THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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Rare in USA (or anywhere) Nissan Sunny Ute
We’ll admit right here that we didn’t know this existed. Apparently, a Sunny-based Ute (AKA small truck) was once sold in Australia and Japan. Needles to say,we love it! This particular example has a couple mods we’d reverse, but we like the upgrade engine and dual Mikunis. Click for eBay ad Bellevue, Washington $2,225 with…
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Sporty Capri
If you thought cool Fox Bodies were limited only to Mustang’s you might reconsider with this sighting. Voted as one of the best accessories to ever come with a car, the seller states that this ASC McLaren still has the original factory installed radar detector that still works! How’s that for an integrated wiring solution?…
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Okay, this one’s personal: 1970 Mustang Hardtop
Your humble host’s first car was a 1970 Mustang Grande, which was the luxury Mustang from 1969 through 1973. In 1970, that meant is had a landau roof (front half, oddly), some black ‘camera case’ vinyl exterior trim, the Deluxe (faux woodgrain) interior shared with from the Mach 1, extra sound deadening, a big clock…
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French Truck with Needs
Do we really need to add anything to that? Okay, we will. This would be right at home moving cheese around Alsace, but it has apparently been lived in somewhere in Northern California and may or may not have been an early version of a food truck. In any case, we’ll bet this has something…
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Drop-butt Seville’s not sport enough for you, eh?
How about a custom, two-door drop-ass Caddy? We’re not sure what happened here: Was is an Eldorado with a Seville but added, or was it a Seville with the rear doors welded shut? Due to crap photos and a complete lack of information in the auction, we just don’t know, but we venture to guess…
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A Mercury truck, but not what you think
Here we have the pickup version of the Scooby-Doo era Ford Econoline van, but this one has a twist. This is the Mercury version, sold only in Canada. Mercury trucks come up from time to time, but the US ones were older than this. We like this generation of Ford truck, and the Mercury badging…
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Form the Alliance of your choice
Here we have two Renault Alliance convertibles posted within a couple days of each other. Each easily qualifies as an oddity – not only is each a Renault, but is also among the last and is convertible. As a bonus, there were both built in Wisconsin, from what we understand. Car #1 is a GTA…
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Epic Green Gremlin with Epic Ad
The green Gremlin is entertaining in and of itself, but this one’s here because of the ad text… Click for eBay ad Emryville, CA $1,500 with one bid and no reserve 10/24/2013 update: SOLD for $1,525.69 with two bids Interior is surprisingly nice, barring the worn driver’s seat. Looks a bit rougher under the hood……
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Take your pick: Two F-Body “Special” Editions
These two just had to be posted together, as the auctions started on the same day. Here we have one movie tribute and one TV tribute. Car#1 is a KITT (yes, Two Thousand…not a Mustang) replica: Car #2 is a Bandit II from 1991, which was an aftermarket special: Car #1: This appears to be…
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Something for everyone – all in one vehicle
You can’t decide what you want in a toy car? A convertible, a pickup or a motorcycle? A Honda or a Datsun? How about a GM product? Here you can have all of those in one: This is a Datsun pickup cab and bed mated to a Honda bike, powered by a GM V6 and…
