You must remember the Ford Country Squire. It was a thing until the late 1980s. And it was unmistakable because it came with the wood grain bodyside trim. Now, here is the Tesla Cybertruck mimicking that exact look.
Even though it looked like wood, it wasn't actual wood after the first generation. The Ford Country Squire examples from 1950 and 1951 wore genuine wood body panels, which were manufactured at the Ford Iron Mountain Plant in the Michigan Upper Peninsula from lumber owned by Ford Motor Company.
When the second generation rolled out in 1952, Ford used all-steel bodies instead of wooden panels in order to reduce production costs. So, the look of the steel panels simulated wood grain.
In the following years, the Squire defined everything from mid-size to subcompact station wagons with a wood grain exterior trim. So Ford rolled out the Falcon, the Fairlane, the Torino and Gran Torino, the Fairmont, and even the Escort sporting a trim that seems bizarre by today's standards.
But the stainless steel body of the Cybertruck isn't today's standards either, since it is the only production vehicle currently on sale using the material for the body panels. Back in 1981, DeLorean rolled out the DMC-12 with unpainted, brushed stainless-steel outer body panels, fixed to a fiberglass body. And that was just about all the stainless steel that we got in the automotive industry.
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However, there are owners out there who are not happy with the material or the look of it. That is why they have been trying to cover it with all sorts of wraps. We've seen Cybetrucks wrapped in gold, in a color-shifting spectrum film, in red, purple, and military green.
Back in May, we reported about a Cybertruck owner who chose to make his EV look rusty on purpose, amid speculation referring to the vehicle rusting if it was left out in the rain. "My wife is going to hate it!" he anticipated. And we can't blame her!
We have even seen one mirroring the iconic time machine, the DeLorean DMC-12 from the "Back to the Future" series. No matter how surprising, none of them was this original. The owner of this Cybertruck covered his electric pickup truck in a wrap that mimics the looks of an old Ford Country Squire.
The vehicle was spotted in the parking lot of a hotel in the Rio Arriba County in Northern New Mexico, some 50 miles north of Santa Fe. It rocks wood panel-looking wrap covering all four doors and rear fenders, as well as the rear.
Gone are the LED strips that play the part of headlights and taillights as they were replaced by Ford Country Squire light units.
Furthermore, a radiator grille showed up at the front, trying to suggest that this is an ICE-powered car. However, the grille supports the "Tesla" lettering in capital letters. The vehicle is parked in front of a Tesla charging station, so we all know what it is fed. Gasoline isn't anywhere near it.
People rushed into the comments section of the Instagram post that shows the Cybertruck looking like a Country Squire to say that it actually looks better than the real deal. Does it, really? Let us know what you think!
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