Porsche Carrera 2, Vespa 400, Packard Super Eight: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online

Happy Monday! To start your week I invite you to join me in staring at more cars for sale. This week we have a rare microcar, Porsche beauty, and an underrated off-roader.

While I own a fleet of vehicles that suggest a questionable taste, I actually love everything with an engine plus some seats and wheels bolted to it. I spend way too much time looking at cars, trucks and motorcycles that I will never buy, so this series is dedicated to the coolest vehicles I've come across.

These vehicles may be hilariously unreliable, remarkably unusual, questionably tuned or just something that stops me in my tracks. I also try to find good deals where they exist!

The seller of this one appears to have taken these pictures with a camera covered in Vaseline, but I see a gorgeous classic American sedan through them.

The Montclair was in its second-generation when this car was built in 1958. It slotted into Mercury's mid-range after having been at the top for two short years between 1955 and 1956.

These cars featured 12 volt electrical systems, push button automatic transmissions and enough length to land a plane on. This particular Montclair sports a 6.3-liter V8 making 330 hp and appears to be in decent shape. It's $9,700 on Facebook Marketplace in Gurnee, Illinois.

Microcars are a ball of pocket-sized automotive fun. These little cars were often brimmed with creativity and offered a cheap way to get around. Today, they're a different kind of classic. As Hemmings notes, the Vespa 400 is actually a French car because while it was developed by Italy's Piaggio, it was built by Ateliers de Constructions de Motos et Accessoires (ACMA) in France. ACMA already had a relationship with Piaggio through constructing license-built Vespas.

Now, you'd think that because it has the name "Vespa" that it was just a tiny car with a scooter engine. Instead, this was built from the ground-up as a car. Even its 394cc 14 hp twin-cylinder engine was unique. Of course, since it's a microcar don't expect blistering speed. There are no 0 to 60 mph times for this because it can't even reach 60 mph. Instead, 0 to 50 mph takes about 25 seconds and your top speed is maybe 51 mph on a good day.

Still, it's cute. And at $14,000 on Facebook Marketplace in Miamisburg, Ohio it isn't crazy expensive, either. Ad courtesy of Obscure Cars for Sale.

Some BMW fans regard the E39 as one of the best looking and driving 5 Series put onto the road. While its design is dated compared to what you can buy today, it still looks fabulous. And of course, this ultimate driving machine comes with a 2.8-liter M52 straight six paired to a manual transmission.

Here's one that has high mileage (167,000 miles), but a pile of service records that suggests that it's living a good life. It's $10,900 on Facebook Marketplace in Pendleton, Indiana.

Car and Driver has this to say about the oddly-shaped coupe before you:

Mix equal parts style, spirit, and frugality. Stir briskly. Season to taste with serious performance capability. Serve to youngish car shoppers anxious to make a statement but unwilling to cut into their racquetball-club fees. What you've cooked up is a dish more and more car companies are offering: the delectable sporty coupe à la cheap.

The NX1600 and NX2000 were Nissan's answer to cars like Honda's Civic Del Sol and Mazda's MX-3. This is a car with a strange face, T-tops and power coming from a 2.0-liter SR20DE kicking out 140 hp.

This NX2000 goes a bit further. Under the hood is an SR20DET from a Pulsar GTI-R Group A homologation special. This engine should have made 227 hp out of the box before it was given upgraded injectors, an aftermarket intercooler and aftermarket ECU. In short, this little car should be a bit of a sleeper.

It's $11,340 on Facebook Marketplace in Waterbury, Connecticut with 149,453 miles.

Spring is in full bloom and summer is right around the corner. It's a perfect time to get into off-roading. You could go for obvious choices like a Jeep Wrangler or a Ford Ranger, but let me present to you an underrated choice.

The Mitsubishi Montero Sport — the Pajero Sport in Japan — looks like something to take the kids to school, but don't let that deter you. I've seen these SUVs pull large school buses out of mud pits and climb up rocky trails that got those aforementioned off-roaders stuck. In addition to good ground clearance you have four-wheel-drive with low range and a limited-slip differential.

But my favorite part is that these are cheap! This one is $3,200 on Facebook Marketplace in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The story of Packard is one that has been told countless times through history and it never gets easier to read. But when this gorgeous two-tone Super Eight was built the automaker was still putting up its best against the Big Three, from Classic Driver:

Following WWII, America's independent auto manufacturers worked feverishly to beat the 'Big Three' to market with completely new designs, and Packard was no exception. Packard's first all-new post-war car, the 22nd Series, debuted on 25 July 1947. They were styled at Briggs Manufacturing Company, Packard's body supplier, under chief designer Albert Prance, and the new style combined the slab-sided modern idiom with a horizontal version of Packard's traditional grille.

Packard's design for these cars was noted to be polarizing at the time, but sought after today. Power comes from a straight eight making 150 hp. This isn't fast, but just perfect for cruising the boulevard. It's $12,500 on Facebook Marketplace in Eureka, Illinois.

The Porsche 911 964 is a car that thanks to designer Benjamin Dimson, has a classic 911 design with just enough modern touches to make it timeless. These 911s marked a couple of important milestones for Porsche like the first cars to be offered with a tiptronic automatic and the first with available all-wheel drive. It's not surprising to me that these sell for loads of money on platforms like Bring a Trailer.

This 1990 Carrera 2 looks like a winner. It's rear-wheel drive with a soft top, manual transmission and a tan interior. The seller describes it as being in showroom condition. Power comes from a 3.6-liter six making 247 hp.

It's $59,995 at Motor Werks Barrington in Barrington, Illinois with 108,821 miles.

If you're a fan of old diesel trucks it can be disheartening trying to find something with the venerable 7.3-liter Power Stroke or a 5.9-liter Cummins. On old-school Oppositelock there was even a series of posts showing people selling their old trucks for frankly ridiculous prices. So here's one that isn't so crazy.

This 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty isn't perfect; it has some rust here and there and a sagging headliner. However, for the price of $7,500 you get a truck with the Ford Power Stroke version of Navistar's ultra-reliable T444E 7.3-liter V8 turbodiesel. That's good for 235 hp and 500 lb-ft torque.

It also comes with a more modern face by way of a front fascia swap from a 2006 Super Duty. If that all sounds good you can pick this truck up on Facebook Marketplace in Mukwonago, Wisconsin with 210,140 miles.

Vintage motorcycles have seen a resurgence in recent times as riders drool over their simple, yet elegant style. But thankfully you don't have to chain yourself to racks of carburetors and deal with something 40 years old to enjoy something that looks old.

With this Kawasaki Z900RS you get a 948cc water-cooled inline four making 110 hp, modern brakes, modern suspension, modern instrumentation and fuel injection. So it's a modern bike that just looks old.

It's $9,100 on Facebook Marketplace in Des Moines, Iowa with 2,400 miles.

If you know of a unique car for sale online in North America, drop it down in the comments or send it along in an email! If the car's still for sale, I may feature it in a future post.