Tag: Orphaned brand
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Quickie: Surf Rocky
Daihatsu had a short run in the US, although parent company Toyota could theoretically bring them back at any moment in order to allow hundreds of Americans to relive their Charade and Rocky pasts. Here we have a Rocky that might have been well loved. The surfboard is a cool touch on such an unusual…
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Because standard Suzuki X90s aren’t weird enough…
Our dear seller has modified the rear of a Suzuki X90 in an ill-advised attempt to make it into a normal vehicle. Naturally, this custom job has yielded something even stranger than the original. Notably, this is also the only ad we’ve ever seen which contains the words “also have 3 other X90s” and in…
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Cheap, unusual classic: 1950 Packard Super Deluxe Eight
Once thoroughly exclusive, Packard moved into more pedestrian cars after WWII. By 1950, the financial wheels were close to coming off and the company would be sold to Studebaker by 1954. Our subject car is one of the more reasonably priced models, but features an inline eight and, from what we can tell, a very…
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Unusual find: Mercury Meteor
The Mercury was the stablemate to the Ford Fairlane at one time. We don’t see these often, much less with a clutch pedal. This one is intriguing with its built 302, 4-speed manual and cool color combo. The owner rightly points out that factory 4-speed cars are rare, but the engine swap (the 302 launched…
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Dual-purpose Pontiac?
We’ve never seen this body style: a 1950 Pontiac which the seller lists as Ambulance/Hearse. I guess the hearse part comes in handy if it’s running late on ambulance duty. How can you put a value on this one? We can see it being cheaply fixed up and parked in front of a business. Still,…
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A 1985 Mustang GT is just too normal for you, eh?
How about a same-year Mercury Capri GS? This has the same four-barrel carb, tubular exhaust manifolds and red interior piping that made the ’85 GT so cool, but with added obscurity and a strange bubble window in the hatchback. We think this one is almost a bargain at the asking price, assuming the condition really…
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Have you ever seen a Mercury Marauder X100?
Marauder has meant different things over time at Mercury, but it has always been associated with performance, whether a whole car or an engine name. For 1969 and 1970, it stood alone as its own model and meant full-size personal luxury with the X100 version sitting on top and offering the biggest engines available. The…
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Boxed-in Scout II
We love the International Scout II, presumably because it has Bronco capability with the bonus of an Orphaned brand (at least from a consumer vehicle standpoint). This one appears to be something of a garage fixture and also has a big-ass, 80s/early 90s-style audio system. The seller indicates this is a non-running truck at the…