Craigslist Crapshoot

By Robert Emslie Apr 1, 2015

The World’s Worst Car Is For Sale On Craigslist
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. 
Nothing says old school like wearing a tee-shirt that says “Injection is Nice but I’d Rather be Blown.” These days – as so eloquently phrased by the taco ad girl – why not have both? Pretty much every car found last week was both blown and injected, however there was a notable exception, which we’ll get to in a moment. First however, this week’s challenge.
Today being April Fools Day, this week’s challenge is to find the most foolish car or truck you can. Whether it be a majorly and intimately personalized ride, or some sort of clown car used in parades, what I want are cars you would be embarrassed to be seen in. Oh, and while you’re at it, pull my finger.
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Got that? Good, now lets put the pressure on.


My guess was that with a request like supercharged four-cylinders we were going to get a lot of fairly modern iron for sale, and I was right. Corrados and Cobalts represented, as did Saturn and a number of aftermarket rigs. One factory blown ride that I had totally forgotten was found by dukeisduke, and that was the Toyota Previa minivan. Man those things are wonderfully weird. What happened to you, Toyota?
As I noted at the top of the hour however, our winner is a car that would allow its owner to proudly, and rightfully wear that iconic and profane Tee-shirt, as this 1967 MGB GT found by neight428 comes with the supercharger that I have long drooled over in the Moss Motors catalog. That twin screw blower draws through a single SU side draft and I’d imagine sounds amazing. Sure, I’d dump the Mazda seats for some proper MG units, but they’ll do for now. They’ll do just fine for now.
Congrats to neight428, and thank you to all for playing!
1967 MGB GT Supercharged

74 thoughts on “Craigslist Crapshoot”



  1. 2003 Chevrolet S10 Pickup S10 DVD CUSTOM INT AIR SUSP LOW MILES – $11995
    See the Original Post Here
    I have this beautiful custom one of a kind 2004 Chevy S-10 fully loaded with all the bells and whistles!!! It has everything from a dvd player to a custom Air Suspension. The car is basically brand new with only 30,257miles on it. Give me a call my name is Greg to come check this car out
    Wow. Just wow.

    1. So I’m guess here, left to right: John Gotti, Marlon Brando aka THE Godfather, and Fred Thompson?!?

    2. I think you’re right going with Gotti on the left but my first reaction was Peter Falk as Columbo. Not that he would have clarified things in any way. The inclusion of Fred Thompson doesn’t help either but that was also my first reaction.

      1. http://imagescdn.dealercarsearch.com/Media/7934/5435971/635570012416466188.jpg
        Closer picture. No less clearer, I’m assuming Tony Soprano because it’s NJ, and Greg here seems to have a man crush on fictional characters aping real gangsters.
        However, i think his painter used the Armand Assante version of John Gotti for John Gotti
        http://static.cinemagia.ro/img/db/movie/01/16/26/gotti-328783l.jpg
        http://imagescdn.dealercarsearch.com/Media/7934/5435971/635570012412247465.jpg

          1. Could one of you dipsticks upload an image of Powers Booth from Jonestown days… said Fred cause this business is going to get out of hand and we will be lucky to live through it !

    1. Do like working in enclosed spaces, skinned knuckles, and people staring at you, but can’t afford a mid-engined supercar? Then this van is for you!

    1. The fact that it’s in Deutschland just makes the schlocky MERICA FUCK YEAH graphics soooo much better.

      1. I think you’re hearing Preludachris, huddled in a corner and bawling his eyes out at the sight of this monstrosity.

    1. That part of the Off Road (sic) where seats are, is from the Euro Ford Sierra (or Escort) and engine probably too. Why anyone would spend time and money building this? I got nothing.

    2. Well, it’s in Lithuania but I still don’t see any identifiable parts, not even the switchgear.

    3. It’s like a Plymouth Prowler mated with a Nash Metropolitan and the offspring was hacked in half.

    4. Front end of a Prowler welded to the back end of a Fiat 500? Must be that new Lancia model Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are working on…

  2. I absolutely love this thread, and I shall contribute – with the Ducktruck! I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s actually registered as a Suzuki Samurai because I bet it isn’t and would fail every inspection, but that’s what it is underneath. (Tinyurl because Disqus can’t handle the ‘ü’.)
    http://tinyurl.com/ohx5msm

  3. Only posting, because I saw one the other day. Not in my home port of Calmar, AB of course, but in sunny Palm Springs! Ad is only an example, any will do, as they’re all foolish. Oh, and Autotrader (USA) has 96 for sale. Does that mean 4 owners are happy with theirs?

    http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=35007&endYear=2016&modelCode1=MURANOCROS&showcaseOwnerId=57259853&startYear=1981&makeCode1=NISSAN&searchRadius=0&showcaseListingId=0&mmt=%5BNISSAN%5BMURANOCROS%5B%5D%5D%5B%5D%5D&listingId=378540569&Log=0

    EDIT: I’m talking about the CrossCabriolet, not the regular Murano, in case you didn’t catch that.

    1. I actually saw a purple one in Saskatoon, plates read “Oddball”.
      Considering they went through the effort of importing a CrossCabriolet (they weren’t sold in Canada) that sounds about right.

    1. images.craigslist.org/00A0A_fSoJWRUcAAV_600x450.jpg
      Courtesy imbed. That’s OK, you can thank me later. I think.

  4. Here’s a loverly “1953 Roadster”… Although I AM a little unclear on a 1953 What or even how 1953 even enters the picture. Anyhow it apparently just needs a bit of work yet.
    http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/4947550485.html
    1953 Roadster on 90 S10 4v manual tranny and chassis.
    “Summer project! Got too many peojects right now. The chassis was cut to 95 inches. The fiberglass body is currently cut up to be extended to fit the S10 chassis. You’ll ne some fiberglass skills to make it longer (easy process). The S10 has 180k on the motor. I just stripped it from its body two weeks ago.
    Computer box, steering colum, wires are all there. Comes with a custom drive shaft I had cut to fit the new wheelbase.
    $1700 clear Texas title”

    1. All you have to do is search ” modified, custom paint, bagged, one of a kind, customized, etc”
      shootin fish in a water barrel … ( extra points if it is in your area )

  5. Hey lets take your Olds ragtop, and do a W30 442 clone, with stripes, scoops and wing and rally wheels !
    No way bro, I gotta better idea ….

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