THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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Does it get more Newport Beach than this?
Bentley for sale on the roadside with price on glass. Keeping it classy…
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Quickie: Best eBay search ever?
Am I the first person ever to perform this search?
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Fly in/Drive home: Messerschmitt KR200
Most of the better known microcars came about in postwar Europe where devastated-but-regrowing economies needed cheap transportation. These were often relatively cheap versus small cars and often were considered motorcycles for licensing and tax purposes. The Messerschmitt KR200 is no exception to the rule and was made by the famous German aircraft manufacturer, who, not…
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Shelby Oddity #2: SP360 Durango
We promised two Shelby oddities and we’re delivering! This is the two-year-only (1999-2000) SP360, which was licensed by Shelby and created by Performance West Group. This has more guts than the van we featured earlier, as these came with Kenne Bell superchargers bolted to their 5.9L V8s, bringing output to 360 horsepower (thus the SP360…
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CS means Creepiest Shelby?
Today we’ll feature what we consider two of the least likely Shelby products. Exhibit A is the Shelby Ram Van by Safari. White with blue stripes screams Shelby already, but plenty of logos have been added to make it very clear that this has something to do with the man. Given this is a van,…
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DID YOU KNOW that you can rate our posts?
See the “reactions” feature in the gray bar under each post and rate accordingly. Monty Python fans will understand the ratings. P.S. You know we always like to include a photo with shameless promotion posts. Thanks to Oddimotive fan Michael, the Gatsby BMW below came to our attention.
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Quickie: M-m-m-my Verona
We featured a picture of a Suzuki Verona the other day. Edmunds has a good write-up on this short-lived experiment, but suffice it to say it was the result of one of GM’s many theories on what to do with Suzuki. This particular theory involved importing cars from GM-owned, Korea-based Daewoo to sell as Suzukis.…
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Mazda’s 80s Rally Homologation-mobile
These days, US customers can choose between the WRX/STI and the Evo for Japanese rally-inspired street cars, but, for years, both were forbidden fruit on these shores. That doesn’t mean there were no choices, however, as we did get the Celica All-Trac Turbo, Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 and our feature car, the Mazda 323GTX. With 130…
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Not a Honey Bee, but a better B210
We love B210s, and especially the GX hatchbacks with manual transmissions and tachometers. This one ticks all the right boxes and adds some semi-tasteful accessorization that screams period correct, regardless of when it was done. Click for eBay ad Santa Rosa, CA $5,000 BIN with offers accepted 08/08/2013: Appears to have ended unsold… Fogs, stripes,…
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