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Will you get a fair market value for your car no matter where you sell it? Do certain cars do better in different environments? You'd have to think the best market for a seller will be one with the greatest access to potential buyers plus a low number of potential alternate choices. A rare Vette might do well at the Big BJ, but would your mom's six-year-old Liberty do as well? Would leaving it out at the Woodward Dream Cruise work better? What's the best deal you've gotten when selling a car and where did you sell it? Where is the best place to sell a car?

Let this be a lesson to those among you in the midst of a dry spell: a sporting woman is fun for a moment, but with the inherent risks wouldn't you be better off with the less temporal satisfaction that comes from a vegetable oil-powered Ford Econoline van? [San Jose Mercury News via News.com]

add pictures. The old addage is correct, a picture is worth a thousand words, and perhaps more in the case of buying and selling. A "Worn but trusty 1987 Chevy Monte Carlo" may be a great car with faded paint or it may be home to a family of raccoons. Third, reasonable or low price. My uncle once told me that supply and demand aren't the only powers in the market. If you refine things down properly, it's more like the right item, in the right place, at the right time, in the right condition. Put that information in your headline, add a picture and a good but concise description and you'll sell your junk to the people who want it.

That said, people like this who try to **********DRAW ATTENTION**********TO************THEIR ITEMS******** get the ban hammer from us. We assume they are either a 16 year old drop out trying to unload hot merchandise, a Nigerian scammer, or a dealership we don't want to deal with. Maybe that's just us though, maybe we're wrong and he's right. He is the one who got thirty phone calls and sold his car in an hour.

The obvious match of mullet to mustache has us staggering. Not only does this street fighters' combo land the one two punch of terrible chassis and solid axle, it finishes us off with the less than spectacular 305 V8 mated to a legendary 80's GM slushbox. Don't worry though, it's got original Ferrari badging and needs paint work. Keep in mind that "if you don't like attention & people asking you to take pictures, this is not the car for you!!" (h/t goes to Greg Navarro) [Craigslist]

Given the behind the back jokes everyone makes of van drivers, especially the ones with wood replacing the back windows, we would be inclined to avoid that particular carnal adjective.(h/t goes out to Alex)[Craigslist]

The vehicle was built in 1986 at a cost of over $1 million and includes a wetbar with an electric liquor dispenser, an ancient looking television, six leather bucket seats and a Rosewood interior. The owner's wife is anxious that he part with it, so we say see if you can make a deal on this interesting piece of history. [Craigslist h/t Michael Storc]

When you're talking droolworthy German coupes, the conversation generally gets to the BMW 850 in a hurry. It's got the looks, it's got the handling, and- perhaps most important of all- it's got a freakin' huge V12 under the hood. Why, we even have one in today's QOTD! Yes indeed, we all want one... but who's got that kind of cash? Well, maybe you do! Howzabout this '91 850i, currently sitting on eBay with a bid price well below five grand? Too good to be true? Well, it's got some body damage. Actually, it's been bashed into something unyielding with some authority, meaning you'll be spending staggering sums a few bucks on body parts, not to mention the cost of replacing the airbags. But hey, the seller thinks 8-series airbags are "a dime a dozen," so that comes out to less than a penny per airbag! Oh yeah, it comes with a salvage title. And it may or may not run and drive. Come on, though, turn that frown upside down- all you need to do is get Hector's Discount Body Shop to fix the exterior and then spend an afternoon or two fixing all the mechanical stuff in your driveway! How hard can it be?

