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New England roadster
Frighteningly, this isn’t the only one I’ve found like this. The last one that popped on eBay was also in New England – Connecticut, if memory serves. Someone, somewhere in New England once compared wheelbases between a CJ and Datsun roadster and decided they were close enough. The rest is history. Again…why? But maybe the…
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AMC Squire?
We can’t say we’ve ever seen one of these in full, wood grained crappiness. Click for eBay ad $395 with 5 bids and reserve not met Lynnwood, WA (no, not Lynnwood, CA, which is Weird Al’s hometown) 04/17/2013: Ended with reserve not met at $2,092.12. Perhaps $2,092.47 would have taken her home. The interior is…
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Reader submission #1: The ultimate 190D
…but why? These came with a much more lame diesel, so someone swapped in the turbodiesel unit from the larger 300 (now known as E-Class). They also claim some good suspension upgrades, so this could be a great, torquey driver with excellent MPG. We find it particularly useful when sellers include two shots from exactly…
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Nicest one remaining? Perhaps, but why?
This is pretty cool – Colt Vista with 5-speed manual and 25K miles!? Does it get better? Maybe a Mitsu Expo or the JDM Chariot (same car). Click for Craigslist ad $3,800 Signal Hill, CA (AKA Long Beach) We don’t usually start of with a rear or interior shot, but the shifter is key here…
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Sighting: Can you hear the giant sucking sound?
Yes, we can too. It’s because this is arguably the best (read: worst) of the three dustbuster minivans offered by GM in the 90s. Lumina APV is a close second, due to the failed attempt at making a family name out of Lumina, which consisted of a rental car/FWD taxi and a very odd minivan.…
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7 Switches!
There are, obviously, a number of problems here. 1) Why would anyone choose to put SC430 wheels on any car? That might be the ugliest OEM wheel ever. 2) Was the fender repaired using toothpaste? 3) Junction Produce has always been a silly name. Clicky-click for Craigslist ad $10,000 (yeah, right!) Lakewood, CA On what…
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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…
