What the heck is this Another Hurst of some kind ?

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I stumbled across this car while searching for something and thought it looked pretty cool and was wondering if it was in the Mopar family as it kind of looked like the infamous turbine car (well sort of)

http://jalopnik.com/5297198/what-car-is-hidden-under-this-custom-vegas-cruiser

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A reader sent us these shots, without context, of what appears to be American metal shaped into a custom Vegas-style cruiser. The question is: what's hidden underneath the custom metal?

We're sure we've nailed the make and model with a little uncertainty as to the year. There also appear to be numerous attachments, likely from other cars, on what is now called "Scorpio." Bonus points for identifying those. Whatever the car is, there's no question about its hipness. It reminds us of a time when Vegas was cool, lounge singers had quaint substance abuse problems like alcoholism, and you were unlikely to die from an STD. Good times...

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I don't know what that is but things like that are common in my dreams!

Yes, I have no imagination at all, i dream only of cars and pretty women...
 
1963 Thunderbird. This car has the '63-only contour swoop from the front fender tip through the back third of the door. The '61 and '62 'Birds didn't have this feature.
 

Yeah T-Bird could be it ,, it even has the thunder bird emblem on the door panels

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There is a resemblance between the 1961-63 Thunderbirds (my favorite years) and the Chrysler Turbine cars and I remember reading somewhere that the cars were styled by the same person.

I don't quite know what to think of this T-Bird though.
 
It's a T-Bird. The emblem on the door is clue, but if you blow up the photo you can see Thunderbird on the glove compartment. The rear lights kinda resemble the Ford 500 Galaxy.
 
Old thread, but I'm surprised I didn't answer it when it was first posted.

The car is a George Barris Kustom, built for a furniture store owner named Eddie Leon. It was built from a '63 T-Bird back in the late 60's/early 70's. The original owner died and it changed hands a bunch of times. I believe it's in Australia now.

Kind of a typical "over the top" Barris creation. Some of his cars were great, but some weren't.
 
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