Tag: Custom

  • Volvo 122 + Toyota 4×4 = Win!

    Volvo 122 + Toyota 4×4 = Win!

    There are a lot of example of strange choices involving cars and pickup, or other 4×4, frames and running gear.  We once posted a Datsun roadster in this category.  Usually, these vehicles are only very strangely appealing and would are posted primarily as jokes.  This combination of 1967 Volvo 122 wagon and Toyota 4×4,however, works…

  • Where do we begin with this one?

    Where do we begin with this one?

    1)  Crap pics?  Yep! 2)  Not sure what this is/was?  Yep! 3)  Poor ad text, including misspelling?  Yep! How does one even decide on an asking price for this type of thing? Click for Craigslist ad Anaheim, CA $4,000 Posted by CG Ad text: 1950s project roadster it’s half Buick half caddilllac ,drive train intact…

  • Vitamin Z

    Vitamin Z

    Yes, someone actually did this to a Z32 Twin Turbo.  Here we have an over-the-top show car based on a 1990 300ZX TT.  Fittingly, the car is stock mechanically and has an automatic trans, despite all the souped-up looks and the faux nitrous tank.  If you want to pose, this is the car for you!…

  • Merry Christmas!  Beetle + Hummer?  Why not?

    Merry Christmas! Beetle + Hummer? Why not?

    This one’s new to us – the Humbug, which combines a VW Beetle with faux Hummer bits.  Can you ever go wrong with a seller quote like the following? “Very few made it out in the public before the law suits were filed.” This one is obviously incomplete.  It has a transaxle, but no engine…

  • Sighting: Quad exhaust Prius

    Sighting: Quad exhaust Prius

    Spotted in Foothill Rance (Lake Forest), CA.  There’s a lot going on with this one.

  • Yenko SV: The Van that Never Was

    Yenko SV: The Van that Never Was

    Don Yenko was a Chevrolet dealer and racer who got into the business of modifying vehicles adn selling to consumers who wanted the ultimate performance version of certain Chevy models.  Yenko’s Corvairs, Camaros, Chevelles and Novas were are the stuff of legend and high auction prices.  They even offered a modified Vega at one time;…

  • Subaru madness?

    Subaru madness?

    Some project cars are worth much more to the builder than to anyone else – often because of personal taste or because they simply don’t make sense to anyone else.  Guess which one this is… Click for eBay ad Wilsonville, OR USA $3,000 BIN with offers considered Posted by CG Update:  Ended unsold. Fender mirrors…

  • Datsun “Truckster.”  A practical family vehicle?

    Datsun “Truckster.” A practical family vehicle?

    Here we have someone’s homebrew project, but it’s hard to tell what the project goal was, if there was one. The seller mentions a swap here and describes the engine in the other car he or she is selling, but never bothers to mention what the powertrain is in this one.  Details are frighteningly scarce…

  • Custom 18-window Vanagon

    Custom 18-window Vanagon

    Including the wind wings, stock Vanagons have ten windows.  Someone decided investing in additional windows and strange trim for a Vanagon was a better idea than finding a real Type 2.  Admittedly, I can see how multi-window T2 auction prices might drive one to do this, these days. In addition to the windows, this one…

  • Custom Honda 600 pickup

    Custom Honda 600 pickup

    Sadly, Honda never made a pickup version of the 600.  The closest thing was the cab-over TN360.  Regardless, some have decided to take matters into their own hands and create N600 trucks.  We applaud them for their contributions to automotive weirdness. This example appears to be in good shape and the seller claims it runs…