Another week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online.
To compile this list, I search as much of Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist as I can for interesting vehicles that don’t cost a fortune. They may be hilariously unreliable, remarkably unusual, questionably tuned or just something that stops me in my tracks. Prices for some cars are trending higher, but I think some good deals are still out there.
The Datsun 620 is a dapper little truck that looks good from every angle. According to Hagerty, nearly half of buyers treated it like a car, never using it for truck stuff. It’s powered by a 1.6-liter L16 engine inline four making 96 hp and features an automatic transmission.
These can be found much cheaper, but expect rust or bad paint. This one looks all nice and shiny for $10,000 on Facebook Marketplace in Los Angeles, California.
The Silverado SS is Chevrolet’s follow up to the 454 SS sport truck of the 1990s. Car and Driver notes that while the 454 SS was a bit unruly, this truck brought some refinement along for the ride.
The Silverado SS was less powerful than other sport trucks of the era like Ford’s F-150 Lightning and Dodge’s Ram SRT-10. The Ford put down 380 hp and the Ram 500 hp via its Viper V10. The Chevy? It made 345 hp through a 6.0-liter Vortec V8.
But what it lost in performance compared to the others it gained in practicality. This truck comes with four-wheel-drive and a regular cab. This one is $8,000 on Facebook Marketplace in Minneapolis, Minnesota with 197,000 miles.
The Subaru Legacy GT spec.B is a textbook sleeper. Under the hood is a 2.5-liter four making 250-hp. That engine made it capable of outgunning competition like the Audi S4. Sweetening the deal is a bunch of parts borrowed from the Impreza WRX from the transmission to the suspension.
The result is a family car that goes like hell.
This one has high mileage, but is said to have a fresher engine under the hood and a manual transmission. It also has very mild mods. It’s $7,500 on Facebook Marketplace in Dover Plains, New York with 176,000 miles.
This ugly little JDM import duckling is actually an SUV. According to our friends at the Lane Motor Museum, the Rasheen features AWD in the form of Nissan’s ATTESA viscous coupling system.
Power comes from a 1.5-liter GA15DE inline four making 104 hp. This one has been lowered and fitted with aftermarket wheels. It also has some pretty sweet plaid seats. It’s $6,999 on Facebook Marketplace in Coventry, Connecticut.
Hat tip to Kenny!
Zündapp was founded in 1917 as a manufacturer of detonators before expanding into building motorcycles. It even built a microcar when those were all the rage in Europe.
This 1963 KS50 comes from the company’s final years. The single in this one makes 4 hp.
Zündapp closed up shop in 1984, but it lives on in its tiny motorcycles that pop up for sale from time to time. This one is definitely more of a project. I mean, look at the kickstart lever on the seat. But at $1,200 on Facebook Marketplace in Hazleton, Pennsylvania it’s cheap enough to provide entertainment while you aren’t riding this winter.
The Alfetta GT is a fastback designed by Italdesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro. It’s powered by a 2.0-liter four making 120 hp sent through a five-speed manual to the rear wheels. The more famous version of this car is the GTV6, but this one’s still cool. It’s also one of a handful of cars to feature the weird DeDion tube rear suspension.
This particular example is said to have a bypassed heater core and it needs some minor work. It’s $7,000 on Facebook Marketplace in Webb City, Missouri.
This week’s enthusiast car is a vehicle that might be overlooked in the used marketplace. This Audi S6 Quattro looks like your everyday German executive sedan, but its harboring Lamborghini power under its hood.
Yep, there’s a 5.2-liter V10 FSI engine crammed in there delivering 435 hp through a 40/60 rear-biased Quattro system. This engine can be found in Audi’s S8 with 15 more ponies and a version of it made it into the Audi R8 as well. Of course, a version was also used in the Lamborghini Gallardo.
In this case, you and your best friends can enjoy that Lambo power all at once in this luxury sedan. Road & Track’s testing showed this big car reaching 60 mph in 5.1 seconds.
This one appears to be in good condition for $7,950 on Facebook Marketplace in Hellam, Pennsylvania with 173,000 miles.
Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean you still can’t sneak in a drive or two in a classic car. Just feast your eyes on this 1965 Ford Thunderbird with its sky blue paint and matching interior. This was Ford’s take on a personal luxury coupe and it still looks like a stunner today.
Under the hood is a 390 cubic-inch V8 that made 300 hp gross when new. This one is an older restoration that appears to be holding up well. Everything is said to work but the radio and you get a huge pile of documentation with it. It’s $10,450 on Facebook Marketplace in Urbana, Illinois.
When the Honda VTX1800 hit the scene in 2001 it was the largest displacement motorcycle on sale. It’s lumpy 1.8-liter V-twin made 106 hp and was Honda’s response to criticism about underpowered cruisers in the past.
This is a fast cruiser but also a comfortable one. Riders over the years have attested to the VTX1800's ability to effortlessly eat miles and miles of American highway.
This one is said to be maintained and ready to ride. It’s $4,200 on Facebook Marketplace in Fort Mill, South Carolina with 30,976 miles.
That’s it for this week! Have you purchased a car from one of these posts? If so, I want to know.
If you know of a weird car for sale on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, drop it down in the comments or send it along in an email! If the car’s still for sale, we may feature it in a future post.