THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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The automotive world will get a little weirder in 2014
But will it just be a flash in the pan, or will this thing take off? Taking over a shuttered GM plant in Louisiana to build a microcar in 2014? What could possibly go wrong? Either way, the world is a little more interesting with some of these high-mileage, ultra-light efforts in it. The current…
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Gremlin roller
Have we reached a point where a rusting Gremlin rolling chassis has value? It’s hard to imagine one could ‘restore’ this and come out ahead, but who knows. Maybe hipsters have discovered AMC. This is a great quote: “I own a few and this is the least rusty of them all” Click for eBay ad…
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Not one, not two, but 75 muscle cars!
This is a small salvage yard liquidating inventory. The seller claims lots of muscle/pony cars and some “weird duck types.” We suppose the Corvair Rampside qualifies as the latter. Click for Craigslist ad Westminster, CA Various prices? More info here: http://daw4parts.com/ Vettes, anyone? How ’bout some Camaros? Ad text: After 35 years in the Auto…
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Datsun 1200 two-door Sedan
We at Oddimotive HQ have had the pleasure of driving the Nissan Heritage Collection 1200 Fastback and it’s nice little ride. These are cool little cars and this one appears to be in great shape with claimed ~54K miles and obvious recent work. It’s made the eBay rounds before with higher asking prices with no…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings (April 6, 2013)
There was some pretty good stuff this week – click for images. How often do you see a Mazda 616? This is an Austin America interior…excellent plaid covers (presumably not original). Vehicross! Does it get more odd? A coupe older RWD Toyotas (Corolla and Cressida). Note sure what’s up with the air dam on the…
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AMC wagon trio
Take your pick from these beautiful AMC wagons. 4WD or RWD? The choice is yours! #1 is an Eagle 4WD wagon. Click for eBay ad #1 Los Angeles, CA $995 with 1 bid and reserve not met 04/11/2013 update: Reserve not met at $2,125 and 7 bids Interior is in remarkably good shape. Too bad…
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Crosley fire truck
Crosley made some cool little cars in the 40s and early 50s. They were made to be practical city-type cars, but were left behind as the US adopted bigger and bigger cars after the war. At one time, Crosley offered some of the very first production disc brakes. Interestingly, the owner/founder also owned the Cincinnati Reds and…
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You don’t see these every day.
This has super-low miles, like they all do. These were pretty controversial cars. What are your thoughts? Click for eBay ad $51,100 with 2 bids and reserve not met Jamul, CA (where?) Did those fender vents inspire the Mercedes SLR?? Interior is nice, but mostly from the GM parts bin. Old Aurora- (there’s another odd…
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Practical commuter?
Click for eBay ad $5,655 with 8 bids and reserve not met Templeton,CA 04/17/2013 update: Ended with reserve not met at $8,500. Fun for the whole family! How do sellers decide their images are good enough? Ad text: Selling for an estate a 1976 Landrover FC101 army ambulance. runs well, everything is here and works…
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Pacer Woody Wagon with Navajo interior
How could anyone possibly improve upon this vehicle? Click for eBay ad $3,250 with, ahem, 15 bids and reserve not met (no, really) Los Angeles, CA 04/05/2013 update: Reserve not met at $3,250 and 16 bids Tasty… This interior is pure genius. Did anyone have to review anything at AMC before production? You’re damn right…