Some of you, when looking at that 850, may have said to yourselves, "Hey, nice car, but who's got the money for parts?" And you'd have a point. For you, my budget-minded friends, we have this pair of 1991 750iLs, priced to move- or at least limp- at an asking price of a you-gotta-be-shittin'-me $4000. For both cars. Don't groan because you think the 750 is too downscale; after all, didn't Bateman drink his own urine, then grab a stranger and yell "BMW 750iL has the best engine!" in the novel American Psycho? See, that means it's an incredibly desirable object of mainstream consumer lust! Now, some cowardly types are afraid of the engine in these cars; they whine about how one of the two computers that each control half the engine often craps out, making the engine a very heavy six-banger. Then, of course, there's the 47 million engine sensors, which themselves are so ungodly complex that even the Blue Gene would break out in drops of fear-sweat trying to interpret their outputs. But: V12! So, what you get here is a fixer-upper and a parts car, though which is which will be up to you. One of them has a blown head gasket, which, I dunno, might be something of a challenge for your typical backyard mechanic to fix. The other... well, in the seller's own words, it "has some sort of electrical problem, possibly one of the computers. It seems to be stuck on running in economy mode. One of the computers seems to be corroded so that may be the problem." Those gosh darned corroded computers! But hey, a few minutes emery-boarding the chipset pins and you can bet that engine will roar to life!

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Everyone loves the BMW Isetta, and rightfully so! Just the crazy front-mounted door setup is enough, of course, but then there's the rear-mounted air-cooled motorcycle engine just piling on coolness points to form a huge ziggurat of awesomeness. Of course, the hot ticket was the big Isetta, the 600, which featured double the cylinders and an improved suspension, and this '59 is a fine example of the breed. Priced at a cheapskate-ish $9980, this car does need the application of some time and money. The seller claims it's practically a slam-dunk to get this baby in top shape, though of course the engine doesn't quite run (though in the seller's idiosyncratically capitalized, spelled, and arranged words, the "Transmition have been Cleaned and Tested and passed with Great Results"). But hey, he or she "just Saw one on Ebay in Really Poor Condition with a Large Dent in the roof and Rear Ended and Major Rust problems and it sold for $7600 with lots of Bids," so you're really getting a steal. Quick, buy This Great motor Vehicle!

Whoa, hold on, don't pull the trigger on the Isetta quite yet- we just spotted this über-steal on a trio of project BMWs! Yes, for a hair less than half the price of the Isetta, you can be the proud owner of a '73 3.0 sedan and a pair of mid-80s 6 series cars. It's a shame the seller can't be more specific about stuff like year, make, and model, especially given that the photograph was apparently taken on a pinhole camera inside a dirty Ziploc bag. It goes without saying that we get no mention of mechanical condition, paperwork, etc. And it's certainly possible that the rainy Seattle climate has caused a few downgrades in body and interior quality, since these cars have probably been sitting since the Carburetor Era. But hey, maybe all three will fire right up and drive like precision German creampuffs, eh? Sure!

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Apparently, the seller of this '49 MG TC has been deluged with insulting and/or combative emails about his car for quite a while now, judging by such statements as "If you do not understand the difference between a wood framed steel panelled body and fiberglass, please leave me alone. I do not need to be told this is a kit car by any more idiots. Nor do I care if you object to the modifications!" But... the question remains; what is this car, really? It's got a '79 Capri engine, Alfa Romeo wheels, and all manner of fiberglass, wood, and aluminum body modifications, so we're not sure how much MG is left. Still, the seller claims there's room for a small-block in the engine compartment- now there's an idea that gets our Stamp-O-Approval- and the price is just $5800.

Think an MG, even a '49, is just too common? You might want to size up the idea of buying this '56 Morgan 4/4, wooden frame and all. The original engine is long gone, replaced by a 1600cc unit out of an MGA, and it's missing all sorts of pieces. The asking price of $10,500 seems a bit steep as well, but as the seller says, "Sorry for the price, sorry that it is an old oil leaking English car, sorry I could not accept your 30% offer." The body has plenty of surface rust, but it seems to be of the non-penetrating California variety. You'd feel pretty snazzy- and pretty poor- after you got this fine British machine back on the road again!

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Never mind that it's powered by the same Ford V6 used in the Capri, this '85 TVR 280i is chock full of challenges for its next owner. Parts are going to be a bit tough to find, and of course then there's that legendary TVR quality to contend with. Only six grand and this screamin' British machine will be all yours! The seller says it runs and drives, and you even get a new windshield, but there's also the part of the description that goes "ongoing project needing some minor work to be a solid driver." Translation: "Neverending project needing massive infusion of time and money to be a finicky weekend cruiser." Balance that against the glory of being the only TVR driver in town and make your decision acccordingly.

