Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
The General certainly likes to get around. At the very least you’ll find GM mills in, well, damn-near anything. You all found a ton of cars for sale where an engine from the General now calls home. We’ll see the most ironic of those in a sec, but first I’ll bet you’re champing at the bit for this week’s quest.
Sometimes you need to haul stuff, and other times you need to haul ass. This week we want to find cars that can do both – fast wagons.
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Got that? Okay, let’s get it on with some General knowledge.
Have you ever really tried to fit a square peg in a round hole? When you’re a kid they always tell you that it just doesn’t fit, so don’t bother trying. And of course, you try anyway. There was a lot of that going on last week, the only difference being that the odd-mixes represented were GM engines residing where they traditionally wouldn’t have gone. And unlike our childhood shape metaphor, these almost always fit.
The best fit, at least the coolest and with the best badge, was found by mrh1965, and is, as noted by Synchromesh, a true Porschevrolet. Well done mrh1965!
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Audi RS6, 551 hp, 300k km: http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/audi-rs6-sch…
I have such an unhealthy lust for these, once they are 25 years old I'll probably import one and wind up living in it.
608 hp Audi S2 Avant
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/IPwAAOxy63FS14JJ/$_1.JPG"> http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/audi-s2-avan…
E30 turbo wagon with 513 hp
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDU3Ng==/z/XNEAAOSwm8VUyIGb/$_1.JPG"> http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/bmw-325-turb…
Here's a Datsun 510.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDE5WDgwMA==/z/sd8AAOSw0e9UwnSP/$_20.JPG" width="500">
"But Datsun 510s aren't fast!" you might protest. This one is in the midst of getting some… enhancements.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDQ1MA==/z/PtkAAOSw-W5UwnSv/$_20.JPG">
Brand new 730 hp Audi wagon
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/Ch4AAOSwkNZUpxbf/$_1.JPG"> http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/audi-rs6-rs-…
No mention of et, but says he runs S/C which I assume to mean Super-Comp. This is a fast, fast car for only $22k! Oh, and no BOZOS!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01010_6t4BYcI9jvY_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/4855797228.html” target=”_blank”>http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/4855797228.html
A Nissan "Steger."
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I can't tell if it's the quick one since he can't even spell the name right, but it's doing everything in my power to not just throw money at the guy right now.
644 hp Audi
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/fDEAAOSwuMFUY4H6/$_1.JPG"> http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/audi-s4-rs4-…
Manual-swapped 850R for $5k? Oh yes…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00O0O_dCcbyBW0Xhh_600x450.jpg">
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/48585976…
Edit: WOOOOOO! I'm a hundred-pointer now! Thanks everybody!
For going fast when the roads aren't so good…
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/48603898…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01212_cqEFnKJkvIy_600x450.jpg"width=500>
Yes, many of you know where I found this. It's too good not to share with others, though.
That was listed in the Hemmings awhile back (last year maybe?). You don't forget something like that.
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2007 Mercedes E63 AMG E-class Wagon, VERY RARE, 1 of 67 imported in 07 – $35500
LOOKIT!!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00W0W_gi9MCQlxjmi_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ctd/4839527045.html” target=”_blank”>http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ctd/4839527045.html
Those were vomit seats before — now they're projectile vomit seats.
You won't just need sick bags, you'll need an exorcist!
Same city, half the price, only two years older. 2005 Mercedes AMG Station Wagon – $17500
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01212_f92sgRhOBVs_600x450.jpg"> <a href="http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/4853171246.html” target=”_blank”>http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/4853171246.html
That's "only" E500 though.
Magnum SRT8
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00i0i_aAPasAome5_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/4824130819.html” target=”_blank”>http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/4824130819.html
No huge rims or lambo doors?
Pass.
Wait, 2 teevees you say….
1971 Chevelle Malibu wagon running a mildly built 350. Also, according to the seller, "This is & has been a Reliable daily driver."
