Bolwell is a tiny specialty carmaker based in Victoria. It got its start in the 1960s manufacturing kit cars, but moved on to its first production car, the original Nagari, in 1969. It first showed this new Nagari at the Melbourne Motor Show back in March, stating it wanted to sell the vehicle for $200,000 (AUD). The production model undercuts that by $2,000 (AUD), making it something of a bargain when you consider its carbon fiber tub, front and rear sub frames and a carbon composite body. Taillights come from the Acura RSX.

In addition to the standard model, Bolwell intends to offer an optional supercharger, a traditional manual gearbox and possibly even a Tesla Roadster-style electric powertrain at some point in the future. The first Nagari should be completed and delivered to its customer some time before Christmas. [Bolwell via GoAuto]

For that kind of money, you could get a nice, honest MR2 Spyder...that hasn't been in an accident. Or if you really just want a cheap mid-engined Porsche, you could buy a decent first-generation Boxster. However, if you're dressing up as Anthony Hamilton for Halloween, well then this might just be the ticket after all. [ebay]

Hi all, Here are some pics of my past works all done without garage, on my drive. I started on a bike licence back in 1980 so I built my tree wheeler ODYSSEY, a well known car around the custom scene, winning many trophies and most radical at Blackpool indoor show. It had a roof chop to the front roof gullwing doors and a 1600 type 3 VW variant engine and transaxle .

Next was my standard 8, it was a 4 door but i chopped the roof and made a 2 door coupe, it ran a 3.1 V6 with a Jag rear axle narrowed. I then built a one off V12 creation based on a hand built chassis and a bond bug body which sat in front of the steering wheels. All the running gear was out of a Jaguar.

After a long spell away from cars I got Calibra once again, so i built myself a body kit for this car. It featured in Max Power Top 100 at the NEC and got featured in Total Vauxhall. I then acquired the Nova, I intended to do a Ferrari Enzo lookalike but got somewhat side tracked. The car is still not finished, but I did enough bodywork to get the MOT to enable me to get to shows. I can't say when it will be finished as I am to reluctant to take it off the road since I am having too much fun driving it about. The car has just won Discovery Channel's Chop Shop London Garage, UK's Wildest Ride, they plan to do a write up on my work to coincide with a new series out soon.

Hope this is of some interest to you. Once again thanks for the attention, I understand people's mixed feeling about the car but it is what it is, my bit of fun, and surely that's all that counts.

Thanks, Steve

According to the seller, this car was featured in the obviously well known motion picture "13 million," a movie we all remember fondly (never mind that even IMDB has never heard of it). We just can't get over how spectacular this thing is put together. Is it possible for a car to be so bad it crosses the line into greatness? The answer is yes. (Thanks Henry) [eBay listing]

Under the muffin top is a homemade system to propel the cupcakes around. It's an electric rig that uses a couple of big batteries and a very rudimentary drive and braking system. Who cares about how mean of a machine it is! You're driving a cupcake, for goodness sake! [BoingBoing]

If you are determined to fulfill your steam fantasy, the car comes with plenty of documentation from the 20+ years of experimentation on the car. Truly, this would be an eternal project car hell. That being said, if anyone buys it, we'll amend the "How Jalopnik Is Your Car" scale to include a +10,000,000 point bonus for steam power. We're not sure what the fuel economy is like on this (yes the boiler is heated by gasoline), but maybe it's just what we need with rising gas prices.
[eBay via Winding Road]

In addition to the forged Ferraris they report on, we spy with our little eyes a fake Lamborghini Diablo in the mix as well. Suppose they just missed that one, or is the Ferrari angle just sexier? Somehow all of this reminds us that Car und Driver's Mike Austin still has a Fiero left over from LeMons in his garage. Or maybe it belongs to Phil Floraday of Winding Road - can't quite keep that straight. We're thinking those guys have to be involved in this somehow.

[Andry.it]

Andy's Modern Microcars offers kit or turn key editions of many of the famous and comically small cars of the past. There's the Peel P50, the ever popular Isetta, and who could forget the Bamby? That's right folks step right up and pick out your preference in SUV spare tire replacement system. Prices starting at £950 for shells all the way up to £26,000 for a driveaway TG500 Tiger. Get em now while supplies last.

