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Heaven, or Hell? A guy with a bunch of early Mustang parts.
Here was have some sort of parts business or hoarder. I’m not sure which. The first photo is the reason I posted this one. While that’s genuinely scary (and cool!), there is a higher level of organization evident in the other images. Maybe the first image shows the ‘pre-sorting’ table? Oddly, the seller states he…
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Torque Steer Special: Mazda 323 V6 turbo
LA craigslist features strange sleepers and stranger engine swaps. This 1990 Mazda 323 combines the two with formidable force. We’ve fully documented the previous-generation 323 GTX, a turbo AWD rally homologation special, here and here and here. Now imagine over twice the power–solely through the front wheels. The seller crammed a V6 from the big…
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A Free Spirit worth Saving?
I confess I had never heard of this ‘special’ edition Buick until I saw this ad. An article at Examiner.com gives you more than enough background on this. Basically, this was an Indy 500 pace car replica, though About the only good news here is the 350 V8 with a four barrel. As noted in the…
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Rock you like a Typhoon
Today, GM faces a PR disaster brewing from pre-bankruptcy cost-conscious decision-making. But in the early ’90s, they were obsessed with natural disasters. Before Saleen modified Explorers, there was the Typhoon and its Syclone stablemate. Transformed from the GMC Jimmy/Sonoma, these turbo V6 trucks were the modern evolution of the Buick Grand National concept. Aided by AWD, a…
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Serial Killer Train?
This looks like something any kid would enjoy – a miniature steam train and 750 feet of track. Why, then, is essentially no one having any fun in any of the pics. Where did this man take these people? Click for eBay ad Madison, NC $37,000 with NO bids,reserve not met and $50K BIN price…
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Rare Datsun 710
It’s sometimes hard to keep track of 70s Datsun models beyond the Z. The 710 would eventually morph into our Stanza for the US market, but only years later. The 610, which replaced the famous 510, was positioned a bit higher than this and was slightly bigger. Did that help clear things up? I didn’t…
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Dream Car: 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E with 427
Big block Mustangs, including Shelby Mustangs, are well known as great collector cars, these days. Their Mercury counterparts, however, tend to be less well known and, while not cheap, bring in less cash. This GT-E was the ultimate Cougar in 1968, and perhaps ever. Most of these had a 428, which is no slouch, but…
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Mach None
Everyone knows the Mustang II was a product of trying times. The enthusiast appeal, admittedly waning since the Mustang got a bit porky in 1971 and then the big block went away in 1972 and all engines got weezier, was completely sucked out at the Mustang II launch. Yes, the car was based on the…
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Houston via Milan
“Still Tippin’ on four fours, wrapped in four Vogues” Who is Mike Jones? The rapper repped the Houston rap scene in the early naughties with archetypical grille “bling” in his mouth and even blingier grilles on his old school lowriders. The lyric above glorifies whitewall-wearing 84s, slang for the optional wheels which graced only 1983 and 1984 Cadillac Eldorados. Also known as…
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RARE! A Used 1978 Corvette Anniversary Edition!
It seems like most of these – along with their Pace Car sisters – were put away in 1978 or thereabouts and have 100 miles or less on them. This is rare because it was rode hard and put up wet. Actually, we don’t know that – it’s possible that the garage collapsed on this…