Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli was once asked for a second opinion on a paper written by a less-than-stellar student. Pauli took one look at the paper, and replied wearily, "It is not even wrong."
After seeing this... whatever it is... on display at the Roadster Show, I think I know just how Herr Pauli felt.
I have no doubt that this truck is well-constructed. Certainly whoever is responsible shows a high degree of skill in the disciplines related to building a custom car and/or hot rod. That said, never before have so many contradictory and just plain bad ideas been combined in one vehicle.
This is the classic example of what goes wrong when you do not have a clear vision of the final product before you begin.
Is it a "rat rod"? A lowrider? A bed-hopping minitruck? What?
To paraphrase another Austrian, Jeffery Jones' Emperor Joseph II, from the 1984 film Amadeus, this truck was composed with "Too many notes."
Of course, in the film, the Emperor's opinion was ultimately shown to be a foolish one. Mozart is now considered one of the greatest composers of all time, and the Emperor Joseph II merely another pale fop in a long line of hemophiliac cousin-fucking European royalty. So perhaps I too will be shown up as a buffoon when this... whatever it is... is one day heralded as the zenith of the 21st-century coachbuilder's art.
I won't be losing any sleep worrying about it, though.
Reposted from here, in honor of the upcoming 2008 Grand National Roadster Show.
