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Having a baby means sleepless nights and changing lots and lots of diapers. The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Merkur XR4Ti has changed its turbo 2.3 for a carb'd 302, but now needs to make way for his new arrival. Will you find its price worth losing sleep over? More »
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If you came across a Mazda Miata en route to the crusher, what would you do with it? While any variety of answers immediately come to mind—track day beater, stripped street car, V8 swap—we bet you didn't think about stretching it and adding two Chevy 350ci V8s. More »
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Few would accuse anyone who drives a super car like the Ferrari 458 of wanting to blend into the crowd. It is perhaps only appropriate then that covering a 458 with camouflage inside and out serves to make the already attention grabbing car stick out even more. More »
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We're not sure many vehicles have ever left the factory that are less suited for low 11 second 1/4 miles and serious wheelies than the International Scout 80. That is exactly why the fact this 1963 International Scout is somehow capable of both of these impressive feats is so cool. More »
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The 1965 Mako Shark II concept car previewed the styling direction of the C3 Corvette, albeit with greater exaggeration. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '71 Coupe is claimed to be a MACO - whatever that is — but will its price take too big a bite out of its buyer's wallet? More »
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Current economic conditions may not be optimal, but that doesn't mean you'd have to completely give up life's luxuries, or as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Geo Metro proves, LeMons racing. Still, is this little limo really priced to do even one lap of luxury? More »
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The Gemballa Mirage GT took Porsche's audacious Carrera GT and gave it more of everything. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Gemballa-aping Boxster also has more — more fiberglass, more inches between the wheels — but does it come with a price that should be less? More »
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Volvos and V8s go together like Ikea furniture and orthogonality. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe trumped up 240 is probably pretty good on the straights, but will its price throw you for a curve? More »
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There is nothing monstrous about a stock Fiat 126. This 126 left the factory in 1989 with a tiny 24 horsepower engine and took a painful 33 seconds to go from 0-60. As you can see from the above video, this Fiat has been "slightly" modified from its stock form. More »
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Blah, blah blah, Ranchero, Yada, yada, yada, El Camino. Let us not get into a debate over the merits of car-based pickup trucks, let us only bask in the awesome possum that is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe SHO Taurus truck, the only debatable element of which may be its price. More »
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They say the best defense is a good offense. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Rover Defender 90 looks pretty good, but is its price offensive? More »
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Reborn Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Castagna is coming to the U.S. and has embraced our bigger-is-better mantra with this trio of seventeen-and-a-half foot stretch limousines built out of Fiat 500s. More »
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What's not love about taking a vehicle with the aerodynamic properties of a garden shed and giving it the ability to run a high eight second 1/4 mile? That is exactly what Australian Burt Willemsem did with his third generation Toyota Hiace van. More »
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People like to accessorize themselves, a habit that goes all the way back to humanity's formative days. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo S40 is decked out like it's a Suicide Girls pin-up, but is its price one adornment that's too much? More »
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As illustrated in The Prince and the Pauper there's a yawning chasm of difference between royalty and commoner. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 350-powered Bertone Volvo 262C attempts to bridge that gap, but does its price make it a royal pain? More »
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The Mercury Grand Marquis may have put the aunt in the Panther platform, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe three pedal special may just erase that octogenarian image. But, will its price make it old news? More »
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There is a form of plankton known as Corolla calceola or sea butterfly, that is a truly beautiful gastropod. The turbo 4AGE in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Toyota Corolla will ensure it's not a snail, but will its price make you want to slug somebody? More »
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At the mention of modifications to new pickup trucks a flurry of lift kits, overly bright headlights and unnecessarily loud exhausts immediately come to mind. The owner of this Chevrolet Silverado decided to skip all of these and came up with a significantly less conventional and more interesting way to modify their new truck. More »
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While the bitchin Camaro still lives, its cousin, the Pontiac Firebird has long been pushing up daisies. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe off-roader f-bird would more likely tear up those daisies, but does it come with a price that's pushing it? More »
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Like a Lovecraftian horror, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender - dubbed the Vipette - defies description. Its price on the other hand, is relatable, but will it give you nightmares? More »
