how about kit cars? there were times when people would take a chrysler convertible and put on a MB body from an SL500, to make it really look like a Benz... of course, more expensive proposition than just slapping a $10 worth of badges... but still, it is just a surrogate...

how about making something else out of a bimmer?? this portable pool was pulled over in Germany... cops were surprised to see this thing... lol...