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Hey, I thought this was a Ford Contour forum?

But anyway, IF I ever wanted to stand out THAT bad (and had that kind of money to burn), I would just have a CUSTOM rod build at a custom street rod shop, because I wouldn't want people to say, "not ANOTHER one of those run-a-the-mill assembly-line streetrods!". It just goes against the streetrod culture. Imagine showing up at a car show with one of those! The diehards would all just laugh at you I'd want mine to be the only one in the world like it. Plus, if you custom built it, you could say exactly how you wanted it all trimmed up.

Its funny. You can take a vintage street with same era running gear and they won't say a thing. You can put a newer FI drivetrain in your rod and still get in. You'll have a few people wondering how you got the fuel injection gods to agree with you too. BUT, if you take a new rod, with a new drivetrain to the event they make you park it in the parking lot.

The Prowler is a neat car though, especially when it has the matching trailer. Its just a status symbol though, like the new Porsche SUV.

A red `32 Ford pickup, with a flathead V8, lowered stance, and whitewalls is still a vehicle that I dream of. The weird thing. If I could have any vehicle in the world (but I couldn't sell/trade it) I would take that. Granted it would have some intresting goodies in it to make it a little more modern, like IFS, disc brakes, and power steering.

I don't like these cars i mean they look nice but they are slow. They have the same engine as the 300M which is nice but i would rather have some V8 in a car like this then the V6. I also don't like how the don't have a manual choice. Crysler is gonna be going some where with all their new perfromance cars coming out though like the Neon SRT-4 and there was an article about a concept Stratus in an Autoweek magazine that was turbocharged engine pushing 250hp and i want to see the new 300N coming out in 2004 with it being powered by a hemi V8>

Sorry about all this mumbojumbo i just got carried away.

they are great cars, except the lack of power, i've saw a beautiful one the other day,, looked like sunburst orange and had 17s(?) in front and 20s on back. it was nice.

Yeah, my dad owns a 1999 Yellow Prowler.

Looks wise? Unbelievable. The lines on the thing are gorgeous. Of course, in doing so, the trunk has about enough space to lay 6 shirts down flat or so, with no other storage room.

Performance wise? Nothing. The possibilities Plymouth could have had resulted in a weak choice. Slow off the line, and not overly impressive from a roll, its a car for looks rather than speed.

My dad is a perfect example of the target market. He's 52 years old and wanted a hot rod since probably his early 40s (the old man built a LOT of high HP engines for his vettes etc. when he was my age), and the Prowler gave him a chance to own his hot rod without the troubles of repairing custom work.

Below is a pic of my family's driveway, kinda nice if you ask me:

Lots and lots of "hotrods" are automatic, so that is not really a legitimate complaint. But take off the stupid plastic bumpers, drop an LS6 in there and now you are talking! I believe this is what Chrysler envisioned, just providing a good looking base car for lots of modifications. But for that to have happened, the car would have to be popular, and nothing can be that popular at that price! Sacrifice lots of options and quality, put in the PT Cruiser price range, and as the popularity opens up, so will the aftermarket.

those front fenders RUIN the car