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. For last week’s scavenger hunt you were tasked to round up some captive imports, which considering they are already captive, that shouldn’t have been too tough, right? We’ll find out just how hard it was after the jump, but first this week’s assignment!
They say turn-around is fair play, and while I think that phrase has its origins in exhibiting proper manners when bumping uglies, we’re going to usurp it today in our search for the anti-captive import. This week, I want you all to find American-built cars, advertised for sale in other countries, the farther away the better. Moroccan Mustangs? Cretan Corvettes? Bring ’em on.
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Jeff Glucker
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Jeep Liberty in Zagreb. Of course, this is almost cheating as Jeeps are just as popular in Europe as they are in the USofA.
<a href="http://zagreb.craigslist.org/cto/3732780562.html” target=”_blank”>http://zagreb.craigslist.org/cto/3732780562.html
This is bizarre. It was listed on the Craiglist in Finland. It's a Chatteroy, WA man trying to trade his Mustang for the removal of a brain cyst? Real? Probably not. It did get local media attention!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Fb3L73N85I95F45Hcd5j136869f56ef517a1.jpg">
<a href="http://helsinki.fi.craigslist.fi/cto/3815472163.html” target=”_blank”>http://helsinki.fi.craigslist.fi/cto/3815472163.html
I'm not a neurosurgeon, but for that Mustang GT…. sure, I'll give it a try
Normally the replies shouldn't win but I think that comment should at least get a special mention next week.
I second that!
As an indictment of the US heathcare system.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3Ja3Nb5E45Kd5M1d5m54aa9be2a8f01cc7.jpg">
99 Acura integra turbo 100k miles – $7500 (Yigo) (Guam or Micronesia)
"Won the Utah car show as the best foreign car"
<a href="http://micronesia.craigslist.org/cto/3821154297.html” target=”_blank”>http://micronesia.craigslist.org/cto/3821154297.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L53J33H55Lb5N65K5d5j82dd2d87f5ce10f5.jpg">
honda acord 94 – IQD2500 (6625 @lta drive) (Iraq)
Baghdad Craigslist!!! Awesome!
<a href="http://baghdad.craigslist.org/cto/3817043535.html” target=”_blank”>http://baghdad.craigslist.org/cto/3817043535.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K93J53Hf5Ib5F75J4d4p19a70009d2e21561.jpg">
1959 chevy apache truck – KWD10000 (Kuwait)
Sadly, Kuwait's CL is chocked full of cars from California. I was really hoping that DeLorean was for realz.
http://kuwait.craigslist.org/cta/
What's weirder is that that pic looks like it was taken in a driveway in California…
I think that that's what he was referring to: there aren't too many Craftsman style houses in Kuwait.
Captive import US made badgineered egregiousness: The Toyota Cavalier!
<img src="http://www.japanesevehicles.com/photos/M/147020/147020-2.jpg">
http://www.japanesevehicles.com/vehicle_details.p…
It's a Toyota, so it's reliable, right?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Lc3M73Ib5L55E15J2d5673732f9a83eb17c1.jpg">
Chrysler PT Cruiser – $8000 (Orewa, North Shore) (New Zealand)
Crack. Pipe.
<a href="http://auckland.craigslist.org/cto/3789549922.html” target=”_blank”>http://auckland.craigslist.org/cto/3789549922.html
RHD, too.
There's no way someone would pay to have this converted…at least nobody in their right mind!
Wait…PT Loser…in NZ.
Nevermind.
FWIW, import regulations on LHD vehicles to NZ state, if you do not convert it to RHD, you may not sell it for 10 years after you imported it.
I was seriously considering moving there for a time, back in 1999.
Scared of Y2K also?
Nope, just wanted a change.
Will get there, someday, though more likely 'Stralia.
It's not a conversion – Australia and NZ got RHD PT Cruisers ex-factory.
Allow me to apologise on behalf of the US and Chrysler for unloading that POS on that market.
2010 Suburban for sale in Cyprus but advertised on a South Korean car sales site. What do I win?
http://autowini.com/en/Cars/Used-Chevrolet-Suburb…
I'm guessing some kind of Kevin Bacon award.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Kevin_Bacon_Comic-Con_2012.jpg" width=500 />
<img src="http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/1536265/kevin-bacon-finger-crossed-o.gif" />
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FORD F 100 MOTOR PERKINS – $21000 (Roque Perez Bs. As.) (Buenos Aires)
Nice. Price.
