By Robert Emslie
Welcome to our Wednesday staple, that collection of all things drivable but deleterious, Craigslist Crapshoot. Last week I asked for you to dredge up ads for the worst exotics, and boy did some of you dig deep. We’ll have last week’s winner after the jump, but first we need this week’s assignment.
While last week I had you looking for exotics, this week I want you to pull a Rockford and look for the bottom feeders, the thrift-store, entry level cars that are still cheapening up the place. I want Plymouth Breezes, Daewoo Lanos,’ Chevy Chevettes, and Toyota Echos. The only thing is, they need to be strippers, the smallest motor and the cheapest interior the better. Oh, and like every week, they need to be running and able to be licensed for the road.
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Jeff Glucker
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63Lc3Jd5Le5G25Mbd2c74f971fb53421657.jpg" width="500">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ed3F63Ne5E55K55F5d2cdda11f8018c6141f.jpg" width="500">
<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3613303111.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3613303111.html
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Yup.
Well done, little Flick. You've learned the ways of the dark side.
– Open CL
– Type "Lambo" into search field
– Select "entire post"
– …
– Profit
I go with "Custom" and if that doesn't turn anything up I move on to things like lambo, moded, modified, tuner, donk, etc.
I found this week's winning entry by searching the cars/trucks-owner section, using the term "ferrari" and a max price of 10000. It was pure luck that the filter couldn't tell the difference between $10K, and the $100K the seller would like to believe his car is worth.
Ha, nicely done. I just realized there's no congratulatory post for you. Here, have a delicious beer on me:
<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BIa233sPBiU/Tz_rWfDTSyI/AAAAAAAAAR8/QPeEUUnVSd0/s1600/wells-banana-bread-beer.jpg" width="400">
Congrats!
You don't need to add extra Bananas into a beer, just brew it with the right yeast and it will be bananatastic, silly brewery.
But this shit is bananas… B-A-N-A…..
…I hate myself.
I'm sorry…
That is delicious beer. I was skeptical when it was recommended to me… but it's very tasty
Same here. I tried it a couple weeks ago. I was at the liquor store looking for beer to bring to a BBQ, and I felt like like trying something new. "Banana… bread… be… eh, what the hell." Grabbed a 6-er of that and a 6 of Longboard just to be safe…
It had a very unique and smooth flavor that went surprisingly well with BBQ flank steak.
Imagine that. Still for sale. Who wouldn't pay $6000 for this?
I know, right? There's at least $6k worth of TVs in the doors alone!
It hasn't sold after at least three weeks? I am shocked.
http://hooniverse.info/2013/01/23/craigslist-craps…
Alright this isn't a car, but it was posted in the car section, and apparently she's a Ford Bronco…
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTYwWDcyNQ==/$T2eC16ZHJGkE9no8iLy2BRI-o3YQG%21%7E%7E48_20.JPG" width="300">
Anyone willing to give this nice lady a ride to Edmonton?
Wrong category.
CL>Boats>Motorboating
<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c9a707d4a02751a3def59bb32e02224/tumblr_mhaxhnjmn41re99cwo1_250.gif">
It should be noted that I didn't see the stripper model part of the original post, yet still managed to find a definite stripper.
Last week it was the squirrel. Now this. Your neighbors seem to have a problem with the definition of "car".
It looks like the young lady got her ride – according to the link "Oops… Too late! This listing was so awesome that it's already gone."
So which one of you guys ….. err, never mind.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Eb3nb3K65Ia5Ja5M3d1pdf46e5806c23147d.jpg" width=500><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kd3G53Md5Gf5Kb5H7d1p9901bffbe4f31d93.jpg" width=500>FULLY CUSTOM HONDA ACCORD<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53I63M45If5G35Eed25a42251ec61d41ed6.jpg" width=500>98 jimmy lowered tvs hid kit custom lites TRADES<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K23I13l05G25E75H7d2hab634cb0533b1c3f.jpg" width=500>Custom Built 2012 Chevy Camaro on 28s ***** 1 OF A KIND ***HEAD TURNERI think he means head turner rather literally.
