Pro Touring stuff has long jumped the shark and now guys are just making stuff that doesn't even look right just to be different. They don't want to do a restoration because if your a custom hot rod shop trying to set yourself apart and stay trendy it's hard to get any publicity doing those.

looks like dog do do.
reminds me of a cracker jack box with, wheels t/ights, grill and h/lamps with a somewhat curved roof bonded on.

to each their own on looks.
some people thought the Pontiac Aztek looked good. compared to this car it actually does.

That's not a Road Runner anymore. Everything that makes a Road Runner is gone.

How do you even make a sharp turn in that? It looks like they can only turn the front wheels partially before the tire hits the fender?

Not my car, so my opinion doesn't matter. If the guy that spent the money got what he wanted, all is good.

Good thing it isn't my car.

Reminds me of that Prestone Javelin where they literally ruined every "cool" styling feature of the car. Modernizing vintage designs adds nothing to them. They are of their time and timeless. These kids that think they can make things "better" because they use "new" parts are.... well, out of their minds.

It's like the kid that "doesn't understand" a carburetor and refuses to buy a $30 rebuild kit, but he will throw a $4000 dollar fuel-injection system at the thing and it still won't run properly.

Just like when they converted Project X to all electric. A build done to showcase advertisers products for a viewing audience that knows NOTHING about muscle cars.

I remember 10 to 15? years ago seeing this pop up in mopar collectors guide. The car was in the early build stages and apparently, if memory serves, the grille cost $150 grand to make. To each their own, but man, you could probably get a few cars back on the road somewhat nicely for that kind of scratch.

Can't say it really bothers me when somebody spends their money to build their car anyway they want to. Sounds like 'freedom' to me.

That said, just like that pro street fin car in another thread, it doesn't really appeal to me, and I certainly could find a better use for $1M, if I had it...

i didnt watch all of it but it sound like he didnt use anything from the red one pictured

Why did they need a RR to start with? They built a custom chassis, all the sheet metal is hand formed. Could have used any old beat up B body and end up with the same ugly duck. Destroy a good car just to get a vin? More money than brains.

Ring brothers wanna be

good start to a much longer list. the rake in the roof makes the car look front high. the hood/fender line to roof line are competing not accentuating.

$1 million is just too much for that. Why not build your own supercar?

Dat chit iz bad azz.

Pro touring cars have wicked good handling, modern engines with EFI, 6-speed manuals and tasteful added touches while keeping the vintage look. That RR is not pro touring, its a money is no object 90's street rodders attempt at doing a muscle car.

I would call it a pro-touring themed show car. It's what some pro touring guys would want to build if they had that kind of money to spend.

The Jesse James Polara is another one.

Having been involved in a Pro Touring/Restomod shop environment for a while in the past, and some cars done just for SEMA, I have mixed feelings. The fabrication part of it is fun, but I really don't like the over the top customs. There were some real clowns doing that work back in the day. Most of them didn't last long.

Costs a lot of money to do a car like that. Someone had to bankroll that thing. And when you're done, most likely you aren't going to take it out and have fun with it. It will just sit and be looked at.

I preferred doing cars that were a nicely done restoration masquerading as a modern muscle car that people actually drove and enjoyed. And beat on when they felt like it.

I just don't think I would want to own one unless I had a pile of money I didn't know what to do with. A lot of fun just to take out and run around in though.

Just awful. Like someone said already, why did they need an actual road runner to start this build with?

i'm not a fan of the front end or rear end treatment but man everything else works for me.. much better then a boring stock restoration..