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 sought to air some things out, especially engines. That was because I asked you to find air cooled cars. . . that weren’t Volkswagens. While fulfilling that request turned out to be a breeze, we’ll have to wait for the winner to blow cover until we have discussed this week’s challenge.
This week we’re giving air-cooled cars the gas pass, and are instead looking for cars that possess the following two features:
1. Pillarless coupe body
2. Straight six cylinder engine
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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 make the jump and see who was the air-coolest last week.
When thinking air-cooled and not VW, the likeliest go-to is of course Chevy’s rear-engined wonder the Corvair. Fun fact, my very first car ever was a 1961 Corvair 700 turtle top. That’s where I learned how to wrench, and that woodgrain shelf paper over red vinyl makes a satisfying replacement door card covering.
You might think then that my past history and still warm love for the marque would have compelled me to choose one of the awesome Corvairs that were found. It was a squeaker, that Lakewood wagon nearly sending me into delirium. But in the end, it was a car with its air-cooled engine at its other end, as well as far, far, far more rare that takes the cake.
This 1971 Honda 1300 which was found by I Think Not is one of only two claimed to be in the states, and by bodywork alone makes it about the most un-Honda-looking Honda you could imagine. I Think Not recommended both the ad on eBay and the BaT article on the car, in which they note that it is being sold by a BaT member, who is also in possession of the other 1300 residing stateside. This one eventually did sell at $11,000, and hopefully its new owner will also keep it here in the U.S..
Surprisingly hard to find these days and, when listed, they move quickly. Hard to believe, given that they were once the used Kleenex of the automotive landscape.
Uhh, it's pretty damn close to me. I'll drive it to you and only charge for gas there and to return and inevitable wire smoke if I can interest someone in a roadtrip (I probably can).
What a beauty… and smog exempt in CA! There's an uncomfortably limited amount of info though, and being an east coast car, I fear what lies beneath that suspiciously nice paint…
Threadjack/APB/BOLO. I am 95% sure what my next car will be. A red Mercedes C320 RWD wagon/longroof. I prefer the auto because I just read that the manual transmission (available only in 2003 MY) is a basket case. I prefer a California car, but if the price is right and it has a stack of maintenance/repair receipts, I'm willing to buy from out-of-state. Thanks y'all.
I just remember when we had a c230 kompressor from about that vintage come into our lowly saturn dealership and the quote to fix the sunroof motor was around 5 grand.
In my view there are both a B & C pillars. The B is extra wide and body color, the C is under glass.
I thought you simply started at the front with A and assigned letters as you found pillars going back.
Tim has mentioned this before outside of hooniverse, and back then I thought it would not work. The second result seems to back that up: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-techni… Also one of my friend's friends got caught by the police for driving on antique plates here in IL. Basically he was driving to work same route each morning and the police officer would drive by some businesses to see if anything was unusual each morning too along that same commute. It was an older car, so memorable to the officer, and after a while he stopped him and said enough was enough. So it happens, people get stopped for it.
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In Missouri, you cannot travel more that 1000 miles per year and cannot commute on antique plates. I don't know if anyone would catch me, but I like drive my "antique" at every opportunity so I decided to pass on the collector plates.
The T engine code in the ad is indeed for the 200 cubic inch straight six, but the ad also says "original engine has been replaced" so it could be something else at this point. I agree it was probably replaced with something similar, however, precisely because the seller isn't saying.
No, it's not gauche. Even if it is, do it anyway.
I was so glad when I moved to Michigan and didn't have to worry about front license plates. Rocks always chip them just enough that the license plate fluid runs out and you're stuck topping it off in the middle of the freeway on the way to work.
Each of my wagons, with the hatch open in the rain, would pool water in the license plate well so that when you closed the hatch, if you didn't remember to stand off to the side, it'd soak your shoes.
The 745's was dubbed the 'watergate' for that reason. The 855's latch was broken, so that issue sort of solved itself.
It happened to me a couple of times in the process of helping a friend move… any situation where the car stands idle while you carry something bulky out to it, really.
There is a shiny spot on the concrete behind the left rear wheel. As I looked at it on my tiny phone screen, I scrolled horizontally and as I got there, it looked like tire smoke. I was disappointed when the full image came into view.
No, some of the C-Class could be had with a stick until fairly recently. Also the first gen SLK could have a stick. Both were rare.
Just checked, you can still get a 2013 SLK 250 with a 6-speed manual. There were some used 2011 C-class models with a stick shift too.
A search of MB-USA website revealed only 31 used (CPO or otherwise) cars available at a M-B dealer in all of the USA (at least the ones searchable through the M-B USa website). They make them, but good luck finding one, I would imagine probably less than 5% of the ones sold in the US have a stick shift.
