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Straight Outta China: Wildfire WF650-T with Engine Swap
Those familiar with Wildfire – an interesting name for a gas-powered device – know that they sold Chinese-made trikes in the US with pickup and minivan bodies. Car and Drive famously reviewed one and was less than impressed. The US EPA also had issues with this company. Maybe your experience will differ? These usually feature a…
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“DragonSlayer” Mitsubishi Eclipse
Are lambo doors, murals and other poor choices missing from your life? If so, maybe you need “The Dragonslayer.” This is pitched as a “show car”, as these types of things always are. Underneath, it’s a four cylinder, automatic Eclipse from the least enthusiast-friendly generation. The only mechanical bright spot is the supercharger, but the…
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Elio Alternative? Litestar Pulse
The Litestar (later called the Pulse) was built from 1984 to 1990 in Owosso, Michigan by the creatively named Owosso Motor Company. If you can’t stand waiting for your Elio another minute, this might be for you! After all, this offers a small engine and tandem seating. Power comes from an 1100 cc Honda Goldwing…
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Post Super Bowl Panther: ’98 Grand Marquis with 5MT Swap
Despite rolling on an ancient platform and being known mostly as police and bingo hall cars, there’s something interesting about the Ford Panther platform cars. They offer low prices, V8 power, rear wheel drive and a big dose of simplicity. Today’s example solves the biggest shortcoming, which is the exclusive use of automatic transmissions by…
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1972 Ford Sprint Three-Fer: Mustang, Maverick and Pinto!
Mustang fans are generally aware of the 1972 Sprint edition; but not everyone realizes the Maverick and Pinto offered similar Olympic tributes at the time. Yes, someone collected the whole set and, yes, they’re for sale! These all would have had similar paint with flag decals; but the Mustang has been repainted plain white. Obviously,…
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Highly Original 1988 Yugo GVX
We’ll assume that most of our readers know that the Yugo was a short-lived (in the US), Zastava-built variant of the Fiat 127 built in what is now Serbia and imported by none other than Malcom Bricklin for US consumption. The idea was to have the lowest-priced car in the US, but it faced competition…
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Zombie Apocalypse Honda Civic
Here was have a 2004 Honda Civic EX with some interesting mod choices. Was it modified for night rallies? We say no, as the roof rack makes no sense. So, we must assume this was inspired by the Hyundai Elantra Coupe Zombie Survival Machine. Too bad the tire/wheel choice won’t make for good off-roading. Underneath…
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Shortened Corvair Hot Rod
The title pretty much says it all! Yes, this is a hot rod/rat rod built on a Corvair platform and which has been greatly shortened. What’s left of the car shouldn’t weigh much; so the Corvair flat six should move this pretty well. Click for Craigslist ad Dana Point, CA, USA $8,500 Most would assume…
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Rare Datsun 1200 Two-Door Wagon
Nissan positioned this V320 as a small van, and it is closely related to its trucks of the time; but we see it as a small wagon. Either way, it’s damn cool and has massive potential. This example needs a lot of help, both cosmetically and mechanically, but the good news is that it appears…
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Mini Cooper Airplane Car
Let’s get this out of the way: this doesn’t fly. It’s just a novelty, but it’s an unusual one. Apparently, this was used by Delta Airlines for some sort of promotion. The Delta decals/logos have been removed; so it’s now just a white Mini with fiberglass airplane bits. Want attention? This might be for you……