Tag: 80s
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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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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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Homebrew I-Mark turbo diesel
We’ve featured an I-Mark diesel before, but this one has some sort of turbo added on. This might sounds interesting, but the seller provides no useful information about the modifications, nor any useful pictures. Quick research revealed the seller’s Cardomain page. There we found a picture of a scary turbo setup hanging below the car.…
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Stereo worth more than car?
There’s not a good angle on this one, yet I feel a (slight) urge to help it. Click for Craigslist ad $1,200 (yeah…right) Ahaheim, CA Did a bear bite the bumper corner off? Excellent bondo work here with ‘new’ rust poking through. Pink leopard. Yeah… Maybe the bear got trapped back here? Note the ‘custom…
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Steet legal bumper car?
We’ve featured a few MitsuDodge Colts/Mirages, but none quite like this. Hopefully, there is nothing else quite like this. We could say a lot here, but the only relevant question is whether any owner will find someone else with whom to play. Click for eBay ad St. George, UT $1,000 with ZERO bids and reserve…
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Take your pick: Two Mark Cross edition LeBaron convertibles (plus a bonus Dodge 600).
Perhaps Chrysler envied AMC’s co-branded special editions of the seventies. That could explain the Chrysler LeBaron Mark Cross edition. One might even suggest that they envied AMC so much that they bought what was left of the company five years later. These early LeBarons offer pure K-car squareness lost in the later models. Interestingly, two…
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Humpty Dumpty Sprint Turbo
This isn’t our first Sprint Turbo and it won’t be our last. Here we have a cheap example at $750, but the owner has partially disassembled things under the hood. Will you put the poor thing back together? The seller claims all parts are there – bagged and labeled – but we always wonder why…
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Quickie: BLACK GOLD (Wal Mart special?)
“So lavishly appointed, there are virtually no options.” This is not the worst condition Black Gold we’ve seen for sale, but it’s not the best, either. Click for eBay ad Bentonville, AR $2,000 05/14/2013 update: Ended at $3,500 with 14 bids and reserve not met. Do we even need to insert the link? Okay, here…
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Remember the Shelby GT350H?
Well, this ain’t it. However, this was an attempt at doing the same thing during Shelby’s Chrysler phase and working with Thrifty. Of all things, they chose a Dodge Shadow. Despite that, the CSX is one we’ve always wanted to try out – quite a bit of power in a small package. One can only…
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Medallion of honor?
This is the best Renault Medallion we’ve seen…ever? French + won’t start = what could go wrong? What can we say about this forgotten model? Well, at $500 it qualifies for LeMons…not sure anyone really wants to go there with a French 4cyl automatic, however. Maybe someone can talk the seller down to $5 and get…