Proving once again that if you've got something you think is exciting and you want everyone else trawling Craigslist to get excited about it, you must type everything in ALL CAPS. What we have here is the Chevy Feretta, an experimental prototype version of the sporty-looking-at-the-time Baretta which actually delivers performance on what the looks promise. Instead of a wheezy 3100 V6 under the hood, this one's got an experimental quad cam, 32-valve V8 and a five speed manual. We're pretty sure asking $37k is well into crackpipe territory for most everyone, but for the weirdo collector, it's a rare and essentially forgotten piece of GM history.

Concept Car / Experimental /Chevrolet/ GM Museum - $37500 (Miami)

"FERETTA" —— THE ONLY ONE EVER BUILT ——- ( EXPERIMENTAL ) AND ( CONCEPT CAR ) —— FROM THE "GM MUSEUM " AND GM ENGINEERING TEAM ——- RADICAL V-8 ALL ALUMINUM MOTOR / 32 VALVE / QUAD CAM and VARIABLE CAM TIMING —— SPECIAL G TRACK 5 SPEED ——- BBS WHEELS WITH GOOD YEAR GATORBACK TIRES / SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT GM ENGINEERING SUSPENSION AND CUSTOM WIDE BODY ———— LOADED WITH ALL OPTIONS EVEN FULL LEATHER INTERIOR/ POWER EVERYTHING / CRUSE CONTROL / TILT WHEEL AND WHO NOW'S WHAT ELSE GM DID TO THIS CAR ///////// THIS CAR WAS KEPT A BIG SECRET FROM MAGAZINES AND PRESS WHILE GM WAS DEVELOPING AND TESTING IT IN THE LATE 80'S LATER IN THE YEARS GM DECIDED THAT IT WAS TOO FAST AND WAY TOO COSTLY TO BUILD FOR PUBLIC USE , THE GM ENGINEERING TEAM DECIDED NOT TO DESTROY IT AND PLACE IT @ REST IN THE GM MUSEUM , DUE TO THE BANKRUPTCY RECENTLY THEY DECIDED TO SELL THE CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS , CONSIDERING THAT GM HAS PROBABLY MADE AND SOLD MILLIONS OF CARS IN ALL THAT TIME , THIS CAR MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT ONE! JUST THINK THEY STORED AND MAINTAINED IT FOR ALL THAT TIME AND WAS NEVER SOLD ————- NOW ITS TIME FOR YOU TO OWN WHAT NOBODY IN THE WORLD OWNS A 1 OF A KIND EXPERIMENTAL GM CAR!

(Thanks for the tip Suneal)
[Miami Craigslist]

What can we say? I was going to use it for a Project Car Hell contestant, but what could possibly compete with a 1980 Cadillac Seville limo for this kind of price? Not only that, the seller claims "HELL YES IT DID RUN WHEN PARKED!!!! Rats chewed some of the wires." How hard could it be? And not only do you get the reviled much-sought-after "bustle-back" trunk, you get genuine CIA provenance!
[Craigslist Inland Empire, go here if the listing disappears]

Even though I live in a parking-challenged downtown neighborhood and have maxed out my off-street parking with several cheap heaps, I really really really wanted to go over to San Francisco and buy this car, that very minute (the listing included the ominous words "MUST SELL THIS WEEKEND"). My parents bought two brand-new 1973 128 sedans when I was 6 years old, and at the time I thought they were the most awesome-sounding motor vehicles on the face of the earth. In fact, the engine noise produced by those Fiats may have been what turned me into a car freak at an early age (I choose to not dwell on the fact that both cars were completely kaput within several years and sent my parents scurrying back to Detroit iron for the next decade). Foolishly, I decided that buying a Fiat wasn't my best move, and I never called the seller.

About a week later, I spotted a very Italian-looking profile in the holding yard of the now-defunct Hayward Pick Your Part wrecking yard. Orange, plenty of surface rust, hatchback- why, it's got to be the same car! At this point, I'm really kicking myself; this super-rare Fiat is about to get picked up by a forklift and dumped on the yard, where maybe 1% of its components will be purchased prior to its final ride to The Crusher a few weeks later (and yes, that's an early Scirocco in the background, also doomed to the same fate).

