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 I channeled the Red Queen with my demand of off with its head! That’s right, I wanted aftermarket convertible conversions. We’ll get the drop on those after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s assignment.
This week, in honor of the current debate in our nation’s capital over immigration reform, I want you to find Illegal Aliens. Now, what that means is cars or trucks presently for sale in your nation of choice that were never ever officially sold there. The only criteria is that they need to be currently tagged and offer the reasonable likelihood of staying in the county and not just as a crushed cube of metal.
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Ross Ballot 
Kamil Kaluski
Okay, the ad has location: Texas, but the seller says it is in northern Mexico. So, probably not an actual contender:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43F13Mb5N15I15Jcd3p59c349d19ca1148a.jpg">
Renault 4F 1967 with matching trailer restored – $14500 (Texas)
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3702130186.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3702130186.html
Comes with 8 day laborers and 10 kilos.
So, I had to scour the dudes photobucket for a picture, but here it is:
<img src="http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx132/Yoshi0o/IMAG0019-1.jpg" width=550>
1993 Nissan Skyline – $1 (S.A.)
Only $18k!
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3711728132.h…
That link didn't work for me, but this one does:
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3711728132.h…
And, SBC/T56 swap? Whut?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E43G33Mb5L85G25Kfd4u39e8285aa47213eb.jpg" width="600">
Imported M3 Cabrio anyone?
1991 BMW E30 M3 CONVERTIBLE – $48000 (North Jersey)
<a href="http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3776644196.html” target=”_blank”>http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3776644196.html
Wow… I never knew there was an E30 M3 cab.
Jersey in da house!!!
This car looks familiar, i think I've seen it at some show.
Interesting take on May 1st. I'd had expected worker's cars and a call for the odd Soviet pride. =8^)
That's everyday.
How could I not see this?
That's okay. This riotous hay-market square vehicle was early, too, then.
<img src="http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Three-wheel-pickup-truck-700×467.jpg" width="400">
http://hooniverse.info/2013/04/30/three-wheel-tues…
Let's put up the red flag and go hooning, comrades.
<img src="http://blogs.fayobserver.com/getattachment/4f491d57-ad53-4186-b576-233f9f8c67db/red-flag.jpeg;.aspx" width="600">
Or Emergency Response Vehicles ("Mayday, Mayday")
Then this one should keep everyone happy…
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3725476938.ht…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F93Ic3La5Na5G25K3d4532eb0cc384c214de.jpg">
Ooohhhh…. that's… not bad!
It's a lot of money for such messed up wiring, unless they all came like that.
Messed up wiring? Russians joke (some with the most serious facial expression) that the average Nova/2105 was delivered with 90 faults from Togliattigrad. When the model was supposed to be replaced by the 110 (later "Kalina"), you can guess what faces across Russia looked like.
<img src="http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/12-michael-smith-funny-face-wtf.gif">
Kalina is a compact model. The 110 got replaced with a Priora which is a facelifted 110.
Yes, in the 90s these cars were famous for requiring the new owner going over it and tightening all the bolts and screws up as well as checking other things. But this car is so old it still has some of that Italian quality in it. Maybe. 🙂
Very cool though, I'm glad to see older Ladas popping up in US. This car might be Canadian though.
Here is a gorgeous Skoda: http://m.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=413409…
Guy tried to sell it last year, too, at a much higher price. I am actually tempted.
I wish you didn't post this. It's only 4 hours away and very tempting! Sure it's got the weakest engine (1200cc) but it's a freakin' Lada and it runs! And the price while not cheap isn't completely insane either. Thanks a lot!
I thought it would be a quest to find cars the James May had previously owned.
1988 Citroen CX 2200 TRS – $7250 (Plano Texas) http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3767067360.h…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63Ld3Ne5L65N65J2d4pd12e5eb114b71da8.jpg" width="600">
The pics look like they were taken in the industrial/tech area on the east side of Plano, around Plano Pkwy and Jupiter, or Shiloh.
I was talking to a pal yesterday looking for a bar on Googlemaps- Plano looks like Plano. All of it looks the same.
Au Contrair,Mon ami. That's somewhere in the Technology/Plano Parkway/Ave K./Jupiter hypercube. My vote
is on Technology, somewhere by the first curve…..
I did live near until very recently. I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. Only way to be sure.
This guy has a Toyota Celsior. A high mileage Toyota Celsior, which is just a Lexus LS that's harder to drive on Canadian roads.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTYzWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqYOKp0E-QIJpPgqBRf-9FjH2Q~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Only $4,500
Awesome, a car you can already buy here but with the steering wheel on the wrong side!
If it's an early Skyline or a Mazda Cosmo, sure, otherwise I don't get "JDM."
