Lost and Found overflow - multilegged Toronado and caged Fiero

It’s been far too long since we reached into our grab bag o’ fun Lost and Found overflow pile, but we came up with a good one today. Marty Pelker of All Starts Auto Glass and Accessories in Lincoln Park, Michigan, found two oddballs while out in his neighborhood. First, the Centipede, an Oldsmobile Toronado-based airport limo.

That is, we think it was meant to be an airport limo. Like the ones Ben Merkel photographed in Hawaii. But adding that flashy Centipede graphic along the bottom seems like overkill for such a utilitarian purpose.

Like us, Marty had no clue as to who performed the conversion. However, he described it as a combination of “a Toronado drive and a stretched Vista Cruiser body.” Possibly.

Amazing that the Michigan winters haven’t chewed up the Centipede.

Next, Marty shared with us something so sinister and unbelievable it needed to be caged in cyclone fence just like Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver.

Marty confirms what we all surmise, that it was once a Pontiac Fiero. “I was told it was done in Canada,” he wrote. Well, then that’s reason enough to invade those maple syrup-swilling, flannel-wearing Canucks.

I do not know the company that converted this Fiero, nor do I know what exactly they were attempting with it. I’m not sure I want to know.

But just as with the Centipede, I’m amazed it’s in such decent shape.

So anybody care to fill us in on the coachbuilders (I use that term loosely) responsible for these two creations?