And 320 HP is not as rare as it used to be. However, competent wagons today (I don't believe the Cressida was trying to be an SUV) weigh far less than 4600 pounds.

The problem: I expect a whole lot more of a $41K car today than this Cressida can offer. For that matter, I even expect more of a $19K car today.

We get it: This is awesome; lots of things to interest most any Jalop.

Given how many nearly 50 year old examples are still out there, I'd say some of them will still be around 50 more years.

If you do nothing but short hops in Europe, you may never need to get to that altitude...

As with all project cars: What was the creator trying to accomplish?

I've never seen aftermarket glass headlamps available for cars whose OEM headlamps are plastic/composite assemblies. Quick Googling didn't reveal any obvious suppliers. Are you aware of anyone who does this?

+1 for Wilderness First Aid. I had to take a WFA class (2 long days) as an adult leader for a scout high adventure trip. Very worthwhile.

...which is the reason the dealer is using an insurance company to cover the promotion.

I'll just leave this here...

Yeah - but the proportions are off. The space between the driver's opening and the rear wheel well is just... wrong. The angular "cut" feature above the rear wheel doesn't match any Scrambler I've seen. The hood shape is just... very strange. Fuel filler is in an odd location.

Could be. The body almost looks like some sort of fiberglass kit...

This sort of thing was trendy in the pre-CAD drafting-board era. If you had to sit in front of a drafting board all day, putting other people's ideas on paper, you had to find some creative outlet. Old patent application drawings are full of fun things like this.

This doesn't look enough like 1944 to fry my turkey. Seems more like a re-imagining of a Jeep Scrambler from the early-80's with a bit of rat rod thrown in. Can anyone place the body/chassis source?

Sorry to hear it worked out this way.

Well - given that I see what appears to be homes in the background, I suspect it is a public road.

Except I don't see signs of bad parking: The car is next to a curb; does not appear to be blocking the driveway to the rear of the car; no road marking obvious from the video. I'm sure there's more going on than what we see here, but it isn't obvious what the problem is.

For some reason, I was expecting a more interesting way to attach the tow rope to the car. You know: Something custom-looking with cool hardware.

Cool history - but really, there are a lot of things I'd do with nearly a megabuck in cash. This isn't one of them.

Having worked on too many '70s cars...