But why go with an obscure British make when you can flaunt some Italian style in an honest-to-God Maserati? And not some boring ol' 80s Biturbo sedan, either- this 1974 Maserati Merak is a lean, mean, mid-engined sports car! Yes, it's a grand more than the TVR, but: Maserati! Some of you might remember the Merak as the car Clarkson drove in the £10,000 Supercar episode of Top Gear; yeah, it has a wimpy thrifty Citroën V6, but just remember, the Citroën SM has the same engine! Oh, we'd be remiss if we forgot to tell you- the photograph in the Craigslist listing... well, er, it isn't exactly the car being sold (hence the added quote marks around its image in the illustration above). We're sure the actual car looks even nicer than the photo, though- why, the seller probably just didn't have time to take a photo of the car he wants $7000 for, that's all! Did we mention that it doesn't run? No? Welcome to Hell!

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In this corner, we have this Bavarian bully, which has been taken most of the way through a turbocharger installation. Imagine the fun you'll have when the boost kicks in and you start breaking drivetrain parts leave everything else on the road in your dust! Before that can happen, however, you'll need to deal with a few minor issues. For example, the turbocharger is fried and it looks like the plumbing isn't quite all there, and then there's the nagging question of whether the seller actually knew what he was doing when he put the engine together. On the happy side of the ledger, it does have a 5-speed, aftermarket sway bars, a limited-slip differential, and the body is in good shape. $3000 and it's your personal hell.

As we all know, the Japanese automakers have never backed down from their arrogant German counterparts, and this '71 Datsun 510 should be able to give the Turbo 2002 a run for its money, if not leave it in the weeds. Turbocharging is great, but we also dig a big, high-revving, naturally-aspirated four-banger under the hood, and with a 2.4-liter KA24DE under the hood, this 510 should get you arrested the first time you drive it accelerate like a striped ape. The seller is asking a thousand bucks more than the BMW's seller (in an ironic reversal of the original 510/2002 price ratio), but that's because it "runs good" (sic) and is rust-free; however, this ad has the scent of a seller who will respond favorably to a cash offer well below the asking price. The seller is a man or woman of few words, but we're pretty sure the statement "still a project" speaks volumes. What mysteries will you uncover as you dive into this car's innards? What scary corners have been cut? Most important, could it beat the Turbo 2002?

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We've seen a lot of DAF-related conflict on this site, but who among us has been brilliantly unhinged enough to go ahead and purchase a real one? Well, by golly, here's your chance! For the nerve-rippingly reasonable price of just $2000, this '62 DAF Daffodil could be providing you with years of wrench-twisting fun (not to mention international negotiations with parts sellers on eBay Netherlands). The seller says it's all there but "needs some repair," which is probably something of an understatement. There's some rust on the rockers panels, too. On the plus side, it has under 25K on the clock, the engine isn't frozen, and it has a really great daffodil emblem on the steering wheel (and we really don't need to mention the awesomely loony DAF transmission with its Super Reverse Potential). Just to get you in the correct frame of mind for contemplating the essential DAFness of it all, ingest a hyper-Dutch dose of the Shocking Blue before you proceed:



You may well be on board with the orphaned Dutch car but feel that the erstwhile colonial masters of the Dutch East Indies have tainted the car with too much cruelly spilled Javanese blood. And that's fine with us, because we've got a good ol' American car that could be even more hellish a project than the DAF: this 1953 Crosley station wagon. "More hellish?" you sputter, "Why, Crosley parts are readily available!" Maybe so, maybe so... but this particular Crosley looks like it's going to need many parts, plus rust repair, plus everything you can imagine. It runs, though, and you get a '48 parts car plus a bunch of mystery Crosley parts to boot, all for just $250 more than you'd pay for the Daffodil. Imagine the light at the end of that very long, very dark tunnel- your own Crosley wagon, no doubt sporting some sort of far-too-powerful engine implant.