Camaroguy made me laugh.
I just like the way this guy opens the ad:
"Hella miles: 268xxx
Lowered: so it rides like crap, imagine a forklift.
Two tears in the interiors leather, both on seems. repairable.
Cracked windshield.
A/C & heater blower motor out: both a/c and heater work like champs, but the blower motor died at the beginning of this winter. repairable.
Orange hood with a decal on it. repairable, lol."
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F33Hc3ld5I95Ke5J1d1q69ac994f4b1112c7.jpg" width="500">
http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/3573803260.htm…
So goddamn honest!
Absolutely great! "Rides like a forklift" should be a sticker sold in 100-packs to people who like to scare a parking lot.
Dude… if we jump on it now, maybe we can make "Rides Like Forklift" the new "Because Racecar."
Edit: In fact… we could even market it to those who already bought the "Because Racecar" stickers for max lulz.
Yes, those are skulls in the green stripe.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kc3L83Hb5N45I55Fed2if163a84edefd132d.jpg">
<a href="http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/3626501765.html” target=”_blank”>http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/cto/3626501765.html
It's just an Integra that has been battered and abused, but I think the old timey filters add a certain je ne sais quos to the ad.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDYwMA==/$(KGrHqJ,!pIFDSDeQVsmBRI-QYULPQ~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
NEEED GONE NOW! To many cars
This is more a public service announcement than a legit entry, because it doesn't actually have an engine or transmission, but FREE VAN! Imagine all the things you could do with a free van! After you find replacement oily bits. Or just turn it into a lawn shed! FREEEEEE!!!
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAwMFg3NTA=/$(KGrHqV,!qMFESV3N4+CBRImdOZF9w~~48_20.JPG">
Click here for van
If I lived in saskatchewan id pick that up give it an engine and trans and drive it.
you don't need an engine or transmission "WHEN YOUR LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER"
A very wise man once said, "Sometimes Free Stuff Isn't Worth It"; which he wisely abbreviated to SFSIWI.
http://atomictoasters.com/2013/02/sometimes-free-…
But does that wise man have an engine-less van in at least three shades of brown?
So, I kinda want to fulfill my Heisenberg fantasy:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ib3Jf3Na5N35F35M2d2k2fd143e733c81416.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/3630998517.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/3630998517.html
But these damn things seem to be on the up-swing of the depreciation curve.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kb3M43N15N95K75J6d1oa492b6ffca391582.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3568867834.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3568867834.html
But just barely. Now is the time to buy buy buy!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I23Ja3Na5L85G75Jcd2c3359e812ddd81bb6.jpg">
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3611797861.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/3611797861.html
Seriously, this one is going for $10995!!!!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43m13N85N15Ff5Mcd1ia282e740779e1c6e.jpg">
<a href="http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/ctd/3555238366.html” target=”_blank”>http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/ctd/3555238366.html
You're an ass.
I don't entirely hate them anymore…
In 15 years, hipster kids will be all over them.
In 15 years, it'll be ironic to drive a Lexus sedan. Aztek: too obvious.
Scratch that, its ALREADY ironic to drive a Lexus sedan.
We haven't gotten that memo in the northeast.
$3400 http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ctd/3563325239…
$3500 http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3630942589…
$2495 http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ctd/3613248020…
$2499 http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/3602617182…
OOOOOHHH! It's a Rally!
On the Aztek, did you have to step UP from the base model to get black plastic cladding instead of body color?
If you're gonna pull the trigger on that, I'd get a vinyl decal of this graphic to replace the family
<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31sn%2BmhlhgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg">
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kc3k93N65I55N35Kbd25c0dab90b2bfb1bfc.jpg">
My apologies if this one has been posted before, I think it has been on craigslist awhile now…
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/3596211444….
Reposts are totally legit. If it's still for sale, it's game. The triple axle Suburban got posted four times in a row or so.
It's still for sale?! I posted that a couple weeks ago.
It's growing on me.
