Tag: Save the Manuals
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1978 Jeep J10 Honcho with Levi’s Interior and Four-Speed
This is easily the best-looking pickup ever made, and the Honcho package added 70s decals, roll bar and Levi’s interior to the mix. We love it, especially in these colors.
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Ford Fairmont Wagon with 3MT
We guess this is a Mexico specification not offered in the US: a 1983 Ford Fairmont with a floor-mounted, three-speed manual transmission!
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Double Cab Ute: Datsun U620
Most Datsun pickups from the 60s and 70s were standard, two-seat affairs with separate beds – much like almost every other pickup out there. There were a few oddballs, though, including the Sunny Ute we previously featured and today’s U620. This is the Ute version of the 620 pickup and arguably the coolest (and weirdest)…
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Mid-Engine, Manually-Shifted Van: 1991 Previa
Sure, it looks like an egg, but we respect the Previa. What other minivan has offered a mid-engine layout, manual trans, supercharger and all-wheel drive? Sadly, one couldn’t combine all of these concepts, as it seems all supercharged Previas were of the automatic, rear-wheel drive variety. Today’s feature is a rare one with its five-speed…
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1976 Lotus Eclat Project
We’ve always been intrigued by these 70s Lotus Elite and Eclat (sometimes called the Lotus Eclair). These front-engine oddballs were large for Lotus, but still used the “just add lightness” formula and were known as excellent handlers. The Elite, with its shooting brake body type, is more the oddball, while this Eclat has a coupe…
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1964 Renault Dauphine and Shop Closing Sale!
Here we have a claimed solid example of the classic Renault Dauphine. That means rear-engine, water-cooled goodness! Well, okay, it’s a rear-engine platform, but there’s no engine in it right now. Well, that’s not entirely true – it looks like the engine is currently sitting where the passenger seat should be. The transaxle is in…
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Salesman’s Hot Rod? 1968 Mercury Montego MX Four Door with 390 and 4-Speed
For those not old enough to remember, and for those who forget, it seemed that no one except salesmen and some realtors drove four-door, US domestic non-luxury cars back in the day. As recently as the late 70s, the best-selling car in the US was the Olds Cutlass, most of which were two-door sedans. The…
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“Eco” Ford F-250 Running on Biodiesel
This is an interesting truck, to say the least. The seller made some mods which, in theory, help fuel economy. This is not the usual pitch from the seller of an F-250 diesel, but the bio-diesel/veggie oil crowd is, well, different (and proud of it). We’re not sure whether this truck is a nightmare or…
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Pre-Volvo Dual Forced Induction:1989 Nissan March Super Turbo
Several years after the original March/Micra launched, it seems Nissan wanted its own race series for these little buggers; so the March Super Turbo was born. What that means is 110 HP out of 0.93 liters. This was achieved using both a turbo and a supercharger! This example was apparently imported to the US by…
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Rear-Wheel Drive, Manual and T-Tops: Suzuki X90
We’ve featured a few X90s in the past because, frankly, we can’t pass them up. The X90 is perhaps the least likely vehicle to have made some level of mass production in the last twenty years (give or take). While we’d love to have one in the Oddimotive stable, we have to confess that the…