[via YouTube]

As we've mentioned before, the XR-3 is a three-wheel plug-in diesel-electric hybrid that we're told can get 125 mpg while running on only electric power, and upwards of 225 when combined with the diesel combustion engine. Allegedly, the XR-3 can achieve a top speed of 85 mph, and the entire unit has a curb weight of 1,300 pounds.

The standard kit runs $170, which gets you 15 or more 24-inch by 36-inch drawing sheets and a 150 page technical manual chock full of pictures and illustrations. For another $30 you can get a CD containing 2D CAD files and 3D SolidWorks models and a DVD with the entire build process. [XR-3 Hybrid]

Ah, the venerable Stutz Blackhawk. This '71 has a Paxton-blown Ford 428 and a claimed 700 horsepower, which is probably 580 more than the Johnson; not only that, Elvis Presley and Jack Lemmon are known to have ridden in it. And, the clincher: mink carpeting! Only problem we can see is that it's a little too restrained.


You really can't go wrong when you roll into Palm Springs in a Zimmer Golden Spirit; why, you could have several underage prostitutes chugging Dom Pérignon in the back and a loaded .45 sitting on the passenger seat and still get the key to the city. This '82 has a mere 4700 miles on the clock, so you know the luxury is still in full effect.


If you were having a tough time choosing between the Johnson, the Zimmer, and the Stutz, just wait until you take a look at this fine, fine, superfine 2000 Phoenix, manufactured by the legendary Phoenix Coachworks. The seller doesn't say much about it, but we think the photo says it all: this car will hit the proles' sensibilities with the impact of your 350-pound Russian bodyguard's brass knucks on some heckling scumbag's nads.


Aaah, the Excalibur, always a strong contender in a field such as this. Any Excalibur simply excretes class from every orifice, of course, but this '88 was actually featured on the TV show Lives of the Rich and Famous! The miserable worms that will gaze at you in awe from their chump-change rattletraps need never know that it's powered by a Chevy 305.


Let's say you just got your town's zoning laws changed to allow you to build a 10-story strip club with a giant neon sign spelling out "BUTT NAKED OH YEAH" in 100-foot animated letters visible from geostationary orbit, and you need to reward the city council members you paid off. What kind of car is best suited for taking them out for a night on the town? How about this '88 Tiffany? Not only does it reek of the sweet smell of success, you'll truly be rollin' in your 5.0, because this baby features genuine Ford power.

Naturally, such an important question needs to be put before the Jalopnik readership. Vote early and vote often!

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Ah, the ceaselessly amazing world of Fiero-based exotic replicas. Which DNA has been implanted in the Fiero cell this time? Yes, it is indeed that of the Mk1 Ford GT40. V8 Archie's GT4T has V8 power, front and rear clamshell lids and um, uh, no Gurney Hump. Still, for a mere $45k, you can go out and shame Enzo Fiero all over again! We're totally buying one to go with our A.J. Foyt mask. Now we just need to find an ersatz Mulsanne straight in some sprawling Central Valley mixed-use office-industrial complex.

GT4T [V8 Archie's]

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Add another lightweight roadster to the new school of track-day toys. The catch is you have to build it yourself. Steve Graber originally created the 1,200-pound La Bala, a tube-frame, mid-engine sportscar, from a MKI MR2 donor. Now, Graber's company Grabercars is offering the La Bala in turnkey and kit forms. It's designed mainly for track use, but may be street legal in some localities, and will accept a range of front-wheel-drive powertrains. Grabercars has already developed the mounting brackets for several engines, and they'll include them with the $25,000 order. Assembly required. [UPDATE: For clarification, the FWD powertrain is set midships, driving the rear wheels.] – Mike Spinelli

[via Grabercars]

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The Fiero was a sales disappointment for GM, but it was a godsend for kit-car makers! Of course, we all know there's nothing like a Fiero-based sports car that looks like a Lambo that got left in the dryer too long (especially when it has a vaguely V12-ish plastic engine cover), but here's yet another variation on the theme: Archie Finale! According to the seller (who's bucking the kit-car eBay listing trend and eschewing the usual ALLCAPS style), "The car is Viper blue—in other words the same color thats on the Dodge Viper." Yes, folks, thats (sic) got to mean the car is as fast as a Viper! This Alabama-based ride has been bid up to $7,109.99 already, but for some reason the seller's very optimistic reserve price hasn't been met. – Murilee Martin

