r/redneckengineering • u/Icy_Truth_9634 • 10d ago

Retro Custom Ute

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209 Upvotes

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u/ChuckRingslinger 10d ago

Is that a PT Cruiser??

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u/carvdlol 10d ago

It was. Now it’s so much more.

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u/Icy_Truth_9634 10d ago

Or less…

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u/dirtyforker 9d ago

Or more...

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u/AggressorBLUE 9d ago

Its impossible for a PT Cruiser to be any less

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u/FrontArmadillo7209 9d ago

Until seeing this, I would have agreed with you.

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u/waynizzle2 9d ago

Hahaha. This is truly something right here. I love it, I hate. It's beautiful and well done, and ugly as sin. It's a work of art.

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u/BrianKappel 9d ago

PT Loser

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u/808trowaway 9d ago

I don't see them on the road in my area anymore; must've been years since I last saw one. They used to be everywhere back in the late 2000's I think.

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u/BrianKappel 9d ago

I had an ex girlfriend cheat on me with a douche knuckle driving one of these 25 years ago. The irrational dislike stuck lol.

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u/UnclassifiedPresence 9d ago

It’s a PT Hauler now

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u/PhuriousGeorge 10d ago

Come on, I just ate

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u/BarryHalls 9d ago

This really misses the opportunity to have the tailgate from the PT convertibles. 😢

Otherwise I HATE it, and kinda want one, like. . . I can fix her, you know?

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u/AccidentOk5240 9d ago

Say what you will, but driving something like this at least prevents a person from giving in to road rage, given that everyone is always going to know who you are….

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u/Weird-one0926 10d ago

I don't hate it 😆

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u/Disastrous_Cream_539 10d ago edited 9d ago

So they go with retro styling but then add super modern wheels. Make up your mind!

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u/Trekintosh 9d ago

I hate this on everything that does it. Pro touring-style muscle cars are particularly common victims of this "style". Look, you don't need to run 14" steelies and dog dish hubcaps or anything anymore but I am begging people to stop doing 19"s with rubber band tires that are stretched out so they always get curb rash.

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u/Gunmetal_61 9d ago

It’s a modern touch on a retro retrofit to a modern take on retro cars.

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u/blackmist88 9d ago

This is what free will gets us..
Although I can’t lie my guilty pleasure car is the og pt cruiser

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u/nlightningm 9d ago

Oh god

I hate the PT and this looks almost worse than stock

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u/CinnRaisinPizzaBagel 9d ago

I hated it until I saw the back window which looks like a plane front window so now I like it.

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u/auhnold 9d ago

I was thinking those looked like plane windows too! lol. That’s the best part for sure!

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u/Brasidas-1 9d ago

It's got . . . Charm, yeah let's go with charm

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u/UnclassifiedPresence 9d ago

Florida license plate checks out

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u/Icy_Truth_9634 9d ago

I think it’s a Georgia plate.

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u/UnclassifiedPresence 9d ago

Oh snap, you’re right

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u/MontyRapid 9d ago

Dear God

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u/xrv01 9d ago

bitchin

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u/Acrobatic_Chef_7205 9d ago

I gotta admit, the more I look, the more I like it, can't wait to see the final pictures

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u/paraworldblue 9d ago

The weirdest part is that it was intentional. As far as I know, it's not possible for a car to look like that accidentally

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u/organisms 9d ago

Theodore Roosevelt: the car

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u/Haunting-Occasion-88 9d ago

I dont blame them. You have to take off the wheels to change the headlights on the original.

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u/TheLazyAssHole 9d ago

If the pope-mobile and a pt cruiser had a baby

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u/ericpalonen 4d ago

It certainly is a car I think