Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly dive into the deep end of the pool filled with the automotive world’s most horrible road warriors – that you could potentially buy. This week, I’m sending you on a hunt for a specific sort of Craigslist Crap – that being convertibles. After all, it is the depth of winter.
What I want you to find are the worst convertibles out there that one might buy and drive – remember the rules, they have to be running and licensable for the road. Don’t feel constrained by factory drop tops, backyard Sawzall efforts work here too, and are probably the worst, er best. Also, check out last week’s biggest crap pile after the jump.
Annnnnnd, last week you all came up with a slew of truly terrible cars and trucks that someone somewhere thought someone else might actually trade for good money. It was a true carpet bombing of crap. But there can be only one king of crap, and from last week’s offerings, 5keptic wears that crown. Here’s why-
Source: [Albany Craigslist]
This is partially about the ad more than the car itself – which is bad, but I have confidence will be surpassed. Anyway, for most of the ad, the seller is going on about the car's winter prowess. It has several block heaters, which you don't need because it starts in -40, and it's so amazing in winter. Then here's the kicker: "Missing rear window."
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqZ,!roFDjw55i)HBQ+gwnVFn!~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
That's kind of important in a winter beater.
Here
The missing rear window actually helps in the winter. Look when you have the heater going the open rear window pulls the cold air out of the car and lets only the heated air stay in there.
"Several block heaters"? So every freeze plug has been replaced by a block heater? Gee, I think that means the engine has been apart.
Well that's the price you pay for having the ultimate winter beater.
It's not a winter beater, it's a winter heater! (or maybe the heat beats winter? Now I'm confused.)
What's wrong with me that I want to restore one of these? Maybe its because i have a family of five and its one of the few convertibles we all could use at once.
http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3527856682.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G73K83M95E25P15J9d160637d443431c18c2.jpg" width=500 />
Maybe Mr. Harrell will sell you the Skyliner he's been restoring for 20 years.
Well if this picture doesn't inspire confidence. I don't know what will. My guess is there be an issue with water.
http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3536579332.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ef3L33Ha5L65Ef5Jad1a6bfc21c7a29e1a32.jpg" width=500 />
Well, it is a convertible.
What i want to know is if half the price was to pay for all the saran wrap used.
Reynolds Wrap: Not just for food anymore!
What I like about that tarp is how it obviously didn't work. Check out how well its sticking to the car. So unless its clear and has glue on it. There was water under it.
Congrats, 5keptic! That truck was truly awful. And awe-ful.
Your prize:
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yG2nmSX0T6Q/ThUUVkzqQkI/AAAAAAAAAUY/sCpbMQ7uN1U/s1600/Rust_Belt_Brewing1.jpg" width="500/">
I am unilaterally awarding Pwned88 second place becausegoddamnit this is hilarious.
"*for people asking why it's wisconsin plated, my step brother in law drove it here 17 years ago and it was basically dead when he got here. i gave him 16$(back then it covered a greyhound ticket) and said i'd work on it. he died while attempting to repair a bbq and simultaneously smoking a cig and since then the cars been left with me. i did my best to revive it, but my stepsister wants the car gone because its the last thing that reminds her of his determination.*"
I don't know anything about beer, so here's something else horrible and awesome:
[youtube bWbYwOSPjH8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWbYwOSPjH8 youtube]
Everything on CL is pretty awesome or meh right now… This is about the worst I can do at the moment, and really, it's pretty tame by crapshoot standards.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M73I93Hb5Kb5F35Jdd136843fdb404071212.jpg" width="500">
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/3520611500.ht…
Yeah except for how the front wheel camber doesn't match the rear wheels.
Hooray for solid rear axles!
I mean, that's probably a good thing, but… yeah…
From the great Hoosier state:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M13Ld3Hb5Lb5Id5M6d1m2ced8cea2e441ba8.jpg" width="600">
Indy Craigslist ad: http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/3564815300…
The only part of it that's running is the person looking at it. Not only is the exterior awful check out the seat covers as well.
There are so many choices of questionable taste here that I didn't even notice the seat covers.
I look for the little things in life.
The 80s kid in me is kinda disappointed that the truck bed is not independently on hydraulics.
<img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/21o8mxc.jpg" width="300">
The graphics are straight out of the 80's too. Doesn't it look like the guy used a ground effects kit on the sides of the truck, but not on the front and rear?
Man, I thought I was the only one! Having seen many of these in person (ghettotown, NM), I can say that the G's take their shit seriously. Well, did, anyway. Before Fast and Furious.
Part of me actually kinda misses the lowrider age. I have a soft spot for the sheer absurdity and effort that went into it. Living in the era of the slammed makes it kinda disappointing to miss out on the airborne wire wheels, wild glitter paint, and polished and gold plated pumps and air lines…
I remember watching those bounce contests… When I turn on The Chronic 2001, it brings back surprisingly fond memories.
