UPDATE II: **STATUS UNKNOWN** Was $29,000
UPDATE: This is funny. Apparently, the seller has received a number of negative comments (no surprise). So, the seller has threatened to have “your CL privileges revoked if you do these despicable acts“.
You think $29,000 is a lot? It used to be $76,000!!! I tried to find other works by this ‘famous’ designer, but couldn’t find her anywhere but on this ad.
“For sale – a 2003 “Janx” art piece vehicle as titled by the artist and designer. It is constructed of diamond back stainless steel and built for durability, not speed. This is an uncompleted project and being sold “as is”. Its chassis is fabricated solid stainless steel and the small flat bed is meant for groceries and light hauling. This is a project piece for the person that has the time, capital and a lot of passion to invest Looking for a “show stopper”? — This one of a kind project piece would be the Holy Grail for any collection.
The steering box is from a 1978 Postal Jeep. The emergency brake is from a 1978 Postal Jeep and is not assembled and has been chromed. It has Stuart gauges. The steering wheel is Stainless steel. The engine is a straight six with an automatic transmission. The gas tank is Stainless steel. The front and back bumpers are double piping stainless. There are two built in drain holes in Y shapes on the floor and the bed for water drainage. There is a split windshield for 2 separate pieces of glass. There are old tires and rims from a 1979 Postal Jeep. The entire body of this project is of quarter inch thick diamond back stainless steel. It is a very heavy and solid piece of art.
Serious buyers only. Price is firm. By appointment only. Contact via the contact info provided in the listing.
Note – to obnoxious jealous morons – do not flag this listing or send derogatory comments – I will have your CL privileges revoked if you do these despicable acts!”
my mom said “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Y? Y would anyone value such a thing?
Okay, so what do you thing the YY thing was about?
designer’s initials are YY.
this “designer” has some potential. she should hook up with apple and help them design their next electric car.
It does look a lot like the Top Gear guys’ homemade electric car.
Might have been a public works project financed by your tax dollars?
if you have small children or grandchildren, you might not want then around that many sharp angles and corners. Speaking solely for myself; clumsy and old might also be a problem.
The only “Holy Grail for any collection”, in the stainless catagory at least, is Paul’s from Alaska. Now HIS jeep is ARTWORK. YY here is… well… words fail me.
I think we can see why a search for the other works by this designer turns up nothing…
Someone has to be smoking something! That is the ugliest jeep I’ve ever seen. I’d say scrap value might be $400, that’s about what it’s worth.
Holy grail yet it is left outside.
“The entire body of this project is of quarter inch thick diamond back stainless steel.”
Ummm wow.
Perhaps a decimal point was not added, maybe they meant for $290.00
My opinion: I thought Andy Warhol’s stuff (I’m keeping my comment G-rated) was overpriced…
I had a similar Jeep, but much better styled. Mine was an 11 to 7 project in the Fab Shop at a paper mill with labor, diamond plate, and welding rod paid in house. The mechanicals were never completed until I sold it for $500 to a local young enthusiast for a mud runner. That’s about what this is worth, but if you paid the real bill, probably this price would be cost.
With a vehicle this ugly I understand why the artist abandoned it 12 years ago. What a waste of stainless.
Why, why, why, why????????
Y Y on every panel? It should be Y O Y, short for why oh why would anyone?
For $29,000. I would think you should get tires that hold air. This thing makes a postal jeep look like a beauty queen.
re-read the first comment…my mom would be ashamed !
I just looked up the word UGLY in the dictionary …. a picture of this vehicle was used as an example.
I not claiming to be a expert, but in order for the radiator to work some what as they are designed to work, doesn’t air have to flow through, over or around it??? Just wondering because the diamond plate in the front appears to be blocking most of, if not all the air flow.
I wasn’t using my “CL” privileges, anyway…
oh no! I’m afraid of her taking my Cl privileges away.
I can’t get my whites their whitest if I can’t use chlorine.
Scrap is .01 per lb (200 a ton) not 29k Phil in Mt
I think there is an old saying about ugly jeeps… “if my jeep was that ugly, I would shave it’s tailgate and teach it to drive backwards” Maybe…well something like that. That was mean, please forgive me. Great, now there goes my cl privileges! Wait a darn minute! Are we even sure this is a jeep? Maybe it’s on a pinto chassis, let the guys over at epinto’s have a shot at it! Where is my little brother when I need him…
it has all these parts but none of them are hooked up together. it has a steering wheel that doesn’t work, Stuart gauges that aren’t connected to anything and so on. it is being sold strictly on the merits of it’s beauty.
Oh, hey todd. I showed this “art” piece to my wife (who amazingly supports my jeep addiction) and she went, what the heck, why would someone do that to a poor jeep. I I love this woman.
That is classic! This guy will end up selling it to someone for scrap!
Hey wait, my buddy Yuri Yarborough is looking for a project vehicle…this might be perfect for him!
“Merits of its beauty”? The thought is laughable to say the least. The thing is so heavily butchered i find it hard to believe it was ever a jeep at all. I feel sorry for the poor sap that pays more than scrap and part value for it. I wonder if the gauges and lights even function. And I’m paying more than 5 grand for anything id expect better than rusty steel wheels and diamond plating. The tires don’t look like they have better than 50% tread on them either.
Hey Dave, what’s the record for comments on an ad here on ewillys? We must be close…
real sure that the total of 29 comments isn’t close to finished if everyone weren’t being so polite. What most think , but didn’t say is this thing is uglier than a fist full of a**holes, or something similar.
Each time I think I understand it, a “piece of Art” pop-up and put me back into the darkness.
Must be a jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.
Well this jeep will never sell so I expect to see it here for the rest of my life…could easy hit 100 comments this year alone!
Dave, do know what the current record is for “Comments to a post”
I couldn’t say offhand. But, I have to admit if the artist (and I use that term loosely) meant to provoke a conversation based on the jeep (again, a term used loosely), then the artist succeeded!
It does make me wonder … perhaps I should create a small site devoted to crappy ‘works of art’ priced at ridiculous amounts. Maybe the site would generate enough traffic to make it worth some money. Controversy generates traffic.
Its a jeep? I thought maybe someone shrunk a Freightliner.
36 and counting…I did take another look at this. After throwing up in my mouth, I have failed to see the inner beauty, or outer beauty, or any beauty.
I Just took the time to read the description and this “thing” just got more pathetic. The seller states that this is an unfinished project and is being sold as. I think for $29,000 this should be done. Another note in description is that a small flat bed was added for groceries. Who the heck would be caught driving this around? Apparently this is the holy grail and the show stopper…serious buyers only.