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Remember that Top Gear episode in which our British automotive heroes had to buy running Porsches for £1500? You call that cheap? 1500 pounds is close to three American grand! Pure squanderation! What you need, dear hellbound friend, is a $1000 Porsche... and we ain't talkin' about no low-end 914 or 924 here, neither. How about this 1978 Porsche 928? Understandably, you might be skeptical. Does it run? Why, sure it runs! But we'd be less than honest if we didn't mention the seller's statement that it "used to run good but had it stollen for three weeks" (sic), with all sorts of hazily-defined badness perpetrated upon the engine such that it's probably, uh, not exactly in great shape. And that's not all; the faint of heart might back away in terror from a Porsche with "some electrical glitches mainly in the dash and gauges," but Project Car Hell is not for the weak! Come on, it's a thousand dollar 928!

The 928 is a fine car, you say, but you've got a family to haul around and need something more practical (yes, Project Car Hell is all about practicality). What you need, sir (or ma'am), is this 1969 Checker Marathon wagon, available for less than half the price of the 928. It has a Ford engine under the hood (engine is frozen, but unless it's a MEL 410 or something you should be able to find a bolt-in replacement at your local junkyard). The windshield looks bashed, it has some floor rust, and the tailgate is beat to hell, but all you need to do is track down a parts car and... oh, wait, maybe this is a parts car. Don't worry about that stuff, though, because this thing has the potential to be the coolest station wagon ever, especially if you put a frame-twistingly powerful big-block in it, slap this TAXI sign on the top, paint it Day-Glo yellow, and offer free cab rides... TO HELL! Best of all, we get to go all meta on your azz here, because this ad features a reference to... Jalopnik's Project Car Hell! (thanks to Alex for the tip).

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Normally, I stay away from the eBay cars for this series, since we really can't tell what the final bid price is going to be. For a 1973 Matra Bagheera, however, we must make an exception. It's probably a safe assumption that such a nightmarishly difficult unique project car will sell for something spittin' distance from the six grand mark, however. What can we say here? This car is flat-out awe-inspiring! Once you've pried your eyes away from the batshit seating arrangement, take a squint at the instruments- yeah, you can tell the French dug Philip K. Dick back in the day. And it's a lightweight mid-engine machine that, by all accounts, sticks to the road like a collection agency sticks to your debts. Replace the wimpy Simca mill with, say, a 4A-GZE and tell your co-shotgun passengers to hang on tight! This one is missing the rear glass, so you'd probably need to head straight to France to get a replacement. Oh yeah, while you're there you'd be wise to pick up some other spare parts, since they might be absolutely friggin' impossible somewhat difficult to find here; we'd suggest you get one of everything.

I'm seriously yearning for that Bagheera, of course, but if I'm gonna blow north of fifty hard-earned Benjamins on an insane project car, I also want the neighbors to know I'm a goddamn high roller. I want their pathetic bourgeois ambitions to fade ingloriously in the thermonuclear glare of my across-the-board superiority, and for that you need a Rolls-Royce! All you need to do is whip out your fat roll, peel off $6500, and this fine 1972 Silver Shadow will be yours! It's got 8-track. It's got right-hand drive. It's got an interior that took fourteen hides to make! And it runs... well, sorta. Actually, the seller claims it needs some carburetor work... or maybe it's the fuel pump. Hey, no problem- just run down to the junkyard and find the Rolls section and... uh... never mind. There's some rust around the "rear edges," whatever that means, but the interior is perfect (except for "two minor spots"). And you get a 412-cubic-inch V8, which we're betting would sound mighty good through straight pipes. Better hurry, though, because the owner has dropped the price from ten grand and buyers are sure to be beating down his door to snap up this bargain!

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How about a good ol'-fashioned 1970 Beetle-with-truck-bed? You used to see flatbed Type 1s roaring around now and then, but these days a Bugamino sighting is rare indeed. This one looks reasonably complete (including the requisite rust on the floor pan) and the owner says it "runs good" (i.e., it gets louder when you stand on the gas pedal). Nice custom paint stripes, too! Does the body flex like Jell-O? Does the engine overheat? Hey, that's Project Car Hell! The seller would really like to get $1300 for this fine mo-chine, but we're pretty sure he'd perk up at the sight of a much shorter stack of Franklins.