The engine looked intact and the car seemed complete. Junkyard employees just laughed, in traditional junkyard-employee fashion, when I asked about buying the car before it hit the yard: "¡Ja, Ja! ¡Gringo estupido!"

Fast-forward to last weekend. I was at the All-Italian Car And Motorcycle Show and here's an orange Fiat 128 Sport Coupe that sure looks familiar. What the hell's the deal here?


It turns out that the car on Craigslist and the car at the junkyard weren't the same Fiat after all; had I been a bit more knowledgeable about the 128 hatchbacks- which, needless to say, weren't exactly hot sellers in North America- I'd have recognized that one car was a Sport Coupe, while the other was a later 3C; similar cars, but different taillights and badging. The differences might be obvious to you Yurpeans, but I hadn't seen any 128s in the wild for many years.

And, in one of those weird small-world twists, it turns out that I know the car's new owner. It's Jalopnik reader Superasiaone, of Wedginators Buick-V6-powered TR7 24 Hours Of LeMons fame. The car just needed a tune-up to become a decent driver; you can read more about its story here.

The Buick-ized TR7 is long gone and Scratchy Bottom Racing is considering making the 128 Sport Coupe into their next LeMons racer. The car got pretty rusty during its long spell sitting in a San Francisco driveway, but the mechanicals are in great shape. Cars don't get destroyed in post-Altamont LeMons racing, so we might end up seeing a caged 128 SL getting track and street time in the near future.

Meanwhile, we can assume that the poor 3P and its Scirocco neighbor have been crushed by now, no doubt packed into cubes of metal in a Guangzhou-bound container ship at this moment. Contemplate the randomness of automotive survival versus death as you enjoy these galleries:
Fiat 128 3P On Death Row


Fiat 128 SL Gets Rescued

Few cars have been as fetishized as the Buick GNX, the ASC McLaren modified Regal with performance said to meet or exceed the capabilities of the Corvette at the time. This example has never been plated, never been on the road, never even had an oil change. Heck, it's still got the air put in the tires at the factory. In the ensuing 22 years of storage, the investment club has seen its foresight rewarded, as the value of the car has gone up considerably from the original $29,290 transaction price. They're selling it now for more than triple that cost, with an asking price of $95,000. An eye-watering sum, but we're betting someone out there's got that kind of Darth Vader money for it. [Craigslist]

It's a Yugo GV with a Sawzall Caminoization job, but that's just the beginning. You know that wheezing, underwhelming 1100cc engine that Zastava put in the Yugo? Forget that boat anchor! You get the 1500cc out of a Fiat Strada (aka Ritmo) when you buy this car, and that's not all- check out that homemade intake manifold and brace of four motorcycle carbs! And when it comes time for turbocharging, you'll have a head start with the Volvo intercooler already installed. We say you need to rush straight to Washington State and buy this car (go here if the listing disappears) right now!

We don't get any details on how the rear suspension works (if this engineering triumph even has a rear suspension; the "needs rear shock" statement may be Craigslist-ese for "the whole mess is welded up right solid-like"), and we can't help but wonder what sort of game you'd hunt with it. Never mind all that, though- just imagine the burnout/donut exhibition you could put on in your local mall's parking lot!
[Craigslist Macon, go here if the listing disappears]

Based on the Continental GT Speed, the GTZ offered a more pronounced overbite than the standard car, as well as more jewel-like light clusters. And now it has found its way to the city by the bay. Representing the ultimate aspiration of European unity - an Italian body draping the German/English underpinnings - the sliver over forest Zagato maintains the standard car's hoontastic 6.0 litre W12, which should be good for near 200 mph trips to the Gray Poupon concessionaire.

While the plebian Continental GT will set one back a mere $179,200, the asking price of this stile infuso version is a cool 1.3 million.

That means it might be time to start scrounging between the sofa cushions for loose change if this Bentley floats your boat. And hey, they're accepting trade-ins!

Check it out here or over here if somebody has already snapped it up. Hat tip to j money!

The grill is changed, and the corner lights are frenched in.
The rear received the most attention (as you would expect from the Italians) with a rounder boot and more shallow backlight. The traditional double bubble is there too.

Interior upgrades include special upholstery and dash trim.

