Craigslist Crapshoot

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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. Last week I asked you to find weird engine swaps, the weirder the better. We’ll get to the winner of that hunt after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s assignment.

Well actually we’ll have the assignment in a minute, but first a slight game change for Craigslist Crapshoot. Since you all find a lot that’s wonderful along with society’s grounds in the bottom of our collective coffee cup, we’re going to add that as acceptable response, because we don’t want to miss all this great stuff. As such, instead of just the worst of whatever you are tasked to find, I want the wildest, the most audacious, whether bad or good.

And now, about this week’s search. This one comes from our own Kamil Kaluski, and he wants you to find. . . Brown Rear-Wheel-Drive Station Wagons. . . with manual transmissions. Yes, he’s weird that way, and now you can be as well.

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
  2. If you don’t want an IDC account, you can create a wordpress.com account and do the same thing.
  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, on to the swap meet.

When it comes to engine swaps, the answer isn’t always SBC, or perhaps LS1. You all proved that there’s a dog’s breakfast of weird and wonderful heart transplants going on out there that their builders consider such great successes that they want to share them with the world, through selling them.
 
Of course there can be but one switcheroo that stands tall before the man, and for last week’s Craigslist Crapshoot king, I have crowned Volvo owner and weird Subaru finder FuzzyPlushRoom for this odd bodkin of an Impreza wagon with what looks like a beat to hell ez30d H6. Well done Fuzzy!
 
Subaru Impreza With a Ez30d h6 swap (20130414)
 

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86 responses to “Craigslist Crapshoot”

  1. Preludacris Avatar
    Preludacris

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ed3Lf3J25Ia5N75H7d47697441378d871a9d.jpg&quot; width="600"> <a href="http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/3728099084.html” target=”_blank”>http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/3728099084.html

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    1. engineerd Avatar
      engineerd

      I could sell the Jeep for $5000, buy this, pay the import fees and still be ahead with what it has on it. Damn.

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      1. Tim Odell Avatar
        Tim Odell

        Tried a version of that…
        <img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/110/288271920_e8e304f352_o.jpg&quot; width=400> Buying the 4Runner

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        1. engineerd Avatar
          engineerd

          Hahaha…true. I was mostly kidding. I mean, the frame on the Jeep is just fine.

          Reply
          1. Tim Odell Avatar
            Tim Odell

            …frame? It's an XJ…

  2. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    Okay, I got this:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G73M63N85N25Kd5M7d41fb1abc31c28a1588.jpg"&gt;
    1976 PINZGAUER 710M HIGH MOBILTY VEHICLE 4X4 – $11999
    "The truck still even has the axe in place and cargo safety cage along with the cargo seats. The truck seats 10 men.
    The glass is all good with a new windshield. The truck is currently registered and inspected in Texas for the road. But off road this Pinz will go almost anywhere.
    The four cylinder air cooled engine doesn't smoke and the five speed transmission makes all gears. The truck has locking axles and differentials through the use of three hydraulic levers."
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3716104328.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3716104328.html

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    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      Awesome.

      Reply
    2. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
      C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

      Yes.
      Yes you do….

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    3. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      Why only ten men? What's wrong with sitting women in the back? Is this some kind of German sexist vehicle that hates Skaycog?

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      1. muthalovin Avatar
        muthalovin

        They don't know how to do proper men-to-women conversions, probably. There is a chart, on the internet, I am sure.

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      2. Devin Avatar
        Devin

        Well you need more space to transport men. If you get someone with a camera on the other side of the truck you can probably fit, 20, 30 women in there as they squish together. Men don't do that.
        <img src="http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2011/11/c16a242e083332f9b438f9ded5550b9b.jpg&quot; width="500">

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    4. LTDScott Avatar
      LTDScott

      On a related note, I watched the latest episode of Hawaii 5-0 and found it humorous that they tried to pass off an Isuzu Amigo and a pair of Pinzgauers as North Korean military vehicles.

      Reply
      1. Tim Odell Avatar
        Tim Odell

        I could see some old cache of leftover Amigos being offloaded though the back door to NK via Syria circa '93. Just seems like the kind of thing they'd do.