I loved it day one. It's really friggin awesome.
http://imgur.com/a/lgdfm Reminded me of this well-welded one…
ooff…C- in shop class, right there.
I like the spamwords the seller used. So choice.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ed3Ma3p15L75Kb5Jcd2id309ceedd5db1ca9.jpg">
"(slab..donk…fleetwood..sedan.deville..eldorado..chop..top..drop..top..convertible…candy..kandy..swangs..hotrod..drag car..bbc..sbc…tubbed..pro street..slicks…bracket..car..grudge..car..)"
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3627773202.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3627773202.html
Came for the candy, stayed for the swangs.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gc3F23N25I15Ec5H7d2a9ea67a7956f11037.jpg">
"Toyota engine and transmission"
Shut. Up. And. Take. My. Money. Yo.
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3607370068.html
There is so much story behind this… Yet nothing is said.
That ad is like a beginning of an automotive themed round robin.
Dammit Texas, y u so far away? This thing is driving my curiousity insane. MUST. KNOW. MORE.
Hey, one of our esteemed Hooniverse Editors should call John for details (it's in the ad) and do a write up on this.
How many cars were used to make this one? How Toyota engine and transmission?
Or maybe just, why?
Ready to race!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L13J33Ne5Ee5F95H2d2bf913c7e403e11b56.jpg" width="500">
I mean… nothing says "race car" like a frenched license plate at a precisely jaunty angle. <a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3609645064.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3609645064.html
It's got a certain je sais exactement ce que. And I'm not onboard with that.
It has a certain je ne veux pas about it.
I like how he has the jaunty frenched plate, but didn't fill in the actual plate slot. It's like some sort of artistic statement about registration costs causing people to stop registering badly modified Civics.
I've been looking for front leader sets forever.
So, this may not be a base model with the smallest motor. It also may not drive right off the lot.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ee3K33H15Id5Kc5Hfd2be364d049d18118f1.jpg">
But its only $3950.
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3609814331.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3609814331.html
That is SO getting shipped to Estonia.
Seller might take?: 3500 cash
YVR to AUS: Rs. 2,12,731 (why is that the default). Also round trip tickets are ~60$ cheaper.
2265mi / 20mpg hwy = 113 1/4 gal * 3.21$/gal in Salt Lake City (about halfway) = 363.53. But that's not premium…
driveable-making suspension work in Austin: Nuts.
Tax and Canadianization: Um…
= Aw, screw it.
"Custom bodywork."
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDYwMA==/$(KGrHqRHJFcFEQD6Sri(BRHqKh,5n!~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Hey it's in town should I go look at it?
Subaru Brat: Doin' it wrong.
The budget version of last weeks winner ($13950):
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Fc3L63Hb5Nb5Ec5K9d2h8ead3fe753e819e5.jpg">
And it's at a castle! A Castle! In Burnet, TX.
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3624150138.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3624150138.html
I like that the owner of an Exklerized Vette is looking for a Smart as a trade.
I saw a Smart at an intersection yesterday. Beside the brand emblem, the owner had added a decal that said "ass".
For the University of Texas fans out there:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ke3F73Lb5N75K45M7d2k50401be2ca271cd2.jpg">
<a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/mcd/3630959465.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/mcd/3630959465.html
Are… are those C5 Z06 wheels in the back…?
1971 VW Coupe Custom. You won't know if you're coming or going. http://pueblo.craigslist.org/ctd/3625193915.html
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Jc3Nd3H75H35M85J3d2h76459b8540141d1e.jpg"width="500"/>
Of all the things in the world for which there truly needs to be a picture of the entire car…
Seriously, do these people just kinda arbitrarily point the camera in the general direction of the car and poke at the buttons until something happens? How hard is it, really?
That was my thoughts too. Very crappy photos, indeed!
Seems to be their operating procedure for the acetylene torch as well!
Doesn't fit today's easter egg hunt, but we need to do a week of crappy motorcycles.
