Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler In A Custom T-Bird

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 03/04/2014 at 12:41 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

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The modern celebration of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Shrove Tues) involves parades with people wearing masks, consuming copious quantities of alcohol and taking off their shirts...but a better way to prepare for the lean days of lent might be to pickup this masked custom creation.

Mardi Gras is an oft-misunderstood festival of celebration in preparation for lenten fasting and penance observed in the Roman Catholic and Anglican tradition. The name Fat Tuesday comes from the ritual clearing rich & fatty foods from the shelves of pantries in preparation for the fasting and eating bland foods for lent. Bland is not a word that can be used to describe this custom built T-bird named "Roxanne" currently bidding on ebay. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in St Louis, MO from the guys at MotoeXotica currently bidding on ebay for $12,600 reserve-not-met with 4 days to go.

MotoeXotica is a purveyor of fine (and strange) automobiles, and their inventory is always worth a look. They specialize in finding !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! owned !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and put them in detailed ebay listings with nice photos. The premium you pay for an AMC based Batmobile might be worth it because they have mechanics and experts look over the cars and fix the little things before selling for profit. Everybody has got to eat, right? Taking a chance on a sight-unseen original condition late model is one thing, but a thoroughly customized T-bird that looks like a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is going to need a detailed inspection from a expert who will be able to tell you if the body is going to separate from the frame on your way down the freeway. A large classic car dealer like MotoeXotica has done that work for you already.

Roxanne is powered by a 351 cubic inch Ford V8 that is only described as "high performance" but limited information is contained on the specifics of the build or who built the car. There are !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at a car show on a french language forum about custom hotrodding, but no details.

The interior is even more outlandish than the exterior (if possible) and includes the skin of several diamond patterned Naugahyde beasts and a golden rotary telephone....just in case Maxwell Smart calls you from his shoe phone.

Roxanne sold for !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , so it can only be assumed that the reserve is somewhere north of that number - but someone put a boatload of time, money and effort into this thing.

It just needs a purple racing stripe to complete the Mardi Gras look. See a better pre-lent custom? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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camaroboy68ss > DailyTurismo 03/04/2014 at 12:50

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Neat custom, not as wild as Darryl Starbirds Predicta (pictured) ,its a t bird as well, but a great old school custom that is very period correct.

Flavien Vidal > DailyTurismo 03/04/2014 at 13:52

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Laissez les bons temps rouler... This has got to be the weirdest "straight from english" translation to french I've ever read lol. It makes absolutly no sence in french, yet "Let the good times roll" does in english :)

DailyTurismo > Flavien Vidal 03/04/2014 at 14:08

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Yes, to a French speaker from France, the Cajun expressions must sound odd, but 400 years of separation from the mother tongue makes for the Cajun French almost its own language.

Flavien Vidal > DailyTurismo 03/04/2014 at 16:05

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I always wanted to meet Cajuns and talk to them to see how french evoluted there on its own... Quebecquois can be quite different, but I'm just really curious to meet a actual Cajun who speaks it fluently...

DailyTurismo > Flavien Vidal 03/04/2014 at 16:25

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I spent some of my early childhood in Baton Rouge and took enough French (classical French, not Arcadian) in school to understand it but not speak it (actually I used to travel three times a year to the Vosges for work and could communicate in French for basic purposes and understand 90% of the things people said to me)...but for the life of me I can only pick out about 3 worlds in this entire song by Beausoleil.

Wildstar > DailyTurismo 03/04/2014 at 17:47

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The "square" Dodge steering wheel was weird in the 50s, and it is still weird now. Needs either a 312 Thunderbird Special, or a Lincoln 430. The 351 is just too new!