THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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A first for us: Subaru FF-1 Star
We’ve never seen one of these, but it was Subaru’s first venture beyond the microcar and also its first production use of a flat 4 engine. Internet resources indicate it was sold as the Star in the US and the FF-1 elsewhere. Unfortunately, the pictures with this auction are small and not of great quality,…
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Mazda MX-5 Eunos in Camo
Here we have a JDM MX-5, known as a Eunos, gutted and painted camo. The owner will also throw in various parts to create a Lucra kit car, but points out that they won’t fit this car…hmm. This looks track-ish, but the seller speaks about needing to fully bolt down the cage and also about…
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Sleeper from hell? 1983 Custom Cruiser Wagon with Buick GN power
We love sleepers. You humble host once owned a 1993 Sentra SE-R, which certainly qualifies, and the SVT Contour that replaced it qualifies, though the body kit may have pushed limits for some. Today’s subject car is an extreme sleeper of the homemade variety: 1983 Olds Wagon with 1986 Buick Grand National power – actually,…
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Merk-two-fur
How can we resist posting a Merkur XR4Ti two-fer? Car #1 is largely stock and claims to run. Car #2 is sorta-kinda a track car, at least in that it has harnesses, fire extinguisher and some somewhat-described mods. How can we beat this quote? “She drivers actually good and wants to driver fast for some…
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Glenfrome Facet
This oddity is apparently based on a Range Rover and came out of the strange 1980s “coachbuilder” period. The seller references it being one of the best off-roaders and a luxury sports coupé. What more could you possibly want? We started this post, and then it came to our attention that Autoblog previously covered this one as…
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British Coach Works TD – Interesting “Special” Edition
British Coach Works was one of a few companies making replica early MGs in the early 80s, these basedon Chevettes. That’s already pretty odd by today’s standards, but this one adds flair with an unlikely Schwepps Special Edition. Supposedly, this was part of a sweepstakes (?!). Click for eBay ad Voorhees, NJ $6,200 with 3…
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There’s nothing like a Cougar that blows
Here we have the uber-rare and questionably desirable Mercury equivalent to the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, complete with 5-speed manual transmission. Yes, this was a factory configuration, at least for a few years. The turbo powertrain was phased out of the Mercury lineup after the 1986 model year, even though the 1987-1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupes received…
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Quickie: Live like Swedish royalty
We love older Volvos, including the 700-series, but this is a bit different. Here we have an opportunity to live like Swedish royalty, if there is such a thing. This 760 limo comes complete with CRT TV and bar in the back, and the seller claims it has privacy glass. Best of all, this limo…
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Quickie: Ford Ranger SPLASH
If you were sad to read that Toyota was killing the X-Runner and you lament the loss of the Chevy S-10 and Colorado Xtreme editions, you’re forced into the used market. If your’e interested in those two, you might love this Ranger Splash. Under the bright blue with 90s teeny-bopper graphics is a V6 manual…
