Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
The siren song of the turbocharged (or occasionally, supercharged) V8 was strong last week. I was expecting a series of diesel trucks and old Pontiac Trans Ams, but the variety of vehicles for sale that you all found was truly surprising. We’ll get to the most surprising in a sec, but first, you need to get down with this week’s quest.
Seeing as Turbo V8s proved to be easier to find than I expected, this week I want to give you a challenge that’s, well, a little more challenging. That’s why this week we want – are you ready for this – supercharged 4-cylinder-powered cars and trucks. Ooh, can you just feel the pressure building?
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As I noted above, the variety of turbo V8 cars and trucks for sale was really astounding. I’d like to call out special attention to Krautwursten for finding an amazingly interesting armored Toyota Land Cruiser Series 70, powered by a turbo diesel. That ad has unfortunately been pulled so we can’t revel in its details. I’d next like to acknowledge Muthalovin for actually finding a Turbo Trans Am – and an Indy Pace Car to boot.
Our winner last week however was GTXcellent, for finding this 1972 Chevelle SS powered by what is claimed to be a 700-whp car powered by a Dart-block twin turbo (double your pleasure) SBC. Sure it’s $32,000, or $16K without all the fun bits, but man is that audacious and properly pimped.
Congrats GTXcellent, and thank you all for playing!
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