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Oddimotive mobile HQ shines again
Mobile HQ got a wash, polish and wax, including a good top scrubbing. It had been too long…
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Richard Scarry’s dream car – the GoldBug
This is the unholy marriage of a Honda Goldwing motorcycle with a VW Beetle. Given the combo, we’ll call it GoldBug, which was, of course, the elusive character in Richard Scarry’s children’s books back in the day. The pictures speak volumes here, so we won’t ad any more than we already have. Interestingly, this is…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee: June 8, 2013
June Gloom didn’t keep the interesting stuff away today… This custom jobby was interesting…not sure what parts of what cars are under there. The fiberglass work left something to be desired – from a distance, the bubbles looked like hail damage (interesting concept for fiberglass!). We’ll let readers decide what car this once was. It…
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Forbidden fruit: Volvo 480
Your humble host has wanted one of these for quite some time. Perhaps a pre-1989, easy-to-import model will come up and maybe even in left-hand drive. Click for Autotrader UK ad Goole, England £694 Volvo + flip-up headlamps = tasty Ad text: 3 Doors, Manual, Coupe, Petrol, 128,000 miles, Metallic Blue. JUST REDUCED FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY!…
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Festiva Two-Fer
Here we have a Festiva plus a parts car. If the price stays low enough, this should be tempting to anyone looking for dirt-cheap autocross thrills or anyone with a general liking for late 80s/early 90s shitboxes. Even better, the body on the driver car is coated in plasti-dip. Why worry about stone chips on…
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The best of the worst? 43K mile 1982 Cougar
These days, a lot of people think very little of the 1983 Cougar and Thunderbird – especially those under 35 or so. They don’t remember just how bad the 1980 to 1982 cars had gotten before the ’83 full model change. Not only was the 1980 to 1982 Cougar a largely style-less box, but that…
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Quickie: Chick magnet!
Not a lot of text in this ad, but what more does the seller really need to say about this gem? Could one get it for teh LeMons-qualifying $500? Hmmm… Click for Craigslist ad Los Angeles, CA $800 Ad text: Total chick magnet for sale!1991 Dodge Colt!Runs well. Not registered.
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Cool car, crazy price?
Here we have a very unusual Fiat 124 wagon. The seller claims it has only a few needs. $7,000 seems like a lot, but these don’t change hands very often, so it’s hard to value. The seller was going to swap in a bigger engine, but we’d keep it stock (maybe). Click for Craigslist ad…
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Got V4?
Here we have a cool, largely forgotten classic, the Saab Sonett. In this case, it’s a Sonett III, the last of the breed. Stylistically, these are the least funky Sonetts and they lack the two-stroke engines of the earliest models. Still, we wouldn’t mind having one here at HQ. What happened to the V4 engine…
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Subaru 360: Dream or nightmare?
This one’s all about perspective. A lot of people would be offended by the background in these photos, but we here at Oddimotive are jealous of the toys and the space. Click for eBay ad Thousand Oaks, CA $1,580 with 22 bids and reserve not met Update: Ended at $1,825 with 26 bids and reserve…