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The Jeep Grand Wagoneer has such a cult forllowing you might expect ownership to require the ritual sacrifice of a virgin. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '89 doesn't demand such lengths, but even with its Corvette motor, is its price too great to give up? More »
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Whether you think classic cars should all remain stock as the day they rolled off the assembly line or you love all things custom, this custom 1960 Cadillac convertible is almost guaranteed to leave everyone who sees it with something to say. More »
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Taking your 1500 horsepower twin turbo Corvette out for a triple digit test drive on public roads is far from the smartest thing to do, but it doesn't make it any less entertaining to watch. More »
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The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Chrysler 300 Coupe claims it was built for MLB Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. It's up to you to determine if its combination of unique style and price hits it out of the park. More »
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The C4 Corvette breathed new life into the brand, however for some that wasn't enough. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe stroker droptop goes over the top and breathes through a supercharger, but will its price take your breath away? More »
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Although it seems there is a never ending shortage of terrible custom cars pouring out of Russia, every once in a while we come across one we think is pretty cool. This UAZ 3741 fits the bill for a custom Russian creation we can fully support. More »
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What do you do when you get tired of your matte pink Lamborghini and your matte pink Ferrari? Give a Mercedes SLS AMG the flat pink treatment of course and then take it on a tour of the world. More »
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Christmas dreams for a Pep Boys regional accessory manager aren't about sugarplums or shiny bicycles: they're about taking an underadorned car and putting things right. Which means plastering a serious pile of cheap plastic crap onto something like a defenseless Miata. More »
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BMW drivers are sometimes accused of using their cars to compensate for other, very small, things. Despite being covered with BMW-ness, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe very large Thing doesn't seem to be compensating for anything. However, will you find its price too much compensation for such a thing? More »
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They used to say the sun never sets on the British Empire.  Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Custom Country Squire appears to be another British conquest, but has its price been set empirically too high? More »
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If you like German cars and El Caminos, you're pretty much going to have to either pick up a Sawzall yourself or buy something someone else's home-built pickup. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe More »
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Creative, bored, love cars and living in Rhode Island? Why not weld metal armor onto a Crown Vic cop car, then shoot a movie about post-apocalypse police forces trying to stem a tide of crazies? That's exactly what Jalopnik reader Josh Oakhurst did. Meet Chimera. More »
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Audi's badge is four interlocking rings, which represent the quartet of makes that combined to form the Auto Union. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe S4 may not carry that badge on its nose, but is it also saddled with a price that will make it hard for the seller to lock up a deal? More »
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What would you do if you got your hands on a Lamborghini Murcielago? For most of us the answer is simple—hoon the shit out of it. For many of the people who actually end up owning these sort of cars the answer seems to be let them sit or crash them. More »
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It's being advertised as a "Rolls Royce" custom wagon, but a closer look reveals this interesting custom creation is little more than a 1971 Ford Custom Ranch Wagon wearing the disguise of an English luxury car. Currently listed for sale on Hemmings, where we came across this unique wagon, the seller claims it was 1 of 8 built using authentic RR sheet metal, emblems, and wheels. More »
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Remember Top Gear's convertible Renault Espace? The guys who built (un-built?) today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eurovan Cabrio sure do — but will this topless VW's price make you say forget it? More »
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In the 1992 movie Sidekicks, an asthmatic kid learns karate in the hope of meeting his hero, Chuck Norris. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sidekick has an industrial diesel - which is likely pretty asthmatic as well - but will its price make it something even Chuck would kick to the side? More »
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A few months back, Late Model Racecraft of Houston, Texas showed us what it was like to go 231 mph in a twin-turbo, 1,500-hp Corvette. Now they're schooling us again, doing the quarter mile in 9.68 seconds at 147 mph. Great butter pecan, that's quick. More »
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There's an old saying about things difficult to categorize being neither fish nor fowl. Exemplifying that maxim, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Civic is neither wholly Honda or BMW, but will you find its price is completely foul? More »
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Remember the urban legend about the guy who strapped a JATO rocket to his 1967 Chevy Impala and drove it into the side of a cliff at 300 mph? Paul "Hot Rod" Stender built a 10,000-hp salute to that guy. More »
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