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    5. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Now that is toying with what a station wagon is. Or what "brown" is for that matter. For the price of some stupidly impracticle Italian two seater you can build your own army of Volvo military vehicles here. Just to show you the tip of the iceberg:
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2011/11/7/4/316/547/04_403366100.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/3/vertical-3/28/3/390/524/33_1277565453.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/1/vertical-3/02/2/390/767/72_800734761.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/3/vertical-3/25/6/405/897/26_515146222_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/3/vertical-3/25/6/405/897/26_990199648_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
      <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/3/vertical-3/30/1/395/063/61_211559800_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
      Wanna go invade…say…Portugal?

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  3. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    So specific, I think this is going to be as close as I can find:
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16hHJHwE9n8ikMcqBRbb2gJjTg~~48_20.JPG&quot; width="500">
    It's brown, it's manual, it's RWD, it's arguably wagon shaped

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  4. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    So close, but this '57 Buick is an Auto.
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16N,!)0E9s37E21wBRbdj1nG,Q~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    Probably still counts

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    1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
      C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

      Should count.

      Reply
    2. topdeadcentre Avatar
      topdeadcentre

      A little TLC, a little Rust-Eze Bumper Ointment, and she'll be good to go…
      <img src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120204135449/worldofcarsdrivein/images/d/dd/Rust-eze.gif"&gt;

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  5. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    – Not a manual
    – Not brown (unless the fake wood counts)
    – RWD
    – Mint (only 92k KMs)
    Want!
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16JHJGUFFh0+e+heBRZwPR8I7g~~48_20.JPG&quot; width=640 />

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  6. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    Sorry, its an auto, and I think that paint is red, but may be bloody-poo. Not sure.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3ne3L53F55N55K35F8d3c49294e816b621df5.jpg"&gt;
    1968 bagged and rat rod chevy wagon – $3000
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3677795307.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3677795307.html

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  7. erikgrad Avatar
    erikgrad

    278,000 miles…no title… no problem!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L83Ma3I85Ed5F15Jbd4ec13b6a77f3761226.jpg"&gt; <a href="http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/3743758456.html” target=”_blank”>http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/3743758456.html

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    1. Preludacris Avatar
      Preludacris

      No rust on the rear arches? Then it's worth its weight in Canadian dollars, title or no!

      Reply
  8. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
    FuzzyPlushroom

    Yay! Sadly, former Volvo owner… someone wrote off the last one by shunting me into a guardrail, and I haven't another yet. 🙁
    Anyway…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63M83Le5Ka5J65M6d4gba3716751bac1469.jpg"&gt;
    Here you go. Here's the link if the ad goes down.
    Is it RWD? Partly.
    Is it manual? Yes, four-speed.
    Is it brown? It's got dirt on it, and since it's an old Mopar there will be rust. The reddish hue is sort of bricklike, and bricks are made from clay, which is sort of a shade of brown. So, yes. It is brown.
    Is it a wagon? Yes. It says so right there, so it must be true.

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    1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      Since I've already broken the rules, here's another ostrich for the horse race.
      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K73F73Nd5L25O65Gfd42e8b3fb72f48b111d.jpg"&gt;
      Grab your Willys!
      "But Fuzz, it's not brown."
      <img src="http://pandyland.net/comics/random/B/15.png"&gt;

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    2. Devin Avatar
      Devin

      Well if you're willing to travel to the Battlefords I totally have a solution to that lack of Volvo. It's even brown on the inside (it is an auto though).
      <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mzg0WDU3Ng==/$T2eC16NHJHgE9n0yEjMRBRJtrhQ3uQ~~48_20.JPG"&gt;
      Only $5,500

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      1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
        FuzzyPlushroom

        If I could justify a tenth that asking price, I'd be on my way to tinker with a non-running '86 745T…

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    3. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      Or this!
      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G93Kd3N25Ld5Gf5M2d32a4d1782108ea196b.jpg"&gt;
      It is unquestionably brown.
      "Fuzz, that's still a pickup truck, and it doesn't even have a transmission."
      <img src="http://pandyland.net/comics/random/B/4.png"&gt;
      Yes, this is turning into me posting cool shit I found while searching. Here, this meets only two of our criteria. You should be glad I'm not just posting Outback wagons (because they're half-RWD and half-brown).