Finale 85 Fiero [eBay]

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Robert Q. Riley Enterprises says its new plug-in diesel-electric hybrid is two months from launch. (It'll debut on June 16.) Purportedly, the three-wheeled XR-3 will get 125 mpg on its three-cylinder, 23 hp diesel engine alone, and 225 mpg when coupled with an electric motor driving the rear wheel. Riley, a well-known custom car builder and purveyor of kit-car plans, will offer the XR-3 in kit form. For those with more time and talent than reasons just to sit and watch reruns of "Freak Show," the company will offer it as a set of plans only. [UPDATE: Press release after the jump.] – Mike Spinelli

[Reilly XR-3 via Motor Authority]

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Kit Car Designer Takes on Hybrids [internal]

Press Release:

Fuel-Efficient XR-3 Will Offer 125-225 Miles per Gallon

In less than 90 days, Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, LLC, a product design firm in Glendale, Ariz., will introduce its XR-3 plug-in hybrid, a sleek two-passenger, three-wheel sports car that is expected to generate up to 225 miles per gallon.

Designed to be assembled by someone with average mechanical abilities and no prior experience, the all-wheel drive vehicle will be available as a kit or plans for complete do-it-yourself construction.

"We've made a technology leap by designing a super-simple hybrid power system, but 'technology' itself was not the main thrust of the project," said Robert Q. Riley, company president and author of "Alternative Cars in the 21st Century." "We focused on the power of 'design' to define a new category of personal mobility products that are neither automobiles nor motorcycles."

The XR-3 uses the latest hybrid power system technologies in the most simplified way possible. While the front wheels are powered by a three-cylinder diesel engine, a single rear wheel uses an electric motor run by a lithium-ion battery. The ground provides the connection between the two systems, eliminating the need for a complex electronic and mechanical interface.

Driving on power from its diesel engine, the XR-3 can achieve fuel economy of 125 miles per gallon. However, when the diesel and electric power systems are combined in a hybrid driving mode, fuel economy can exceed 200 miles per gallon over an 80-mile trip.

A simple three-position switch allows the driver to select between battery-only, diesel-only and hybrid driving modes. The diesel engine can remain off for local trips, since power from the advanced lithium-ion battery pack gives the car a battery-only range of up to 40 miles.

Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, LLC is a full-service product design and development consultancy in Glendale, Ariz., specializing in transportation, recreation, fitness and medical products. For more information, please visit http://www.rqriley.com

For part 47 of "Why My Job Is Better than Your Job," I direct your attention to how I spent my Saturday. Turns out that Jalopnik blabbermouth commenter and all around righteous dude Al Navarro is president of USA7s.com, a new club dedicated to all cars inspired by the legendary Lotus 7. He sent the Postfather a query wondering if any of us So-Cal Jalopnikos would be interested in riding a Se7en around Decker Canyon. I was screaming "YES!" at the top of my lungs. At 6:30 am. On a Tuesday. Alone in my room. I was all set to get whipped about the mountains in a Caterham by a man named Doug when freak weather caused the "Malibu Blizzard." Stupid global warming. My fantastic hoonage ride was delayed. More for those who dare to jump.

Enter Gert Burkhardt, a German electrical engineer who resides in Pasadena along with his gorgeous yellow and hand-polished aluminum South African built Birkin S3. He agreed to rattle my brain about my skull up and down some of Southern California's wildest roads. Gert sent me one final email before we set off:

Now...maybe I should mention something (because I had an embarrassing moment before). Since the car is something like a glove there is a certain size limitation. It fits me perfectly with my 195 pounds but if somebody wants to ride in it with a jeans size beyond 40 it is getting claustrophobic or just not going to work. I hope that is not a problem...

At a strapping, husky and yes — big-boned — 225lbs. I was confident that I would fit just fine. If you've never sat in a Se7en, let me assure it is nothing like a glove, as gloves tend to be soft and comfortable. No, being five-point swaddled in a Se7en is akin to being stuffed into a child's coffin. Only hotter. I spent the entire ride with my left hand holding my right arm so as to give Gert enough room to row the gears. Yeah, it's that tight.