Yes, this 1986 Yugo convertible (go here if the listing disappears) suffered some Kentucky hail damage, so the car's owner (the seller's grandfather) "got the idea of turning it into a WhaleMobile off of some cartoon, and he took his crazy idea and ran with it." Sadly, the seller possesses "an inexplicable fear of these evil creatures" and must sell… and his loss is your gain! It has a functioning blowhole with water pump, and the tail even features aero-enhancing manual controls. This fine machine got some attention on the 24 Hours Of LeMons forums, but it appears that no team has what it takes to put it on a race track. That's shameful, but we know you have what it takes to make it your daily driver. Come on, Yugo Whalemobile!
[Louisville Craigslist]

That's what's going on with Black Metal V8olvo team member and four-time DOTS honoree WhatWouldJesseDo, and the car left standing when the music stops would appear to be his frighteningly original 1966 Datsun 411. Bring A Trailer has discovered Jesse's 411, which features Pininfarina styling and an engine based on the BMC B. Sort of a Japanese-Italian-British car here, and not something you see every day. This was the very first car in the Down On The Street series, so I'm hoping an Alameda-based buyer will pick it up and keep it on the island.

[Bring A Trailer, Craigslist]

If you've never seen Overhaulin', it was a show which ran from 2004 to 2008 on The Learning Channel and rebuilt unsuspecting owner's cars while under the guise the car had been stolen or repossessed, the catch was the wholel rebuild happened in only seven days. All-star hot rod designer Chip Foose headed up the team of thirty hardened garage rats and the results were normally pretty spectacular.

One of our favorites was this 1930 Ford Model A, which came to the shop with a Swiss-cheese frame, topographic body panels and a Mazda four cylinder of all things. After sliding an custom 1932 Ford frame underneath, hundreds of man hours of body work and a nicely built Y-block, the car was returned to its astonished owner. Unfortunately, that owner went and got his wife preggers and now they're selling the car to make life for junior a little easier. $75,000 is the current asking price on Craigslist, we're not sure it's worth it considering the rush job. However, as often as we pan Foose's work for being attached to overdone trailer queens, this one has a certain wholesome, traditionalist feel to it. It's a real hot rod with real vintage parts and some very nice custom work. If any of the Overhaulin' cars is worth that kind of green, this one is probably it.

(Thanks for the tip Tahnka) [Craigslist Ad]

Photos courtesy of Rod and Custom

We'd normally lament the loss of an air-cooled 964, but the sheer awesomeness of this armored beast seems an even trade for a stock neun-elf. Yes, it's all movie makeup and the guns, rocket launchers, flairs, and bullet-proof glass aren't real, but it does look cool, and you bet your ass people would grant this car a wide berth in rush hour traffic.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL PORSCHE 911 DRIVEN BY CHARACTER 14K IN THE MOVIE DEATH RACE. THE STUDIOS SPENT BETWEEN $250K - $300K ON EACH CAR BUILT FOR THE MOVIE TO ACCOMPLISH THE "PRISONER BUILT LOOK" THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. IT FEATURES FRONT MOUNTED PROP 50 CALIBER GUNS AND A ROCKET LAUNCHER AND WELL AS A REAR MOUNTED MISSILE LAUNCHER. THE BODY WAS WIDENED TO FIT THE EXTRA WIDE REAR WHEELS, FAUX ARMOR WAS APPLIED. THIS WAS ONE OF THE HERO / CLOSE UP CARS, NOT A STUNT CAR. IT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE FILMING AND IT FEATURES ALL OF THE MOVIE SEEN COSMETICS INCLUDING THE WILD INTERIOR WITH GAUGES, SWITCHES AND WIRES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WHEN IT COMES TO MOVIE CARS, THE LEAST ORDINARY THEY ARE, THE MORE VALUABLE THEY BECOME BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE EASILY RECOGNIZED. PLUS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT RECOGNIZED, THEY ARE A SIGHT TO SEE THAT DRAWS MAJOR ATTENTION.

ONLY 4 PORSCHES WERE MODIFIED FOR MOVIE USE, THIS INCLUDES THE STUNT CARS THAT WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CLAIM TO OWNING ONE OF THESE UNIQUE ATTENTION GETTING SHOW CARS. A 1 OF 25 BUILT 1970 CHEVELLE, AS RARE AS IT MAYBE, IS STILL A 1970 CHEVELLE TO ON-LOOKERS. A CAR LIKE THIS WILL STEAL THE ATTENTION AT ANY SHOW. MORE THAN A SHOW CAR, IT IS AN ATTRACTION. FULLY DOCUMENTED.

