THE Place for Automotive Oddities
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The Train Truck
Beneath this moderately convincing steam train is a Chevy 1-ton truck chassis powered by a good ‘ol 350. As one can imagine, this was used for parades in the past. What will you do with it?
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Nissan in Unique Position to Celebrate Long Life Cycles with Anniversary Editions
Nissan is uniquely positioned to celebrate significant milestones for vehicles still in the same life cycle. The 50th Anniversary Nissan/Datsun Z was revealed in New York, but also serves as the 10th Anniversary of the 370Z itself, which has soldiered on since 2009 with minimal changes. Too bad it’s not “black gold.” We expect to…
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Land Crewser: The Custom Crew Cab Land Cruiser Project
Do you love FJs, but want more doors? Well, someone else did, but didn’t complete the project, so we’re left with some work done and a lot left. Are you brave enough to take this one on?
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1987 Toyota Corollup
Here we have an example of one of our favorite categories of oddimobiles – hatchbacks (usually shitboxes) converted into pickups. This is a strangely common phenomenon, with seemingly half of the world’s remaining Ford Festivas converted into pickups. Good news here is a supercharged JDM (yo!) 1.6L was swapped into this bad boy, which also…
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Oh Shala! The Dick Dean Shala-Vette is Ready for the World.
There are a lot of VW-based customs in the world, but this one has a bit of celebrity, as Dick Dean, who worked with and for George Barris, designed and marketed these.
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2005 GMC / Cessna Planecar
Heavy duty pickup meets Cessna. Why not? This isn’t our first planecar, but it’s the biggest we’ve posted.
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SHOCK NEWS: Only Four Saturn Relays with Under 100K Miles are Currently on Autotrader!
You have to see it to believe it: Click for proof!
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1975 Oldsmobile Omega Hatchback with Camper Accessory
We knew about the Omega and Nova hatchbacks, which don’t really look like hatchbacks; but we’ve never heard of the tent accessory. Given the space available with the seats folded down, this made sense at the time and it’s just plain cool now.
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Awesomely Terrible 1977 Pinto Roadster Conversion
This one is awesomely terrible and terribly awesome and truly among the Oddimotive greats! Not only is it a chopped Pinto, but the rear hatch glass was used as a trunk lid. We imagine it’s not very waterproof, but who cares when it’s this weird?
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SuperHawk: 1977 Buick Skyhawk with Grand National Power
The first-generation Buick Skyhawk was a V6-powered, slightly upscale derivative of the Chevy Monza. These aren’t the worst bones from which to start, but the late-70s GM 3.8L V6 was no powerhouse. Somewhere along the line, an owner of today’s feature car swapped in a turbocharged V6 from a Buick Grand National. We support this…