Those tiny 14" wheels that Chrysler put on the Volare? Pizza cutters! Shopping-cart wheels! Try adding another ten inches of diameter to a Volare's wheels and you'll finally fill up those unsightly wheelwells, as we can can see in this '76. You need to keep the air shocks fully inflated in order to keep rear wheel scrapage to almost-tolerable levels, and there appears to be about 3/4" of space between the fronts and the wheelwells... but just look at it! Thanks to LTDScott, Porcubimmer Pilot for the tip! [Craigslist Stockton, go here if ad disappears]
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Plymouth Volare Rolls On 24s, End Times Upon Us?
7:00 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Murilee Martin
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Craig's list doesn't say but I wonder if there is a slant six in that bad boy?
If it wasn't hearing aid beige,that would look like a Hotwheels car
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I can't make it any clearer than that can I?
A rim is worth more than the car, and I don't like the rims...
@UDMan: What are you trying to say?,you must make it more clear.
Oh dear. That's very sad.
It's not like the '76 Volare wasn't already saddled with the reputation as one of the worst cars Chrysler built, now it has to be one of the worst cars now saddled with totally the wrong wheels. I bet it gets great fuel economy, though, with what must be a 1.9:1 final drive ratio equivalent.
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With the Malaise era body roll of the Volare, those tires will get nice grooves in the middle from fender rub.
"I'm gonna take this here ol folks car, gonna pimp it up, ro in some style!
Whatever you say, granddad.
Probably the entire wheel, not just the rim, cost more than the car is worth.
What size wheels does the owner's trailer have?
This is more evidence for my grandmother's saying "Poor people have poor ways".
Yep, that pretty much does nothing for the car and it didn't have much going for it before.
Probably finally realized that all that extra rotating mass was sucking his mileage down to nothing.
"Oooh! If I have bigger wheels, less RPM is required to make the car go the same speed.. thus my mileage will increase!"
I think not.
@UDMan:
Don't tasteless me, bro!
@smart42: If it's got the six, it's only moving at the discretion of that harsh mistress, gravity.
It will only go straight. No way to turn.that's pretty messedup
The real pity is I've seen worse...
Steering wheel turns, lock to lock: 0.25
I just don't get it. What is the point of doing this? Here in Vegas, there are a bunch of Caprices and Regals that have 24" wheels and look like they're ready for a trip thru the Rubicon. I don't get it.
And, we've heard about the wheels being worth more than the car. My guess is that the wheels cost more than the car did when new.
I'd take the car, kinda uncommon and it would make a nice sleeper, but WOW it really does look retarded with those wheels.
For some reason i still remember this ad from when I was a kid.
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@deckard97: Saying the wheels are "worth" anything implies that they have value. These wheels have no value at all, as they're fugly and wreck an already horrible car.
They cost more than the car is worth, to be sure. The worst part is, much better Detroit Malaise Iron isn't hard to get. Why a Volare?
So this is what Nugget was referring to when he said, "I don't need a gun. I've got a donk!"
Wait a minute, wait a minute. That isn't a Volare. According to the ad it's the very rare Plymouth Valare. That's a horse of a completely different color and make the tires perfectly acceptable.
@UDMan: What, exactly, are you trying to say?
It's not any worse than the BMW X6.
Needs bigger rims ...
You guys are missing the point. If this ride has Fine Corinthian Leather, this beauty is a classic !
(Please continue to talk amongst yourselves with the Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold jokes.)
The 24's only roll on the front... quite possibly just the left front. In the pic, the rear is possibly equipped with a P19575r14. Complete with a full wheel cover.
Automotive style is ALWAYS measured by wheel diameter and stereo decibels. So far this car is an 11.
I'll bet if you look at the underside it says MATCHBOX on it.
*yawn*
I want to see it doing a burnout, preferably on a drag strip. That would totally seal the deal.
On one hand, this seems like a really bad idea.
But on the other hand, this seems like a really terrible idea.
"Buy the rims, get the Malaisemobile I have laying around to get the rims home."
Hope he isn't rying to sell this with the rent-to-own rims still on it. [www.ezcreditwarehouse.com]
Let's see... one F-body Mopar (which sucks compared to GM F-bodys ANY year), and a couple thousand worth of the wrong width/diameter wheels. What's the matter? Could find an Impala to put them on?
mommy make the bad car go away...my eyes my eyes
Handles so babdly it won't turn so they figured they could eliminate the steering too...
Only an American car company would advertise a big car like that in an Italian city with no streets (Venice).
Here is a screen shot of the "unfortunately timed" gawker artists ad that appeared when I loaded this page...
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@crazygutgut:
We have a match!
@crazygutgut: hahaha!
That trend makes me want to cut myself.
Tail wags dog!
I have no words!
That's like a crack whore in a pair of
Christian Louboutin's CFM pumps.
@Drujon: Okay, I got the crack whore part....but then you lost me.
VO lareeee VooOOOOoooooo.
@beercheck:
Really Expensive shoes that might be tacky
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I'm conflicted. On the one hand, I hate dubs with a passion. Seriously, my passionate hatred for dubs makes Lenin's feelings for the Czar look warm and fuzzy by comparison. But on the other hand, at least the people who built this one were too poor and/or stupid to find anything other than a Volare. If someone did this to an old Dart or Valiant, I'd probably cry.
Um, guys, you're missing the point here.
1) Buy this abomination for $2800 (OBO, I'm sure he'll deal).
2) Sell 'rims' for $3000
3) Profit!
4) Added bonus, you have a Volare to... do something with...