* Year: 1990
* Make: PORSCHE
* Model: 911
* Trim: DEATH RACE MOVIE CAR

* Mileage: 999999
* Engine Size: 4cyl
* Transmission: 5 SPEED
* Exterior Color: GREY
* Interior Color: TAN
* Vin: 9118200023

(Thanks for the tip Joseph)

[Orlando Craigslist Ad]

This 1963 Chrysler 300 ad (go here if the ad disappears) belongs in the second category. It appears to be referring to the $595 Chrysler in this ad, and the differing writing style makes us suspect that the authors may not know each other. No matter, because we think this tirade deserves a Best Of Craigslist vote regardless of author. And, hey, note the LeMons-grade asking price for that big-block Mopar- you could never in a million years totally win the race with that beast. Thanks to Oskimba for the tip!

I believe the car originally belonged to my Aunt Betsy, who was born in Wisconsin in 1931, and later migrated to California in 1954, while engaged to my Uncle Talbert.
She had a Tabby cat named Blinky, who died in the spring of 57. Blinky had 6 kittens in 1955, all of whom she regrettably gave away at a fair in Modesto. The cats where never seen or heard from again. Betsy left Modesto in 1963, approximately at the time she allegedly helped purchase the car for her lover, Benson, whom Talbert was unaware of. Unbeknownst to Betsy at that period, a second Tabby cat, also named Blinky, gave birth to 8 kittens, who had made a home in the Chrysler, while it was parked in the garage of Bensons home, hidden from Uncle Talbert. Talbert took ill in 1966, quite suspiciously I was informed, and he later expired from the odd illness in 1967. Meanwhile the Chryslers interior had been moderately tattered from the matured cats, 3 of whom had made the car their permanent home.
Betsy and Benson seperated ways in 1971, and Betsy took the Chrysler, and the two remaining cats, Philby and Jessup, with her to Berkeley. It was then that Betsy unfortunately became addicted to pain-killers, and the Chrysler
was parked in a storage facility in Oakland for several years. Although Philby loyally stayed with Betsy, Jessup disappeared. Philby passed away in 1984, and Betsy was devastated.
For reasons unknown, Betsy became obsessed with the 2 barrel carburetor of the Chrysler, and took it off the engine, and carried in her purse for the next 12 years. She eerily named the carburetor Jessup, after her beloved missing cat, and she was finally admitted to a rehabilitation center in 1996. The Chrysler was removed from storage in Oakland, and later transported to Talberts sisters home in Richmond. While packing Betsys household items for storage, her
nephew, Melvin, found the beloved carburetor in the refrigerator of Betsys home, and he had the carburetor rebuilt. It had been placed inside a plastic bowl, and submersed in a green gelatin.
Melvin applied for lien-custody of the Chrysler in 1998, and was denied the lien by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
At that point, the distressed nephew abandoned the efforts to claim the Chrysler, and the car remained in the garage in Richmond, until Talberts sister died in 2004. For some odd reason, Talberts sister had willed the Chrysler to the deceased cat, and the car was restored to Betsys ownership once again in 2006, as the ownershp had been declared invalid.
Betsy died in Dec. 2008, and at that time the car was given to Melvin, as he had wished, and Melvin then traded the car to me, in exchange for a 50/unit of 1/2 inch 4 ft by 8 ft cdx exterior grade roof plywood sheathing.

I certainly hope that clears up the confusion.

Clearly, PNP is taking a cue from the classic National Lampoon cover here, and what vehicle could be cuter than a chrome-bumper MGB-GT? It's like a friendly little puppy, begging you to save it from death! A friendly puppy that spends most of its time at the vet and leaks all over the house, that is, but just look at it!



Whoever is writing Pick-N-Pull's Craigslist ads has a good sense of humor. We see the two possible outcomes to the "you don't buy the car" scenario. One shows the parking spot- complete with oil stain- in which the MG once sat prior to its new owner hauling it away; the other shows The Crusher working up a good appetite with a Volvo wagon entree, with the heavy implication being that the MG will be dessert. Lines like "Buy this car and you will know what you will be doing for many months to come" and "Legendary Lucas Reliability" imply that the writer has at least a passing acquaintance with British Leyland products. Here's a giant screen shot of the original ad, just in case someone snaps up that super-bargain and the ad gets pulled. Thanks to Casadelshawn for the tip!



