Tag: Shitbox
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Paint job worth more than car? 1985 Chevy Sprint
Sadly, this is not the cool little Sprint Turbo – this is a plain-Jane Suzuki Switft wrapped in Chevy badges. What’s interesting about it is that is has a rather non-shitbox paint job. Okay, it’s not amazing, but it calls attention to itself, which is something base model Sprints don’t usually do. Would you drive…
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Because the Reliant Robin was So Good…
…it was replaced by the remarkably similar Reliant Rialto! Today’s feature is the Rialto Saloon (sedan), as opposed to the Estate (wagon) version. The seller claims to have found this in his barn and driven it weekly for some amount of time. That being said, it’s been sitting for five years or so. $200 might…
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Pronounce it Share-Odd
With a name like Share-Odd, one pictures sophisticated, old-world charm. That doesn’t match the shitbox called the Charade, though this is a perfectly durable entry car if you can live with 47 horsepower. Daihatsu had a short, roughly five-year life in the US in the late 80s and early 90s. The Charade was joined in…
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Chevy Rectum – err, Spectrum – In the Porn Capital of the World!
This Giugiaro-designed hatchback is an Isuzu Gemini (I-Mark in the US market) rebadged as a Chevy. Isuzu sold some cool, turbocharged variants of this car, but Chevy did not get them. While this example is badged as a “Sport”, it is just an automatic-equipped, naturally aspirated version. Still, it’s an excuse to go to Chatsworth, even…
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Buzz On Up To Fresno For This Honey Bee
Ah yes, the legendary Datsun B210 Honey Bee. As we document in a previous post, this was a stopgap measure to move a bunch of base B210s in yellow. For some reason, it continued for more than one year. This is still one of the best of the worst of “special” edition cars. The seller…
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6-Wheel Festiva Pickup!
From time to time, we see shitboxes – often Ford Festivas – chopped and made into pickups. The front-wheel drive setup and rear suspension seem to lend themselves to this. This is the first six-wheeler Festiva we have ever seen, however. The seller points out that this is one of a kind and the ad…
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Pontiac T1000 Project
If you absolutely must have a Pontaic T1000, you have serious problems. That being said, here’s one for sale. The T1000 was Pontiac’s twin to the Chevy Chevette, although this came along in about the sixth model year for Chevette. Cooler heads must have left the company or caved to CAFE rules after years of…
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Crack Pipe Price on a Cool 3Cyl Turbo
It’s no secret that Oddimotive loves the Chevy Sprint Turbo. When we started two years ago, these were throwbacks to CAFE regulations. Today, there is a modern equivalent, the Ford Fiesta Ecoboost, also sporting a turbocharged three-cylinder engine and which is fun to drive in a sick and twisted sort of way. This car has…
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The Legendary Citation X-11
The X-11 was the performance version of the Chevy X-11, but savvy enthusiasts know that the first-year car (1980 model year) lacked engine upgrades included on later versions. This 1981 has the “high output V6”, which means 135 horsepower and 165 lb-ft of torque. In this small car, that’s pretty good torque and it was…
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Worst “Special” Editions Ever? The Tercel Hawks.
For some reason, Toyota decided to make not one, not two, but three special edition Tercel variants in the late 90s. Given Tercel was the predecessor to the Yaris and occupied the lowest position in the lineup, special editions may seem strange; but these were really what we call ‘buzz’ cars, designed to offer a…