Month: May 2014
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Quickie: Failed Packard Revival
No, you won’t be able to ‘unsee’ this. -CG Click for Hemming’s Article
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Fiat 124 Spider Turbo – Run Away!
In great shape, these are appealing cars. The Fiat already had fun to drive going for it, in terms of handling, but the turbo was a way to try to keep the engine competitive late in its long lifecycle. We’re fans of these cars here at Oddimotive, but there might be some subtle red flags…
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A Truly Swift Swift
It’s no secret to anyone who follows Oddimotive that I, your humble host, love hot hatches and pocket rockets. That is to say, I love the performance versions of various shitboxes. This is a favorite and even has a cool legal tie-in. The previous-generation Swift was available in the US as the Chevy Sprint with…
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Irvine Cars and Coffee Sightings: May 3, 2014
Here we have one of the later Dodge Darts, which shares sheetmetal (and a lot of other parts) with the Plymouth Duster. This one is a Demon 340 and, yes, it had a four-speed. The 340 was a high revving, often underrated engine, so this car is probably a blast. Here’s another shot with the…
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AMC Body on a Mercedes Chassis? Why not?
Here you get not one, but two titles! Yes, the seller decided to take body panels from an AMC Javelin and put them onto a Mercedes “SD”, which, we assume, means a 300SD. Given neither is of body on frame construction, it seems this means the body panels were grafted onto the Mercedes unibody, but…
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Pixilated Girl Car?
It’s not clear to me whether these images are just shitty or if the pixilated, whacky paint just throws off the camera like a witnesses’ plaid shirt on the evening news. The seller here claims the car has been restored from the ground up. Yet again, I think I differ with a Craigslist seller on…
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Pre-Brat Subaru Pickup
We’ve featured more than a couple Subaru 360s since the glorious birth of Oddimotive, but we’ve never previously featured the truck version. These strange little haulers were part of a family that included a coupe, ‘sedan’ and a tiny van. The signature front end and suicide doors are thankfully present here. The rear engine, however,…
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Wankel Engine + 4×4 + Articulation. No Kidding!
Here we have an uber-rare West German Croco off-road vehicle. It floats, it has four-wheel drive AND steering and it’s powered by a Wankel. What’s not to love? Anytime you find or own a vehicle about which the best source of information is Lane Motor Museum, you’re onto something good. I thought the background in…
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Random Sighting – Brown Bruiser Malibu
We happened upon this beast in an O’Reilly’s parking lot. Upon closer inspection, 4 things became apparent: 1. This car has uncomfortable seats 2. This car has functioning A/C 3. The driver is ready at a moments notice to do a beat down with the baseball bat 4. There is a mail holder in the…