Sometimes I want to ask a car owner exactly what he was thinking, but then I remember it’s my own fault for being a Craigslist trawler. Anyway, today’s Craigslist find is brought to you by the 80’s: now with 100% real malaise!


I’m a fan of the El Camino. I drove one in college for a while, and I really liked it. Like a mullet, it was all business in the front, and party in the back, and I didn’t care. Knowing you have the only car like it on the entire campus is kinda cool, and I miss that thing. It would do 75mph in 3rd gear, and that car would just about burn gas faster than you could pour it out. Still, it hauled everything I needed, could pull a trailer, and had an acre of legroom.
I’m also a fan of Cadillac. We had to Coupe de Villes in the driveway, and my grandparents drove Cadillacs for years. They’re big, comfortable cars – I get it. Which brings us to this creation: part El Dorado, part El Camino, part Oldsmobile.
Details from the ad:

1980 Cadillac(custom built) FWD El Camino, Olds 350, V-8, auto, 4 wheel disk brake, former California Showcar, house of color white pearl, Blue leather interior, 5 spoke mags, dummy side pipes and spot lights, bed cover, no text, no E-Mails, don’t need help to sell, $16,900, sell or trade for Corvette, Hot rod, 49-52 Chev 2dr Fastback, 67-8 Chev Impala SS, Pontiac trans Am, Late Model midsize SUV,

It’s a real malaise special, with bits of every car GM made in the early 80’s. The blue leather interior is an especially nice touch. Can you smell the old cigarette butts?

The kicker for me is that price – $17,000 for half an El Camino and half an El Dorado. I’m not sure I could pay half that for a whole of either one. I also wonder what use a front-wheel drive El Camino would be, especially when the front end looks like a rhinestone cowboy. This looks like the kind of car a large man called Chuck would drive (Identity Thief? Anybody?).
As always, the last word goes to you. What say you?
[Source: Springfield Craigslist ]