Fine, you say, the Bugamino is nice and all... but the voices that whisper to you from the power lines are telling you something different. They're saying you deserve to roll in a purple Datsun 510 limo! Nitpickers might point out that the seller is vague about both the car's condition and its price ("this is just a to see what this might be worth to anyone out there"), but: a purple goddamn Datsun 510 limo! The running gear should be pretty easy to deal with, but there's just no telling what sort of scary hacks were involved during the stretching process. Imagine this car with the full Duke of New York chandeliers-on-fenders treatment, with red rotating disco balls instead of taillights and purple velour interior!

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From Team Japan, we have this 1969 Toyota Corona. Here's a car dear to my own heart; my Very First Car- purchased for $50 at the age of 15- was a beige '69 Corona 4-door (in fact, this could be that very car!). I can say from experience that the early Corona is slow, ugly, and handles like a refrigerator on a handtruck with bad wheel bearings, but it's got heavy-duty character; in fact, there's more character in this single car than in every single vehicle in Toyota's entire 1988-2007 lineups combined. This one's "NOT RUNING" (sic), but that doesn't mean a whole lot, given that variations on its R engine were manufactured well into the 90s. Interior and body parts might be harder, but they're certainly obtainable. If you've got $950, the car is yours.


But say you want something a bit sportier, or at least a bit more technologically advanced? Der Vaterland has produced this fine 1972 Mercedes 450SEL with you in mind! (Thanks to Will for the tip). It's been parked for two years, which means that the Southern California sun/smog combo has destroyed any surviving rubber on the car, but it does run. Sorta. Whaddya want for 800 bucks? It's a pretty straight Mercedes, buddy!

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First up is this fascinating combo of 1959 Hillman Minx with Mazda rotary power. Imagine it- your Minx screaming along at Wankel-approved RPMs while the jaws of onlookers drop in stunned amazement! Does it run? Er, well, not exactly. Was the swap done right, or is the engine held in with zip-ties and plumber's tape? Hey, for $500 you get what you pay for! All we can say is: rotary Minx, dude! This car could be made so freakin' fast that tales of your high-speed demise would be uttered in hushed, respectful tones by future generations of paramedics: Yeah, we was findin' body parts in three different counties, none of 'em bigger'n a pea!

While the Minx is an extreme longshot bet to actually get into driveable form, here's a project whose pitfalls and rewards are well-understood by most of us: a 1971 Ford LTD 4-door. Sure, the front end is probably shot (with a full turn-and-a-half of play in the steering wheel), and the interior is sure to be a nightmare of horsehair and vinyl decay byproducts, and the wiring has probably been hacked up into a fuse-popping logic puzzle. Yeah, and it's probably got a 400,000-mile Cleveland with the crappy 2-barrel heads and no compression in three cylinders. So what? Parts are pretty easy to get, and big Fords are cool!

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It's hard to find a car freak who doesn't have a soft spot for the Datsun 510, with its independent rear suspension and sap-enhancement-friendly engine, so the appeal of a '71 510 wagon for only $650 can't be denied. The serious 510 obsesso-purists might sneer at a wagon, but we know better; station wagons, like, totally rule! This car doesn't run (no hints as to the cause, of course) and it's cursed with an automatic transmission, but both those problems are easily remedied. Just be sure to ask the seller about back registration before you sign on the line that is dotted!

A nice reliable Datsun- preferably updated with SR20DET power- would be fun and all, but let's say you need to be different. How about a car boasting a healthy serving of Kenosha Quirkiness, with a quasi-famous pedigree to boot? Here's a '77 AMC Gremlin that the seller claims was featured on the History Channel's Full Throttle series. It's a six-banger car, but it comes with a neat-o 4-barrel intake and custom-made header. Just because the seller likes the cut of your jib, this fine piece of AMC history has a price tag of a mere $600! Smog compliance might be a problem if you keep it in California, though.

