Extreme automobiles, Ft. Lauderdale edition

Bunny and I stopped by Josef & Joseph [1] to have them fix Bunny's watch (it turned out to just need a new battery). Inside is a large collection of clocks, watches and jewelry. Outside, however, was this!

[A silver car, longer than a limousine with an assortment of ornamants adorning the outside] “That's not a limousine, this is a limousine!” [2]… [3] [The frontend of a silver car with nine, count them, nine, headlights spanning the front grill] I don't think I'd want this barrelling towards me from behind at night! [4]… [5] [The other side of a three-times longer than normal silver car with three baloon-like things leaned up against it] This is so unusual of a car that three aliens have come down to examine it closely. [6]… [7] [Closeup detail of the car, sporting emblems from VW, BMW, and Cadilac, with a model air plane strapped to the top, all silver] I don't think those wings are capable of supporting flight. Probably for the best. [8]… [9]

When I asked about the car inside, I was informed that indeed, it could drive, so it's a working car, made of a VW, BMW and Cadilac welded together and painted silver. And it was delivered as part of an Elvis Presley [10] exhibit at Josef & Joseph. What Elvis has to do with a Mad-Max inspired limousine is beyond me. But it's there, and it's awesome.

It's also been there so long you can see it on Google's street view [11]!

[1] https://josefjoseph.com/

[2] /boston/2025/04/16/thumb-artcar1.jpg

[3] /boston/2025/04/16/artcar1.jpg

[4] /boston/2025/04/16/thumb-artcar2.jpg

[5] /boston/2025/04/16/artcar2.jpg

[6] /boston/2025/04/16/thumb-artcar3.jpg

[7] /boston/2025/04/16/artcar3.jpg

[8] /boston/2025/04/16/thumb-artcar4.jpg

[9] /boston/2025/04/16/artcar4.jpg

[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley

[11] https://www.google.com/maps/@26.1822963,-80.1194855,3a,75y,264.47h,89.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sY4U6-S_Hf298C41U-51j0g!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail%3Fcb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=0.35849778429272305&panoid=Y4U6-S_Hf298C41U-51j0g&yaw=264.4726008747966!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNjM5SAFQAw%3D%3D

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