The advert for at present’s Good Value or No Cube scorching rod Limo claims it’ll garner its driver “compliments and thumbs up in every single place you go….” Let’s resolve if its worth is simply as worthy of a thumb within the air.
Yesterday’s 1983 Autobianchi A112 Junior proved cute as a bug and virtually as small as one, too. That lovely nature mixed with a scorching drivetrain proved a palatable pairing, making the $6,500 asking worth a stable deal, not less than in keeping with the 60 % of you who anointed the little scorching hatch with a Good Value win.
With a wheelbase of simply over 80 inches and an total size (with its lacking bumper taken into consideration) simply shy of 127 inches, yesterday’s Autobianchi is arguably a tiny automotive. In actual fact, it’s so little that it could handily match inside the operating board house of at present’s 1931 Ford Mannequin A Limo. After all, only a few promenade arrivals or bachelorette events might be dealt with by the Autobianchi.
Now, as oddball a automotive as this Mannequin A limo is, let’s think about it on its deserves. The apparent marketplace for it isn’t the overall scorching rod fanatic nor anybody with parking house limitations. As a substitute, it’s of curiosity to a livery service or perhaps a kind of celebration bus firms trying to diversify whereas on the similar time letting their freak flag fly.
Amazingly, this as soon as was an actual Mannequin A. In actual fact, it apparently took two Mannequin As to construct. In response to a earlier advert for the automotive, the bodywork is all metallic save for the extra-wide rear fenders, that are fiberglass. The advert additionally notes that the entire thing rides on a bespoke body comprised of rectangular-section metal tubing and is so lengthy it requires two driveshafts.
This being a scorching rod, the massive block 460 CID V8 is proven off to good impact. It breathes by means of an Edelbrock four-barrel and has been dressed up with plenty of polished elements and chromed equipment. That’s paired with a C6 three-speed automated with its personal oil cooler and actuated by way of a floor-mounted shifter. Suspension is unequal-length A-arms and coil-overs in entrance and one thing else holding up the 9-inch rear finish within the again. And talking of the again, if you happen to’ve ever questioned why the baggage compartments are known as “trunks” this is the reason.
Each the motive force’s compartment and the seven-seat passenger house are air-conditioned, and there’s a glass panel separating the 2 so farts don’t co-mingle.
In response to the present advert, the automotive has 6,500 miles on the clock and a clear title. It additionally claims the engine to be a small block 351, so there’s some discrepancy between this and the older advert. The valve covers lend credence to this being a giant block, nonetheless.
One thing else we are able to glean from the advert is the automotive’s total situation. The photographs present a clear and apparently well-assembled automotive with nothing wanted save for the twist of the important thing to get driving. It was as soon as a part of the Volo Automobile Assortment, one thing famous with a certificates within the present advert, and as Volo was the vendor within the earlier one. Now, it asks $59,000 to go to a brand new collector or be put into service for hen events and pink carpet arrivals. Does that appear like a good worth?
Look, I do know this limo isn’t our communal cup of tea, however its audaciousness in simply being a factor is a hoot and a half, and I, for one, am glad such a automotive exists. I believe you have to be, too. That doesn’t imply, nonetheless, that it’s value that $59,000 asking to exist in a brand new proprietor’s essentially very-long driveway anytime quickly.
What do you say? Is {that a} truthful worth for this practice Mannequin A because it’s introduced? Or is that an excessive amount of for a automotive with so restricted an enchantment?
You resolve!
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