[Craigslist San Francisco]

This San Francisco owner skipped the fancy ad and the snooty listing site and went straight for Craigslist. Of course that makes us automatically think setting up an "appointment to see this wonderful car" will result in waking up in a bathtub of ice with a missing kidney. If it is legitimate, with an original asking price of around $650,000, and 9,000 miles on the clock, if this owner manages to get the asking price for his car, this guy will have been paid about $60 a mile to own his Enzo, minus expenses of course. Chew on that for a while. [Craigslist Ad, HERE when the ad evaporates]

The US never understood the Ford Cortina but it is legendary across Europe as reliable, entertaining transportation. In case you didn't know, the Cortina is the basis of an enormous number of se7en kits, race cars, and cobbled-together toys. This particular one is selling for a paltry five grand in Seattle and is in far too good a shape to chop apart. We're imagining a track racer with a transplanted 289 or even a turbo Zetec, which is making it difficult not to book a flight to the west coast.[Bring A Trailer]

Only in Ohio would you find someone trying to off a set of used nuts. Well, the Carolinas are pretty backwoods. And then there's Texas.

Imagine how frantically he was grabbing at those nuts, thinking he hit the big time. Must've looked a lot like the slower kids nabbing at the last pieces of candy with their grubby little fingers.

Since it's all in caps, you know he's damn serious.

DALE JRS LUGNUTS - $45 (NILES OHIO)

I HAVE 30 OF DALE JRS LUGNUTS FROM THE FALL RACE AT MARTINSVILLE. I DONT KNOW IF THEY HAVE A VALUE SO PRICE IS NEGOTIABLE. THESE ARE NOT FAKES!!!! I GOT THEM MYSELF FROM JRS PITBOX AFTER THE RACE! 330-501-6465

Photo Credit: Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR

[Craigslist via Motive]

The E28 is one of our favorite BMW sedans, from a period when Bimmer could do no wrong. We're not sure what happened, but a new 5-series doesn't quite stir us in the same way, despite more power than the M30 inline-six found in the 535i above.

Here's the description from the LA-based seller:

I'm selling a 4 door, 1987 BMW 535 i series that was just in the recent Audi commercial shown during the super bowl. The car was racing through the streets, then jumped through a billboard ad, if you remember the commercial. The car landed on a pile of open boxes to cushion the land absolutely no damage done. The paint job is new, tires. Great great shape. Drives good except I think it may need a tranny someday??? and It didn't pass smog, i think it might be a loose hose or something.. great to drive. looks new! 155,000 miles.

Let's run through the checklist here. Doesn't pass smog check? CHECK. Used as a stunt car? CHECK. Driven through a billboard? CHECK! IF you were in the market for one it could be a special one to get but, for $2,000, you could probably get a more reliable version. Anyone still "WANT" the Bimmer? Thanks to WC for the tip!

[LA Craigslist]

Considering the absurd prices that folks pay for factory concept cars, $24,900 for one isn't all that much… but, of course, this is a Pontiac Aztek. It's sad that GM took some uncharacteristically daring chances with the design of this vehicle- which was actually quite useful in the real world- only to have it swept into the dustbin of automotive history because it was, frankly, hideous. But that makes this one quite interesting, historically significant, all that stuff. We're not talking about some nightmarish Monkey Aztek here; this is an Eaton-blown, custom-painted show vehicle with weird late-dot-com-boom extras such as "overseat backpacks." Nice Price? Crack Pipe? You decide!
[Craigslist Phoenix, go here if the ad disappears]

The 2001 BMW 540i was quite the factory hot rod, with a 32-valve V8 making 282 horsepower. The price tag was about 52 grand back then ($62,000 in '09 bucks), so $35,000 for an example that's had the full Dinan supercharger/suspension/brake treatment could be totally reasonable… or not. This one looks to be in nice shape, although we prefer an exact odometer reading to the vague "low miles" statement made by the seller. It's even covered by a factory warranty until 2010. 500 horsepower in a 3,800-pound car sure would be fun, eh? Nice price or Booth Number Two?

[Craigslist Phoenix, go here if the ad disappears]