Craigslist Crapshoot

The World’s Worst Car Is For Sale On Craigslist

It’s Wednesday and that must mean it’s time for our weekly dumpster dive, Craigslist Crapshoot.  Last week I asked you to find the finest in Chrysler’s savior, the K-car. More on that after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s assignment.

This being April Fools week, I thought it might be fun to look for cars that perhaps clowns might like to call home. You know how traditionally  at the circus a tiny car – freakishly small really – would enter the ring. It would circle a few times, twee horn beeping, headlights flashing. Then it would stop and a door would open. Out would step a single clown, all gayly colored hobo clothes and garish makeup, hair bobbing from having just fit through the tiny door opening. That clown would step away, stretching and waving at the crowd while another would emerge from the same door. And another, and another, and another. Eventually a dozen or more would have popped miraculously from the tiny environs of the clown car. It’s a crowd pleaser if you don’t happen to find clowns completely terrifying.

That’s what I wan’t you to find this week – impossibly tiny cars. I want Goggomobils, Honda 600zs, the whole gamut of clown-approved driving fare.  

And as usual, we want your finds to go down in infamy and not in the site’s spam filter. Follow any of  the following advice and you’re crap will be known far and wide.

  1. Easiest way to not get caught in the spam filters is to create an IntenseDebate account. If you do so and your posts aren’t appearing, let us know at tips@hooniverse.info and we can put you on the whitelist
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  3. If you’re the Ted Kaczynski type and don’t want any kind of account, then try to place only a single link in a comment and just drop any outgoing link in via its raw URL and not as a text link
Craigslist Crapshoot doesn’t work if your candidates don’t get seen, so hopefully following one of these options will ensure that the floodgates of crap are fully open. And now, the KKK takes our baby away.
It’s surprising that even when the call is for K-cars, which are possibly some of the most disposable cars and vans ever manufactured, there still exist a bunch that, in the ads at least, look pretty compelling. That’s not the case for the 1992 Plymouth Acclaim found by Quattrovalvole in the wilds of Canada.
 
Sporting both a patina of failure and a description replete with ESL typos and indecipherable feature notations, it’s tis week’s winner of the Craigslist Crapshoot. Way to go Quattorvalvole!
 
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93 responses to “Craigslist Crapshoot”

  1. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Well I'll start you off with a truck that's colorful like a clown, how's that? Only $23,000!
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16JHJIQE9qUHrWnMBRW4017ZtQ~~48_20.JPG&quot; width="500">
    I'll start playing by the rules now

  2. muthalovin Avatar

    I do believe that a clown would enjoy this:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gb3Fd3I35K15Fe5M9d3s5d1da9cf8dbd1cd4.jpg"&gt;
    Though, sadly, the motor is twister, so, you know. I do not know.
    DRAG BANSHEE——— TWISTER MOTOR
    http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/3709077798.html

  3. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Now I'll be doing it wrong, with a Mitsubishi Delica Exceed 4×4 with a manual transmission.
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16V,!)cE9s4Ptm3jBRWOdb2H!w~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16d,!y8E9s2fk3NSBRWOcgPgJQ~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    Who's tempted? Me.

    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      me too

  4. muthalovin Avatar

    Though not small, a FABULOUS clown would rock this:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F43Lc3M95Nf5L25H5d42f277b39bdb591678.jpg"&gt;
    CUSTOM SLAB SL500 BENZ/TRADE – $1
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3719647370.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3719647370.html

    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      Found in the Schrute Farms barn, a never-completed project started by Moes

    1. LEROOOY Avatar
      LEROOOY

      Amazing articulation! Somebody is ready for Moab…

    2. joshuman Avatar
      joshuman

      If only it had four doors…

  5. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Here's a Chevy Sprint from my hometown. It is expertly photographed.
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16V,!zoE9s5ne+czBRV4j3PRsg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    Find it here

    1. Alff Avatar

      Just as well. I'm going to need all the weed I can get to relieve the stress of driving that rollerskate.

  6. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    1952 Crosley Super Hot Shot Roadster – $14000 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/3717738292.ht
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23Gb3Jc5L25N85K4d4197577c2159661cfd.jpg&quot; width="500">
    Cute little bugger…

    1. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      Where is it?

    2. quattrovalvole Avatar
      quattrovalvole

      At least it has camo so you can't be seen in it

    1. Maxichamp Avatar

      I love the pronunciation of Regina.

      1. Alff Avatar

        Home of the Wheat Kings.

        1. Devin Avatar
          Devin

          That's Brandon. Regina is where you go to see the Pats.

          1. Alff Avatar

            Dang, I'm old and my memory is failing me. WHL season ticket holder, 1991-93.

    2. Andrew Avatar
      Andrew

      Hey, these will be legal to import in three years… I may have to start saving. That's too awesome to pass up.

  7. Preludacris Avatar
    Preludacris

    Daihatsu Midget II for the small price of 6800 monopoly monies!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n33K93H35G15H65Jed3ha3b5cb16baf7143e.jpg&quot; width="600"> <a href="http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/cto/3663788524.html” target=”_blank”>http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/cto/3663788524.html

    1. Irishzombieman Avatar
      Irishzombieman

      That's. . . kinda awesome.