Lowrider shows were the best. There were unifying themes and ideas, but everyone had their own take on it. I had no idea of the technical details of what I was looking at, but they all seemed like giant Tonka toys to me. I also remember flipping through the latest Lowrider magazine, fantasizing about triple gold wire wheels.
Besides, the thong-clad women were the most I'd ever seen of the female form at the time. The kids these days, with their internet, don't know how easy they have it…
Can't find a Blazer? Screw it, just cut the top off your truck!
Bad Photography Award: This Grand Am.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16d,!)8E9s4l8iHtBQ+fu5iCGg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Linky
I can never tell if it's a shitty camera or just an Instagram filter…
Or if its just his fingers near the edges of the lens. I love camera phone pictures. Who needs DSLR's?
"fingers near the edges of the lens"
?
<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qt-DoV1ZS-M/TzJ5kqH90jI/AAAAAAAAACE/dp1BAIKe-y8/s1600/DSC04102.JPG">
"Should we get the snow off the car before we put it on Craigslist?"
"Heck no it will hide the scratches this way"
"Ok now when you take the picture stand on the only shoveled part under the flood light and use your iPhone 3GS"
Clearly the answer is that he's on Psychlo.
<img src="http://www.monstershack.net/reviews/full/gfx/bfe/image010.jpg" width=500>
So I finally saw Battlefield Earth on Monday. It's not even funny bad, its just bad.
[youtube -CZt_XyE3tg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZt_XyE3tg youtube]
Here you go. Two minutes from the Rifftrax version.
I thought the cavemen flying harriers was pretty funny. I mean, it's no Double Team but I had a couple laughs.
I spent that whole scene saying "Wait, but this is 997 years after the last Harrier was built…"
Really couldn't suspend my disbelief for that one.
A 1,000 year old and very complicated plane is not only completely operational, but totally easy to fly for a big group of novices who have never seen a plane before.
It's still amazing that the movie was released in theaters and everything.
All Grand Ams look better through grape (read: wine) tinted glasses.
I almost feel bad submitting some of these…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F43I23L15L55Hf5Jdcc231bd278d5a2e1f3a.jpg" width="500">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I53m63H15Y25Gd5Eecc28b7008b1653a1fab.jpg" width="500">
http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/3450847886.htm…
Two things. First its inspected until Feb 2013. So enjoy your two weeks with it. Second its wired for more beat in the truck. Do many people grow beats in their trunk? I guess they match the paint color.
I don't know what to say other than this is your typical 90's bro-truck.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53I73H45La5Fc5H8d127b61b11dd0961428.jpg">
Oh and it's also apparently trying to be meta…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L63Ja3Ne5N45G35Jbd12b79bf77103a51cfb.jpg">
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/3517805743.ht…
It needs an airbrushed portrait of its rear end on its tailgate, and then that tailgate needs an airbrushed portrait…so on and so forth.
Infinite regression!
The meta piece is what makes this work. The fact that the snow becomes part of the artwork really ads to its value.
The front end is completely different. He has a portrait of some other person's similar truck.
At least it's better than this:
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/NNKsP.jpg">
My god her neck is broken. She should go to the hospital right now.
For those with a fetish for half breed worm-human women?
That's just weird, dude.
Is her name Deinver?
and did they try to cover something else up behind the girl? it kinda looks like there are wheels of something behind her, but whatever it was how could it have been worse than this?
once you see it – you can't un-see it
1980 fiat spider. he needs to get ride of this. car does have clear title but he dont have it. http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3529412873.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M23L83N25L95U55F8d1757e10ae240231bc6.jpg"width="500"/>
So what are the other four cars he owns? Oh and he needs to go much lower if he wants a LeMons team to turn it into a race car.
i dunno bout other fore cars but yeah he needs to lower the prise
Also there's this classy thing…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kc3M13J55E65K75M3d18bb4e3e2c43e5174a.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3J93Nc3H95L35E45F5d18c1a93061ca791d4d.jpg">
<a href="http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/3532535536.html” target=”_blank”>http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/3532535536.html
Let's do the math. Three TV's and a DVD player with two 7" monitors. Yeah I'd say that works.
Agreed. Its bigger than my first apartment.
But it's only got four doors – there's a white one for sale (for years) near me, that has six doors.
Not a convertible, but certianly a WTF! <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3m33F63Ne5L25Ec5H7d1g6e8b37a8b8581db1.jpg" width="600"> http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/3550831577.ht…
I was literally seconds from posting this…
Nobody can bitch at you for taking up two parking spaces when you actually fill both of them.