There are a few JDM things I covet, but they're usually weird things you could never buy here. Don't get the guys who import base model Supras and Lexuses with Toyota badges.
Alright, you would figure a kei car would be easy to photograph, on account of it being quite small.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16NHJHEE9ny2qS9TBR(GtZrWjg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Evidentally, you would be wrong
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/3707400984…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E33G83I55G75H95Mcd3redc94dd9ff2310b0.jpg">
1934 Austin Ruby, imported in 2000
There once was a fellow from Boston
Who owned an American Austin
Had room for his ass
and a gallon of gas
but his balls fell out and he lost 'em.
Now this is JDM I can understand.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16JHJHoE9n3Kd8E+BRVNkCrIGQ~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Evo 3 for me?
Excalibur Phaeton V8 7.4l 450hp 1980 and I don't think it's the "real" deal.
<img src="http://img2.mlstatic.com/bela-excalibur-phaeton-v8-74l-450hp-1980_MLB-O-4215123972_042013.jpg"> http://carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-480306911-be…
http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/3763748461.ht…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kc3I23M65Hd5Jc5M1d4o22a8e8ab4f1e1f3a.jpg">
A RHD Landcruiser that made its way here from… New Zealand
How about a euro Escort from the '90s?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/$T2eC16d,!zQE9s3stYFqBRWf3zb6Iw~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Maybe a brit can tell me if this is actually good
Sure that is meant to cover the license plate but I'd like to think its a drag parachute on the back.
A true JDM CRX
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73K93J25K65Hb5J6d4u9a1b8f54ba0d1cfa.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3776997254….
A true Euro Spec Ferrari Mondial QV
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gf3Me3Ne5I25Nb5K1d4tbe4532486315115a.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3774127323….
A British military Land Rover
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I93La3H55Eb5K85Mad4e6c6aa5db0d181a01.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3743651186….
A Euro M-B 500 SEC
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gf3Ie3L75N45O05Ked3ra66d72e903c6143b.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3708013600….
A M-B 280SL with a 5-SPEED!!! Euro Spec.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L53J43N95K45J85Mad4te6228d5538f11199.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3774651152….
Good job!
How long did it take you to find all of these?
I don't know, 15-30 minutes. Search terms: JDM, Euro, Land Rover Series, European.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F43J83H75Na5I45G5d4c311ee0d849b118cc.jpg" width="450">
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/3739450584….
$4500 obo. Four-speed. Fifty miles away. And I could use a truck. I'm beginning to fear the power of Craigslist Crapshoot.
Hasn't that been on the market awhile? I thought I saw it on here a month or two ago. It would sure confuse peeps down here in TX.
Ah, right, it is the same one. My apologies to MVEilenstein (see below). I freely confess my feeble grasp of the local Mercury truck market.
My bad – didn't notice you had already posted this!
Yes, it's been on and off CL for several months. The price is right in my opinion, so I guess it's the location that's holding it up.
A 2001 Skyline, which apparently will lead you to be hounded by guys in flat brim hats.
<img src="http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/nikebot23/43AF06FF-E74D-4E0C-9EFD-5F1CC53E0874-1134-0000007A2F84678C_zps5bc6a1c3.jpg"width=500>
An automatic even. Great for ladies that are into dudes with flat brim hats. <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3765882868.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3765882868.html
swag magnet
They're called "snapbacks".
How about an '83 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL? (The only V8 S-Class sedan officially sold here that year was the 380SEL.) Importing and federalizing these things became so popular that Mercedes eventually bribe…er, lobbied Washington to close most gray market loopholes.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73K53He5L25If5G7d4pdad7465f57361cc8.jpg" />
Only $3,600!
Because the 380 was so awful.
R34 Skyline, actually in pretty clean condition. I like the R33 more but this is pretty damn nice.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G83L63Mc5L85Ga5J6d4m61cb3a22ff0614f2.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F93N53H25If5G15M6d4mc205cc9182cb15a3.jpg"> <a href="http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3744863767.html” target=”_blank”>http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3744863767.html
Want!!!
My fav GT1, GT2, and/or GT3* car ever!!!
*not sure which
Hey! It's the Lancia Thesis! Registered for diplomatic use, apparently.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ea3L63N55Ea5F15M8d4t5ccb211b61711582.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E13Ld3J15L75K25M9d4t081effc02f5b14d3.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M23L53N25Ie5Fa5M4d4tac1d7f4bedae119e.jpg"> <a href="http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3773680420.html” target=”_blank”>http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3773680420.html
I never thought I'd see a design that made the Daewoo Lanos look good but you found one.
I wonder why it's on Chicago CL? the car is in Chevy Chase, MD.
