He's going to have to try a hell of a lot harder to win that world's lowest car.

I'm shocked to find out it's a salvage title. ;)

you had better sign up Exxon or BP as sponsors for this project

and why isn't this being held as a PCH entry?

Item location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Ahhhhh it all makes sense now

@FreeMan: It's not hellish enough for PCH- easy to get parts for 60s Impalas.

If all of our hound dogs throw in a few bucks, we've found the summer home on the road for the Jalopnik staff- all of them.
ROAD TRIP!!!

think about how much meth has been processed in that thing!

Down On The Street: Rolling Redneck Tenement Edition

It still has its original propane stove and fridge. That alone is totes worth the reserve price.

Ring...hello...This is FEMA calling...we like what we see and want to place an order for several dozen units...

@Murilee Martin: You need to have a psuedo-PCH between this and the one I sent you a few weeks ago... the one that was a wooden frame.

there's probably a few demo derby drivers that would love to get their hands on that.

@MadMo: COTD!

I'll bet the handling on that beast is interesting to say the least!

@Murilee Martin: Ahhh, but a 67 Impala with a ToteMotel on top? Tell me those are easy to find!

@itswemy: "FEMA"
Its Formaldehyde levels probably aren't nearly high enough for FEMA's exacting standards.

The beauty of this setup is finding that perfect level of acceleration where the front wheels come off the ground but the back of the camper isn't scraping. And then holding that for as long as possible.

crack-tacular

All it needs is a pair of truck nuts.

I honestly, deeply, really do want to have something nice to say about this.

Oh, the stories this thing could tell.

Does it come with a meth lab in the back?

@Novaload: I don't want to hear those stories. Oh the HORROR!

Honestly, this cracks me up.

Who in the hell thought putting a few hundred pounds of an already tail-heavy vehicle behind the rear axle was a good idea?!

It should have wheels at the very rear to prevent scraping during acceleration....

@Kelly: *What* acceleration?

@thatguy01: 454 transplant anyone?

First thing in the budget is a new set of leaf springs. Talk about a saggin' shaggin' wagon.

Things sure seem to have gone to hell in Bedford Falls since George Bailey got himself uninvented.

Back in the 70's, there was one of these camper things that regularly appeared on a Pontiac wagon (I think) near my sister's home in Lehi, Utah,(south of Salt Lake City). I saw it on the road so I knew it ran. Always wondered what the inside of it looked like, but since I hate camping so much, it wasn't THAT interesting to me.

Other questions the seller wouldn't find funny:

1. Does it run?
2. How many mules do you think it would take to move it?
3. Can I live in it where it is until I get it running?

Wow, I'm from Arkansas and I've NEVER seen a ToteMotel in my 40-plus years of existence. Does that mean we're so backwards these just haven't made it here yet, or was the camper shell on the El Camino sufficient enough for our needs?

Arkansas ain't got nothin' on Pennsyltucky.

Pennsylvania: Philly on the right, Pittsburgh on the left, Kentucky down the middle.

And yes, I have been to Pottstown. I bought a mowing deck for my Cub Cadet there, from some farmer who had about 100 of them stashed in an old Amish barn. If the town actually lived up to its name it might be interesting...

Hemp growing Amish?

Business in front, party in back.

Wow,never seen nor heard of one of one of these things in all my 44 years!Wonder how you attach it?
I do have a very fading memory of some tent thing that would attach to the back of the old Fairlane wagon when I was a wee lad.My folks started upgrading after that,starting with a slide-in on Dad's F-100.
Camping was sure cool,when I was a kid,wouldn't do it now on a bet.

@kfdave: There's a tent-thingy for the Pontiac Aztek, among others.

"complete minus motor"
Oh boy, I can't lose!

I love eBay ads where they always mention how "complete" it is..."minus" a crucial, vital part of the car.

I wonder if the people who post these ever read theirs through and note the severe ironies here.

The funk factor here is off the scale. I saw a '57 Caddy motorhome in a junkyard (frame mounted) that rivaled this. If this freak was located near me I'd be seriously tempted. God help me.

How's this!

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What an awful, stupid contraption. There's just enough room to stand up and close the door, and then look! A bed! With eighteen inches above it so you can still worm your way in! Nevermind that you could already sleep inside the wagon, if sleeping on the ground or using a tent is so odious.

Blech. Somebody tear that thing off and restore the impala.

@nosirrahg:

I'm an Arkie and I've never seen one either. The average person around here wouldn't fit in there anwyay though.

Imagine you could grab that thing for under $500. A Lemons car with an on board tool shop. Driver changes on the fly. It's a win-win-win!

IIRC, I've seen a rig like this on a sedan. (I assume the back glass comes out.) The old British Ford Zephyr/Zodiac with the ten-foot hood and nearly-empty engine bay. The long front end is probably the only way to balance it.

@CptSevere: I could totally go for a motorhome with a Cadillac cab. That would even top the Studie R-series truck cab I saw a couple of years ago.

i soooooo want this. i know, it looks trashy. but clean it up, tint the windows. maybe a bit of paint and you have the most awsome car to take on the hott rod power tour

@AllenK: I guess maybe when your house already has a hitch on it one of these seems kind of redundant.

@nosirrahg:

And wheels...