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A manual is available here for models up to the E-class, but only on the four cylinder models.
It is pretty awesome. And I could tell smug Prius owners that my car is much greener than theirs, and watch them try to think of a way to prove me wrong.
I have absolutely nothing against not-smug Prius owners.
I know some. A retired AF Lt. Colonel (test pilot) and his wife. They bought two used ones (and one is rebuilt).
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Huh, there must be more than one. I used to be friendly with an old pot-growing hippie whose wife drove one… they had that, a second-generation Forester, a restored '66ish Ford pickup, and a gorgeous also-restored two-door Volvo Amazon. Great, down-to-earth guy; they bought the car to make road trips more efficient. No idea why he didn't get a Jetta TDI, knowing him, but there must have been a reason.
Stll cool, and about a third of the price! I miss these kind of interiors, or the time when didn't need to get a 10k€ individual leather pack to something other than grey, black, or beige.
I've always had a soft spot for the glass backs. AND it's a slant six. This would push all of my buttons if it only had pushbuttons, but we all know they dropped them in 64.
Swoon.
Dad had one, red on red. His was a 273 and a 4 speed though. Bought it new, never sold it. I wanted that car so bad, but by the time I was closing in on driving age rust was in the process of claiming it. Before the process was complete, a potato chip truck finished the job.
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From LRF's post yesterday on Hooniverse:
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That's plagerism! Except that you quoted your source, so I'll just go with lazy. An excellent answer, but lazy.
Yeah, sorry about that, I also started to think that maybe it's not for sale so there is one: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C408641
I love how catty you are. Never change.
This appears to be a good deal…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00a0a_bHwtTYWoWf8_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/3908532387.html” target=”_blank”>http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/3908532387.html
That 6 is not straight. It is slanted!
Also, that is a killer deal.
Ok, do me a solid…where the hell is "Bend?" Oklahoma, South Dakota? I've heard of Great Bend, South Bend but never just "Bend."
there is a bend, oregon. thats probably where this is
Quite possibly the lowest hanging fruit… 1974 Plymouth Scamp. Well, maybe 2nd lowest, I guess Swinger is even more common.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3rc3tc3Nb5Nf5G45s3d6bace6b21989eb18c0.jpg">
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3864123202.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3864123202.html
Surprisingly hard to find these days and, when listed, they move quickly. Hard to believe, given that they were once the used Kleenex of the automotive landscape.
1975 Jaguar XJ6C – $6500 (mullica hill)
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E83M63I55Nb5M55Jad630e9cfa4ee8371fab.jpg" width="512">
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3847511297….
Beautiful car.
I love the coupes.
You find one of these locally at this price point, with minimal rust, and I will buy it that day.
Uhh, it's pretty damn close to me. I'll drive it to you and only charge for gas there and to return and inevitable wire smoke if I can interest someone in a roadtrip (I probably can).
I can lend you a guest bedroom mid-continent…would be an awesome roadtrip series for the 'verse…
What a beauty… and smog exempt in CA! There's an uncomfortably limited amount of info though, and being an east coast car, I fear what lies beneath that suspiciously nice paint…
I'll go inspect (with several much more qualified individuals) it if you want it.
Don't tell me that…
Threadjack/APB/BOLO. I am 95% sure what my next car will be. A red Mercedes C320 RWD wagon/longroof. I prefer the auto because I just read that the manual transmission (available only in 2003 MY) is a basket case. I prefer a California car, but if the price is right and it has a stack of maintenance/repair receipts, I'm willing to buy from out-of-state. Thanks y'all.
You live on the edge.
How so?
I just remember when we had a c230 kompressor from about that vintage come into our lowly saturn dealership and the quote to fix the sunroof motor was around 5 grand.
Ha! After the Phaeton, nothing scares me anymore.*Knocks on wood*
Does this count?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3t53Le3M15Ee5F95q1d6f141fc6352db61940.jpg"width=500> http://macon.craigslist.org/cto/3873578321.html
Not a traditional pillarless coupe, but there is no B (or C depending on how you look at it) pillar.
In my view there are both a B & C pillars. The B is extra wide and body color, the C is under glass.
I thought you simply started at the front with A and assigned letters as you found pillars going back.
<img src="http://www.shannons.com.au/library/images/auctions/H0BFBOK66JZCD83Y_medium.jpg">
Sweet Jeebus I love these. I will own one or its successor some day.
I've got a 1985 635CSI for sale. Runs but doesn't pass smog in CA.
EDIT: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pelican+parts%…
^^^Read, learn, tell no one.
What the–
Whoa.
