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Rare First-Gen Prelude
This is a claimed 125K miles, one-family 1980 Honda Prelude which appears the be in great shape. When did you last see one of these? What’s the catch, you ask? This one has an automatic trans; so maximum driving fun is not in the cards. Still, this car deserves to be preserved and enjoyed! 125K…
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Quickie: Datsun 411 Wagon Roller on Top of a Shipping Container
We don’t know how this car got on top of this container nor why. If the body and glass truly are in good shape, this could be a deal at $500 or so. We’re not sure Lemons rules allow a rolling shell at $500, but this shouldn’t be smashed to bits on a track, anyway.…
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Old School Cool:1970 Datsun 521 with Chevy 327
Small Block Chevy (SBC) swaps are all the rage these days, but they’re nothing new. The original swaps were into 1920/1930s hot rods and usually involved Ford’s “Flathead” V8; but Chevy swaps have a history, too, as evidenced by this 1980s swap involving a tiny Datsun pickup and a Corvette 327, which is older than…
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1989 Nissan Sentra Surf-Mobile
A two-door Sentra surf-mobile? Why, yes, it is! The racks on top hold the boards and there’s a shower for rinsing off. What more do you need? If your answer is Mercedes, AMG and “Turbo” emblems, then this is the car for you! Ignore the entertaining mods and this is basic transportation, which isn’t a bad…
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Dumped 4-Runner Project
Like yesterday’s Cutlass lowrider, this is an incomplete project based on a terrible idea. Is it too late to save it? Let’s try to figure out just what we have here. It’s a ’92 4Runner on hydraulics, it has no engine or trans, it comes with a right-hand drive dash and steering box (not installed)…
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A Cutlass That’s Not Cut-less
Yes, this Cutlass was cut. Olds never offered a convertible version of this generation of Cutlass. As a matter of fact, this entire generation of A- and G-Body never had a factory convertible. That didn’t stop someone from chopping this one as part of a lowrider project that never got off – or on? –…
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Cutlass with Batmobile and Plane Influences
Apparently, this was a promotional vehicle related to one of a few high-speed, jet-powered semi trucks. What does a white, Batmobile-esque Cutlass have to do with fast trucks? We don’t know, either. Regardless, this may be the oddest Cutlass extant. This is powered by a GM 350 crate engine, which should do a lot better…
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All for Naut? Nautica, that is…
Co-branded cars sometimes make sense, but it’s clear that the buying public never really “got” the Mercury Villager Nautica special edition. These were around for a few years and with a couple color schemes, all involving blue and white with a yellow stripe (of course!). We here at Oddimotive HQ really like white wheels, which…
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Mid-Engine Military Volvo
We in the US didn’t see them often, but Volvo made some thoroughly impressive and interesting military vehicles over the years. This C303 platform was under many truly a go-anywhere vehicles, and today’s feature is the “TGB 1111” variant, which means it’s the (sporty?) cabriolet version. The seller provides almost no information, but we know…
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Not Your Typical E30 Swap
E30 BMWs with other BMW inline sixes swapped are not altogether too uncommon, and some even receive BMW V8s. This seller, however, took a different path. Yes, that’s a Nissan/Infiniti VH45DE engine from a first generation Q45. What’s that engine doing there, you ask? The seller apparently was looking “to generate as much power to…