Duke – And is inspected in Virginia. Truly a world car. Still would you admit to living in Chevy Chase? He's well known as being a bit of a dick.
If Lancia's thesis was that they could build their ugliest car ever, they succeeded.
Seems like their best bet would be to just put up a flier on the bulletin board at the Italian embassy break room or apparently the Italian consulate of Chicago. What is the market for this thing? A few dozen guys at best? An 11 year old Italian car that would be impossible to get serviced in the US. Sure, why not!
Dear Sir,
You don't need to worry. Just take our Lancia to any Chrysler dealer, since we already informed them about you.
Kind regards.
Sergio Marchionne
I met an Alfa 166 owner and asked the same question- said the internets make parts no too hard to get. And I bet there is always an adventurous independent shop owner who'd give it a shot.
Most American owners of "affordable" Italian cars that I know perform their own service. We're a cheap bunch.
The correct answer is always M-100. http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/3739450584….
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3Lb3N55L35Nc5F2d4c5015688850571bfd.jpg">
See also: http://hooniverse.info/2013/03/08/craigslist-find-…
A customized Fiat 1967 500F, still wearing EYE-talian plates?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ga3L63Ib5Id5E95Jcd3r167981c9831914bc.jpg">
<a href="http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3706350987.html” target=”_blank”>http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3706350987.html
Uh…Antney thinks this a 40k Fiat 600.
Purple Haze anyone?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53Ka3I35Ic5Ke5Jdd4dbe9f2659340c125c.jpg"> http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/3740962097….
Diesel JDM Pajero looks good
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ld3J13Nf5I95E95K6d4p4cc71f59fc481ec9.jpg"> http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3766870473….
Why buy a Minor when you can get an Ambassador with CNG engine? =8^)
<img src="http://www.hmambassador.com/images/cng-banner.jpg" width="600">
Crack price on that Pajero!
No kidding. A co-worker said even if it had a solid front axle conversion it is still wayyyyy too much.
One more. This might be a very rare (20-30 produced in 1938 according to http://www.roadsterute.com/index3.htm) Ford Roadster Ute. It would have been produced by Ford Australia and is RHD.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E83I53N25N55Gc5M2d4qe6fa3007284a1c40.jpg"> <a href="http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/3768604657.html” target=”_blank”>http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/3768604657.html
I've posted these before. Still haven't sold! One less surprising than the other. http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3658622459.htm… http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3767634036.h…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K63I83J55Ie5Eb5M9d34270051997d3c18f1.jpg" width="600"/>
! http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3659088458.h…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G93L13N45Na5E55M6d3ka7be60c9c4221c70.jpg"/>
R31!!! Not actually that close. Booooo <a href="http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3693686535.html” target=”_blank”>http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3693686535.html
Ehh, for $15k I'd bring an R32 in and take my chances with the Federales.
Holy crap I want that Soarer! It's like a MkIII Supra Turbo (another one I've always wanted) but way more interesting. Good thing for my wallet and continued healthy relationship with the girlfriend that it's too far away to go and get. Because if it was within 200 miles of me it would be in my garage tomorrow.
This one is easy…
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/3776632480…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K73L33Nc5N95Gc5K1d4u722a106d81431bc7.jpg" width="500">
The price is more than a bit high, and I'd hate to have to figure out how to get parts from Japan, but still…brand-new Motocompo FTMFW!!!!!
You win, sir. Where are the pics of the Motocompo though?
It's still boxed, apparently.
I've always loved the idea of a vehicle this size, yet with on-board backup transpo.
1995 Volkswagen Beetle (Mexican Import). If it weren't for the gawdy spoiler and wheels I'd be driving down to Tampa!
<img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h338/Psychguy1/FRONT2.jpg" width="600">
<img src="http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h338/Psychguy1/REAROFCAR.jpg" width="600"> http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/3728440455.ht…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3Lb3Je5L55Fd5Hed4q5fb1d4694f571406.jpg">
1982 BMW 628 CSI Euro spec E24 – $5500 (walnut creek)
This shark looks so nice it's a good thing I don't have disposable income. Of course, E24's were sold stateside, but not with the 2.8L; rather, they shipped over as the 633 CSI and 635 CSI, like the ad says. But this car is allegedly a German import without the warts of US lights, bumpers, and other federalization garbage.
It doesn't really fit 100% in this week's Crapshoot, but I just had to share this with you. Guy says:
"For me this has been good as gold, it can be for you, too". What do you expect upon reading a sentence like that? This?:
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/08/3/408/562/93_1454722675_xl.jpg" width="600">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G73L43Ne5N75Ef5F9d4uf6cfed15f4e7158f.jpg" width="600"/>
"Semitar" <a href="http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3775563749.html” target=”_blank”>http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3775563749.html