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 put out the call for kit cars that looked like other cars, and boy did you find some faux-bulous contenders.  Be ready to be covered in fiberglass dust in a minute, but first this week’s assignment!

For this week’s quest we need all the ads for. . . woodgrain paneled non-station wagons.  That’s right, anything that’s not a station wagon but maintaining the iconic accoutrement in side lumber for which the longroof is frequently noted.

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, Let’s see who wone the home-built look-a-like contest.
Man, so many wannabes out there. It just goes to show that what most people lack in cash they more than make up for in unfulfilled dreams and incompetent mechanical aptitude. That’s the only explanation for there being so many uncompleted kit cars offered for sale. Lambos, Bugattis, MGTFs, and freaky-deaky Cobras filled your finds, but there were a couple of bright spots amidst all the cracked fiberglass and rusty VW chassis moldering in backyards. This Sebring-based Bentley, found by dwdf11 is one. It’s a remarkably convincing disguise, likely to fool from far. 
 
But the winner of last week’s contest turned out to be Alff, who came up with this amazing Porsche-powered, Corvette-aping, Shala Vette dune buggy– in of all places, Norfolk Virginia. The car is not only awesomely cool looking, and apparently ready to go, it’s also painted a rootbeer brown, the auto enthusiast’s color of choice. Way to go Alff!
 
shala vette/ vw / kit car / dune buggy
Image source: Norfolk Craigslist

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26 responses to “Craigslist Crapshoot”

  1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
    smalleyxb122

    Here is the low hanging fruit in a non-wagon woody.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23Mb3N65If5Kd5F9d6282c827f4bb8a17d1.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/3845102655.html” target=”_blank”>http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/3845102655.html

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  2. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    So, when I think woodgrain, I think surf-wagon.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gb3Mb3J55N55G95E5d5qd1bc47f3bb16102c.jpg"&gt;
    Ghetto-Tiki-Surfer: Custom Electric Golf Car – $2500
    http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3830973476.html

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  3. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    Here is one I'd like to fell.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3Lb3Ib5N95G65Fcd610548658430ba17cb.jpg"&gt;
    Some may argue that the PT Cruiser is a wagon. Chrysler says it is. I had one on vacation once and had trouble getting three suitcases into it. I call that a hatchback. <a href="http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3843769115.html” target=”_blank”>http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3843769115.html

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    1. JayP2112 Avatar
      JayP2112

      It's a truck:
      Wiki'd – The PT Cruiser is a front-wheel drive 5-passenger vehicle, classified as a truck in the U.S. by the NHTSA for CAFE fuel economy calculations but as a car by most other metrics. Chrysler specifically designed the PT Cruiser to fit the NHTSA criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company's light truck fleet into compliance with CAFE standards.

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    2. rustylink Avatar
      rustylink

      Kill it with fire..

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  4. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    1951 Dodge panel truck $7500. It doesn't actually have wood — just paint trickery.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L33Je3N55N75L75Hfd5r30d47d6b6f8c1056.jpg"&gt; http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/3831986795…

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  5. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3If3Ma3Hd5L75Nc5Kad5qccf5e058ad3c1181.jpg"&gt; <a href="http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3831244070.html” target=”_blank”>http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3831244070.html

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    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      When you smell varnish on this truck its not because of old gas in the tank.

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  6. I Think Not Avatar
    I Think Not

    Does a 2-door hatchback qualify as a wagon? I say it's too small for wagon classification. Either way, awesome!
    Morris Minor Traveller!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ld3Je3N95N25Ge5H9d5l4320ecca01491167.jpg"/&gt;
    <a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3819192540.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3819192540.html

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    1. Rust-MyEnemy Avatar
      Rust-MyEnemy

      Thanks to the wood on these being structural, Travellers are actually exempt from all known traffic laws because they're classified as moving wardrobes.
      This is a FACT.

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      1. mdharrell Avatar
        mdharrell

        I didn't think any component of a British car was considered structural.
        Well, maybe the wiring.

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  7. erikgrad Avatar
    erikgrad

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K63Md3I65N35Ff5Hfd52030cabdeece71711.jpg&quot; width="600">
    A 1973 Jeep Commando <a href="http://sierravista.craigslist.org/cto/3780508875.html” target=”_blank”>http://sierravista.craigslist.org/cto/3780508875.html

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  8. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    The rare Silverado Harlequin, which does in fact have woodgrain on the cab.
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjkzWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqF,!lMFGT8sWGiWBRoqSEUL(!~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    One piece at a time…

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    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      So much awesomeness in one place.

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      1. Devin Avatar
        Devin

        I love that at least 5 different trucks were involved in its creation, probably more.

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  9. Manic_King Avatar
    Manic_King

    Wooden semi-convertible-semi coupe, or what ever it is, has wood grain, I guess it is paneled.
    <img src="http://mangukoobas.lahendus.ee/media_files/276651l.JPG"&gt;

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    1. Manic_King Avatar
      Manic_King

      <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wurbtkmKaS4/R_4CiAbnxtI/AAAAAAAAAVE/1V3fXAN9LUw/s400/wooden-opel-car_image3_59.jpg"&gt;
      ……………..But these are not for sale so epic fail today for me.

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  10. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

    Lemons Ranchero
    <img src="http://www.murileemartin.com/UG/LVH12/315-LVH12-UG.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    1. joshuman Avatar
      joshuman

      That front splitter would do a good job chopping down small trees.

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  11. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    Here's a tasty caramel-and-contact-paper Cornbinder:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gf3N53H85Gc5R15S4d5tab39e4d3581f1b3e.jpg&quot; />
    <a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3838064775.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3838064775.html

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  12. Karo Avatar
    Karo

    How about a 1968 Mercury Park Lane woody convertible? Too bad it's in Honolulu.
    <img src="http://www.oldride.com/imgitem/45580020024700_tmp_org.jpg"&gt;
    http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/842297.html

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    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      Was that Steve McGarrett's off-work car, as companion to his work car, a black four-door?
      <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/5163161325_6f467159c2.jpg"&gt;
      Thanks, flickriver.com!

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    2. jjd241 Avatar
      jjd241

      This video has a Monteray that spotted a few years ago…
      [youtube k3uqENJsYzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3uqENJsYzM youtube]

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  13. RahRahRecords Avatar
    RahRahRecords

    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43F93N85K85H95M8d5ebd60c0ea51d11018.jpg"&gt;
    1914 model T truck <a href="http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3804028563.html” target=”_blank”>http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3804028563.html

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  14. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    Honda Element!
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53G63I65N75Fb5Mdd6336f77cb7c3ae1ce5.jpg"&gt;
    http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3847821236….

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  15. desolit Avatar
    desolit

    just cause it looks cool and is sportin a Cadi motor
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K63La3H75G45K25Ffd5u7babd8981f5d1c6d.jpg"&gt;
    http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ctd/3838830571….

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