engine swap
Since I've been helping
BobAsh obtain American cars to ship to the Czech Republic, he's helping me find a nice Hell Project I can bring over here. Here's a car I
seriously considered buying- it's priced at the equivalent of $1,500- but then I realized that the California DMV would most likely have me clapped in irons the moment I attempted to register a Trabant with a backyard-built chassis, Tatra V8, and what appears to be five foot pedals. Still, imagine having this thing as your track car! Make the jump for all the photos and more Tatrabant madness.
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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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ennui countermeasure
SoNaive was shopping for a project
Ford RS200- yeah, might as well aim high- and found these three 80s race cars,
any one of which is capable of sending the entire Jalopnik staff into paroxysms of longing that threaten to shut down all operations for the rest of the week. So, it's Monday, you're hunkering down for a long week of The Man's cruel lash on your much-scarred back, and that means you have the right to blow the whole morning trying to make the impossible choice: which of these cars would you have for your own? Jump away for the links, the galleries, and the poll!
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found online
We didn't think it was necessary to post on BringATrailer.com, since so many of our regular readers seem to be obsessive visitors to that site, but it has come to our attention that some of you
may not know about the ultimate online resource for locating Hell Projects (and not-so-hellish ones as well). For you BAT noobs, kiss the rest of your day goodbye; on the front page alone, you'll find a '53 Fiat 1100 prototype (see photo, above), a 5-for-1 Ford Woodie deal, and- most ominously tempting of all- a
14-for-1 E30 BMW M3 package!
[BringATrailer.com]
el camino
The Japanese tradition of
installing a big temple-like structure on a Caminoized sedan to make a hearse makes total sense to us, but wouldn't it be great to have an '89 Nissan Presidentamino with the rare and coveted Dragon Hearse option to use as your
daily driver? Look at this thing! It is to regular hearses as a
dekotora is to 70s custom vans... and it could be yours for a mere £8,800. We'd suggest losing the somber black paint and going with a gold-leaf job on the Nissan's body, plus some 18K spinner wheels. Thanks to
Al_Beaton for the tip!
[ClassicCarsForSale.co.uk]
retro
We pleaded and begged and threatened, but nothing we could do would induce the Gawker Overlords to buy us the
Carrera Panamericana '54 Lincoln for use as the Official Jalopnik Staff Car. We were brokenhearted, but all will be forgiven if the Overlords buy us this 1938 Peugeot 402, enabling us to roll up to events in the style we
must have in order to make the proper impression. East Bay-based
Fantasy Junction wants just $295,000 for this achingly beautiful machine, and that money might help them build a new LeMons car to replace their
crushed Mazda 626, so it's a win for everyone!
[Hemmings Motor News]
retro
Murph sent this in as a possible PCH car, but we think it deserves its own post. You think your '52 split-window Volkswagen Beetle is rare? Ha! How about this super-original
1947 Beetle in Allied Occupation Forces colors, which we first saw when
the Loverman photographed it at a swap meet last summer? Yes, nineteen-freakin' forty-seven, when shivering Wolfburgers were still hammering together Beetles in RAF-customized roofless factories. Cable brakes, 25 horsepower, the works. It doesn't run, but what do you want for $28,900?
[TheSamba.com]
found online
Charles Bukowski drove a Mercury Comet, so the Mercury-branded Falcon gets additional coolness points right there. The problem with the Comet, though, was that it wasn't so good off-road... until now! Now this gentleman in the California high desert city of Victorville has solved that problem for us, by transplanting a '64 Comet body onto a '67 Bronco chassis. You get a 289 and 3-speed manual, and all for just $3,000 asking! Thanks to prolific tipster and Saab racer
LTDScott for yet another Jalopcentric tip!
[Race-Dezert.com]
retro
When reader
Thunder sent in the tip about this car, we all went "Damn!" But then we noticed the asking price and there was just this... silence. It's a reproduction of a 50s/60s Bonneville F-100 wink tank racer, with blown small-block and even license plates. Is it worth the price? Make the jump, take the poll, and let us know!
[CarsOnline-Ads.com]
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