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Irvine Cars and Coffee sightings: August 3, 2013
Your humble host missed Cars and Coffee for several weeks, but was back in action today. The marine layer kept it cloudy, but the turnout was great, nonetheless. As usual, we just feature of few of the stranger vehicles. The possible star of the show (from our unique perspective) was the Jowett Jupiter in Stars…
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Holy Grail of oddness: Honda S800 Coupe
Anyone with any automotive street cred knows exactly what a Honda S2000 is and why it’s a great car. You have to go up a level to know that the S2000 was inspired by Honda’s first production car, the S500 through S800 series. Seemingly very few, however, are aware of the coupe versions of the…
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SVT Contour south of the border
Your humble host once had a silver 1998 SVT Contour and loved the car. At the time, I took clients out a lot, so that was the four-door replacement for my 1993 Sentra SE-R and did quite nicely. Here we have a 1999 that was taken to Mexico…that’s about all we have to say. Click…
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Barn find – a dream come true?
Doesn’t everyone dream of a dusty barn find these days? Have a look at this RARE beauty! Too bad it’s not the hatchback version… Click for Craigslist ad Orange County, CA $1,200 Ad text: 1994 chevy corsica runs really good. Just dusty cause nobody drives her was bought for neice, her loss is your gain!…
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Does it get more Newport Beach than this?
Bentley for sale on the roadside with price on glass. Keeping it classy…
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Quickie: Best eBay search ever?
Am I the first person ever to perform this search?
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Fly in/Drive home: Messerschmitt KR200
Most of the better known microcars came about in postwar Europe where devastated-but-regrowing economies needed cheap transportation. These were often relatively cheap versus small cars and often were considered motorcycles for licensing and tax purposes. The Messerschmitt KR200 is no exception to the rule and was made by the famous German aircraft manufacturer, who, not…
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Shelby Oddity #2: SP360 Durango
We promised two Shelby oddities and we’re delivering! This is the two-year-only (1999-2000) SP360, which was licensed by Shelby and created by Performance West Group. This has more guts than the van we featured earlier, as these came with Kenne Bell superchargers bolted to their 5.9L V8s, bringing output to 360 horsepower (thus the SP360…
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CS means Creepiest Shelby?
Today we’ll feature what we consider two of the least likely Shelby products. Exhibit A is the Shelby Ram Van by Safari. White with blue stripes screams Shelby already, but plenty of logos have been added to make it very clear that this has something to do with the man. Given this is a van,…