Homebuilt cars have a actual distinctive spot in the automotive world. Get an bold fanatic with a desire, a excess fat adequate wallet and a sprint of ability and the conclude outcome can be charming. Some builds are charming, confusing and unbelievable at the same time, like this “2011 Mercedes-Benz AMG C8 GTR” buried deep on Chicago’s Craigslist webpages. Really don’t stare at it for too extensive or else you might hurt yourself.

Lately, I’ve been seeking for a weird convertible to change the cooked and damaged Chevrolet HHR in my shared fleet. My search has brought me to Chicago’s Craigslist, the place as an alternative of drop-prime entertaining I’ve discovered what is probably the king of bizarre homebuilt cars for $75,000.

The seller states that this auto is influenced by the Sauber C8, C9 and C11 Mercedes-Benz Team C prototypes. You can kind of see the normal shape of a Team C prototype in there, but every proportion is considerably off. It is like listening to a music where the singer manages to hit each individual note off-key.

The vendor also states that this establish is street authorized, and mentions aspirations of racing down the autobahn or Circuit de la Sarthe. That makes me question what the prime pace of this is, and what it feels like performing it.

The advertisement can take a weird convert portion-way through, and starts to go through as if it were being penned by a poetic bot:

It starts appropriate up with these, has all the functions of the fashionable cars and trucks, horn, warmth, wiper, lights all purposeful. It steers with simplicity, all the hold out is in the rear the car. This auto is about 6 to 8 inches wider than your common vehicle which makes it really quick to cope with all-around the terns.

I like that it has heat. Chicago is proficiently frozen for a lot of the yr, so the addition of a heater allows the car to be hooned in the snow, should you be courageous more than enough to give it a try.

Stare prolonged plenty of at the exterior and you’ll come across some attention-grabbing structure selections.

The substantial hood scoop offers airflow to the radiator and if you look carefully more than enough, you’ll see what appears to be BMW M coloration stripes on the grille.

The decreased grille seems to appear from a to start with-generation Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUV.

An obligatory AMG badge is slapped on the back, as is a significant Mercedes star emblem on the engine housing.

Weirdly, a pair of Nissan Skyline GT-R badges flank the sides.

This motor vehicle is explained to be inspired by Mercedes race automobiles, but aside from the badging, it’s in fact a soup of GM and Volkswagen sections.

Energy is presented by a carbureted 350 cubic-inch Chevy smaller block V8 and that goes into a Volkswagen 906 6 rib 4-speed handbook transmission. That places energy down to 15-inch aluminum wheels with a staggered tire setup and it’s all held up with an impartial suspension.

Swing open up the gullwing doorways and you’re greeted by alligator skin bucket seats, a carbon fiber dashboard and Automobile Meter gauges.

The cabin is seemingly really roomy, with the vendor saying that big and tall persons can match with place to spare.

And they can enjoy some amusement in the variety of an aftermarket radio. There’s also a plaque giving many thanks to various men and women and shops for their support, as effectively as to Sauber, Le Mans and the autobahn.

Protection will come in the way of seat belts, a 3-place roll bar and nerf bars. What seems to be boxed steel will make up its frame. This rig isn’t crash examined, so I’d consider my ideal not to crash it.

This vehicle is in all probability just one of the weirdest things you’ll see on Craigslist and even nevertheless it is very bewildering, it’s difficult to loathe it. I guess it’s a blast to generate and the operator of this issue would almost certainly turn into a area celebrity. I know I’d adore to travel this all around in the course of a snowstorm just for the laughs.

If you want to very own a caricature of a Group C prototype, it will established you back $75,000, except you have a trade that the vendor finds exciting sufficient. That is a large amount of revenue for a just one-off homebrew vehicle. That kind of money receives you a good utilized Audi R8, or a pile of utilised V6 Mustangs. Nonetheless, I’m happy this outstanding thing exists.