SafuglyKar

Where to start…

Bruce Mohs began making cars after forming the Mohs Seaplace Corporation. This - the "SafariKar" is actually his SECOND car, the first being another feature when I can find a good pic of it due to it being equally scarey.

The “SafariKar” is apparently his vision of a luxury off road vehicle. It’s metal top folded into the trunk, and had two huge minivan-like sliding doors. Because of it’s massive width it could seat up to eight – 3 BUCKET seats up front, a 3 person bench and 2 fold up seats for “temporary use in parades”. It's sorta the original Hummer I guess, except it wasn't designed for the army but for scaring small children.

If all this weren’t fugly enough, it’s exterior was coated in black Naugahyde. Yes - Pleather. Cause you know that woody wagons of the 70’s were so tacky. The brochure notes that "the Mohs body construction method utilizing cast Tenzalloy bulkheads, heavy-gauge aluminum sheet, polyurethane foam and Naugahyde covering is not only quiet in the extreme, but low in maintenance since there is no paint on the exterior of the car. You merely wet, wipe and dry for cleaning. No waxing. No polishing." I’m sure it’s owners (all 3 of them) found this very efficient if they ever got into an accident. Anyone know a good Naughyde guy?

I guess styling is partially inspired by Rolls Royce due to the massive grille, although this car just looks plain creepy up front with the glassed in headlights. This car is truly huge – those wheels are actually 20 inchers.

Interior features were just as odd - a refrigerator, a 2-way radio with a pair of base stations for home or office, a gold-inlaid Walnut instrument panel, velvet upholstery, Ming Dynasty carpeting, a 110-volt converter, and a butane furnace. This helped contribute to it’s slightly heavy weight of up to 6,100 Ibs. All this “Klass” is a bit expensive - $25,600 in the early to mid-1970s.