Tim has mentioned this before outside of hooniverse, and back then I thought it would not work. The second result seems to back that up: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-techni… Also one of my friend's friends got caught by the police for driving on antique plates here in IL. Basically he was driving to work same route each morning and the police officer would drive by some businesses to see if anything was unusual each morning too along that same commute. It was an older car, so memorable to the officer, and after a while he stopped him and said enough was enough. So it happens, people get stopped for it.
Dang.
In Missouri, you cannot travel more that 1000 miles per year and cannot commute on antique plates. I don't know if anyone would catch me, but I like drive my "antique" at every opportunity so I decided to pass on the collector plates.
9 for sale at Hemmings: http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/b…
Ummmm I want it. Where do I sign up.
<img src="http://awsmedia2.turbosport.co.uk/2008/6/2008102709144226015getrempic3.php.jpg">
4 on Ebay
There's not much of a rear window, but I do believe these were hardtops. No details on the engine, but based on the appearance (and the fact that the engine wasn't mentioned), I'm betting it's an I6.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3t53Md3qa5r35q75t7d6629386b2251f81d69.jpg">
http://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/3854206849.html
Also — Woohoo! Another win! Is it gauche to celebrate? Sorry, I'm celebrating!
The T engine code in the ad is indeed for the 200 cubic inch straight six, but the ad also says "original engine has been replaced" so it could be something else at this point. I agree it was probably replaced with something similar, however, precisely because the seller isn't saying.
No, it's not gauche. Even if it is, do it anyway.
I can't swear those rear windows roll down, but regardless, I found you this.
<img src="http://img.pistonheads.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Fullsize/nissan/skyline/nissan-skyline-S637966-7.jpg" width=600>
Even with my cars I've never had to worry about a leaky license plate.
I was so glad when I moved to Michigan and didn't have to worry about front license plates. Rocks always chip them just enough that the license plate fluid runs out and you're stuck topping it off in the middle of the freeway on the way to work.
Each of my wagons, with the hatch open in the rain, would pool water in the license plate well so that when you closed the hatch, if you didn't remember to stand off to the side, it'd soak your shoes.
The 745's was dubbed the 'watergate' for that reason. The 855's latch was broken, so that issue sort of solved itself.
How often can that even happen?
It happened to me a couple of times in the process of helping a friend move… any situation where the car stands idle while you carry something bulky out to it, really.
1964 Rambler American 440H with the straight 6.
<img width=500 src="http://images.craigslist.org/00x0x_3gTDO9yNo32_600x450.jpg">
I can't hate it.
There is a shiny spot on the concrete behind the left rear wheel. As I looked at it on my tiny phone screen, I scrolled horizontally and as I got there, it looked like tire smoke. I was disappointed when the full image came into view.
Why on earthy would you possibly try to hate it, or even dislike it?
Automatic.
Rambler hardtops were the first cars I thought of that meet the requirements.
1975 280C
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00E0E_1ngpN8QD2q5_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/3912463376.html” target=”_blank”>http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/3912463376.html
1953 Chrysler Newport with 6 cyl flathead.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/01515_9yF0L5DzXRp_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3939994523.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3939994523.html
Not a 6 cylinder, but a 1965 Mustang with a FASTBACK REMOVABLE HARDTOP?!?!?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_32uIg0JPWdz_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3956144184.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3956144184.html
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i forgive the fact that it is not a 6 cyl because of the gargantuan level of awesomeness
The back windows to roll down and it is a straight 6 and it is only $1,500.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00R0R_hUhJvd5Q308_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3944916372.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3944916372.html
It COULD have had a straight 6.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00808_dsSybppIp1l_600x450.jpg"width=500> <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3907323924.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3907323924.html
Pillarless coupe.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16N,!zUE9s389zcKBRTGvVhJP!~~48_27.JPG" width="600" </img>
Dee-Oh-Eich-Cee Straight-o Six-o engine.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16NHJGQE9noMZGOiBRTGwyhr7w~~48_27.JPG" width="600" </img>
Stick-o shift-o! Also very green interior.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqJHJDYFEz3qCnzoBRTGwfGPy!~~48_27.JPG" width="600" </img>
<a href="http://home.mobile.de/HOFMANNRICHTER#des_176462681” target=”_blank”>http://home.mobile.de/HOFMANNRICHTER#des_176462681
That's purty.
Its this the last time Merc made a car with a stick?
No, some of the C-Class could be had with a stick until fairly recently. Also the first gen SLK could have a stick. Both were rare.
Just checked, you can still get a 2013 SLK 250 with a 6-speed manual. There were some used 2011 C-class models with a stick shift too.
that is most astounding! I wouldn't have suspected the availability of a stick any time in the last 10-15 years. In the US, that is.