      1. Hatchtopia Avatar

        Not kinda. I want it.

        1. Irishzombieman Avatar
          Irishzombieman

          You're right. No more kinda.
          I think I'm in love.

    2. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      That looks like THE perfect pizza delivery truck.

      1. Preludacris Avatar
        Preludacris

        You're so right! I'll be very disappointed when my next pie arrives in a Cavalier.
        It'd do equally well in service of the Geek Squad or a florist.

        1. MVEilenstein Avatar
          MVEilenstein

          Yep, good ideas. Any small delivery service could use this. Even something like a mobile sandwich vendor. (Can you tell I have food trucks on the brain? 'Cause, I do.)Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

    3. JayP2112 Avatar
      JayP2112

      This would be over the TOP with a set of PANASPORTS!!!11!!!one!!

      1. Preludacris Avatar
        Preludacris

        <img src="http://www.algysautos.com/images/subaru-samba-daihatsu-midget.jpg"&gt;
        +1 to whoever finds a better copy of this picture…

    4. quattrovalvole Avatar
      quattrovalvole

      <img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/34e80va.jpg&quot; width=640 />

    5. Irishzombieman Avatar
      Irishzombieman

      Oly-hay Ap-cray! A whole article on them!
      http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-
      Check out the comments–one just like your blue one above way down links to a huge image.
      But the gem of the whole tiara, this Citroen-ized masterpiece!
      <img src="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1999_Daihatsu_Midget_II_citroen_hy_1.jpg&quot; width="450/">

      1. Preludacris Avatar
        Preludacris

        You know, because a "regular" Midget II just doesn't stand out enough.

    6. Alff Avatar

      If only…

  8. Tomsk Avatar

    How about a very, very rare "Austin Haley" project from 1967? It even comes with a holy carburetor, so the fuel and air reach the cylinders as if spit into them by Jesus H. Christ hisownself!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ib3Lb3Hc5L95F95H4d416a78625f03641bef.jpg&quot; />
    Find it here in Fontucky, er, Fontweaker, oh, nevermind…

    1. Devin Avatar
      Devin

      Weirdly, it died for three days recently, and then it suddenly started again.

      1. JayP2112 Avatar
        JayP2112

        Praise Lucas.

        1. Tim Odell Avatar
          Tim Odell

          You, too, worship the Dark Lord…?

  9. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    Kind of a bogus challenge this week.
    Someone is going to harvest web pictures of a certain Washington-based best-of-the-breed, and put up a fake Craigslist ad around it in order to win the prize.
    <img src="http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/drive-on/2009/11/24/mystery9backx-large.jpg"&gt;
    Maybe that should be the challenge-within-the-challenge. Who can come up with the best ad to thin the herd at Casa de Harrell?

    1. mdharrell Avatar

      I've already sold one car within the last twelve months. I'm fine.

      1. OA5599 Avatar
        OA5599

        That's OK, it doesn't matter. This contest isn't designed to actually clear your driveway. The only purpose is to get oddballs phoning you at three in the morning, disbelieving that you didn't actually place the ad.

        1. mdharrell Avatar

          In that case please use my cellphone number.

      2. mr. mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
        mr. mzs zsm msz esq

        You're not really used to sun where you live I see, ouch.

        1. mdharrell Avatar

          I drove one thousand miles with my MGB's top down, in August, to get there. No hat. After the show, having learned nothing, I drove back home the same way. Ouch indeed.

  10. @JKC_res Avatar
    @JKC_res

    http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/cto/3714421890.ht
    I won't admit that its local to me. I just wont!

  11. P161911 Avatar

    This one is actually tempting:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E13M63Hf5L35Ff5J9d3sca11301c55ad1c44.jpg"width=500&gt; http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3709715014….
    Just add some racing seats and all the Spridget/MGB go fast goodies you can find.

    1. Wolfie Avatar
      Wolfie

      I would like to put that in the back of the barn for thirty years.

    2. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      Needs Panasports

      1. @JKC_res Avatar
        @JKC_res

        thank you, I need to figure how to do it.

    1. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      Also, needs Panasports.

      1. muthalovin Avatar

        Panasports to all the things!

  12. P161911 Avatar

    A grand for a dilapidated Spitfire with NO ENGINE!?!?!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gd3F83J45Gf5H95J6d2gd7d33d995d2c1feb.jpg"width=500&gt; http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/3622113683….
    Maybe he could afford a camera that focuses if he sells the car.

    1. frankthecat Avatar

      I dunno, the thought of putting a turbocharged 13B rotary in that made me smile.

  13. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    The headline calls it a clown car, so it must be one.
    http://waco.craigslist.org/pts/3716473516.html
    grand marquis / clown vic donk – $1 (burleson, tx)
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G13F73N45N75E85Hbd417bb23ca990bc1b81.jpg"&gt;
    ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
    2005 grand marquis 4.6 v8
    parting out whole car ( no front clip )
    all parts you have to pull on your own

  14. mdharrell Avatar

    This sort of thing is the reason I find this game scary:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G33L13F85L45I85F1d3v469a8e8fc0cc15d4.jpg&quot; width="450">
    Only about forty miles away….
    http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/3714776448….
    Note the adjacent riding lawnmower for scale.