I present, for you viewing displeasure, a Katana chopper.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L63Jf3N55I35E15Fad217301b8a37adb1e60.jpg">
<a href="http://visalia.craigslist.org/mcy/3586135974.html” target=”_blank”>http://visalia.craigslist.org/mcy/3586135974.html
GAAAH!
That is supermotarded.
no, I believe it's submotarded.
I don't take direction well, so I've got to post one that likely doesn't qualify. I actually like this little piggy…
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3622677428.h…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gb3Ic3Nb5L45Gf5F4d2g10562e2430fe1cc5.jpg">
If I'm not mistaken, that car was at the our car show a couple of years back.
I saw the pic, and assumed a 350, and thought that would be pretty sweet. Reading the ad, I see that it’s actually a 3800, and that somehow makes me like it even more. I wouldn't have actually wanted it if it had a 350 in it. I’m lucky that thing is so far away from me. I want it. It’s far enough away that I can fight the temptation. If it were within, say, 100 miles of me, I’d at least be calling on it.
Agreed, I am not a fan of V8 powered Chevettes. This is just right, although I wouldn't object to dropping a Buick 3.8 of the turbo persuasion into it.
I was thinking a Series II supercharged 3.8 rather than a turbo, but the gist is the same.
Love it. LOVE it! A V6 is just right in a car like that, and that's the right V6.
Brown seals the deal.
Stripper model, you say? There's more than one way to interpret that, apparently:
<img src="http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt220/galedorm/limo/IMG_1143_zpsc8b2aafe.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3630938832.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3630938832.html
"Diamond Plate Steel was added to the trunk and the top of the car to prevent the heavier dancers from denting the top. :)"
That's a mental image I could have done without.
It is Kansas after all. "Cornfed plainswoman" comes to mind.
Mmmm…
I guess the reason for the extra cushion on the passenger seat is self explanatory.
Well, it's as base and as much of a "stripper" as a modern Merc can be:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Mc3F33J35L95Kf5M3d2kd8a1186b8d9e1084.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3630560425.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3630560425.html
I know this isn't an economy or base model car, but it appears to use the steering column and rack, and parts of the driveline from an economy car… as a front bumper…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3na3G33J25L35E55M2d25b99f5c2070fd1e70.jpg" width="500">
<a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3597307406.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3597307406.html
And I just gave myself a sad because, at least stateside, you absolutely cannot buy a new truck like this anymore:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43M33Nd5Ib5F25J2d2h1b45e504c2611da2.jpg">
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3623736471.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3623736471.html
On the other end of the pickups-you-can't-buy-anymore spectrum, here's a big block + manual, non-pushbutton 4WD, regular cab, single-rear wheel HD pickup:
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Mb3J33Na5N45Ee5Jcd2a609d00e79c9e1c5d.jpg">
4500 rpm redline? Amazing. Diesel-like.
<a href="http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3608329865.html” target=”_blank”>http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/3608329865.html
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A pig with makeup, just about everything is new, but the gearing is "weird". Driver's seat may need a replacement.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-3/19/0/399/396/70_413081749_xl.jpg">
Volvo 240
540$ for a two seater Space Wagon and a seven seater Space Wagon. The latter one has just passed inspection and is good to go, but the engine is making weird sounds. The two seater with green license plates is used "daily".
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-3/16/8/397/620/28_1262221599_xl.jpg">
…and I have to end the post on something rather cool again. A guy selling three non-running SAAB 99 and a '85 Mazda 929 station wagon. Holy crap! I want every single one of them. Price is the decades-old "cash for clunkers" money of about 450$ each.
<img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-3/20/0/399/552/30_439250430_xl.jpg">
Look! It's the Daewoo Lanos, with Starsky and Hutch stripe!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53K73G35Id5L95M3d2i37bc07d8c3091a2b.jpg"> http://rockford.craigslist.org/ctd/3626246154.htm…
Actually, this is kind of awesome.
Giugiaro worked magic with the Daewoos.
I remember the death of Daewoo when the last of the dealers were doing BOGO deals. Seriously buy one get one free (for parts)
I always liked the look of them.
