THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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Real or Mirage?
We recently featured a mid-70s Dodge Colt and previously featured a Colt RS from the twin-stick era. However, this is our first from this middle generation. In this case, the car is badged as a Mitsubishi Mirage, but the turbo hot hatch recipe remains. This is not your everyday seller quote: “It’s a blast to…
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Reader sighting (second hand): Z truck?
We previously featured a professionally converted Z31, which was professionally made into a convertible. This is a bit more “homebrew.” It speaks for itself… One good friend of Oddimitove has suggested “Zickup” as the name. It has a nice ring to it!
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All Trac!
Here we have one of the legendary Toyota All Trac products with manual transmission. No, it’s not a turbocharged Celica, it’s a Corolla Wagon! This was an interesting period in automotive history, as the Japanese brands decided to crank out all-wheel-drive wagons – arguably way ahead of their time. With 128K miles and a new…
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Epic velour in a K-car
Velour doesn’t get much better than this -seemingly miles of it in all its tufted glory. Though FWD, this could make a funny sleeper with a bigger turbo and related mods. Don’t get too excited, though, many of these K-cars were turbocharged because all Chrysler had to fit was four cylinders it took a while…
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Bavarian awkwardness
Even with styling help from Italy, these had some of the funkiest front ends ever. Of course, we love ’em! Click for eBay ad $7,500 with 1 bid and reserve not met Federal Way, Washington 05/14/2013 update: SOLD for $22,537.99 (awesome) with 47 bids. Apparently, these have been discovered, but that’s a LOT less than…
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Isuzu diesel – not what you think
When’s the last time you saw (or thought about) an Isuzu I-Mark? Did you even know there was a diesel version? Key items: “no phone calls unless i permit it” “1st year of the I-mark in the united states, and the only year to have a good looking dash that doesn’t resemble the dorky garbage…
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Quick link: OLY!
Anything with an Olympia beer reference is worth sharing… Click for Hemmings article
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Browntalian
We just don’t see ’79 Alfas very often and the brownish color ads to it. Click for eBay ad Sierra Madre, CA $3,500 with no bids and no reserve 05/14/2013: SOLD for $3,500, but relisted later and then ended…not sure what happened. Custom tail lights? Not a bad place to do work – could use…
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Clapped up MX-6
We really like the MX-6 GT. Unfortunately, this was both modified and neglected (not necessarily at the same time). This was, of course, the mechanical twin to the Ford Probe Turbo, but the more conservative Mazda two-door coupe body style has aged better. 4WS was available in certain years, but this one doesn’t seem…
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Fastest stock minivan?
Okay, it doesn’t have sliding rear doors, but you get the idea… Click for Autotrader ad Greensboro, NC $35,900 Ad text: JUST ARRIVED! CARFAX CERTIFIED 1-OWNER, EXTREMELY RARE R63 AMG, ONE OF ONLY A FEW AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY! DON’T MISS IT!