The Se7en's acceleration is outright staggering. First of all, you are seated so low that if you wanted to, you could place your palm flat on the pavement. Second, the engine sounds as if the world's angriest, unmuffled lawnmower wants you dead. Gert claims that the 2.0L Ford Zetec engine cranks out, "170, maybe 180 horsepower." As the Birkin only weighs 1,400lbs, 60mph shows up in less than 5 seconds. Saying it feels faster is like explaining sex to a virgin. You just have to experience the thrill to understand.

We headed up Malibu Canyon and hung a right on Mulholland. Within a quarter of a mile it became apparent the chassis was ideally sorted, tightly hanging on until the very last moment and then finally breaking loose with a bit of oversteer. Gert explained that the chassis could be tuned for more oversteer but that he liked his neutral.

A dozen-dozen twists later we were blasting by the Rock Store where Schwarzenegger and Leno may or may not have been enjoying brunch. We really should have stopped, as Gert's shiny Se7en was seven-times cooler than all the hogs parked out front put together. Instead, Gert doubled-timed it up the hill to where Mulholland crosses Kanan and shifts into a much needed 55mph zone. Here Gert really opened her up and I found out what a fantastic touring car a Se7en can be. And then we got to Decker.

For those who don't know, Decker Canyon is one of the very greatest roads in all the world. It is the southern terminus of California Route 23 and connects Thousand Oaks to Malibu some ten miles later. This is the road where I nearly made Davey barf in the RS4. Here's what Wikipedia has to say;

This portion provides numerous beautiful vistas of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean during daytime, but extreme caution is advisable, especially as the road nears PCH. It is a notoriously dangerous road, and the rusted chassis of cars that have gone over the side can still be seen. Bassist Philip Taylor Kramer of the rock band Iron Butterfly allegedly committed suicide by driving his van over the side along this route.

And when his crushed van was found three-days later, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was still playing on the eight-track. It's best to think of Decker Canyon as the N rburgring without the straightaways and with the added challenge of oncoming traffic. The Se7en ate it up. At first Gert was telling me about other roads he likes. By the time we got to Malibu, he was telling me what a fantastic hill climb Decker Canyon would make.

Now comes the Jalopnik part of the story. As the Swedish Mafia would have it, Dietrich Fat Stefan cleaved his Enzo in two about 100-yards up from where Decker Canyon dead ends into Pacific Coast Highway. This location also happens to be half-a-mile from the AC Schnitzer Memorial Nose Job Roadside Attraction. There we were, and... Gert stuffed it. Trying to perform a flashy, power-slider 180, my German pilot failed to notice a small, pointless curb. The front wheel, however, sure noticed. Long-story short, the fender was smashed against the tire. Yes friends, PCH had claimed another exotic. Or had it? "No problem," said Gert. "I always travel with tools."

And so, for the next half hour Gert and I wrenched, jacked and quite literally kicked the Birkin back into shape. I had a tiny crush on the South African kit-car before the crash. Afterwards, I was formulating a mix-tape to properly express my newfound obsession. I once helped rebuild an International Scout with little more than a brass hammer and a Sawzall. This was better. Seriously, we kicked it and made it home. It was like Han and Chewbacca beating the Millennium Falcon back into shape. Amazing. And now, dammit, I want a Se7en.

Gert's claiming that a decent used Se7en can be had for between $25,000 and $28,000, with new ones topping $40,000. If I abandon all hopes of owning a house within 100 miles of Los Angeles, I could swing a Se7en. Even if all I ever did was a mad, monthly power-blast over the Santa Monica Mountains. However, as I am about as mechanically inclined as, well, Gert's foot, mine would do very little but sit and look pretty. Until the tires went flat. Still, what a fantastic machine — yet another car for my personal spank bank fantasy garage. Sigh... [Thanks to Gert for the sweet ride and Al for the hookup] – Jonny Lieberman

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Westfield to Build Hybrid Se7en Kit [Internal]

With Opel relaunching the GT as a roadster based on the Saturn Sky (which would make it not quite a GT car, am I right?), we thought it might be fun to look back at the original "mini Corvette" Opel GT. Then we reconsidered. What would be fun would be to see what some Opel GT buyers have done with their cars over the years — body kits, shooting brakes, tow trucks. Yeah, then again, maybe we should stick with preparing for a new Saab Sonnet. [Thanks to Brian for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli

