Those early Ford and Rolls Royce noses were offered on Beetles about the same time as the VW Thing appeared.
As odd as they are, they’ve become highly collectible now and bringing a lot more than they sold for when new.
Who would have ever imagined a 21 window Bus bringing a 100 grand… 
The 21 window bus brings 100 grand at auction and in restored condition, sometimes they don’t get more than $75,000 it all depends on who’s bidding.
Still, even at $75K there have to be some happy hippies out there. And the timing probably coincides with their retirement.
@knfenimore I gotta disagree with the bumper dumper. When nature calls, it is a great mod. Beats squatting over a hole in the ground.
Who would have ever imagined a 21 window Bus bringing a 100 grand...... :-)
WOW…I’d never have thought that. I saw an episode of Kounting Cars…and they redid a VW Bus…it went for absurd money. I surely wouldn’t pay it.
I like 'em. A local guy has one with the front end looking like a '40 Ford truck cab and a pressure-treated wooden stakebed on the back complete with dually rear wheels. It looks great. He drives it everywhere all summer long.
( I wish I had a picture )
A handy new way to use your cell phone hands free has been shown to me by our islamic neghbors. When I pick up my kids at the Boys and Girls Club after work I’ve seen more than one mom with her cell phone neatly tucked and held in place by her hijab. Not a head set…the whole cell phone…is held at her ear by the hijab. How handy is that ?
Sounds better than the GoJo!
Pro . . . cheap
Con . . . look like an idiot
@bing I wonder whether those Sioux Falls granite posts at corners may have once had early signals on top. If you see photos from the early days of cars you will find all kinds of different traffic signals, many of them mounted much lower than modern signals. A restaurant here in San Francisco has a picture from 1941 that has very weird signals. They’re low, but huge, with a single head. It reads ‘STOP’, color unknown. Must be about four feet across. On top is mounted a semaphore, presumably for daytime use. The whole rig is only about ten feet tall.
Found on Twitter, someone’s idea to make a Honda Fit look more like a Lambo
How about those stick family decals in the rear window of SUVs and minivans? Surely that is about as useless an aftermarket add-on as you can find.
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I always wondered what those stick figures were.
I don’t like those stick figure families either, no matter how dysfunctional they are.
IMHO they’re dumb looking, but proudly displaying representations of the size and makeup of one’s family is not something that I’m prepared to criticize. Those stickers clearly fit the definition of a useless aftermarket add-on, but they’re one that I have no problem with.
Security folks seem to advise against putting those on your car. I can’t exactly explain why but it seems to advertise to everyone that there may be subjects available for molesting or worse. Kind of like a sign that says “I’m not home but I keep cash in the kitchen drawer right next to the state of the art computer”.
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Exactly, Bing!
I have absolutely no interest in knowing how many dogs, cats, or children you have, but…a child molester might.
I think that putting these appliques on the back of the family van is an exercise in vanity that can have unintended consequences.
I’m not too concerned about the stick figures, if they see kids it’s pretty much a done deal you have kids.
What I don’t like are the “My Suzie is a cheerleader at Central HS” stickers - giving a name, location, and an interest would seem to be WAAAY to much information…
