4x4 Winnebago Lesharo......Hideous Awesomeness

[tanglefoot]

Amazing rig! On that Dodge front end comment, it wouldn't surprise me if Winnebago sourced those front light assemblies from Chrysler. Motor homes commonly borrow headlight and taillight fixtures from automotive applications--it's a fun game to try to figure out which car they came from.

Hmm...I haven't been able to find a match.

Wait...I read a hint about the 1980-81 Buick Skylark...do we have a match?

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[ben2go]

Amazing rig! On that Dodge front end comment, it wouldn't surprise me if Winnebago sourced those front light assemblies from Chrysler. Motor homes commonly borrow headlight and taillight fixtures from automotive applications--it's a fun game to try to figure out which car they came from.

Hmm...I haven't been able to find a match.

Wait...I read a hint about the 1980-81 Buick Skylark...do we have a match?

80_Buick-Skylark-Coupe-DV-10-AACA-05.jpg

I have an all original 1971 Skylark 4 door with the base GS driveline.My uncle ordered the car new and want power for traveling through the mountains around NC and SC.I hope to do a resto mod on it in a few years.

[flyingkilt]

Yup, those Buick Skylark headlights are one and the same!

We had some laughs with Emily Molloy on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Waldersee Farm -- a "Century Farm" in Sheridan, Oregon that she owns with her husband Jim Molloy. It is the site of the Northwest MogFest every year during the 3rd weekend in August -- http://www.northwestmogfest.com/past-events -- which is THE place to find... WEIRD 4x4 vehicles!

It WAS really FUNNY, because, we drove by it once, trying to find it with an equally-weird GPS, and Emily Molloy (who was NOT expecting us at all, nor had ever met us) said she noticed our yellow RV go by, and she said she immediately thought to herself: "Hmmmm, that looks like a really WEIRD rig -- they will probably be coming in here." But, she didn't worry at all when we finally DID drive into her driveway entrance. She said she WORRIES if a "normal" car-like vehicle with strangers in it comes down their driveway, but -- if it's a WEIRD VEHICLE (like the kind at NW MogFest -- or, the YELLOW and black "Happy Bumblebee" for that matter, lol) driving up the driveway with strangers in it -- she doesn't become alarmed at all, hah hah.

The first pic is of their entryway to the farm, with BEAUTIFUL century-old planted-trees lining their long driveway into the property.

The 2nd pic is of one of the MANY interesting rigs on their property -- this one being a genuine UNIMOG made by Mercedes-Benz.

The 3rd pic is of the WEIRD-LOOKING Happy Bumblebee fitting-in just fine on the grounds where the Northwest MogFest is held on the 3rd weekend in August every year.


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[flyingkilt]

Here's some more pics of The Happy Bumblebee on our way home to Chiloquin, Oregon through Willamette Pass and over to Highway 97.BeeAtChemultPilot.jpgBeeAtChemultPilot2.jpgDiamondPeakAndBee.jpgMiniInTheHappyBumbleBee.jpgTheHappyBumbleBeeAtLakeOdell.jpg

[spencyg]

This rig has so much win I can't even believe it. Awesome through and through. I'd love to see more pics of the interior layout. I suspect you have tons more room than my Econoline camper....

SG

[h2os2]

Awesome looking rig!!