A search of MB-USA website revealed only 31 used (CPO or otherwise) cars available at a M-B dealer in all of the USA (at least the ones searchable through the M-B USa website). They make them, but good luck finding one, I would imagine probably less than 5% of the ones sold in the US have a stick shift.
A manual is available here for models up to the E-class, but only on the four cylinder models.
That color. I love it.
It is pretty awesome. And I could tell smug Prius owners that my car is much greener than theirs, and watch them try to think of a way to prove me wrong.
I have absolutely nothing against not-smug Prius owners.
Not-smug Prius owner? What's his name? There can't be more than one.
I know some. A retired AF Lt. Colonel (test pilot) and his wife. They bought two used ones (and one is rebuilt).
Huh, there must be more than one. I used to be friendly with an old pot-growing hippie whose wife drove one… they had that, a second-generation Forester, a restored '66ish Ford pickup, and a gorgeous also-restored two-door Volvo Amazon. Great, down-to-earth guy; they bought the car to make road trips more efficient. No idea why he didn't get a Jetta TDI, knowing him, but there must have been a reason.
With this, it would be very easy to be green.
You could park in those "Green Cars Only" spots!
OHHHHH GAAWD YASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Hey look what I found! Sure it's automatic and looks a bit faded but it's only $3900…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00q0q_lkM0moglpLu_600x450.jpg"> <a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3935513075.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3935513075.html
Stll cool, and about a third of the price! I miss these kind of interiors, or the time when didn't need to get a 10k€ individual leather pack to something other than grey, black, or beige.
Back to the Honda, is this the same one (or the other one mentioned) that used to belong to the guys at japanesenostalgiccar.com?
What pillars?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G83N83q35r45Ea5scd6j8c8afd53917d10bb.jpg">
194 Chevrolet straight 6 complete motor – $600
<a href="http://waco.craigslist.org/cto/3880801675.html” target=”_blank”>http://waco.craigslist.org/cto/3880801675.html
Might I suggest the following: 1972 Maverick Grabber Body $1,995
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00V0V_kQbGjN9WOoh_600x450.jpg" width="600"> http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3934150735.htm…
It's a sedan.
Oh look, I found an even better A-body… who likes fish? Here's a 1965 Barracuda with a slant six + genuine three on a tree, just outside of Austin for $6500:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00202_ggjBYAy5Mn5_600x450.jpg">
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3927863193.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3927863193.html
I've always had a soft spot for the glass backs. AND it's a slant six. This would push all of my buttons if it only had pushbuttons, but we all know they dropped them in 64.
Awesome, even with the '68 Chevy full-size wheelcovers.
Swoon.
Dad had one, red on red. His was a 273 and a 4 speed though. Bought it new, never sold it. I wanted that car so bad, but by the time I was closing in on driving age rust was in the process of claiming it. Before the process was complete, a potato chip truck finished the job.
1962 Nova SS with a straight 6! SS = Super Straight? Located in Mechanicsburg, which amuses me.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00s0s_ishAf9moIp7_600x450.jpg" width="600"> http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3930067460.htm…
Slightly toasted 1965 Mustang $550
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I23J83Hb5N95Ed5Ffd65b879a2dc34151ca7.jpg" width="600"> http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3850846749.htm…
How sad.
Had to post this 1979 Olds Toronado even though the back windows don’t roll down… and the 5.7 Diesel is way off, because I thought it was neat. Not $2,000 neat, but neat none the less. I'd say it looks pillarlessesque
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kc3L63M95L55s35tfd6e37906580f48a1b10.jpg" width="500"> http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3869052810.htm…
If only this was a weird Canadian exclusive week, I'd have some sweet options.
They all have V8s though.
This has a slant six, that count?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16ZHJHEFFlmoR5mWBRw6i+bZFw~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
I shall Valiantly post this one
Pillarless? Who's thinking about safety? I am, so this is a rule breaker just for looking, not for winning. 🙂
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/7/vertical-3/24/1/379/103/21_1850062468_xl.jpg" width="600">
Slant 6 Swinger for $999
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/00T0T_fBtAie5Ccj_600x450.jpg" width="600"> <a href="http://siouxfalls.craigslist.org/cto/3951530455.html” target=”_blank”>http://siouxfalls.craigslist.org/cto/3951530455.html
The wheels and parts are worth 500!
Relevant (sort of…)
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$2000 Ford Falcon
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73K93J15I55K55H3d6u812df25ae25c13df.jpg" width="600"> http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/3905680394.h…
He's going to have to keep cutting the price. A 6 cylinder rust bucket Falcon is not a $2,000 car. MAYBE $1,500.
I was thinking more like $200 – $300 if it has a clean title.
Seems a bit high…snicker, snicker..
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