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      1. quattrovalvole Avatar
        quattrovalvole

        What about a "1988 Volvo 740 Wagon Lots Of Power"?
        <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMxWDgwMA==/$(KGrHqVHJC0FC!PN+sveBQi1)Hy1rg~~48_20.JPG&quot; width=640 />
        It's black but so what?

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        1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
          FuzzyPlushroom

          Ah man, that's PERFECT.

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      2. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
        FuzzyPlushroom

        <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I63F23Nf5Fb5Hc5Jed3feff68a4225521691.jpg"&gt;
        What?
        "Fuzz. Look at it. Is it brown?"
        The rust is brown.
        "Is the paint brown?"
        No, it's blue. And white. And purple, for some reason.
        "Which aren't brown."
        <img src="http://pandyland.net/comics/random/C/21.png"&gt;
        It's a bitchin' wagon, and that's my defense.

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  9. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    The closest I can get to the theme today…
    Manual, RWD, not brown though…
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/$T2eC16d,!zEE9s3!Y8S(BRS45(IF,!~~48_20.JPG" width=640 />

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  10. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    Oh what a feeling (this thing gives me)!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73Kf3Jf5I65G95F9d44c46c273bdded12fe.jpg&quot; />
    <a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3723188870.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3723188870.html

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    1. themagicboltbox Avatar
      themagicboltbox

      Those Celica wheels are perfect.

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      1. dukeisduke Avatar
        dukeisduke

        FTW!

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    2. racer139 Avatar
      racer139

      I want one of these, sadly this one is way to far away. Tin worm had its way with everyone of these sold in this province. My brother found a yard full of old relics that included three 77 corolla coupes, well what was left of them, one had what apeared to be a clean rust free body only to look through the windows to see a near mint yet faded maroon/plaid sr5 interior completly sitting on the ground. The owner said it was parked in 85 because the front floor was almost completly gone.

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    3. LTDScott Avatar
      LTDScott

      I cut up a Corolla wagon just like this (although with rectangular headlights) in high school back in 1997 or so. There was nothing wrong with it, but someone donated it to the auto shop program and it was too old to be useful as a training tool, and otherwise too worthless for anything else. So we cut it into chunks and took it to a scrap metal recycler.

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      1. don fehlio Avatar
        don fehlio

        It's taking a lot of self-control not to downvote this comment.

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  11. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
    CABEZAGRANDE

    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/MEkANRS.jpg&quot; width="600">
    xx xhttp://kansascity.craigslist.org/pts/3733645515.htmlxxx
    Pinto station wagon in wonderful poo brown. Can't tell if manual or not, doesn't say and no interior pics. But not even going to lie, I want this so I can put a 2.3 turbo in it 🙂

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  12. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
    CABEZAGRANDE

    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/nXNn0hp.jpg&quot; width="600">
    x xhttp://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3672019898.htmlxx
    Not brown, but fits the bill very nicely everywhere else.

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  13. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
    FuzzyPlushroom

    Seriously, though.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E33M13Hb5L65Ic5K9d3p94c2724565221cc7.jpg"&gt;
    The ad, the mirror.
    RWD, of course. Three-on-the-tree, of course. Wagon, of course. Brown… the patina is brown.
    So, yeah.

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  14. CABEZAGRANDE Avatar
    CABEZAGRANDE

    Le sigh. I can't get around the spam filter. No matter what I try, it defeats me. I posted a couple, but they got zapped. Can an admin help me out?

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  15. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Brown(ish)
    RWD
    Wagon
    NOT a stick though
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I43La3Nf5If5G15Jcd4a9e73d89ac3a215bd.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ctd/3734563533.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ctd/3734563533.html

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    1. yobobjm Avatar
      yobobjm

      I have one of these in black with 4matic, it has proved itself 100s of times.