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Our first car is a Frankenstein Special out of the Reno area; after its mad-scientist creator shot a man just to watch him die (but before he got sent to Folsom), he stuck a '54 Packard body onto a '72 Buick frame. We don't know what kind of Buick provided the frame, but we do know it has a torque-bomb 455! No, it doesn't run, but according to the seller it just needs some "minor motor work" to roar off into the desert. Does "minor" mean points and plugs, or bad rod bearings? It'll cost you 800 clams to find that out, cowboy!

You say you only buy projects that run right now? This here 1958 Rambler American (suggested by our tipster pal Alex) is the project for you! It just needs some interior work. Uh, and some exterior work, too. But so what? It runs, and it's got a pushbutton shifter to boot! And fins! There's a bit of confusion about the asking price; the listing title says $500, but the listing body contains the statement "The price is only $600.00 and is as low as I will go."

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Dang, this 1966 Mercedes 230S looks pretty good, and it's only $495. The fins! The radio with shortwave band! Thing is, it lacks engine and transmission, but it's way easier to find replacements than it is to do bodywork on a Mercedes. Hmmm... would an LS1 fit under that hood? Or maybe a Buick V6 with, like, a billion pounds of boost?

If you're willing to cough up an extra $305, you could take on this sorta-complete-looking '66 Type 3 VW for a mere $800. It doesn't run, but at least you get an engine (or the crafty seller has coat-hanger-wired an exhaust system into place to simulate the presence of an engine). Parts availability for mechanical components should be a breeze, and even body/interior stuff shouldn't be too hard to get. We'd go for the 1835cc engine upgrade with Webers, of course. Just look out for floorpan rust!

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The point of this poll is to vote for the project you think would be the most torture, but also the most rewarding. Each car will score quite high on the Cool Ride-O-Meter, each will be cheap, and each will be ungodly painful to fix up. Soooo... today we have:

This wonderful 1965 Rover 2000, for the three-figure asking price of just $999! It's pretty much all there and the photo quality gets an A++ grade by Craigslist standards, but those darned brakes just don't work (so you can't test drive it). A big plus is that the owner actually got a non-op registration on it, so no back registration payments. Plus, let's face it, Rover saloons are cool. The big minus? Better book your next flight to the UK if you want parts!

But hey, you're not some warm-beer-drinkin', Dresden-bombin', Irish-oppressin' Brit, are you? Hail no! That's why you probably need to be the proud owner of this super-patriotic '64 Chevy Biscayne Hearse! You'd be able to get that whole "rollin' in my six-four" Impala style thing going on, while laughing at all those other guys driving dime-a-dozen Caddy hearses. For you, my friend, a mere $700. Sure, the 283 is froze (sic), but the ghosts of past passengers would haunt you unless you got 409 power, anyway.

So what's it gonna be? The somewhat-intact parts-nightmare Rover? Or the basket-case Chevy hearse?

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The great orator Elbert Green Hubbard once said, "Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway." And that's probably the best advice anyone could give this dollar-sign-happy seeker of the ugliest car ever built. It just goes to show, as Hubbard also said, "Life is just one damned thing after another." [Thanks to joemamma for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli

Wanted $$$$ Pontiac Aztec $$$$ [Craigslist]

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All This and More! A Very Special Craigslist Camaro [internal]

What do you do when you have three (barely) running project cars and no motivation to fix them? Put 'em all in one big deal and make a Craigslist package deal! We're looking at a '74 Opel Manta, an '80 Toyota pickup, and an '83 Datsun 280ZX here; sure, the photos are a bit uninformative (though numerous) and we must say the massive block of keyword spam is a bit off-putting, but what the hell. Note: please don't flag the referenced craigslist post for the sin of keyword spam until later tonight, so that everyone here who wants to take a look can see it. – Murilee Martin

Datsun 280zx, opel manta 1900, 80 toyota truck - $2000 [craigslist Los Angeles]

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Screw You Tweaker, You're Not Selling Bumbeck's Starion!! [internal]