Would you like to own a 2013 Chevrolet New Model similar to Honda Fit? I mean, come on, it's written on your registration, on the back of the car, in the manual, etc. HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR NEW CAR IS CALLED?
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MjM2WDM5NA==/$(KGrHqV,!pEFEVcbLWzJBRIegLe4zw~~48_20.JPG">
Perhaps not the best name for the model.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53G83Ia5L65F15Med2iaec61faa12071b3a.jpg">
How about the newest "Nubria" wagon you'll ever find. Not title, unfortunately. <a href="http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3626736222.html” target=”_blank”>http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3626736222.html
Here's a just beachy F-250.
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16FHJHQE9nzEyH)hBQ4y7eNcLQ~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
Only $15,000!
This should cover both the "stripper model" and the "cool" factor.
1972 Plymouth Valiant with a slant 6.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E83Kd3I35I35K75J3d2kfe1dafead3c81b94.jpg"> <a href="http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3631248432.html” target=”_blank”>http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3631248432.html
Same guy also has a 1973 Polara.
400 V8 with a 2 barrel carb, steelies and dog dish hubcaps.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E63G33Mb5N95F15Mdd2kae0cb845680a19e6.jpg"> <a href="http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3631241826.html” target=”_blank”>http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3631241826.html
A kid that works for us has one of these as his first car, except banana yellow. Gets a lot of attention!
Mint Maverick! Has that phrase ever been uttered before?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F33L73N55L25Ee5M9d2i61fa536f89b5102e.jpg" width="500">
http://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/3626777102.htm…
Shit. I actually kind of want a Maverick, and this one looks really nice for the price, and Lima is less than 100 miles from me. I have a self-imposed hiatus on buying cars for 2013, and things like this test my resolve.
It is damn nice looking, I'd drive this into Cars & Coffee with a big shit eating grin ear to ear. An unmolested Maverick/Comet is becoming a rare thing.
A surprisingly light non-Mustang Mustang. What's not to love?
Oh, this is too close to home. I. So. Want. This.
Did you hear about the Candy Rambler (that looks to be a decapitated coupe)?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E13K53J75N95K85Jdd2k455db9132c251f3e.jpg">
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/36310953…
Or for two-wheeling types, how about a maximum vert drive squidmobile?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G53Ke3M55I75F55H6d278f328ce7c5c71359.jpg" />
<a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/3600524749.html” target=”_blank”>http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/3600524749.html
I rented an Esteem wagon years ago and it was a total crap can. But, it was my kind of crap can, handled like a Chevette and had hand crank windows. I'd rock one.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M43Jf3Na5G25Ka5Jdd28fec9b5eb623f14af.jpg" width="500">
<a href="http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/3602484944.html” target=”_blank”>http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/3602484944.html
It's also so fast that the photographer can't get a clear shot.
Or it's idling. My rental had crazy engine vibration… then again, it was a '99 Suzuki rental car.
How about a race car that runs and is still a base car? One Enduro race car for you.
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n93F43o25L25Ec5H3d2e6c5364769f751aea.jpg" width=500 />
http://reading.craigslist.org/cto/3616556187.html
A convertible RX7 for $1250?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ea3Ib3Hf5N45G95F8d2i1e62661f9d361e53.jpg">
Well, actually $1349 because of some stupid dealer fee gimmick, and it's a salvage title, and it doesn't run, but it only needs a fuel pump and then it will be perfect!
Link: <a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/ctd/3625610082.html” target=”_blank”>http://stlouis.craigslist.org/ctd/3625610082.html
How about an 88 F-350 with a dump bed? $1000.
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It's got a 92 body, so I'm sure there's no chance of anything having gone wrong in that swap, and needs a little TLC. Oh, and also, the bed dump feature doesn't work.
Link: <a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3631161057.html” target=”_blank”>http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3631161057.html
Why you no run?! Well it probably needs a starter the ad says. Still this needs to be shared if only for the cap.
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http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3626937004….
The cap has warmed the cockles of my heart.
