Pop top Ploder Revisited

The 1999 chop top 'Ploder has emerged more powerful than I can possibly imagine!  At first I thought it was random and now i realize the paint job is quite purposeful.

Behold the power of the force...and 1999 Ford X-wing fighter.I would like to say its not painted like an X-wing, but i cannot say that. It even has battle damage!

-"Hit mickey-d's, Maharaji starts to bug

He ate a quarter-pounder, threw the pickles on my rug"-  Sir Mix-a-Lot 1989, My Hooptie

73 Beamer 2002

Back in 1973 if you wanted the best sports sedan your money could buy you got a BMW...maybe not this exact one, but you got a beamer.   As their advertisements said, "Do you need only transportation? Then BMW is not for you."

This straight up hooptie is looking good and charging strong on the mean streets of Kodiak. AKA Ambercrombie parking lot!   Sunroof:  functional, speedometer-in-kilometer, quarterpanel ziptied, clowns optional.

Runnin', movin' tabs expired
Girlies tryin' to dis 'n say my car looks tired-Sir Mix-a-Lot 1989

Red Bull Ride

This street submission that was "wired" from Sand Point has got me amped!  The hooptie itself is actually quite rare:  1997 Suzuki X-90.   They were made from 1995 to 1997 to replace the Samurai....well they sucked!  Jeremy Clarkson of "Top Gear" said the X-90 was the  "worst car ever"!  Very few were sold in the US and then Red Bull got a hold of some and went ape shit crazy on a making them a driving billboard......

How in the world this automobile made it to Sand Point is probably stranger than fiction.  One could only posit that somebody who skippered a fishing tender headed from Seattle to Sand Point lost a bet (or won a bet)....and there she be, on one of the most remote islands in the world.

I do not know why the rearview mirrors are jacked up so high...perhaps it was to see the giant can sitting on the rear deck! In addition it does not appear that the chrome rims have held up to the maritime climate of the Shumagin Islands. But thats OK, She might have lost her wings but she got JC riding middle seat and Aloha lei on the grill....

"Who's car is it? Posse won't say
We all play it off when you look our way..."  Sir Mix-A-Lot, My Hooptie 1989

Chain, Chain, Chain...

1993 Ford Ranger XL 4x4:   while its hooptieness is questionable, the chain bumper looks to be a labor of love. Also observed in Sitka where bumpers rustin off are a daily occurrence.

The chain itself is of the type used to raft timber in the logging industry, lending  instant street credibility.Not only welded to the mighty Ranger frame, each link also so as to avoid the dreaded droop prevalent in the "Made in China" chain auto bumpers.

"..Bumper shook loose, chrome keeps scrapin'
Mis-matched tires, and my white walls flakin'.."  Sir Mix-a-Lot, My Hooptie, 1989.

Hooptie or Not

This 1979 Chevrolet El Camino  is encrusted with moss....but not a hooptie, just a Sitka lawn ornament.

This jacked Elky is a hooptie due to its apparent drivability and...its a jacked Elky!



"..Hit my brakes, out slid skittles
Tinted back window with a bubble in the middle.."  Sir Mix-a-Lot, My Hooptie, 1989.

Buick Beast: Naknek street submission

This hooptie spotted in Naknek a few days ago is truly going total beast mode!

The 1974 Buick Century Luxus Wagon has a luggage rack on the roof and luggage rack on the front rack. The subtle, yet stunning, corks forming the teeth of the beast is the kind customization that make Xzibit think your ride had already been pimped...and it has. They didn't come stock with much of a hood ornament...oila!

While I don't know whats under the hood now,  the 350 was standard (no cat either) so it should have a little muscle to blur those blue racing stripes (not stock) and the faux wood grain (stock) below the rubstrip.

Owner, i tip my fedora in your general direction.

"Hooptie bouncin', runnin' on leaded
This is what I sport when you call me big-headed.."  My Hooptie, Sir Mix-a-Lot 1989