I caught myself thinking "How practical!". And then my brain kicked in.
Well, it's been converted… into… something.
A studio apartment.
That is the best laugh I have had this week.
Simply spectacular.
They definatly tried to ruin a burban…. but it is repairable. it was somwhere on the inter webs a few months back. I would buy it and put it back to right and make back some of the cost selling the bed and trailer axels off. or cut it off and put a tongue on it add a frame and hydraulic cylinder and make it a dump trailer.
Fuck it, I am just going to buy this. That's the point, right? $300.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23Jf3Hc5Nb5I85G7d1jd247399718cf174c.jpg">
http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/3556422997.html
The image used is from towlot.com… which I personally find to be very confidence-inspiring.
I'm partial to the level of details noted in the ad, myself.
Someone needs to LeMons that sucker.
Alright so I finally actually read the convertible part of the challenge, and did a search for Convertibles. And hey, here's a Cavalier convertible, maybe it's suitably awful!
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAwMFg3NDY=/$T2eC16J,!yUE9s6NEHMMBQ+1NDu0NQ~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Something seems wrong here…
Truth in Advertising Award Winner.
Maybe it converts into a coupe by removing the rear doors.
This is either the most awesome thing I have seen today, or the worst. Cannot tell. Thinking awesome.
1982 K-5 Blazer 2WD $14K
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ec3Kf3L15K25H15Mcd1b3560f3735e3d1e3f.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3539650919.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3539650919.html
It seems pretty tastefully done (for a Craigslist Crapshoot contender). The price tag makes me shake my head though…
This is for everyone who says they can't buy any compact pickup trucks anymore!
I guess I have no idea what I am doing on this thread.
1956 porsche 356 "A" project – $28500
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gb3J43N75Ic5Md5J2d1h2c561f2dabb21a20.jpg">
I really like the Range on Donks in the picture.
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3552376667.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3552376667.html
Oh you poor S10…
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTYzWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqJ,!pQFCpGeC3p6BQ-r1ZK9Rg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Here
I post to share, because I think I'm smitten with this wooden Edsel. And it's around where I used to live, HOW DIDN'T I SEE THIS IN PERSON?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16NHJHwE9n8ig+PuBQQ9fKZnMg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqJHJCIF!c-n(EEdBQQ9gDWTFg~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16VHJHQE9nzEyliUBQQ9hvUiz!~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Get some wood
That's amazing! Wow… I am just awe struck by this, and I'd love to see that in person, if only to see if it's well executed.
I don't really like the grille or the headlight bezels, but that dash looks beautiful.
Wow. I had no idea they made an Edsel Phaeton, much less one with wood trim. That's got to be exceedingly rare.
Goes against my grain.
I think this car deserves an entire post.
Here's a '62 or '63 (they weren't sure of the year) Dodge.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K83Md3J25G25Hc5J6d1hd94b1736c2cb1506.jpg" width="500"/> <a href="http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3553044644.html” target=”_blank”>http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3553044644.html
Ran when planted.
I was gonna say that's a Plymouth in any case, but given the location this may be a Canadian built car; they were so fond of slapping the Dodge name on cars that were mostly Plymouth.
Looks like they got both the year and make wrong. Its a 1964 Plymouth Valiant convertible. Definitely a US model – the Canadian model was based on a Dodge Dart shell, so had a longer wheelbase and the Dodge rear (different tail lights).
At that price, assuming the top frame is intact and the shell is not too far gone, it might even be worth restoring. It looks like all the chrome is there and in good condition. At worst, it would make a really good parts donor. It's a pity it's not a '65 – I'd be really interested in a few of the parts if it was.
I'm going to assume this was a teenage girl's Sebring (from the butterfly decals… and the caved in quarter panel.)
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E23G83J75Y55Fe5Hed12df546e0ae480128b.jpg" width="500"/> <a href="http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3517823397.html” target=”_blank”>http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3517823397.html
Shouldn't that butterfly tat… er… sticker be on the trunk lid?
There are some there too.
This has it all… not only is it a convertible, with haphazard photography… it's also a Fiat.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K33M93Fd5N25Ie5V0ccba0b24768399d13a0.jpg" width="500"/> <a href="http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3445093434.html” target=”_blank”>http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3445093434.html
Wait that's a runner? I had a hard time believing that when its being held in the box by that tow rope.
This is amusing just for the 'blockheads'.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Mc3F83Hc5Ia5Gd5J5d15fa8250d926a01f98.jpg" width="500"/> <a href="http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3524601745.html” target=”_blank”>http://fargo.craigslist.org/cto/3524601745.html
Couldn't be bothered to go snap a picture of the car in its current state…
She took me for the house, the kids and the dog but I got the pony.