[Opel GT Umbauten]

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Our story continues in the late fall of 2006 in upstate New York. Gary, now 68, puts the Volkswagen Bug camper he inherited from the estate of his lady, Janet, who was killed in a grinding scrapbooking accident, up for sale. "It's all I have left," he says, "If you don't count my collection of jaundice photos and this duffel bag full of obscure tools I won in an impromptu Chinese checkers tournament." The asking price is $20,000. Just enough, Gary says, to pay his debts and fulfill a lifelong dream of opening his very own root cellar. Godspeed, Gary. [Thanks to Matt for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli

Beetle Bug RV Camp - $16500 [Craigslist]

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The Westfield shopping-mall people annoy us. Every property they acquire has to become a "Westfield Shopping Town," which may work for some podunk palace of crap whose most notable feature is one of the only Chik-fil-A franchises in Northern California, but why would one feel the desire to brand a gilded monument to consumerism as elegant as San Francisco Centre with the declass "Shopping Town" moniker?

Thankfully, there is another Westfield, and they make sports cars that could be subtly referred to as "rather quick." Somewhat the inverse of a shopping town, in fact. And founder Chris Smith has just sold the marque to Potenza Sports Cars Ltd., which is a company we've never heard of. Will Bridgestone sue? I sure did like those RE090s on my Legend... – Davey G. Johnson

Westfield Sportscars sold to Potenza [AutoIndustry, UK]

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With the cheapest "Buy it Now" price of a Ford GT just below $150,000 — and the last GT having rolled off the Saleen Special Vehicles line back in September — what's a speed-craving cheapskate to do? They can write a check for around $70,000 to replicar builder Superformance, and roll out with a new SPF GT40 MKII A (sans engine, of course). Rather than wallowing in Ford's new tech, they'll be getting a car that's closer to the Ford GT's antecedent, the Le Mans-winning GT40. The Superformance car is built from the original blueprints drawn up by Ford Advanced Vehicles, the FoMoCo division responsible for the mid-60s racer. The SPF even comes with a driver-side "Gurney bubble" set into the pressed-steel roof, to accommodate the helmets of those, like big Dan, who happen to be tall in stature. As for the drivetrain, which will cost extra, might we suggest something in a 427? – Mike Spinelli

Superformance SPF GT40 - Familiarity Breeds Perfection [Kit Car]

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A few years ago at SEMA, we guess it was three now, we stumbled across a prototype of kit-car manufacturer Factory Five Racing's first wholly original design. Well, wholly-original if you don't count the 'Vette powertrain, and while it could've used a bit more primer under the bodyshell, we were duly impressed by the looks. Now, after some focus-grouped revisions, the GTM is ready for sale, and well, it could be a contender. We wanna see it up against a Noble as soon as humanly possible. – Davey G. Johnson

Factory Five GTM [Internal]

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Here's the problem with people who in any way, shape or form desire wish to own a Lamborghini replica. They "overuse" "quotation" "marks." Case in point, from the Kit Car Magazine site: "There have been many attempts to disguise the real 'power plant' [sic] but none have come close enough to 'pass' as the original V12, until now." Because "powerplant" and "pass" are edgy terms the kids use these days, don'tcha know.

Meanwhile, you can now make your LS1 look like a Lambo motor. And the only way this would be awesome if said LS1 was transplanted into a clapped-out Chevette with a full cage and impeccable running gear while retaining the gaping rust-maws in the floorboards.

Disguising Your replica Lambo's Engine bay [Kit Car Magazine via Rascally Rabbit: Japan Tuning Shop's MR2-Based Pagani Zonda Clone [Internal]

Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports on the Extreme F360, a replica of the Ferrari 360 Modena built on a (hold on to your berets) Peugeot 406 coupe. The spectacular transformation was done by Extreme Cars, which offers the kit — which includes body panels, doors, head and taillights and other fittings — for around 20 large. Still, it's not 360-class runner; the 406's a front driver with a powerplant that's better suited to a European econobox than an Italian exotic, but the company says it's planning a limited edition with a 3.0-liter V6.

