Craigslist Crapshoot

By Robert Emslie Mar 30, 2016

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 we went looking for modded Miatas that weren’t half bad. The ad that took home the prize however was for two that were. More about that in a minute, but first this week’s quest!
A lot of great car lines have been spoiled by shifting from RWD (as God intended) to FWD (Satan’s understeering minions), a switch that usually aligns with the inability to drop in a tidy V8 as well. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t a slew of the former out there, and that’s what we want you to find this week: the last of any series that was rear-wheel drive that later went FWD. 
As always, we want your finds to go down in infamy and not in the site’s spam filter. Since we’ve changed commenting systems, you may need to update your commenter account. Make sure you have a Disqus account – they’re free and easy to get – and then comment away.

Got that? Good, Now, me-oughta’ buy this.


There were a bunch of wonderfully-modded Miatas unearthed last week, and some like the Flyin’ Miata FMIII found by Engineerd had stratospheric price tags to go along with the work.
The winner however was this pair of Miatas (Miati?) that have been modded by a lack of proper maintenance on one, and apparently a truck into the other one’s rear end. Those mods bring the price for the pair down to the point where they could be the basis for your own modded Miata, and how awesome does that sound? Congrats to Sean McMillan for the find, and thank you all for playing.
By the way, when was the last time anybody won anything with just a pair?
Mazda MX-5 Miata - Mechanics Special

21 thoughts on “Craigslist Crapshoot”
      1. Nope, I think it’s just a Grand National. A GNX would be a lot more than 10k, even in this condition.

  1. Could I post an early Fox body Mustang, since it was supposed to be replaced by the car that became the probe?
    No?

  2. http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/cto/5508257607.html
    For Sale/For Trade 1982 Mazda 626 – $2999 (Brooklyn)
    http://images.craigslist.org/00i0i_6vjiZGWI6QJ_600x450.jpg
    Up for sale or trade is my 82 Mazda 626 Luxury Edition. It has 49k and will go up as I use the car on weekends. Original paint looks good from 5ft and shines nicely. Power everything and it all works. Automatic. Car is rwd and would make a great engine swap candidate although the 2 liter 4cyl runs great and is great on gas.
    I recently replaced and updated all front and rear suspension components and the car rides great!
    I am willing to trade for an RX7 in similar condition. 1st gen preferred but will consider all. Otherwise the price is $2999.95
    RX-7 Corolla Rx2 Rx3 punto ocho candungo 12a 13b 20b turbo starlet Rx4 Rx5 Cosmo Datsun

  3. Three years after this M-Body ’79 Chrysler LeBaron (which was born as a sedan but now lives as a phaeton) was built, the nameplate was moved to a K-Car. Sure, it has the structural integrity of wet tissue paper, and I’m not entirely sure what the “DEAD COW BOYS” on the hood is about but, for $600, you can’t go that far wrong, can you?
    http://images.craigslist.org/00N0N_9Z7ltymae6_600x450.jpg
    http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/5435710097.html

  4. The 1979 model year was the last one for the first-generation, Nova-based Cadillac Seville; the front-drive “Bustleback” model would arrive for 1980. This white over saddle example’s $8,795 asking price is optimistic, to say the least, but if you absolutely have to have one and want the cleanest example you can find, start here.
    http://images.craigslist.org/00Q0Q_67d4qBl33zy_600x450.jpg
    http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/5507602805.html

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