Worst I could find. As the former owner of three S13 coupes, this makes me cry a little.
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/UnG2Y3v.jpg" width="600">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3544878314.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3544878314.html
I know this is supposed to be horrible cars, but this is really tempting.
asking $4k
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M13Ja3H95E95K85Jed1ma6e727c7268713e1.jpg">
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3564246458.h…
Do it.
Have no garage. Have no $4000 either.
I do have a sad.
Proof that the crappiest convertible doesn't have to be in bad shape…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kb3M33J75L25Ic5Gdd1n1acd25fd1a1d18de.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/3566258064.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/3566258064.html
I concur… and raise you another unlovable Chrysler convertible, though at least this one has a turbo — as though that means anything.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E83Jf3N85Kf5M25Jed1m7bc9ed2d09fa1b46.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3564303327.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3564303327.html
I almost posted one of these, too.
Our piano tuner father son pair keep buying and driving used Sebring convertibles. It's so impractical, especially in winter, with the back and trunk just overflowing with tools and piano parts, that it makes me happy every time I pay them.
Yes it is low grade crap. But a rust free, running and driving convertible for under 5 grand. Nice Price
Heck, I'd drive that.
My grandparents own one of those.
I drove it once.
The dashboard is fake faux carbon fiber. It wants to be fake. Seriously. And the instrument panel is three shades of grey, white, yellow, and red.
It looks like a fucking McDonald's.
Still a nicer car than its successor.
Woohoo! It's a Mid-life Chrysler!
No, but it can be made worse:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3I73H65G45Ka5F6d1o224f3338e31813f7.jpg" sidth=600>
<a href="http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3568921848.html” target=”_blank”>http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3568921848.html
Oops, I missed that it was supposed to be a convertible. In that case, I'm resubmitting this thing, since it's still available.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G23Ib3o85L15E15W3ccu642508335d7b1305.jpg" width="350">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3k13Jc3N35N45X15Jfccued6654185bb51d98.jpg" width="350">
<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3510879964.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3510879964.html
What? Really? That didn't sell!? I'm Shocked! Shocked, I say!
Oh wow, it's an Alfa Romeo SZ! 😉
The perfect size for photos of your car is always 100 pixels by 100 pixels.
Especially when trying to hide the car's defects.
…which would be the entire car in this case…
Not sure if you can tell in the picture, because, well, you can barely see anything, but this is a 1977 Blazer (no, wait, it's actually a Jimmy, but he doesn't mention that until later in the ad) that has been converted to a 73 Blazer (Jimmy). Professionally, too, but he doesn't say what the guy's profession was…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I93N33Hf5L25Gd5J3d1kfe21c4e3d4a4148a.jpg">
And a closeup:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G13N93l15I15Le5Fed1k9610557723351ba3.jpg">
But the best part is this line: "IT IS READY FOR PAINT,AND NEEDS VERY LITTLE ASSEMBLY,BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING YOU YOU KNOW THE STEEL IS WORTH WHAT I AM ASKING,"
No sir, I know Blazers, and a chopped up half finished 77 that needs paint is not worth $5,000.
Maybe he added an extra zero? Does it come with a '73 roof? That's the big difference, early K-5s had removable roofs that came to the windshield, the later ones only came to the cab/doors.
I didn't see a roof pictured anywhere, but it was kind of implied…? The rail over the windshield looks like it was made to accept a top.
I get the desire for the full vert option on a newer body, but that's why you buy a 74 or 75. New body style, no roof over the front seats when the top comes off.
Here's the link, forgot that when I first posted it.
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3559402414.html
Okay it's not a 'vert, but only $3500.00: http://janesville.craigslist.org/cto/3551957720.h… <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23Ma3H45I45Ka5Hdd1hf77d5b4a19b51d51.jpg">
I seriously question the seriousness of the post.
Convertible engine bay. You're in.
Ran when parted out.
No No No No No No No No.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Lc3N13Hb5Lf5Kc5H8d1bed03c373087f1542.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3539233323.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3539233323.html
No No No No Wrong on so many levels.
Here is what I don't like about the new Hot Wheels. The wheels always look funny. Well then you see something like this and realize how accurate those models really are.
OK, Ok, I think I got this down now.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M73Ie3Hc5L25G55K6cc9255469ca89fe1064.jpg"> http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3466982542.h…
$500
"timing belt is NOT broke"
"Everything else is pretty broke though."
7 points if you can identify the Triumph next to the short bus.
Is that a Herald?
I think so.
Most people aren't aware that the good looking Spitfire has its basis in an ugly looking vehicle. It's like the relationship between the Falcon and Mustang.
Whew, that's a relief then.
