The odd-looking hot rod, known as the “Telephone Rod,” was once a Ford Model T, but it’s safe to say those days are long gone. Now the phone-booth-on-wheels has surfaced on eBay in Moritzburg, Germany, and it’s asking an opening bid of $29,000. Talk about one expensive car-phone.
According to the current owner, the Telephone Rod’s story begins back in the late 1970s as it was the creation of Canadian custom car builder Gerry Nimz. Its first public appearance came at the Canadian International Car Show, followed by appearances at various other North American events, before flying to Germany in 1981 for the famous Essen Motor Show. There it rubbed elbows with celebrities and the press alike, and apparently it never left.
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