By Robert Emslie
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.
Last week we went looking for cars that you could potentially sleep in, perhaps in an emergency, or in lieu of having to wrangle a full-on RV. We’ll get to Lincoln, Blynken and Nod in just a sec, but first, I want you to get my drift.
Drift cars are this week’s quarry, whether already set up for the track attack, or cars that you think would make excellent side-ways racers. The only codicil is that they need to come in under $3,000.
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Avoiding other people’s bedbugs while on the road is easier than I imagined, and since spraying my mattress with Raid® I’m in good shape. Well, I am a little light-headed in the morning, but that passes after a while and I’m sure the rash will go away too.
Of course if it doesn’t then I might end up in this week’s most notable home away from home. That’s this crazy Munstermobile ’77 Caddy Hearse, found by OA5599 which could serve double duty. Either way, the fake ram intake and BFG-shod Cragars really make this Caddy a total casket case. Well done OA5599, and thanks to the rest of you for your contributions to the cause.
Jeff Glucker
Is there something more drift than a Sileighty? No, there is none more drift.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzk3WDgwMA==/z/hCAAAOSwstxVUPWf/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/meadow-lake/sil80-240sx/1071420052?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
EDIT: The price is “please contact” so I assumed it was under $3k ’cause it looks rough, I may be wrong though.
‘it looks rough’ is a selling point in certain circles.
They are real clear if the engine is actually making 400HP or can just “handle” 400HP. No price given.
http://images.craigslist.org/00101_3lvihzn3fgg_600x450.jpg
No mention of why it needs to be towed with a newly rebuilt engine and transmission.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/5021769170.html
Seems legit.
Likely it’s unfinished. I am not sufficiently familiar with that engine bay to note if things are missing, however.
I need to remember to always include some text in posts to Craigslist Crapshoot. This isn’t the first time that I’ve had to repost an image and link because my post was “detected as spam”
Anywho…
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/5005847161.html
http://images.craigslist.org/01010_bHXPkehZxV6_600x450.jpg
Sometimes I’m really glad not many Hoons live around me to dig up things like this, since I want to buy it so bad, but the distance/cost ratio is too far skewed toward the former.
I’m sure you could get him down $200. Not so sure about the drift potential of the old Chevy straight six though.
http://images.craigslist.org/00C0C_1wANzxWkMps_600x450.jpg
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/5009485887.html
With a short enough diff ratio, surely it’s possible!
How much of a car has to be left?
http://images.craigslist.org/00l0l_16xtsgduWW8_600x450.jpg
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/4993292960.html
Just a 5.0 away from some great drift shenanigans (or flips).
http://images.craigslist.org/00O0O_9FZyrN6N2dP_600x450.jpg
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/4990210936.html
And if you put some beefy meats on the front and brake hard enough, maybe it will do a stoppie!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXkLSZonuO8/Tn3O99J2NtI/AAAAAAAAB8E/J6S6ckSCJw0/s1600/Back%2BUp%2BPick%2BUp%2BNight.jpg
Just swap the front and rear tires around, drop in a V-8 and go drifting!
http://images.craigslist.org/00B0B_3zqjjx5Bd4n_600x450.jpg
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/5006304346.html
I’m sure they would come down to $2999.
(almost) ready to rock. http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/5009542711.html
My son would love this… or the AMX over on BAT today.
Technically, it’s an AE85 (The AE86 designation was reserved for the DOHC GT-S models.), but the price is right (or over by $1, depending on how you look at it).
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/5025596857.html
Vauxhall Viva Drift Project! With Parts Car!
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/mDMAAOSwNSxVGIv5/$_27.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/~D8AAOSwqu9VGIv5/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/vauxhall-vivas-2-for-1-drift-or-race-car/1060719987?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
It is a good Crapshoot when the pictures are not immediately giving away which one of them is the parts car…
VQ35 swapped s13 hatch could work.
http://images.craigslist.org/00505_g5QfECGV9x_600x450.jpg
http://lancaster.craigslist.org/cto/5030161588.html
$1500 Turbo-bird (running on 2 or 3 cylinders)!
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMzWDgwMA==/z/08kAAOSwNSxVSn5G/$_27.JPG
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/city-of-toronto/1987-ford-thunderbird-coupe-2-door/1070232246?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Can you drift this $900 Catera?