I wonder if that's a 3-star or 4-star mouse hotel…
This makes me very sad.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73K83I55Lb5Jc5S0cc9f109b35fc8bd115e.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3466344221.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3466344221.html
Does this help?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Lb3J33H65L35I35Ffd1mfc6f60ef6f291270.jpg" width="500">
<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/3563549365.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/3563549365.html
That's better. Not a fan of that shade of pink, though. I don't have anything particularly against pink, but this shade just doesn't look right on this car.
This one isn't pink, just overpriced.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kf3I53N35N45F15M2cca37186c83488d1c2a.jpg">
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3468263646.h…
Hell yeah, bruh.<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E73M43N65L15E15Ked1f282cb2b354341deb.jpg" width=500>http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/3548787005.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L43Nc3Hd5L75Ed5J1d1f8462e9318c00114e.jpg" width=500>
Seems all I can find today are K5s…
These wheels are cringe worthy:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M33pb3H55I35F15J3d1h987caa5c29ae1efe.jpg">
And who doesn't need three woofers with seperate tweeters in each door?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3kd3K13l95L65Ge5Hdd1hd36f7ae2bb071d51.jpg">
Though to be honest, if the body is decent, and the engine, too, then for $3500 it's not a real bad buy. Sell the wheels and put some stock rims and BFG All Terrains on, and you'll net a few bucks, and sell all the speakers, get a set of door panels from LMC, come out a few bucks ahead there, too, and you've got a decent 88 Blazer for $3,000.
Aw crap, now I'm talking myself into this. I already have one 88 Blazer, no need for two, right?
<a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3552374277.html” target=”_blank”>http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3552374277.html
Seems like a decent truck and I would be interested if it was original. Im a huge k-5 fan but the new panels if not done really really well would start rotting as soon as it hit this province. These did not stand up well to road salt and usually needed new inner and outer quarters and inner and outer rockers in ten or less years if not well undercoated when new and every year afterwards.
This man is a liar! It will NEVER be a reliable daily driver. I've tried. I pray every morning before I turn the key that it will start. Sometimes, my prayer goes unanswered.
But I want his interior for my '80 Rabbit Convertible. My seats are shit and my dash is cracked to hell and back. Oddly, my rear bumper is folded in the same way, but not as far, and with none of the accompanying body damage. That must just be how they fold when they're hit.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E43L73I95Ge5F45X0d17badfc401cbed1d2a.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3529321476.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3529321476.html
Mine, for reference:
<img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lXdD6Bhmg7M/UPNUc4DOdLI/AAAAAAAADKI/YHctCGDNf1w/s640/P1133275.JPG">
Nice speedholes in the sill!
Well doesn't it matter if its a Pennsylvanian or German Rabbit? The German ones were reliable where the PA ones weren't?
All 'verts were built in Germany by Karmann, even after the rest of the production moved to PA. So, if it's true that German-built should be more reliable, my car defies that!
See the little badge behind my front wheel arch? That's the Karmann badge. The white one for sale looks to have it, too. The convertible shared only the front clip with the rest of the lineup, and the unibody was so substantially different that when I have ordered chassis parts, I have to specify that I am ordering for a convertible.
Unfortunately, I'd probably have less trouble with the thing if it were carbureted instead of the finicky Bosch K-jetronic mechanical fuel injection, but that's just part of its character, right?
You learn something new every other day .
I love this one:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ke3ma3H45N75E65Mfd1jc07d2982d5db13f7.jpg"width=500> http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/3556469105….
I love the fact the price in the header is $2700, but the text includes: "NO I WONT TAKE LESS THAN 3300 FOR THE CAR"
What's better than a Sunfire with Lambo doors? A Sunfire with Lambo doors and two TVs under the hood. Like, duh…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3k13G33Nf5I55K95H2d1f13327940ad3a16bf.jpg">
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/35484222…
A Sunfire with Lambo doors and two TVs under the hood and a seriously over stressed rear suspension.
Crap with Wings?
This is possibly the biggest pile of WTF?! I've seen.
Also – "Air brushed butterflies all under hood"… heh, I figured this was injected.
From this guy's own admission, he discovered he had an oil leak, and instead of fixing that leak, he decided to spend his time buying TVs to cram into every crevice. That's priorities.
I was going to say, from the way it's riding, it looks like he put all the TVs in the trunk.
(Yes, I know, that's where the sub is)
…and teddy bears.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3k43Fb3l85Ia5Na5K6d1f357ac858876611a7.jpg" width="500">
Goodbye everyone, I need to be with my People. (sunfire swooshes off in a cloud of purple rainbows)
Wait, so he's part of the same species that is abducting the Grand Am sellers above?
Link was messed up. Here ya go: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/35484222…
Now you also can witness the "too appreciate"!