<a href="http://buenosaires.en.craigslist.org/cto/3773677572.html” target=”_blank”>http://buenosaires.en.craigslist.org/cto/3773677572.html
It seems CL Photo Technique is an international thing.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ke3G53H85Ie5E95H3d58153554ec66701e28.jpg">
CHEVROLET APACHE 1955 CLASICA – $4500 (CUENCA ECUADOR)
RAD
<a href="http://quito.en.craigslist.org/cto/3793353604.html” target=”_blank”>http://quito.en.craigslist.org/cto/3793353604.html
Found on Tokyo Craigslist, arriving at the port of Tokyo soon.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L13F13Hc5N55Ka5Jdd5h9f8fe2eadd1714c3.jpg">
Admittedly also comes with rather nice Camaro
I was going to go to Japan for this CL Crapshoot, but I needed to get a little work done today or I would get fired.
Also, here's a conversion van in Japan.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I93F43N25Id5Fe5Jfd5d233bffd6b1a915ba.jpg">
Conversion vans are a thing there, aren't they?
"Specially enhanced driving position helps driver avoid hitting curbs…"
I don't know about conversion vans specifically, but the Dajiban phenomenon was covered here in 2010.
http://hooniverse.info/2010/02/24/japanese-combine…
I gotta say, I am having a ball!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G13M43N65Ia5K95Fed5f171781b9c87113b4.jpg">
74 FORD LTD ONLY 29K ORGINAL – EUR1700 (VIENNA) (Austria, probably)
If that thing was around me, I would seriously look at it.
<a href="http://vienna.de.craigslist.at/cto/3786024441.html” target=”_blank”>http://vienna.de.craigslist.at/cto/3786024441.html
I think that's a '75 or later LTD. My uncle had a '75.
5 Digit odometer on that car,beginning to see a lot of that " 29 thousand miles" my butt.
The way the paint is wearing off, it looks like it's been run through a billion car washes, and/or waxed a billion times. I'm guessing it's 129,000 miles.
I think you just Shant'ed all over the place.
Muthalovin will understand this.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K33Ia3Nc5Le5H55M5d5de46fccb028601178.jpg">
Pristine 2005 Mustang GT – NOK145000 (Tammerfors, Finland)
"Machine is located in Ylöjärvi, near Tampere Finland."
<a href="http://oslo.en.craigslist.org/cto/3802466019.html” target=”_blank”>http://oslo.en.craigslist.org/cto/3802466019.html
I am so sad there is not any photos!
1997 S10 pickup – RUB3500 (moscow)
http://moscow.craigslist.org/cto/3792553605.html
A '49 Willys Jeep in South Africa…by way of Berlin.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16d,!zEE9s3!Y8u0BR%28ofrl19w~~48_12.JPG">
http://www.gumtree.co.za/cp-cars-in-george/1949-w…
"By way of Berlin" shouldn't it be a '45 then?
The U.S. occupation of Berlin officially lasted until the western allies established the state of West Germany in May of 1949.
Darned good point there. I was thinking invasion of Berlin instead of occupation but you have a darned good point. Which would be why they would have been left there.
And we had US Army bases in Berlin until 1994.
Another South African find: A US-spec 1991 Honda 1500 Gold Wing SE.
(And yes, the Gold Wing was built in USA — worldwide production was in Marysville, OH from 1981–2009)
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjY0WDEwMDA=/$T2eC16F,!zQE9s3sqJPMBRdidgOozQ~~48_12.JPG">
http://www.gumtree.co.za/cp-motorcycles-scooters-…
Rookies…though Muthalovin has the perfect idea.
Take American land yacht, move it to where fuel is $9/gallon, proceed to walk everywhere.
http://oslo.en.craigslist.org/ctd/3802020364.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G93Fa3L55Lb5Gf5Mad5d815585111f851003.jpg" width="400">
Muthalovin gets credit for this, too, as he steered me to it…wit dat variable ratio tilt/telescope steering, yo!
This dealership, in Norway, appears to cater to those who want American vehicles. Who'dah thunk?
Having owned a yellow version of this same car, I can say 8 MPG is about all you're gonna get out of the non-lockup three-speed and 472.
Awesome. If I am ever in Norway, this dealership is on the short list of tourist destinations.
My wife's best friend is Norwegian. Her parents spent a couple months here years ago traveling around the country. They bought a Suburban do do their travels in figuring they would just sell it when they were getting ready to go back. They loved it so much they paid to have it shipped over to Norway and licensed for use there.
Did they pay import duty? This depends on how long you have lived outside of Norway, if it has been long enough, I think you get away with paying 25% VAT. If not, the tax well in Norway is deep. Very deep.
A taste: A 2011 Suburban will set you back 900000NOK, that is 155000$. Taxes on cars are based on weight, displacement and CO2-emissions. Can you see the 'burb getting red cheeks?:
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/3/vertical-3/13/2/403/556/82_2098132663_xl.jpg" width="600">
I have no idea of the details. I just thought it was odd considering how expensive gas is.