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  16. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    RWD
    4-Speed
    Wagon
    Brown, well I'm sure there's some mud or rust on there somewhere.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Lc3J63H95Id5G25Ffd4g0b1444bd99d01062.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3748298828.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3748298828.html

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  17. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    RWD
    Wagon
    Lots of brown on it
    could be a stick?
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53F43N55G75Fe5J3d4f4b1a53bc646113d4.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3745949934.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3745949934.html

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  18. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Definitely brown, definitely a wagon, definitely RWD, could be a manual?
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3F13Lc5I95K35M3d4103ebd3b95a251b15.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/3704123427.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/3704123427.html

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  19. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    RWD, Brown, Wagon, might be a stick, but I doubt it.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I43L43N95K85H35Jcd4c24a6598da57d1b11.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3738640474.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3738640474.html

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  20. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    RWD, Wagon, ORIGINAL 4-speed, Brown(ish)
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3k63mc3J45Ic5Gd5H1d2q33184b2ff4c31057.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3645903333.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3645903333.html

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    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      Brownish in a red sort of way.

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      1. P161911 Avatar
        P161911

        The wheels look to be tan.

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        1. fodder650 Avatar
          fodder650

          This is true. I'm guessing the coolant is brown as well.

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  21. engineerd Avatar
    engineerd

    He doesn't explicitly say it's an auto, so I am imagining he fitted it with a 3-on-the-tree. Because it's in Toledo and Ohioans are an odd lot.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53M93F35L55Ne5E1d4bc15b01a5511e1a0a.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/3737828217.html” target=”_blank”>http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/3737828217.html

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  22. dropgate Avatar
    dropgate

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Fa3M23H65I75G65E4d4cf58a2fc7c2871034.jpg"&gt;
    It's brown, it's RWD (and FWD), and it needs a transmission. Win!
    <a href="http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/3739645148.html” target=”_blank”>http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/3739645148.html

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    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      It was only a matter of time until an Eagle showed up on here. Kenosha FTW!

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  23. fodder650 Avatar
    fodder650

    If we are going to use the "Rust is brown" excuse then I might as well add this rare wagon
    http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3729156693…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kf3Me3Le5L15Gb5H8d4758b484e121e311b6.jpg&quot; width=500 />

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    1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      A near-identical one – pretty sure it wasn't a Syncro, though – roamed near my hometown not long ago. I saw it on Craigslist and nearly considered it.

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      1. fodder650 Avatar
        fodder650

        Which reminds me. No ones found a squareback wagon to put up here yet.

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        1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
          FuzzyPlushroom

          As opposed to, say, a Squareback Fastback or Notchback.

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        2. dropgate Avatar
          dropgate

          Good call. Here's one.
          <img src="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/4815317.jpg"&gt;
          <a href="http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1430323” target=”_blank”>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1430323

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  24. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Finally found one!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gc3F33Je5L25N25M2d483b8ade6e9bbf14e1.jpg"width=500&gt;
    Brown
    Wagon
    5-speed
    RWD <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/3730987423.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/cto/3730987423.html

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  25. dropgate Avatar
    dropgate

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K73G43H65N45Hc5Jcd3q2c8afa4e62d51c26.jpg"&gt;
    Criteria met!
    <a href="http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/3705616951.html” target=”_blank”>http://chico.craigslist.org/cto/3705616951.html

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    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      This is the station wagon that should have been in "That 70's show"

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    2. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      Paradise is right.

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  26. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
    FuzzyPlushroom

    I've just realised that my new car is a brown(ish) manual hatchback (because Saab didn't do wagons then, or AWD).
    Hmm.

