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 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.
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Jeff Glucker
Here is the low hanging fruit in a non-wagon woody.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23Mb3N65If5Kd5F9d6282c827f4bb8a17d1.jpg">
<a href="http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/3845102655.html” target=”_blank”>http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/3845102655.html
So, when I think woodgrain, I think surf-wagon.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gb3Mb3J55N55G95E5d5qd1bc47f3bb16102c.jpg">
Ghetto-Tiki-Surfer: Custom Electric Golf Car – $2500
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3830973476.html
Here is one I'd like to fell.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3Lb3Ib5N95G65Fcd610548658430ba17cb.jpg">
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
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.
Kill it with fire..
1951 Dodge panel truck $7500. It doesn't actually have wood — just paint trickery.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L33Je3N55N75L75Hfd5r30d47d6b6f8c1056.jpg"> http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/3831986795…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3If3Ma3Hd5L75Nc5Kad5qccf5e058ad3c1181.jpg"> <a href="http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3831244070.html” target=”_blank”>http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3831244070.html
When you smell varnish on this truck its not because of old gas in the tank.
Does a 2-door hatchback qualify as a wagon? I say it's too small for wagon classification. Either way, awesome!
Morris Minor Traveller!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ld3Je3N95N25Ge5H9d5l4320ecca01491167.jpg"/>
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3819192540.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3819192540.html
Thanks to the wood on these being structural, Travellers are actually exempt from all known traffic laws because they're classified as moving wardrobes.
This is a FACT.
I didn't think any component of a British car was considered structural.
Well, maybe the wiring.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K63Md3I65N35Ff5Hfd52030cabdeece71711.jpg" width="600">
A 1973 Jeep Commando <a href="http://sierravista.craigslist.org/cto/3780508875.html” target=”_blank”>http://sierravista.craigslist.org/cto/3780508875.html
The rare Silverado Harlequin, which does in fact have woodgrain on the cab.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjkzWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqF,!lMFGT8sWGiWBRoqSEUL(!~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
One piece at a time…
So much awesomeness in one place.
I love that at least 5 different trucks were involved in its creation, probably more.
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">
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wurbtkmKaS4/R_4CiAbnxtI/AAAAAAAAAVE/1V3fXAN9LUw/s400/wooden-opel-car_image3_59.jpg">
……………..But these are not for sale so epic fail today for me.
Lemons Ranchero
<img src="http://www.murileemartin.com/UG/LVH12/315-LVH12-UG.jpg" width="600">
That front splitter would do a good job chopping down small trees.
Here's a tasty caramel-and-contact-paper Cornbinder:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gf3N53H85Gc5R15S4d5tab39e4d3581f1b3e.jpg" />
<a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3838064775.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3838064775.html
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">
http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/842297.html
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">
Thanks, flickriver.com!
This video has a Monteray that spotted a few years ago…
[youtube k3uqENJsYzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3uqENJsYzM youtube]
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43F93N85K85H95M8d5ebd60c0ea51d11018.jpg">
1914 model T truck <a href="http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3804028563.html” target=”_blank”>http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3804028563.html
Honda Element!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53G63I65N75Fb5Mdd6336f77cb7c3ae1ce5.jpg">
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/3847821236….
just cause it looks cool and is sportin a Cadi motor
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K63La3H75G45K25Ffd5u7babd8981f5d1c6d.jpg">
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ctd/3838830571….