Someone Actually Bought This Hideously Modified Jeep Mail Truck
We don't know if someone got loaded one night and came up with the idea to graft a 1974 Camaro front end to an old Jeep mail truck's cab, finishing up with a 1988 Chevy S10 bed, but it would certainly make sense. Plus, there's a Cadillac grille, which absolutely has to be a troll. To think someone did this not as a joke but as a serious project vehicle is just mind boggling.Whether it was the result of a bender, dare, joke, or some serious delusion, this hideous monstrosity made it to Facebook Marketplace. According to the listing, which reads like one giant troll or joke, it sits on an S10 frame, has a 350 V8 and a 350 Turbo automatic transmission.
Supposedly, the contraption 'runs and drives really well with lots of power.' Honestly, we don't care if it does an 8-second quarter mile, it's so offensive to the eyes it should be crushed. To be clear, we almost never say that about any build, but this is certainly an exception.
People want to complain about the Tesla Cybertruck being ugly, and we don't think that thing is a looker, but this mutant mail truck makes Elon's all-electric pickup appear stunning in comparison. Whoever is responsible for this mess likely should be on medication, possibly house arrest if not in federal prison.
Honestly, the builder should be banned from welding anything ever again.
The seller seems to be reveling in the fact his Thing That Should Not Be actually sold, saying something in the updated listing about 'haters.' We think he means people with a shred of common decency.
Here's to hoping the new owner talked him way down from the $2,500 asking price to something more reasonable like the seller paying the buyer $10,000 to take it off his hands and remove his shame.
See the listing for this atrocity here.
Images via Tim L Brown
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