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  27. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
    Irishzombieman☆

    BAM!
    "Rare Mopar. 1977 Dodge Aspen Station Wagon. Very Rare Factory 4 Speed in station wagon, "High Performance" Super Six Motor. . ."
    Seller calls it French Racing Blue, but nature has decreed it be brown, and is performing a slow iron paint job on it.
    RARE 1977 Dodge Aspen Station Wagon – $3000 (48th st/Thomas)
    http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/3655644241….
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F53M53J95G55Fd5J5d337480744449641256.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
      Irishzombieman☆

      GAAAH! This one even says it's brown, but no pics.
      1977 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – $3000 (Long Beach, CA)
      Original owner, all receipts/mileage history. Dealer maintained. 10300 miles, A/T, P/W, speed/cruise control, AM/FM. Metallic brown/brown int. Good condition. Two car covers + some spare parts. Best offer takes. 562-433-3921
      http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/37410324…

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  28. dwbf11 Avatar
    dwbf11

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kb3N83H25Ne5G85J6d3r14239394750019f0.jpg"&gt;
    Ford Falcon Wagon Gasser http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/3707279468.html
    Manual? Yes. ("It was an automatic, but I installed a clutch pedal setup.")
    Brown? Yes.
    RWD? As if it would be any other way.
    Icanhazvictory?

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  29. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    While not brown, it just needs to be sandblasted and you can rattle-can it yourself! Also, look at all them sticks!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E43G63H25I65Ha5M1d3b70ca31cfd98312bf.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G23M43L75Ic5Fc5M9d3bbafdf9dc2d5e1006.jpg"&gt;
    1959 Jeep Willys 4×4 Utility Wagon – $7800
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3674093573.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3674093573.html

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  30. Ol' Shel' Avatar
    Ol' Shel'

    What Craigslist-scanning site works best? They shut down Crazedlist, and I've given up looking for cars around the country.

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    1. smokyburnout Avatar
      smokyburnout

      It picks up a lot of expired listings but I use SearchTempest/AutoTempest.

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  31. smokyburnout Avatar
    smokyburnout

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Jd3N13Hd5I35F95Jfd3o2e986031b482134f.jpg"/&gt;
    Automatic. http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3700915191.htm…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G83I83H45L15N75O4d3ib19d885763d81f08.jpg"/&gt;
    Automatic. http://nwct.craigslist.org/cto/3690304311.html
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E13K93F75Nd5If5F4d3uace9e196362b1114.jpg"/&gt;
    Automatic. http://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/3713286958.ht…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53K23M35N95K55M4d3n424673a7bb431a65.jpg"/&gt;
    Automatic and not even a wagon but how often do you see these? <a href="http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/3700073115.html” target=”_blank”>http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/3700073115.html

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    1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
      C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

      Wow! Never have seen, or knew about before now, AMC making a Matador wagon!

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  32. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Thanks to Kamil for opening my eyes! My fellow Europeans are either colourblind or colourstupid. I have just clicked myself past thousands of station wagons in silver, black and green that were registered as brown cars. Holy crap! And now lets tickle two smiles out of Vavon:
    1976 Peugeot 304 for a whopping 4000€ in Germany
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16FHJHEE9ny2p)s4BRHBFfwN+!~~48_1.JPG">
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqR,!hwFEFK3srv5BRHBNPsJsg~~48_1.JPG">
    The car is sold for a lady named "Edeltraute". That is the holy grail of granny names and made me laugh out loud.
    1967 Peugeot 404 Break, 1500€ in Germany
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mzk0WDYzNQ==/$T2eC16V,!zUE9s38+COlBRRso3u2ig~~48_1.JPG">
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDUxWDgwMA==/$T2eC16R,!zEE9s3!((qnBRRspCyfu!~~48_1.JPG">
    This is a non-registered rule breaker that needs to be fixed. But it's very cool.
    1970 Ford Taunus V6, 50000NOK/8600$
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/10/9/409/023/29_1613917455_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/10/9/409/023/29_1243976171_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Very nice Ford, actually!
    Since you're asking for something sad, overpriced or underpowered, I give you all in one package:
    Lowered 1991 Trabant with Western engine for a mindblowing…5500€!
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqN,!o8FEJsy7qsOBRDC1rwEZ!~~48_1.JPG">
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16J,!)8E9s4l5-g3BRDC3DW1Hg~~48_1.JPG">
    …and I have nothing remotely smart to say about that.