Especially the Blach and Purple Interior. The descriptor "Blach" certainly captures the interior. I see a bright future for this guy at Mansory. Very bright. As in: multiple, clashing neon tints in the same interior design bright.
Now don't go harping on the guy just because he misspelled Bleach and Purple!
Thanks for the fix- I figured it out and deleted the comment, but you were apparently too quick for me.
I want to know what the guy's other "showcar" is.
No more reaching up to the roof to hold down your Craigslist-bargain used mattress!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K53N63H15Ge5E25Jed13ea035aee45d412dc.jpg">
$1,195 1994 Cutlass Supreme Convertible
* Runs and Drives Great
* Hauls Queen Beds Like A Champ
* Steering Pump Makes Whining Sound
* Windshield Is Cracked
* Convertible Top Works, Not In The Best Condition Though
* Leaks Oil
* Interior Dash Lights Work Sometimes
* Drivers Side Door Does Not Open
* Trunk Gets Water In It When It Rains <<yeah, that's not a problem around Seattle.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3518713196….
I hope all of their other listings also include the keyword "furnitureding".
This guy has missed a marketing opportunity:
"Comes complete with queen Serta Sleepmaster to exercise all the tail you'll grab with this ride!"
Twin Dual Cam FTW.
Protip: for the "best" convertible listings, search for convertables
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53J13H85I35Ha5J3d1h5db971bb44521b50.jpg"> <a href="http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/3553244383.html” target=”_blank”>http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/3553244383.html
Tried that. 95% of the listings were old 4cyl/auto Mustangs, and the remainder were Sebrings.
Well, you can't deny that that is a fine converTABLE…
It might not ever move under its own power, but tables don't need to do that.
Photograph roulette? Or is Keith taking the aphorism about pictures & their worth in words literally, and attempting to substitute readability with visual Tourette's?
CHEVY CAMARO 1999 – $6500 (KENT)
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M73Ic3H45I85M95Jfd1m2c470c092e691159.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ia3N73Hb5N55E75K5d1m087f594ea7c31c4d.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n33E33Jf5Gc5E85H5d1mb1b5923adbe71487.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Fc3M33Je5I15E25M7d1m5b1d4284865e13fb.jpg">
<a href="http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3565247136.html” target=”_blank”>http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3565247136.html
I would like to dust some red paint on the Pontiac/Truck mobile used in the header of this post.
These things always look better with fresh paint.
Rebel Machine for $1,000? That's a great deal in just about any condition!
<img src="http://images.copart.com/website/data/pix/20121116/28020322_1X.JPG" width=500>
<img src="http://images.copart.com/website/data/pix/20121116/28020322_3X.JPG" width=500>
Like I said, just about any. Maybe not so much in this condition.
<a href="http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=28020322&searchType=onSaleNow” target=”_blank”>http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=28020322&searchType=onSaleNow
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/qkfZa.gif">
That'll buff out.
Buffing… It will not help.
I want to see the state of the Steinway that did this…
That's a long way to go to turn it into a convertible.
Crappy convertibles? Norwegian and Swedish entries:
The electric car craze is definitely nothing that lives on taste… 2007 Incalcu two seater, for as little as happy 8000$.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/1/vertical-3/04/9/391/165/39_1160890841.jpg">
This total crapshoot BMW doesn't drive yet/anymore, but it is so crazy stupid – once found, I had to share.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2012/12/vertical-3/14/5/357/728/15_1933789906_xl.jpg">
Volvo Amazon "custom cab. If you puke on it, it won't show:
<img src="http://213.132.112.105/images_full/27/2708354215.jpg">
After all this crap I'd like to wrap it up with something cool again, as so many of you have done before me here. This Volvo TGB1111 in "tank killer" equipment is actually registered as a convertible and it is in true military style hardly used. Nice toy!
<img src="http://213.132.112.104/images_full/27/2734319049.jpg">
My lengthy post filled with URLs disappeared again and might have been marked as spam. I am thankful if one of you mechanics can fix this:
http://hooniverse.info/2013/01/23/craigslist-craps…
Oh, so we were doing verts this week? Okay:
94 Lebaron Convertable – $1100
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G13F63H55Z35K25J1ccb698a0d2092401688.jpg">
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3471355618.html
Sadly, this is the only convertible Volvo I could find. Still, I enjoy the photographic journey.
2000 Volvo C-70 Convertible – $6000
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3Ke3I25K75F85Hbcbu0a5361786c54191f.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3445825197.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3445825197.html
Infinity only.
1991 INFINITI M30 CONVERTIBLE Collectible – $950
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53Ka3Na5G35Q45Jacccfe376f66c13c131e.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3474435723.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3474435723.html
Hate those pesky electrical leaks, especially when they stain the garage floor.
