THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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Sweet green Datsun
We love the Datsun 1200 – tiny, light and fun to drive in its own way, even with the rather wimpy stock engine. This one has some tasteful upgrades that generally preserve its classic looks. The only thing better would be a fastback of similar quality. Click for eBay ad Portland, OR $2,550 with 4…
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Random Internet Photo: No comment
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Retro rod from hell
It’s hard to believe this isn’t based on a Thunderbird, as those are everywhere; but it’s not hard to figure out what car lies underneath this monstrosity. Click for eBay ad Olive Branch, MS $1,075 with 3 bids and reserve not met 07/15/2013 update: Has ended without meeting reserve twice. Latest was $3,740 with 19…
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Yugo two-fer
What’s better than a Yugo? Two Yugos! What’s better than two Yugos? A two-few that includes the SPORTY GVX!! We wonder if it really would be possible to put together one running car. Obviously, the GVX would be the one to attempt to fix. What could possibly go wrong? Click for eBay ad Trion, GA…
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Just another weird lotus
The original Elite was a beautiful car and among the first street cars produced by Lotus. This Type 75 Elite, however, is one of the Rodney Dangerfields of Loti – it gets no respect. This odd looking hatchback offers a Lotus twin cam four cylinder and, from what we’ve read, amazing handling. As with the…
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Homebrew Volvo 142 convertible
Volvo never made a convertible version of the 140 series. Actually, the C70 in the late 90s might have been the first Volvo convertible in many decades. Regardless, someone decided this needed to be built. The resultant car is pretty attractive and this is a more complete homemade convertible than most-the top looks decent, there…
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Viewer sighting: EX35 (or 37?)
That’s all I have to say about that.
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Starlet from hell (no, it’s not Lindsay Lohan)
Thanks to Dan for this reader submission! We love this ad for a number of reasons: The car itself is awesomely strange, The owner lives in a tent next to it, The car is parked under a useless structure, Other cars in the images display a wide variety of tastes, and The tent dweller apparently…
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Rare, one-year beast: Grand Prix Turbo
These don’t come up very often, as only 2,000 were built. A good friend of Oddimotive worked on this vehicle at GM back in the day and seemed to remember it fondly, for the most part. Unfortunately, this didn’t out perform its direct competitors, the supercharged Thunderbird SC and Cougar XR7, which also offered manual…
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Quickie: Bargain potential? (warning: desirable car)
Is it just us, or could this be a bargain? Click for Craigslist ad Orange County, CA $4,995 Ad text: The perfect summer roadster! Extremely rare 1973 jensen healey convertible, gunmetal grey on black interior.Car runs great with its 907 Lotus engine and 4 speed tranny! Very fast! 50k original miles, rebuilt top end with…