with all our IBM Amsterdam coworkers from my 1970-1980 years at IBM Austin (Texas).
Ed, please keep up your great work.
I lived in Virginia Beach (USA) during this time. There were a few of them in the area, I had no idea they were this expensive or that only 3500 were ever made.
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Made me think of Clénet. Kitsch? Can't be because I like them 😂
Every so often I see one or two of these at local car shows
Those real life reviews are really cool, I hope to see more in the future, Liebe Grüße aus Berlin!
I took a prom date, in 1981 in a Pontiac 400 motored, fibreglass Auburn Boat Tail "repli-rod" thing. Lucky, oh, yes....
As someone who was around when all these neoclassic cars were new, I can certainly say I found them tacky as a kid, and just as bad now. Especially the ones based on the Fox-bodied Mustang passenger section, and the one based on the "aero" 1983-86 Cougar. But I'm glad you got to drive one, as that dealer must have most of the examples in Europe!
I knew a guy who had three Tiffany Classic's, all were the long wheelbase coupes built on the mid '80s Cougar. One white, one silver, & one black.
There used to be a local guy with an earlier Excalibur. It came with a 7.4 liter V8. With some modification it made 500hp. He used to enter burnout contests with it.
The early ones looked great. As with everything else from across the pond they got bigger, heavier and more kitschy with each generation… but they carried on regardless when the Great Oil Crisis Reset happened to everyone else - a privilege afforded to niche builders of exclusive blingpanzers like this, I suppose. Did regulations kill Excalibur or did taste karma finally balance? 😆 Great review, Ed - thanks for sharing 🙂
Neighbor had one when I was 18. He was a poser and would tell everyone it was a $100k+ car (back in 80s). I used to laugh and ask him why it had an oil leaking American car engine in it. 😅😅😅 cool novelty car especially back in those days.
These remind me of the smaller, "spoiled rich girl car" Clenet that Fallon Carrington drove the first couple of seasons on Dynasty! Haha!
The Spanish builder Hurtan produces retro kitschy/gawdy/tasteless cars like these; those are based on Renault cars (Mégane) and include all the apparel to punch your eye.
Cheezy when new, dorky today. I'm a Studebaker guy but can't undestand anyone's love of these tasteless creations. Your opinion may vary.
I have to admit, I like the series I as the styling seems tastefully done. However, it with subsequent series, it increasingly gets more gaudy, and it's kinda tacky by the end.
Great episode
i went to a car show here in manhattan. in the 1990s . the frame, engine and transmission were from a ford mustang.
I saw one of these once here in Italy (a glimpse of it as we were both on our cars and driving on the road), not many years ago (probably around 2010 or so) and I was "WTF is that thing?????". At the beginning I thought it was a Morgan, but it was waaaaaaaaay too kitsch to be one of those amazing sport cars, did some research and got to know this brand.
Love your content Ed and your reviews.
I dont think we ever got those in Australia. Ive never seen one at a car show
There were a few kit versions - based on the mechanicals of VW Beetle. All show, no go. They were considered substitutes for inadequate genitalia.
Neoclassical cars, I remember there was a similar version of the Cadillac. It had fake spare wheels on the fenders, most often they were white, or pearl if you prefer.
This reminds me so much of the kit cars from the same era -- the kind where you could make your Volkswagen Beatle look like a 1930's Mercedes roadster. The fake exhaust pipes and giant hood housing a small-ish V6 or V8 also reminds me of the prop cars that the movie studios built for _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ and _The Great Race._ Being raised around pre-war (and pre-both-wars) cars, I always saw this style of car as a cheap imitation, and lowkey despised it for that. Maybe one day, an automaker will make a 1930's retro car that actually looks like it could fit into the 1930's, and whose form follows function.
A late friend of mine had a 1986 Excalibur. The tail lights were slightly melted by the bulbs, we figured they were motorcycle tail lights, but were never able to source replacements.
Similar to the one 80’s detective Matt Houston drove. I can’t imagine wanting to buy one of these…then or now
2:10 Thats pretty simple, none of Studebaker's designs ever looked like the competition. There was always something that leaves you wondering about their thought process.
Some Excaliburs also took its appearance features from some versions of Auburn, Cord and Dusenberg cars,
Incredible
This thing looks like a parody of 1930s/40s American car designs!
Certainly more of a special events car than a regular driver.
Now that looks like Jezzas Poland car !
Those tail lights look suspiciously similar to the tail lights on my Ural Gear Up.
Looks like HVAC controls are Chrysler, my baby momma 87 Turismo had same.
A local, sleazy business man, who owned an estate in the Bahamas and is now in custody facing trial for various sex crimes, had one of these, it didn't do anything to improve his reputation...
Yay!!
It looks like a Mitsuoka Le-Seyde
Video idea: Checker Motors. You know, the guy who make taxis or something? Sounds like an interesting topic for Automotive History no?
I remember that there's a vehicle here in Brazil that was something exactly like that.
Honestly I like the Excalibur and i think it looks quite nice, but the headlight placement ticks me off
Certain year Excalibur not saying all yours. Used doors from the MG midgets. Thought you might find that interesting.
Those hvac controls look to be Chrysler.
I know about 5 years prior the $30 grand price of a Delorean DMC-12 was seen as “too expensive”.
I thought it was a Zimmer Golden Spirit...but it's close enough lol
Ed, that Excaliber appeared to have been restored. If it was did they improve the build quality? I remember them as a young car man, but don't remember them being touted for their fit and finish.
These are always a hard sell for me, on one hand I absolutely adore 1920’s and 30’s speedsters and so you’d think that these replicas would fill the niche, but you always only ever see those ones with the big square butt or the Bugatti replicas that you’d think would be great, but it’s just a VW underneath.
My end goal would be to build my own from scratch, modify a kit car, or get one of those Bugatti replicas out of Argentina that are prohibitively expensive
How about one on the kit cars of the 70s?
If you keep it long enough, and keep it in exceptional condition, any car becomes a “classic” eventually. Even an AMC Pacer or an Edsel. 😉
… Or an Excalibur.
Excalibur in the 1970's was in it's day was like the early 2000's wave of Retro cars like PT Cruiser , Plymouth Prowler , Millennium Beetle and BMW Mini.
P.S. in all that time Morgan motors still selling the unchanged same model car with little up dates and is still around today
There was a lot of famous people who owned these. I can remember singer Wayne Newton was among them. Why pay so much for an illusion, I have no idea. these had a lot of kitsch. still do. A total "Frankencar."
The styling details on these got clumsier with every update: the original actually doesn't look too bad.
N E O C L A S S I C A L
Quick question were those other cars also Excalibur's?
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I understand why you tried to compare it to a Rolls, it was readily available, But this was more a Dussenburg inspired design.
Nothing screams 'luxury' like VW beetle turn indicators 😅
Cruella De Vil