Not Lexus
Okay, this is just a bit too tempting. Though: "Car needs work. Car does work but has motor leak. It has been working on it but decide to sell it and just try to make my money back."
1990 Mazda rx 7 convertible – $1000
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gc3M23J95N65E55Fbd1ie790db38fb431ee4.jpg">
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3555759906.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3555759906.html
1) Purchase
2) Remove rotary, because purity is overrated.
3) Install LS1+6speed, because that's the only right answer to the question "what engine should I install in this RWD car?"
4) ???????
5) Profit — enjoy your excellent weekend car
Two immediate thoughts:
If it does not get it fixed, it gets the hose again.
Or.
It must keep working on it! It cannot sell the Precious!
(EDIT: second one is supposed to be Gollum, I wasn't thinking about the dog's name in Silence of the Lambs… Anyway, with those two images, who still wants to go look at it?)
Okay, this lot is seriously kinda tempting. A '67 Impala two-door hardtop and a '65 Impala four-door hardtop parts car (Personally, I'd flip the '67 and keep the '65.) for $1400. Or $1800. Either way, if you look at it as buying by the pound or foot, he's practically giving 'em away!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ee3ne3G85Nc5G45Hed1m4dca06ca8e8a1626.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ea3F73Hb5N15G45M6d1m674fd50b9f16161e.jpg">
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/35643397…
"Celbrity Owned Porsche 911 996 Cabriolet Convertable"
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K83Ic3N25G35Kc5Fdccv59555115ba2b1b6b.jpg"/>
"Voted Best Looking 996 at the 2005 24 hours of Daytona"
"Full Custom Aero Kit Ground Effects from Tech Art created for only TWO Porsches on Earth we are told. A King from Hawaii and David Wesley."
<a href="http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/3513472699.html” target=”_blank”>http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/3513472699.html
Wow. Just wow. Those headlights really make the Determined Frog styling pop. The aero kit isn't helping either.
'98 Camaro of your dreams right here folks!
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-truc…
Highlights:
–V6 engine
-Automatic
-55,000km
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR price tag
There's a link to a terrible youtube vid of the car, skip to the 6 minute mark for the wicked ending.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjU5WDEwMDA=/$T2eC16N,!zEE9s3!WpO7BQRogO)3Lw~~48_20.JPG">
Holy shit… This has my vote. That video… Wow.
Ugh. Yeah. Need ear bleach… Auto-tune artifacts… Burn like Holy Water…
I've had a post with four offerings somewhere here that disappeared again. Could someone almighty unspam it, please?
Assuming it wasn't manually flagged, I have to wonder whether there's some sort of automatic filter that is less tolerant of posts from people without IntenseDebate accounts. Posts with links to craigslist ads and so forth would seem to be a natural target. If so, that could be awkward for this series.
I think it's an autoflag if you've got too many links and no ID account – he says he's got four.
I can understand why they do it, but it would be super annoying for people with no accounts.
<s>Would</s>…is! I got myself an intensedebate-account relatively fast after I discovered this cool blog and crowd. But it turned out to be intenselyannoying, wasn't just log-in-and-forgot-about-it, so I don' t bother. Maybe I should.
Come to think about it, four offerings makes eight URLs (link + photo for each). Like I'm trying to sell Viagra to Jesus making 8000$ dollar a month sitting on the lap of a Nigerian prince and so forth.
Yours won't stay logged in? I haven't had a problem with that on my home computer or my phone…
Apologies, as I know Intensedebate is kind of a pain in the ass…seemingly for specific people. Looking at the spam queue, it seems to dislike you. I can say that it seems they've made a number of invisible improvements, as it seems to be broken less now than a year ago.
I whitelisted this username via wordpress.com, but it doesn't exist in Intensedebate.
If you drop me an email at ma*********@ho********.info with your IntenseDebate username, I can be sure to add that, so no more spam issues.
Thanks for fixing the post above and your offer for help! I'll try to find the Id. info from a PC later. 🙂
Ok, now I remember. I tried to register at Intensedebate, ended up with WordPress. When I log in here after pressing "reply", I get redirected to intensedebate.com, where I have to log in once more, and than I end up in my intensedebate.com-settings. Not on this page, where I intend to comment – so I have to go back to the Hooniverse all by myself. Can't change my "Gravatar" – "close this window if it doesn't close by itself" – and everything feels wrong. Who made this? Monkeys?
That's why I didn't bother to log in. 🙂 But I will remember it when I intend to post lots of URLs.
Edit: Sorry for a lot of boring technical stuff, but with Opera Mini on Android I can't log in to WordPress/Intensedebate at all.
