Tag: 90s
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Possible George Barris Mitsubishi 3000GT
Strange choices were made – possibly by the late, great George Barris. The seller claims this is a Barris custom and the dash does appear to have his signature. Of course, the same seller states that this car is for “sail”. We don’t see a sail, rudder or keel, but they could be hidden. Basically,…
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Post Super Bowl Panther: ’98 Grand Marquis with 5MT Swap
Despite rolling on an ancient platform and being known mostly as police and bingo hall cars, there’s something interesting about the Ford Panther platform cars. They offer low prices, V8 power, rear wheel drive and a big dose of simplicity. Today’s example solves the biggest shortcoming, which is the exclusive use of automatic transmissions by…
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Advertising Prop: Surf City Belly Up Van
Needless to say, advertising is all about getting attention. Sometimes, that yields genuinely odd vehicles, like this Ford van body mounted upside down on a Ford Ranger pickup. The base vehicle here is a 195K miles, four cylinder-powered Ranger with 5-speed manual trans – probably a pretty basic model. The ad proudly lists a new…
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S14 240SX Pickup Conversion
Here’s one we’ve never seen. Not only was this S14 240SX converted into a pickup, but it has a serious lift and massive, off-road tires. The seller claims this can do highway speeds and that everything works except the power windows. Normally, we’d worry about driveline bits, but this car is easy to update with…
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Poorly Done F50 Replica with Crack Pipe Price
We assume there’s a Fiero under all the fiberglass, but we’re not 100% sure? Are you? The seller doesn’t provide much useful information, aside from indicating this has a six cylinder “turbo engine”; but the ad does mention Ferrari several times in only a few sentences. Isn’t that all you need to know for $60K?…
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Stroll into Burning Man in a Giant Chuck Taylor
This is an art car, but part of this ad is the idea that this gets you nearly-guaranteed entry into Burning Man. If that’s your thing, this is an interesting way to do it. The seller provides a pretty good amount of info and it appears one can live in this combination of car and…
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TOJAN, for Your Protection
Here’s yet another custom Firebird – this time futuristic (by 1991 standard), rather than retro. If this is your cup of tea, this looks like a good example and has had lots of recent work. According to the seller, these were modified in Omaha, NE and all were automatics. This is one of only two…
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Misspelled and Misguided: 300ZX “Scorpian”
The “Z32” 300ZX is a wonderfully and cleanly styled vehicle. It’s too bad some can’t leave them alone. The two bits of good news here are stock wheels and manual shifter. The seller provides mileage, but no other information on condition. Also, there are no interior shots, so we can’t comment on overall condition, even…
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“Hot Rod” Made from 1993 Crown Victoria
This was the “Special Construction” class winner in the 2011 One Lap of America! Of course, we don’t know whether it had any competition in the class… The seller proudly points out that this is an all-steel custom, with no fiberglass used. As a result, it also has no curves whatsoever. Supposedly, the engine was…
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Homemade Nissan Sentra Cabriolet
What could make a 1997 Nissan Sentra an Oddimobile? We suggest that a can opener could do it. This is a 220K mile Sentra, which means the book value is nearly zero; but the owner removed the roof at some point. Is that better or worse? The asking price is $500, which is right at…