    1. JayP2112 Avatar
      JayP2112

      Scary in that you can do this! SBC + supercharger + 3' Hurst = Real Live RatFink!
      <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/camaro82/2163873145_6f597d047e.jpg&quot; width="450">

    2. Wolfie Avatar
      Wolfie

      The King and the Metropolitan seem like good deals to me.If either was closer I would be buying.

    3. P161911 Avatar

      The lawnmower had more horsepower.

      1. mdharrell Avatar

        And bigger tires.

    4. Alff Avatar

      The perfect ride for the King of the Midgets.

  15. Irishzombieman Avatar
    Irishzombieman

    It amazes me that, regardless of how small a car might be, CL photographers can't seem to get the whole thing in the frame.
    71 Honda N600 – $2900 (mesa)
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63I83Jd5L75Fe5Mad3n9bf5ed2c583313cd.jpg&quot; width=400>
    http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/3700309301….

  16. wisc47 Avatar
    wisc47

    It's the ZAP electric car! Looks like a like a Reliant Robin and a box truck got it on. The seller assure it goes 40mph and it can go 40 miles on a single charge…if the sun is out.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E33N13H85Ib5L75Mcd3g2b50f7516dc11555.jpg"&gt; http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3685737535.html

    1. mdharrell Avatar

      Pretty close. Reliant Robin plus box truck equals Reliant Ant (a.k.a. Reliant TW9):
      <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4118645800_5e5513c740.jpg&quot; width="450">

      1. Impalamino Avatar
        Impalamino

        *Rolls over in front of British celebrity*
        "Oh, bother."

      2. Devin Avatar
        Devin

        Reliant Ant seems like it would be really annoying to say.
        But the one on the left does look like it would do an excellent job polishing the living room floor.

        1. Tim Odell Avatar
          Tim Odell

          Reliant…ant…ant…

    2. frankthecat Avatar

      and you're going downhill.
      with a tail wind.

  17. vetteman61 Avatar
    vetteman61

    I think I win because it can't get any more clown car than an actual clown's car.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ie3J23H55Ee5Fa5Hed3pe9fae7f30c411c93.jpg&quot; width="600">
    http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/3703918237.html

  18. smalleyxb122 Avatar
    smalleyxb122

    So I’m looking at the screen grab of last week’s winning entry, and I notice something bizarre. Does anyone else find the number 4,986,286 oddly specific as a number to be “over”? It would, however, be nerdily awesome if the page were coded to display, in real time, n-1.

  19. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3M43ob5L35N85Edd28385441f7c3571a6b.jpg"&gt;
    69 fiat 500 in Hotlanta – this thing is beautifully clean but at $15500 Marion Barry must be selling it.
    <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3604143197.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3604143197.html

  20. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K83Ld3J25Lc5M15Jcd3u513dc0db7a741d32.jpg"&gt;
    78 Fiesta – Yess! its even bright yellow. i think the heat is getting to GA….. GO DAWGS!!! #UgaIsMyHomeboy
    http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3712454237….

  21. smokyburnout Avatar
    smokyburnout

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M73Lb3H65Ia5E65K2d3g5bc62c227d9015f3.jpg"/&gt;
    "This is a street legal electric car that is aloud on roads 35 MPH and less" http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3685013872.h
    $17000 126p still hasn't sold <a href="http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3671611147.html” target=”_blank”>http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3671611147.html

    1. Alff Avatar

      If it's electric, why is it loud?

  22. mazder3 Avatar
    mazder3

    I always wondered what a Datsun 2000 triumph austin healey mg opel looked like.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E93Ld3I25Na5Ed5K1d3q4e7edb51635a14a2.jpg"&gt;
    Not bad. Not bad at all. <a href="http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3705690114.html” target=”_blank”>http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3705690114.html

  23. I Think Not Avatar
    I Think Not

    I got nothing, really, from my locals — all the KC folks have already combed the CL.
    But this popped up in Topeka, and astoundingly, it isn't Fiero-based:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L93F53J25I25N35Hbd3k7d9c175db3641162.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3694446627.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3694446627.html

  24. 5keptic Avatar
    5keptic

    just one of those intriguing collections. what else is lurking in that garage?
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K13G73F45I85Gc5E1d3r282d3fb8ddcb1637.jpg&quot; width="600"> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/370695

  25. curlypaul924 Avatar
    curlypaul924

    If you squint really really hard you might confuse it with a Dodge Charger 2.2:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53Me3La5E85Kd5J6d3bb720b9c520d112a0.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/3675237621.html” target=”_blank”>http://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/3675237621.html

  26. faberferrum Avatar
    faberferrum

    Who would BOTHER to make a kit car Bricklin???
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16dHJGwE9n)yUstuBRQlIJy3Lw~~48_20.JPG" width="600"> http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-
    Can be yours for a ludicrous amount of canadian dollars in Toronto!

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