You apparently never got to enjoy the Ganja comment system over on [Redacted]. IntenseDebate is a breath of £∞☠‰☢©☭ fresh air for some of us…
(Not that your gripes are without merit, software bugs are software bugs, and I tend to be pretty intolerant of them much of the time.)
My fat finger on a small screen gave you a red hand, while I aimed for the green hand. Sorry! Bad tech day.
Minor tech complaint here for the Hoons-in-Chief: I can understand collapsing all the replies when a post accumulates 100 comments, but it really sucks when I open the replies to a comment more than halfway or so down the list, and the page automatically scrolls way back up above where I want to be. Is there a reasonable workaround to this? How about a button to open all replies at once? That would solve for the previous complaint. Aside from this, I'm quite pleased with the value for my dollar that I see here daily!
Plus 1. An "expand all" button would be great!
Agreed!
I've asked the folks at IntenseDebate comments (IDC) about this, because I share your sentiments exactly.
…I have no good news to tell you. As best I can tell, they're not really doing any real changes/upgrades to IDC. It seems a little less buggy than, say 18 months ago, but I asked them for the features you're talking about back in 2010. They said "yeah…that's a good idea…thanks for the input". 3+ years into things, I'm reluctant to nuke this commenting system in favor of what might be a better option (e.g.: Disqus).
Though, I don't have that funky scrolling thing you're talking about (I'm using Chrome if that helps).
Bummer, although I can certainly understand not wanting to go through installing a new commenting system.
Chrome is my primary browser.
Just dusted off Firefox & tried it there – hey, no weird up-scrolling… guess I'll have to visit the 'verse via FF.
ETA: Apparently the unwanted-scrolling thing was my own fault – the result of the Chrome extension "DoNotTrackMe".
Is there a place where the little people can pester IDC about adding functionality like an "expand all comments" button? I imagine we could muster a few hundred complaints/requests regarding that, at the very least.
As an admittedly less than ideal alternative, is it possible to raise the threshold at which the comments become collapsed? I see the value in collapsing them at some point but in most cases I'd rather scroll through a longer list than deal with the current method of selective expansion.
Good thought.The options are 50 or 100.:(I used to say IDC is like an Alfa Romeo b/c it's beautiful and awesome…when it's working. It got a lot less buggy over time, so now it's more like an Apple product: beautiful and easy to use…as long as you want to use it exactly like they intend. “Can I change this in some minor logical extension of what you already do?””Nope.”
and that's why my iPhone's been unlocked & jailbroken!
This formerly-cranberry Camaro isn't all that bad…
…and this digital-dash '88 LeBaron that 'grandpa can't drive no more' has its charm…
…so it comes to a draw between:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E23G43Hb5E35H85Mccch087ceb17eaa91f4d.jpg">
This horrifyingly riced Metro…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M13Ia3l05N95Ie5M7d114a9ee48bb9b81a2f.jpg">
…and this… hey, wait a second.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Id3Nf3Hd5G55T25Had112aad261c06ae150b.jpg">
…Well, that's remarkable. At any rate, this other '88 LeBaron Turbo is now sold. Sorry, folks. Guess it's the Metro.
No, no, wait, there's more, because here's an upside-down '89 LeBaron Turbo. Where in Hell did all of these things come from, all of a sudden? Seriously.
Still, that friggin' spoiler on that friggin' Metro. That's a hoot.
This eclipse is awesome brah! Love the body work.
Eclipse, CuStOm!!! PRICE REDUCED – $2800. This is my last ditch effort to sell the car if it doesn't sell i will put it in storage and re list it again for 5k come summer time.
<img src=http://images.craigslist.org/3Ke3F73N95Kf5M45J3d1d8d6c3380798e1714.jpg">
<img src=http://images.craigslist.org/3Ib3J33H65N45H65J7d1ea47b479501ce1895.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ke3F73N95Kf5M45J3d1d8d6c3380798e1714.jpg">
some people should never be allowed near a car.
Since we're doing converts, I'm reposting these:
1927 "Model T":
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G73F73Mc5Le5E55M7cc172e7e16248df18a7.jpg">
Ok, so it's a '99 Toyota chassis (reliable!) and '82 S10 drivetrain (not so much).
http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3449013879.htm…
AWESOME RAT ROD!!!!!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n93M93Hf5Le5Kb5M8d1gf196e7302a3117fa.jpg">
This one's all S10, baby. Well, what's left of it.
<a href="http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3550012817.html” target=”_blank”>http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/3550012817.html
Well i t looks like shit but it's still kind of awesome. anyway.. <a href="http://.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEX4nCiRuNQ” target=”_blank”>.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEX4nCiRuNQ
The write up is almost better than the pictures, its entitled "sh*tty jeep!!!"http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/3616037849.html