<img width="600" src="http://images.craigslist.org/00y0y_fL75DCzZj56_600x450.jpg">
I'm not a Chevy guy, but this still makes me tingle down unda.
<a href="http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4859975197.html” target=”_blank”>http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4859975197.html
Fucking perfection, except "Solid floor Pans & frame. " Call it solid-ish.
The LT1-powered 944 "No, I won't take $11,000" guy from last week? He's down to $12k now, so in another week or so, he might take $11k.
..and he removed the "No I won't take 11k" already…
Porvettes, even clean ones, hardly sell for what the parts are worth, let alone the work hours. You can keep it and have fun, but flipping… not very easily.
Probably not real fast by modern standards, but still pretty damn cool:
1965 Pontiac Catalina Wagon Bagged – $13900
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01212_ekXEqxEKBtu_600x450.jpg">
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Tramp stamp!
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4865588811.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4865588811.html
I don't usually like classic american cars. I don't usually like blue cars. I usually actively dislike bagged cars. This… makes me feel new and uncomfortable things.
I love it.just as it is. Mint.
Let's find out how the Ecoboost functions after 170,000 miles. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2012-…
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Sketchiest fast wagon on Kijiji: 1994 JDM Subaru Wrx Wagon
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTk4WDgwMA==/z/4usAAOSw1vlUxdAw/$_20.JPG" width="600"> http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/1994-…
"I have a right hand drive subaru wrx wagon for sale, the car is in pretty good condition for its year, has some small dings and scratches. The motor is an ej20g with around 150,000km. Has tasteful mods." And tasteful mods are always a good sign
As a safer way to satisfy your turbo right hand drive wagon desires: 2000 Subaru Legacy JDM GTB Twin Turbo Wagon
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDUwWDgwMA==/z/GMQAAOSw~uhUpunu/$_20.JPG" width="600"> <a href="http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2000-subaru-legacy-jdm-gtb-twin-turbo-wagon/1042553856?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true” target=”_blank”>http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/2000-subaru-legacy-jdm-gtb-twin-turbo-wagon/1042553856?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
The Porsche I posted last week had been featured on Daily Turismo or some other such site like BAT a few days before I posted it, which is probably why "944 LT1" came to mind when I saw the challenge.
Anyway, this find was featured on BAT a week or two ago, although I don't really visit that site much anymore and truly did not know that. He has been apparently inundated with attention since then and has decided to keep it. I just figured I could find a volvo wagon with a ford V8 somewhere out there.
With that out of the way, here is this week's grand champeeen, the volvo 240 with a 5.0. I'm drooling.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00X0X_lM9UxdtUGbz_600x450.jpg">
A better read than most craigslist ads.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/4852072836.ht…
How about this '78 Pacer wagon stuffed full of 500CI Cadillac motor? http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/4848831213.html
I wonder if that jives with C&D's latest reporting: http://blog.caranddriver.com/why-0-5-liter-cylind…
EDIT: Just did the calculations, and that's roughly double the displacement per cylinder of modern engine. Interesting… (or not)
I have 2 for your viewing pleasure:
For the near-new car buyer, a 2013 (2014 MY) HSV Clubsport R8 wagon, 6.2L V8 / 6-speed auto, registration due this month, in Sydney Australia, asking $65000 (new ones list for about $85000) – current owner struggling with payments? http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Holden…
<img src="http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/carsales/car/private/cp5499769954408937220.jpg" width="600">
Or for those with more old-school tastes, a 1976 Mazda 1300 wagon with a 13B rotary for $35000, according to seller it has done a 11.6 quarter-mile time http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Mazda-…
<img src="http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/carsales/car/private/cp5732520370922105365.jpg" width ="600">
Please note that the crack-pipe prices are in Australian dollars (also known as South Pacific Pesos).
There are far too many nice and desirable long roofs this time around, time to put the crap back in crapshoot!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00Q0Q_8syj5bPYPE6_600x450.jpg" width="600"> http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4824331130.htm…