Dr. Denis Leary approves.
Ok how about a running car. Honestly this is the only picture in the ad. The write up is pretty good and makes you want to believe in a 215,000 mile Camry the owner refused to take pictures of.
http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3578671339….
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This is another runner! Not kidding. Sometime I'll have to relay the story of how I sold an untitled 1995 Paseo in 1997 to a stripper who couldn't drive a manual. Fun times.
http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/cto/3550846360.h…
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I know this one isn't running or driveable, but I find it amusing that the seller felt the need to say "This is a project car"
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Yeah, I kind of figured that one out. Six benjamins if you're interested.
Link: <a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3631033334.html” target=”_blank”>http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3631033334.html
"Rat rod"
Well the bodywork isn't rusty.
If that frame has no structural rot and the drivetrain is serviceable, that's probably $500 worth of project starting point.
Oh no! If he doesn't sell it, he's going to stripe the new parts! Never says what color though…
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3E53G93Le5Ed5Fc5Mfd2k1aeae5fe27a115f2.jpg">
Link: <a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3630803063.html” target=”_blank”>http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3630803063.html
I'm a big fan of this "V6" powered BMW.
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That wing is just tacky.
Sigh.
Late to the game, but here's a base model with a manual trans, crank windows…and a whole bucketload of want.
Unfortunately, it seems as though some smart person already snagged this one.
http://columbiamo.craigslist.org/ctd/3537234069.h…
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I like the subtle ones like this Buick Regal. Even though he asserts that "all mechanics are done" there's something about the shifty hood fit that makes me get suspicious.
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Also, bad paint
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This one is a 5 speed, must be 4 cylinder, and the spelling in the ad is just shocking!
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3631190732.h…
uh, what happened to the pics? Damn it.
Not sure show about I help out.
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Thanks for the help man! That's what I love about this site, everyone is super friendly and helpful!
I'm sure I knew what I meant to say there. Just that my mind and my typing fingers didn't agree.
Is a 2004 Chevy Cavalier base enough? What if it has Lambo doors and under glows? What about a sticker that says SPEEDGLOW, even though he hasn't touched the engine?
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G13M83N35L65Ea5K7d2e73d50ad79eb51947.jpg">
http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/3617816457.html
Found a "Deawoo" Lanos, but not a base model. Automatic, leather, even a rear wiper and power antenna!
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K73k73Ld5E35Fc5M2d273b42d2785dca16cb.jpg"/>
"it is good looking car … problem timing belt broken" http://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/3601089508.ht…
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"Turbo" meant "base model" back in the 80's, right? http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3624132321.htm…
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"Needs" is a base trimline that you see often on Craigslist.
"car breaks necks … if you got money and wanna see the in side let me know inside is pearlescent too" <a href="http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3550665593.html” target=”_blank”>http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/3550665593.html
How Brave are you? Got $776 in your pocket? http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3628369113….
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"This post deleted by the author" well so much for that.
An awful lot of money for a diesel Ford Escort wagon… http://saskatchewan.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cla…
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On the other hand, there seems to be a certain crowd that goes bananas over diesel wagons with standard transmissions…
I wonder if that's the same diesel Escort I found last week. It's the same color, but this guy's is relatively clean, and he actually took a decent photo of it, instead of a blurry picture through a kitchen window of a car covered in snow. On the other hand, it would be weird to have two diesel Escort wagons in one city so it must be.
It doesn't get much more base model than a model A
<img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L63Je3N15L35Jb5M8d2l0cf825c8873e1cd0.jpg"> <a href="http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3634220962.html” target=”_blank”>http://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/3634220962.html
A Previa made into a pickup? I found this through the Yahoo! Previa Group, of which I'm still a member:
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http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/3611086…
I happened upon an All-Trac S/C Previa during the last blizzard, and I actually considered it for a bit because it'd be better than what I have in the snow while also checking off so many boxes (Mid-engined! Supercharged!), but sub-20 MPG is a dealbreaker.
Is that an Impala front bumper?