Thanks to a tipster whose name got lost in Jalop hyperspace (sorry about that, tipster, but don't think we don't love you), we now present this incredible time-capsule Kustom Van on Craigslist Oklahoma City. It's been sitting in a barn for 20 years, and it could be yours for three Gs. Damn, we'd feel ten feet tall owning this thing. – Murilee Martin

GROOVY OLD VAN - $3000 [Craigslist OKC]

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If It's Not a Scottish Custom Van, It's Crap! [internal]

So you want a car with a truck bed and it's gotta be custom, but your pastor would frown if you rolled up to church blasting Venom from your new Satanamino? Hey, no sweat- there's more than one car-with-truck-bed fish in the Craigslist sea. For just 3500 Washingtons, this seller will let you drive off in his '75 Cadillac Carabou (sic) Pich (sic) Up. Yes, a DeVillamino! – Murilee Martin

1975 Cadillac Carabou (Pich Up) - $3500 [Craigslist SFO]

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We're Totally the Color of the Avocado: Noble-Hauling Eldorado [internal]

Bumbeck:: someone swiped my pic from jalopnik for a CL ad
Bumbeck:: funny
Wert:: Wait, is it your pic that you took?
Bumbeck:: yep
Wert:: Sue them!!!!!!
Wert:: Want me to call the guy?
Wert:: Seriously, let's call the dude and tell him he's not selling your Starion
Wert:: He's also not going to be selling the picture of your Starion
Bumbeck:: That would be funny - but Napa County is full of tweakers
Wert:: Ok, fine, you're no fun...but wait, can we let our readers call him and say "Don't steal Bumbeck's Starion!" I mean, his number's on the ad...
Bumbeck:: Sure
Bumbeck:: Screw that guy

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A Brief History of the Starion [internal]

1979 AMC AMX - $600 (santa rosa) [craigslist SFO]

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American Motors on Television [internal]

PS 3 and games for car or parts and labor on my jeep - $1 [craigslist]

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When people consider the 707 area code (if they think of it at all), gentle, rolling hills covered in grape vines come to mind. Or the hip-hop of E-40 and his crew (although Fowty sold out his area code and moved to the 925). Often neglected is the serious redneck quotient in the North Bay. And what's more seriously redneck than mounting a GTO front clip on a lifted El Camino? How about being too lazy to even go that far and just dropping a Chevelle coupe body on top of K-5 Blazer running gear. Also features something called a "way cool," but we're not sure what it is; the seller has it listed between the "35x14.50 x 15 tsl thornebird tires" and the "power steering." He will trade it to you for a Buell. [Thanks to Alex for the tip.]

67 chevell 4x4 monster car [craigslist]

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Reader James hipped us to this post from the bountiful bosom of the Dallas-area craigslist. It's a '70 Triumph GT body fused to a shortened Chevelle chassis. We're not quite sure what the whole purpose of this excercise was, but since it's only $200 bucks, the money you saved by not buying a sensible car could go into a blown-alcohol 454, making this disturbing vehicle perfect for taking on the Main Force Police.

1970 Triumph GT FrankenCar - $200 [craigslist]

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Reader Mark, inspired by our secret-agent man's latest report from Scottsdale, hipped us to a not-quite-original but still very nice '70 Italia on craigslist. Plus, it's cheaper and it's got a 351 Windsor instead of a lowly 289. The A/C doesn't work, but who needs A/C when you've got a droptop, anyway?

1970 Intermeccanica ITALIA not Maserati, Ferrari, Shelby - $38000 [craigslist]

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Bumbeck just tipped us off to a sweet little orange Pinto wagon on Craigslist in the LA area. We figured it was an appropriate antidote to all of this "FXX on eBay" hysteria that's going on. Apparently, the timing chain quit the team, but for 1200 bucks, how can you really go wrong? The thing's just dying for a 347 stroker motor to turn it into the ultimate white-trash drift machine. And yeah, the faux-wood paneling's pretty much mandatory unless you're gonna give it a psychedelic '70s Himsl & Haas-style paint job with lots of marblizing.

1974 ford pinto wagon 1 owner all original - $1200 [Craigslist]

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