<![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: You aren't the only one who liked it better with bare metal and five spokes.

I love the bare metal version, but don't like the finished one much at all.

ihateauditions

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Novaload:

I'm mixed, cheap hookers with c-section scars are not appealing at all, so sometimes dressed up is more appealing (not like I speak from experience). I'd love it to just be in bare sheetmetal as well or perhaps stainless steel a la Delorean.

M0L0TOV

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Looks like wax plastic.

Poor old Rambler looks a bit embarrassed. Looked much better naked than dressed up like a cheap hooker.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Autorama wasn't "all that and a bag of chips" this year. I do think that all of the AMC's should get a honourable mention though!

Hoser Dave

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> i disagree, jesus would drive a v16 2cv

OneWithNature

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I hope they swapped the Rambler Six into the Ferrari, that'd be ultra cool.
And I think the bare metal version of this is awesome.
That's probably what Jesus would drive, if he was a hoon, which I'm sure he was.

clashtastic

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @TheTooth: Two words: Soda Blasting.

Greg A.

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I'm really happy to hear about this - the guys from Diver's are awesome. I got to take a tour of their garage a while ago, and I saw this car in the early stages of production, in bare metal. The twisted shell of the Ferrari donor car was behind the garage. Apparently the owner let his teenage son borrow it on prom night, and although the driver survived, there was a 10mph speed limit sign stuck in the interior.

It's cool to see the "ferrambo" finished.

Budgeriar

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Interesting concept, but incredibly bad execution. Did they get those wheels at Discount Tire?

badco/LoJ

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I thought this was lame until I saw the bare metal version with 5-spokes. Why did it have to go so wrong?

TheTooth

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: I love the bare steel bodywork. Get an even matt finish on the metal, clear coat it, and call it done.

The problem with the car in the bare steel version is that it's obvious that the wheels aren't well presented in the arches. The wheel arches need to be remade to visually center the wheels in the arch.

The painted version emphasizes that the car is a joke, so it's okay that the wheels don't fit correctly.

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Mad_Science: Kudzu is no way near polite, more like a ravenous beast.

@Greg A.: Throw a couple layers of clear coat on that and call 'er done.

Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @htrodblder: That's a trick question-- the Rambler inline six never dies.

And yes, this looks WAY better with the 360 Modena's five-spoke wheels and Scuderia shields on the fenders.

Armand Bengle

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I especially loved the fitted luggage in the front. I have lots of respect for old Rambler Americans.

MeMikeYouNot

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: Yeah, much better.

Kudos for the concept. A solid B- on the execution.

Mad_Science

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Ray Wert:
In polite society, where the honeysuckle and kudzu grow, it would be referred to as "tacky."

smokeydog001

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I also wish that the high-dollar execution had more imagination. It's essentially a Pro Street car with unbelievable quality. The interior especially gets a "meh" from me, and the paint doesn't enhance the lines of the car (such as they are).

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @thatguy01: Sort of, but look at how much space it wastes. Plus it loses the opportunity to reveal front suspension details.

CharlzR

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: I totally agree.

Number_Six

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: Amen! Preach it, brother!

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @13oostedwgn: Seconded. Engine needs a plexiglass cover INSIDE the wagon.

brandegee

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Wagon Week just won't die...

DoctorNine makes tires squeal in terror

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Greg A.: That's freakin' BOSS.

boosted-lego-wagon

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> I liked it way better in bare sheet metal and with the Ferrari 5-spokes, but I'm like a 1%'er when it comes to taste on the Jalop.

Greg A.

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Yeah, it's all the things that the other commenters have said.... but it's not a '32 Ford or any derivative thereof. Bonus points for that, and to the judges.

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> So ridiculous it's funny.
If I were a supervillain, my henchmen would roll in that.

PhoneticLorin

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @Ben Wojdyla: "Troy Trepanier may have had a cool car with last years winner, First Love, but this year's winner is a hell of a lot more Jalopnik in our book"

What happened...you off your meds again? That thing is a joke.

JRX

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Looks a bit like a 250 GTE to me.

I would have gone with an aluminum space frame chassis. I'm sure that would have been easy.

j6r

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> The problem is that this concept is an elaborate joke executed to Pebble Beach standards. The value of the idea and the cost of the execution are off by an order of magnitude.

The fitted luggage is cool.

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Incredible details aside, this is just woefully ill-conceived. Why not a Ferrari powered John Deere with a combination thresher and 275 GTB4 grille as the front clip? Yuck.

CharlzR

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> The gated shifter is still teh sex. I want a "Just-Say-No-To-Flappy-Paddles" t-shirt.

Number_Six

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> More show than go, but the detail and thought that went into this is awesome. I really like the Ferrari/Nash mash up of the front clip.

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @anaxomander:
Also, I'd *love* to see someone drop a modena-built mill into some old iron and actually *drive* it. No way this thing ever sees asphalt.

anaxomander

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Damn, you think that is what old Ramblers dream about when they die?

htrodblder

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> @smokeydog001: Would that be "trugly?"

Ray Wert

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> It's trailer trash ugly.

smokeydog001

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> oK... I'll be the first to mention a flat black paint job.

acarr260

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> VW type 3 square back with the parcel shelf wasn't a good idea when those hippies died of CO poisoning. Is it a better idea to drop 75k to gas yourself?

pkor

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> It's a ferrari-driven rear engined wagon.
But.
That paint job! Those rims! The chromed steering wheel! What is *wrong* with you people!

anaxomander

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> ... speechless...

oslo(w)motion

]]> <![CDATA[Ferrambo Wins 2008 Ridler Award At Detroit Autorama]]> Still have to modify it in case one needs to carry a few cases of shine to K-Town.

Bee1

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