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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Twin-Engine, Twin-Shifter Subueetle For 20 Grand?

We're back for more harsh price judgment on possible cases of car-seller wishful thinking. Is a seller's asking price grounded in reality or indicative of overindulgence in those mean ol' Hubba Rocks? Yesterday, 61% of you thought that $97,000 was just way too much louie for this '57 Chevy 210. Was that because the '57 Chevy is just too common? How about something unique and handcrafted, guaranteed to make pedestrians walk into trees as you drive by? Say, the unholy union of a 1973 VW Beetle and a 1985 Subaru GL, with both engines still intact and functional and priced at $20,000? Working two gearshifts might be tricky, especially if the car also has two clutch pedals, but it goes without saying that this car must be driven using both engines simultaneously. Thanks to DodgePolara500 for the tip!

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8:00 AM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,408 views, 90 comments

Latest by camp6ell: dear angeldiazz, 100 vague words isn't enough to describe one car, so it's not even close to being enough to more »

found on ebay

Monster Fiat: What Would Carrozzeria Bertone Think?

When you're in Tennessee and you have a Fiat X-1/9 parked next to a Ford F350, what do you do? Why, you combine them, of course! This 351M-powered creation needs some work to be a reliable daily driver (the brakes don't work, the fuel is kept in an old air tank, the engine runs badly because it's "cold natured" and so on), but the seller makes it clear that this Monster X-1/350 is a "real head turner." We'd have to agree with that statement, and (given that $1,001 didn't meet the reserve price) we think it should be possible to make an offer this guy won't refuse. Thanks to Fliffknight and a whole slew of others for this one!

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8:00 AM on Wed Oct 8 2008
By Murilee Martin
5,364 views, 51 comments

Latest by dohcspit: I fully approve. However, to be perfect it needs a 5th wheel in the back. more »

found on ebay

Shopping For An '88 Hexamaromino? You're In Luck!

I was thinking about using this fine customized cartruck for Project Car Hell, but gave up when I realized that nothing could possibly compete with it. Yes, folks, it's a genuine Roly Fernandez-built 1988 Camaro with dual rear axles and a truck bed that will laugh at standard lumber sizes, and all for a starting bid of just $1,500! Sure, it's maybe not quite as nice as it was when it first left Roly's shop, but how hard could it be to fix up the "Long Gone?" Imagine the Super Dorifto Potential with this thing! Thanks to Ceruleanblu for the tip. [eBay Motors]

8:00 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,597 views, 43 comments

Latest by Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber: @FutureCarDesigner: You've got something with the wagon. more »

retro

James May Disagrees With Telegraph Readers, Says '49 Triumph Mayflower Is Ugliest Car Ever

The readers of Britain's Telegraph decided that the Pontiac Aztek was the king of their 100 Ugliest Cars Of All Time list, but James May disagrees. In fact, his pick for the Ugliest Car Ever wasn't even on the list! Meet the 1949 Triumph Mayflower, about which Mr. May states: "Its details are ugly, its overall proportions are ugly, its very concept - as a car to appeal to Americans who believed they were directly descended from the Pilgrim Fathers - makes one shudder." [Telegraph.co.uk]

6:00 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,193 views, 43 comments

Latest by FutureCarDesigner: The ugliest car ,downright, has to be the extremly rare Mohs SafariCar. It is horride. more »

down on the street bonus edition

Fun With Corvettes In Quebec And North Carolina!

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today we've got a couple of modified Corvettes caught in motion by eagle-eyed readers, one in Quebec and the other in North Carolina. See, the problem with Corvettes is execrable build quality lack of interior space, and here we see two different approaches to solving that problem! Thanks to Seatbelt123 and RacerX for sending these in; make the jump to read their descriptions.


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6:30 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,719 views, 48 comments

Latest by sinikl: is it me or does the giant ass on the 2+2 only look bad if you *don't* know about the more »

abomination

The Telegraph Ranks The 100 Ugliest Cars Of All Time

You figure a British publication that set out to do a Top 100 Ugliest Cars Ever list would be heavy on the weird UK machinery, and The Telegraph doesn't disappoint in that department (e.g., the Aston Martin Bulldog, above). But don't think that they've forgotten about Detroit; not only do the Pacer, the Fox Mustang, and the Edsel make the list, but… well, we don't want to spoil it for you, but let's just say that WE'RE NUMBAH ONE! WE'RE NUMBAH ONE! Thanks to Paul for the tip! [Telegraph.co.uk]


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2:00 PM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By Murilee Martin
7,053 views, 102 comments

Latest by edreyes: this list has a lot of vehicles that where probably pu there by association. Not because they are truly ugly. more »

engine swap

Longer, Higher, Wider, Lower: Swede Driven Mad By Sunless Winter, Builds 6-Wheeled Volvo Masterpiece!

Some Swedes cope with the sunless Scandinavian winters in the sanest way possible: pounding caffeine and/or alcohol by the hogshead. Others, however, crunch through the snow out to the shed and fire up the cutting torch, which is then used to create works of genius such as this 1980 Volvo wagon, equipped with what appears to be a Rover V8, dual rear axles, and custom-van-esque interior. Inveterate tipster JanTheMan translates thus: "Another V8 Volvo, Old price winner on the biggest custom car event in Sweden back in the eighties. It is a Volvo 245 1976. It is longer,wider, higher, lower. No glassfibre!"

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8:00 AM on Fri Aug 22 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,580 views, 32 comments

Latest by bdon: you are all silly. It is a volvo freightliner with double tandems for the 50 ton hauls..the v8 won't do more »

found on ebay

Because You Can Do This In America Dept: 1986 Homemade For Sale!

When you think about it, there's no reason to limit yourself to modifying an existing vehicle when you can just make one from scratch. Get yourself a '49 Chevy frame and- 500 trips to the junkyard and a lot of welding later- you've got a vehicle that looks like something Enver Hoxha would have designed for the Albanian Army, had he been sketching on a cocktail napkin after an all-night raki-pounding blowout. There's some truck to it, and some Warsaw Pact Rolls, and who knows what all in this thing, and we'd totally love to add it to the Official Jalopnik Motor Pool. Thanks to Thunder for the tip! [eBay Motors]


2:20 PM on Tue Aug 12 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,842 views, 39 comments

Latest by CptSevere: Ugly as a sack of assholes. Why would you even bother with this? Ask any woman what she thinks of more »

novelties

The Ultimate Housemate Car Prank: Project Pimp Brian's Ride!

When your housemate goes away to Europe for a couple weeks and puts his beater Civic in one of your parking spots without leaving the keys... well, that means you need to make him pay. Some folks would have been content to fill the Honda's door handles with Vaseline, or maybe even put a dead fish in the glovebox, but the Merkur-mad maniacs from Team Turbo Schnitzel don't do things halfway. They hotwired the offending car and proceeded to paint it purple and outfit it with the finest accessories Manny, Moe, and Jack have to offer. Welcome home, Brian!! [Flickr]


2:45 PM on Wed Aug 6 2008
By Murilee Martin
5,546 views, 50 comments

Latest by z974647: Just break off toothpicks in the door locks and call it done. more »

moment of zen

Chickamino!

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