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/city-of-toronto/1997-cadillac-catera-gold-other/1031722484?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTk4WDgwMA==/z/ZD4AAOSwibFUYOuk/$_27.JPG
Yes you can:
https://benautobahn.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/untitled74.jpg
So the basic idea must be RWD and a propensity to get the back out? It must help to have the engine in the rear and no weight up front, like this 1978 ZAZ 968A with its glorious 40hp for an amazing 749€:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/U0IAAOSwv0tVLYRP/$_1.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/FN8AAOSwstxVLYRI/$_1.JPG
Also: Drifting a wagon with fins, and most of the budget allocated to a massively misplaced engine? Sounds about right. 1978 Moskovich 2137:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTAwWDE2MDA=/z/c0AAAOSweW5VQAoT/$_1.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTAwWDE2MDA=/z/MNkAAOSwEeFVQAnp/$_1.JPG
Also, while following up on this idea, I stumbled upon this glorious 1994 ZAZ Saporoshez Tavria that has been parked in a museum in Hungary all of its life. It is now in Germany, made roadworthy, and this “new” piece of post-Soviet machinery is available for a stunning 1800$. Had to send it to BaT, too, obviously:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDc4WDY0MA==/z/hX4AAOSwNSxVUMMC/$_1.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/jl4AAOSwNSxVUMNH/$_1.JPG
Quite possibly the only one in the world like this!
The Tavria is fwd so no dorifto! But they are still cool. A friend of mine is trying to import a ZAZ-968M to NYC. We’ll see how that goes.
I know – that’s why I separated it. Cool business with the ZAZ. I grew up in blocks and between tall houses the wildly loud ZAZ is truly at home…how much does he expect to spend on shipping, fees etc?
No idea yet. There is a group on FB called Eastern Bloc Cars (EBC) that has some knowledge on this kind of stuff. Hopefully they’ll help him out.
Buy this for $1500 and use the rest of the $3000 budget for a SBC engine swap.
If I were going drifting, I’d start with an early RX-7. I cut my teeth in these – they are exceedingly tail-happy. At this price, there’s budget left to swap in something with torque.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/4993952229.html
I would love to have an all-original early RX-7, with zero mods, perfectly cared for.
Then on the side, I’d love to have a ratty looking one with solid mechanicals and something obscene and inappropriate shoved under the hood for when I’m feeling dirty.
Just two terrible pictures of this ’94 Volvo 940 Wagon, but at $1,600 or best offer, you’d might (and I do emphasize might) have enough left over for a junkyard Ford 302 or GM LS/manual trans swap.
http://images.craigslist.org/01717_jw7XhWZGKMd_600x450.jpg
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/5011209354.html
Shame it’s not the 960. I can confirm from first hand experience that the 960 needs no power-adders to get sideways.
With a wheelbase like a shopping cart, what could go wrong?
http://images.craigslist.org/00n0n_7UwFk9EZluG_600x450.jpg
http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/5007230916.html
With enough power, the Fiero’s biggest problem might be going straight, not getting sideways.
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5034970443.html
1989 TOYOTA SUPRA MK3 DRIFT CAR FS/FT – $2000
http://images.craigslist.org/00w0w_g6Q6KI9F8WM_600x450.jpg
I haven’t figured out whether the name on the door is spelled that way out of irony or ignorance.
I shall dub it the “Green Bastard”, and together we shall never round a corner without the tail out.
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/5016831185.html
It already has the 390 Big Block!
This isn’t necessarily a great drift car, but I have to stick it out there because, well — someone with $1200 needs to rescue this thing! It’s just $1200!
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/5034990438.html
This one has it all! Ready to drift RX-7 convertible for $3K OR he will
ruinlower your suspension for $250 on your car.https://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/5036715374.html
Nice, professional write-up too:
Do you want the street cred that comes with a lowered car? Do you want to ride low and stiff so you can drift but don’t want to pay $3000 for coilovers? I have for you the solution! For a mere $250 I will lower and stiffen your car’s suspension! Good quality work, I don’t weld shocks, after new suspension settles in ride will be more comfortable but still low and stiff enough to slide easily. This procedure will not wreck your car. I have done this to my friends car and works out great!
Also selling our poster child car the rx7 the pictures are of, $3000 is the asking price.
2004 GTO Ute! With so little weight over the rear wheels and v8 power, this would be an awesome drift car.
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/5032932318.html