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  33. LTDScott Avatar
    LTDScott

    It's station wagon-like, and it CAN be RWD….
    http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/3693011843…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ef3L53Jf5L45F65M5d3k10f873f4e4a21375.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Hatchtopia Avatar
      Hatchtopia

      That's the cleanest Bronco II I've seen in 15 years.

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  34. Tim Odell Avatar
    Tim Odell

    When I saw that one on the internal mailing list, I was like "right, someone will find like 1 old Toyota and that'll be it".
    Well, Tom did, but then you guys blew my mind as always, and here I am as the 67th comment on the thread.

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  35. MVEilenstein Avatar
    MVEilenstein

    Brown: check.
    RWD: check.
    5-speed: check.
    Wagon: so close.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ge3I83Hb5O65M45J5d4g839036485ac9180e.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3747631073.html” target=”_blank”>http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3747631073.html

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    1. alffunlogged Avatar
      alffunlogged

      Learned to drive in one of those. If that were closer, I'd test drive it this weekend.

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      1. MVEilenstein Avatar
        MVEilenstein

        I had an 86 and loved it. This is a great-looking car. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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  36. Kepler Avatar
    Kepler

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E43K43Nb5If5N65Mfd4a5a25aa8498d21943.jpg&quot; width="600">
    1996 Subaru Legacy L
    Brown interior, brown-ish exterior
    AWD instead of RWD but it's as close as I could get! http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/ctd/3736271443.ht…

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  37. sporty88au Avatar
    sporty88au

    Since Craigslist doesn't have much of a presence Down Under, I decided to share with you the only brown RWD manual wagon I could find locally (even though it's about 1000km away from where I am) – a 1962 Holden EJ Special, 138ci inline six, 3-on-the-tree manual, comparable size to an early Ford Falcon (marginally smaller in length), owner wants $16500 (Aussie car prices are usually crazy by US standards, but this is bordering on crackpipe territory for one of these – I'd expect between $10-12000 based on what can be seen in the ad). http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/holden…
    <img src="http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/carsales/car/private/cp4674640966252896694.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    1. Synchromesh Avatar
      Synchromesh

      The car looks quite a bit like the Corvair Lakewood wagon of same vintage.

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      1. sporty88au Avatar
        sporty88au

        I can see a little bit of what you mean – the most obvious part is around the windscreen (GM used those same curved A-pillars on a lot of cars around that time). There's also quite a few styling cues taken from the full-size Chevrolets of the same era. I'd consider it to be how the Nova might have looked if it had been designed a couple of years earlier.

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  38. vetteman61@gmail.com Avatar
    vetteman61@gmail.com

    It's kind of brown… and it's a "station"ary wagon, and look at that gated shifter sticking up torward the driver.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ed3Kf3J65N55K95M3d3odbca1fb5977918ba.jpg&quot; width="600">
    <a href="http://swva.craigslist.org/atq/3702060355.html” target=”_blank”>http://swva.craigslist.org/atq/3702060355.html

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  39. salguod Avatar
    salguod

    '55 Chevy 2 door, straight 6 3 on the tree. If you squint hard, the black and white blend to brown. Sorta.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M93Jb3Nd5Id5L55G1d4484f79a2d6d4d17bc.jpg&quot; width=600>
    http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3722636328.htm…
    '03 Toyota Matrix XRS 6 speed. The ad says wagon, therefore it's a wagon and since it's a Toyota it's beige and everyone knows that beige is just faded brown, so …
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ee3Kd3J35N75G35Fad4i746d6d7125cd1e10.jpg&quot; width=600>
    <a href="http://columbus.craigslist.org/ctd/3750846980.html” target=”_blank”>http://columbus.craigslist.org/ctd/3750846980.html

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  40. curlypaul924 Avatar
    curlypaul924

    Is this a wagon?
    http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3753446937.h…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ia3Mc3J65Ne5O35F1d4je9a3cb72557112fa.jpg"&gt;
    Should have a 3spd manual.

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