How about a pro touring '68 Firebird from that hotbed of American muscle car activity…Amsterdam?
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/cliffcamaro/IMG_0399.jpg" width="500" />
<a href="http://stockholm.sv.craigslist.se/cto/3806394595.html” target=”_blank”>http://stockholm.sv.craigslist.se/cto/3806394595.html
In the paperwork is a note "Traded for ten kilos in 1977"
1972 Gran Ville: http://eng.auto24.ee/used/880912?id=880912&ca…
<img src="http://img10.auto24.ee/auto24/560/777/22916777.jpg" width="555">
Or…1972 Lincoln Continental http://eng.auto24.ee/used/803023
<img src="http://img10.auto24.ee/auto24/560/853/20441853.jpg" width="555">
4 door Excalibur….. http://eng.auto24.ee/used/895241
<img src="http://img1.auto24.ee/auto24/560/718/23327718.jpg">
Aztec in Lithuania (pics are from US though): http://en.auto.plius.lt/ads/pontiac-aztek-3-4-l-m…
<img src="http://img1.oplius.lt/beta.plius.lt/images/anns/autoplius/2/29178/41/naudoti-automobiliai_7322020_thumbnail.jpg">
Yay! An Aztek far away, where I don't have to see it on the road!
There is an Aztek for sale down the street from me. A large oak tree fell on it last week and crushed it. I'm not sure if it was for sale before the tree fell on it or just after. Anybody looking for a LeMons ride?
An Excalibur registered in Estonia?! How? Why?!
That's not the only one. I have no idea why, maybe some limo people saw it as a nice cash cow. Bad taste exists everywhere. I guess limo owners are not the most stylish bunch, not here nor there.
This is what the Norwegian Amcar-enthusiast considers a proper car: 1966 Cadillac Deville:
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/5/vertical-3/20/7/417/418/67_1883854013_xl.jpg" width="600">
I'm coming back later for more ontopic vehicles, but what I found yesterday got me really excited. A guy selling off his Toyota Crown 7 seater station wagon and a super cheap Toyota Crown sedan. Both apparently in good original shape, black and with a stick. That's a Toyota family I could live with.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/5/vertical-3/19/3/406/739/13_1774202210_xl.jpg" width="300">
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/5/vertical-3/19/3/417/114/53_1084054428_xl.jpg" width="300">
BCAS-Approved 1978 Buick Le Sabre Landau in Leinden.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgyWDcyNg==/$%28KGrHqF,!rkFE3Dzef7pBRkjchI%29Y!~~48_1.JPG">
My god it's glorious.
How about an American personal luxury car living in Emmerich, Deutschland?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$T2eC16VHJH8E9qSEWJ3,BRnBoUedUQ~~_19.JPG">
Screw the Kyoto Protocol!
I did some recce yesterday to prepare for today's crapshoot (what, you don't?) and found two things totally not matching the theme this week. Regardless, they must be shared.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ef3Mc3Ic5N85E45K4d5ieb23c97f0f7c10be.jpg">
$23,000 http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/3812909076….
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K13Fe3Jb5Gc5K45J9d5f08d639e3a01b1a93.jpg"> $40,000 http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/3808236675….
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ed3K13M65I35Kc5M8d4tc7f3f18f9f5b1de2.jpg">
Nothing JDM about an Eclipse. Built in Illinois! <a href="http://taipei.craigslist.com.tw/cto/3774131006.html” target=”_blank”>http://taipei.craigslist.com.tw/cto/3774131006.html
1980 Oldsmobile Omega. The last letter in the Greek alphabet, and the last American car you should spend 280,000 of your hard earned Rubles to own. Ad is current, pictures are from 2010. 280,000 rubles = $8923.59 USD. http://www.ooyyo.net/detail/c=CD5A2F7114D2854F111…
<img src="http://avto-ug.ru/upload/avto-ug.ru-web-bb60b601975c2c62d2fa9bd979012659.jpg">
A $9K Russian 1980 Olds Omega? That's a lot of crack pipe in one phrase.
There seem to be a sick number of Pontiac TranSports in Germany. I say sick because…really…a TranSport?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!!tH3v4QB20~$(KGrHqF,!i8EzNo,!j8MBM1B+hbyp!~~_19.JPG" width=600>
http://goo.gl/HGpD1
It's a Pontiac based on the interior (although image #5 seems like a different car) but that's an Olds Silhouette nose.
And I love all the extra lights in the tailgate.
The shuttlecraft vans did better in the European market than the US market due to the Espace having been around to sort of prepare them for the looks, so when they restyled them to look more conventional in the U.S. they just put the old Silhouette nose on the Trans Sport for the European market.