A sentence never heard in car circles: ‘Boy was the PT Cruiser desirable!’ (Up there with ‘Boy is my rotary engine both reliable AND economical!’ and ‘how cheap is petrol in 2024!’)
Slow, thirsty and with terrible handling and a cheap interior to boot, the only thing that stood out was how different they looked to just about everything else on the road.
Sadly though I don’t think hacking bits off one and turning it into a trike would boost the appeal of a PT Cruiser at all, but someone has tried and obviously loved the outcome so much…they’ve put it up for sale!
Yes you too could be the proud owner of this 2001 PT Cruiser, although I’m not exactly sure what you’d do with it once they handed over the keys..
PT Cruiser or pimp my ride golf cart, you decide!
Now I’m not sure if it’s just me, but this looks more like an Chat GPT AI prompt of ‘Making an airport luggage transport vehicle look funky for a boutique runway’ than a concept trike. Or perhaps if you drown it in something fluffy, you’ve got the basis of your next ticket to the famous Burning Man festival.
Either way at it’s heart it’s still a 2001 PT Cruiser and unless you’re deep into that retro novelty look from the early 2000s or possibly wanted to make the poor handling even more of a challenge, I’m not sure what you could possibly do with this save for a mini parade float. It doesn’t look like the back is functional at all (the bungee cord leading under the car is a little disconcerting) so strange grocery getter might be off the list but as they say there’s a lid for every teapot and one man’s converted PT Cruiser could be someone’s trea-
No wait, I still don’t know.
You might need to break out the sewing needles though.
Pt cruiser converted to trike Has assembled motorcycle title Comes with car cover. New battery. Fun to drive. 3000$ or best offer
And a special shoutout if it’s mid winter where you’re at as you read this. It’s 12.6 degrees in my neck of the woods (that’s 54 chilly fahrenheights for my American pals) which means I look at something like this, think of my early job starts where it’s even colder and picture myself ending up in an human sized ice block in the short 2.5km trek to work if I wanted to give it a whirl.
Luckily it’s currently for sale in Temperance MI where they’re experiencing tops of 28c/82f and all that natural air conditioning can really be beneficial. Easily found on Facebook if you’re keen!
This is not our first PT Cruiser rodeo
Unfortunately. No, way back when we found out what happens when you give a PT Cruiser the rusty look. The staggering results speak for themselves (luckily the poor car can’t speak, you could only imagine the pain it’d share looking this rough..)
But if you’re not keen, we’ve unearthed a few more trike options..
Last year we came across this, a 1975 VW Honda Goldwing crossover. Unlike the PT Cruiser, this can carry more than a single shopping bag!
Or maybe you looked at the PT Cruiser trike and the Goldwing trike above and thought ‘Look they’re okay…but what I’m really looking for here is something that gives me maximum element exposure. Do you have anything that fits that bill?’
