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Weird Cars: Phantom Corsair

Let us first get the obvious done and over with: it is not a hearse. Wait! With the “Phantom” tag on it and the all-black finish, perhaps this car is a hearse—but no, it is not.

Rolling all the way from the late 1930s, the Phantom Corsair is actually a coupe that can seat up to six passengers. It was developed by Rust Heinz, a member of the H. J. Heinz family, and Maurice Schwartz of the Bohman & Schwartz coachbuilding company. Doing away with the ordinary car features (this wicked hunchback has no fenders, running boards, or door handles), it can be considered a metal (literally!) middle finger to all the norm-abiding cars during its time. With its steal-aluminum body and eight-cylinder engine, even Ozzy Osbourne, the proclaimed Prince of Darkness of Heavy Metal, will be haunted by this phantom in his highway-to-hell nightmares. Just. That. Sinister.

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