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Got a rust-bucket Mazda MX-5, but you really want a Caterham? If you're in the UK, check out Westfield's MX5. The company took the running gear from a used last-gen Mazda and added its own kit body and components to create a kind of, well, Mazderham. But there's a twist to the story. Considering the UK's new "End of Life Vehicle regulations" (an environmental law that requires manufactures to pitch in to recycle old, valueless cars) the company is actually promoting environmental sensitivity. Kit-car building on old platforms, they say, is a form of recycling. We're not sure it'll wash over at Greenpeace, but it sounds like a good enough idea to us.

The Mazda Powered Westfield [Westfield Sports Cars]

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Famed custom vehicle designer Robert Q. Riley has worked on everything from bikes to kit cars to hovercraft to submarines. Now's he's drawing up plans for a high-performance, diesel-electric hybrid. A spec image (pictured) features a drawn-to-scale victim of Auric Goldfinger, though it's doubtful the figure in any way represents Riley's target market. Do-it-yourselfers can watch for the blueprints, coming soon.

XR3 Hybrid [Robert Q. Riley via Finkbilt]

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You thought the dune buggy went the way of Murph the Surf? No way, fink boy. Bruce Meyers, the guy who created and marketed the fiberglass buggy body that would become as recognizable an icon of motoring as the '65 Mustang — the Meyers Manx — still has a going concern for the cute little buggers. In fact, you can get a new Manxster kit that sits atop a VW Beetle chassis for as little as $5395 — though considering how rare good Beetle bodies are becoming, the finished product will likely climb by a factor of three. Car and Driver's test Manxster was a corporate prototype that would cost in the exclusive neighborhood of $35,000, putting it in the realm of other high-ticket nostalgia rods. Then again, it does have a Subaru flat-four from an Impreza WRX STI. Whoa, momma.

Features Review: 2006 Meyers Manxter 2+2 [Car and Driver]

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Okay, fine, Chrysler owned Lamborghini for a while, but does that really make this kind of thing okay? Take one Chrysler Group Cloud Car. Add fiberglass bodywork. And profile in a faux Lambo with more or less (depending on the model or both Dodge and Lamborghiini) half the cylinder count. And what's with the leopard motif? Part of us thinks this shit is genius. Part of us really needs to take a dump.

2005 Replica/Kit Makes Murc/Gal [eBay]

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One Barrett-Jackson attendee and fan of the Ferrari Daytona replica sounds off re: our correspondent's portrayal of one of the kit cars on the block. The exact quote was "Crockett and Tubbs wouldn t be caught dead in this cheesewagen."

That s a little unfair, I think. This car was the *exact same* kit driven by Sonny Crockett in the TV show Miami Vice. Also, I was one of the three guys that worked for six months to get the car ready for the auction and it s certainly not a cheesewagen (sic).

I ve attached a photo that I took of the car in the photo tent at B-J. Decide for yourself.

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Pity the poor Coyote, his brand image marred by one, inept lout with an insatiable hunger for bird flesh. If that weren't enough, he now must share his name with a kit car whose 1986 Pontiac Fiero chassis is its most judiciously applied part. We're not sure if it's a relative of the Cody Coyote from the 1980s TV series "Hardcastle and McCormick" starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh-Kelly. But if it is, this dog is probably its snot-nosed little cousin. Reserve met at under $6,000. [Thanks to Eric for the tip.]

Custom Built Coyote 3 on Fiero Chassis [ebay]

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While this site doesn't have a whole lot of information in English, (the club's based out of the Netherlands), it totally makes up for it in photos of weird-ass cars based on Citro n's classic conveyance for peasant and prole alike, the 2CV. Oh, the things people do with cars to amuse themselves.

2CV Kitcar Club

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Back in the late '60s, dune buggies were seemingly everywhere even the Bobbsey Twins had one. While Bruce Meyers, inventor of the original VW-based dune buggy, was driven out of business by vitual copies of his ground-breaking Meyers Manx, and air-cooled VW mania has died down since it's '70s/80s/90s heyday, Meyers is back with a line of new buggies, including beasts powered by angst-ridden, screaming Subaru boxers. We think the time is right for the return of this classic German/American hybrid, and the Baja Bug rehabilitation can't be far behind.

Meyers Manx

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