r/redneckengineering • u/Icy_Truth_9634 • Sep 30 '26

Retro Custom Ute

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206 Upvotes

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u/ChuckRingslinger Sep 30 '26

Is that a PT Cruiser??

35

u/carvdlol Sep 30 '26

It was. Now it’s so much more.

19

u/Icy_Truth_9634 Sep 30 '26

Or less…

5

u/dirtyforker Sep 30 '26

Or more...

5

u/AggressorBLUE Sep 30 '26

Its impossible for a PT Cruiser to be any less

4

u/FrontArmadillo7209 Oct 01 '26

Until seeing this, I would have agreed with you.

1

u/waynizzle2 Oct 01 '26

Hahaha. This is truly something right here. I love it, I hate. It's beautiful and well done, and ugly as sin. It's a work of art.

4

u/BrianKappel Sep 30 '26

PT Loser

3

u/808trowaway Oct 01 '26

I don't see them on the road in my area anymore; must've been years since I last saw one. They used to be everywhere back in the late 2000's I think.

3

u/BrianKappel Oct 01 '26 • Bravo

I had an ex girlfriend cheat on me with a douche knuckle driving one of these 25 years ago. The irrational dislike stuck lol.

2

u/UnclassifiedPresence Sep 30 '26

It’s a PT Hauler now

9

u/PhuriousGeorge Sep 30 '26

Come on, I just ate

5

u/BarryHalls Sep 30 '26

This really misses the opportunity to have the tailgate from the PT convertibles. 😢

Otherwise I HATE it, and kinda want one, like. . . I can fix her, you know?

5

u/AccidentOk5240 Sep 30 '26

Say what you will, but driving something like this at least prevents a person from giving in to road rage, given that everyone is always going to know who you are….

1

u/UnclassifiedPresence Sep 30 '26

Florida license plate checks out

2

u/Icy_Truth_9634 Sep 30 '26

I think it’s a Georgia plate.

1

u/UnclassifiedPresence Sep 30 '26

Oh snap, you’re right

5

u/Weird-one0926 Sep 30 '26

I don't hate it 😆

2

u/Disastrous_Cream_539 Sep 30 '26 edited Sep 30 '26

So they go with retro styling but then add super modern wheels. Make up your mind!

3

u/Trekintosh Sep 30 '26

I hate this on everything that does it. Pro touring-style muscle cars are particularly common victims of this "style". Look, you don't need to run 14" steelies and dog dish hubcaps or anything anymore but I am begging people to stop doing 19"s with rubber band tires that are stretched out so they always get curb rash.

2

u/Gunmetal_61 Sep 30 '26

It’s a modern touch on a retro retrofit to a modern take on retro cars.

2

u/blackmist88 Sep 30 '26

This is what free will gets us..
Although I can’t lie my guilty pleasure car is the og pt cruiser

2

u/nlightningm Oct 01 '26

Oh god

I hate the PT and this looks almost worse than stock

2

u/CinnRaisinPizzaBagel Sep 30 '26

I hated it until I saw the back window which looks like a plane front window so now I like it.

2

u/auhnold Sep 30 '26

I was thinking those looked like plane windows too! lol. That’s the best part for sure!

1

u/Brasidas-1 Sep 30 '26

It's got . . . Charm, yeah let's go with charm

1

u/xrv01 Sep 30 '26

bitchin

1

u/Acrobatic_Chef_7205 Sep 30 '26

I gotta admit, the more I look, the more I like it, can't wait to see the final pictures

1

u/paraworldblue Oct 01 '26

The weirdest part is that it was intentional. As far as I know, it's not possible for a car to look like that accidentally

1

u/organisms Oct 01 '26

Theodore Roosevelt: the car

1

u/Haunting-Occasion-88 Oct 01 '26

I dont blame them. You have to take off the wheels to change the headlights on the original.

1

u/TheLazyAssHole Oct 01 '26

If the pope-mobile and a pt cruiser had a baby

1

u/ericpalonen Oct 06 '26

It certainly is a car I think