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I apologize for doubting TGR
I've always wanted one so I sort of follow that market. I don't want one to drive through because they kinda feel like shit but they look cool.
The one I drove was like the same era corvette. Straight line pull, but not much else.
The fit and finish was terrible, and the interior looked homemade.
Could probably pick up a few here:
Montucky needs GOTOS.
Here is a 4Runner, almost 300K on the odometer, painted with MonstaLiner (“just spray the whole car with ArmorAll and it will look brand new”), plus homemade bumpers front and rear. Bonus = it has frame rot, but it’s located in Rhinelander WI so that’s a given.
$2,500
https://northernwi.craigslist.org/ct...434680626.html
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She’ll go 30 hectares on a single tank of kerosene!
Put it in H!
I told Potsie I’d do this…
https://www.ebay.com/itm/31383614470...UAAOSwA8pgCUYj
Trabbie!!!
How is that engine even an engine?
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I was today years old when I learned there was an East German car with a plastic body, powered by a motorcycle engine. Just wow.
My Man. Trabi.
"a hollow lie of a car, constructed of recycled worthlessness .. a virtual antique when it was designed, trabants smoked like a Iraqi oil fire - when they ran at all .. ich bin junk!"
Time's '50 Worst Cars of All Time' is worth a gander.
http://content.time.com/time/special...658545,00.html
How did we miss the Amphicar? 'if the bilge pump couldn't keep up, the amphicar became the worlds most aerodynamic anchor'
Pretty advanced for 1950.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
This thread reminds me of the best Top Gear episode ever.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341101/
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...85dd5d724a.jpg
^^^
Lol. This whole thread is like that Top Gear episode, the Peugeot episode and the most recent Grand Tour French cars episode all wrapped up in one.
Reliable and dangerous are two different things though.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiddleOfNight
I just think that Amphicar is a little off course for this thread.
You might even say that it wasn’t…
wait
wait
That it wasn’t even IN THE SAME LEAGUE!!
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The second-tier water park I was at a lifeguard at growing up had an Amphicar parked by the wave pool on a display.
That poor thing ended up in the wave pool at just about every staff after hours party and was the spot to be floating with your beer as you judged the sometimes-nude bodysurfing contest.
I was always amazed it never sunk. Way too reliable in that aspect.
LeCar, Lada, Yugo are the crappy cars that break but you can fix with hosecLamps and a rock. Austin needs the highs and lows that only come with high end old vehicles. Jensen FF.
When I was a kid, a guy on my paper route had a Jensen Interceptor. It was in pristine condition and only driven to/from car shows and the occasional sunny Sunday drive. I couldn't tell you if it was a Mk1 or 2, what year, or which engine other than it was a Chrysler V8 w/auto. That curved back window was space age cool, and the whole thing was very 'luxury sports car'.
Years later as an adult seeing a convertible, I realized that it actually had great lines without the roof/glass dome silliness.
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Why doesn’t this surprise me at all…..Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
^^ LOL :D
This car is a survivor well maintained solid driver. The engine and drive train perform as they should. There is one electrical gremlin, you cannot run the A/C (which does work) with the headlights on there is not enough output from the alternator. The boost gauge does not work and the speedometer is not accurate. The interior shows entry wear on the drivers side. The clock works sometimes. Newer tires and all necessary maintenance have been handled. The turbo’s kick in quickly and it’s a blast to drive. It will burn as much rubber as you want through first into second gear.
https://classiccars.com/listings/vie...w-jersey-07729
A couple of small projects that should keep you out in the garage and out of the wife's way.
Dude! A Jensen FF with the 440 is one of those top of the hit list cars for me. C'mon, a Chrysler lump with factory installed Lucas smoke bombs and a rudimentary AWD system, what could go wrong?!!
I dont know how a shifter this high cant be called a stick shift
https://nwct.craigslist.org/cto/d/sh...444739490.html
This does not belong here. Geo metros go forever cheaply, if slowly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Zander
yeah.... and they make great tikes too.
https://bangshift.com/wp-content/upl...ker-trike1.jpg
Yea, that thing will go another 100k miles on nothing but oil changes and brakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiskiskiskiski
Geo Metro is really a Suzuki. It and the 4runner may have problems, but reliability ain't one.
Wasn't there also a Geo car that was a rebadged Toyota Corolla?
It was the Chevy Nova that was a rebadged Corolla in the late 80’s. Put almost 300,000 miles on one between my brother, sister and I. It was the hand me down college car. It’d probably still be running if my sister hadn’t wrecked it. 40+ MPG but not a lot of power.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
Prism was a rebadged Toyota something, which was basically a Corolla but was not exact to the one sold in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
Ahhh…looked it up, ‘Sprinter’ which would be the JDM sister to the Corolla.
Somehow we’re talking about Corolla in a “least reliable” thread lol. Soon we should get to the 6MTturbodieselAWDwagon, no? At least that would fit more of the criteria.
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Prism was the one I was thinking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
And we're here talking about Toyota because someone brought up the Geo Metro and just like that, we had thread drift. Now I wanna go back in time and drift my mom's 85 Tercel hatchback on a dirt road one more time fir giggles.
1979 Triumph TR7 - perfect for Montucky.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...3728508608553/
LulzQuote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Speaking of Renault, anybody else remember this classic commercial for the Kangoo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v33_URb3jDM
For peak quirk though, I'd be tempted to nab a Citröen C6 if I ever saw one out in the wild, however that will likely be nigh on impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7numh_g8DyI
Speaking of unusual European cars, funny this is due to my proximity to Mexico, I actually see Peugeots, Renaults, and SEATS (Spanish cars) fairly regularly around here. And apparently soon we might be getting Citröen and Opel too! In MX that is: https://autodinamico.mx/entradas/cit...delos-veremos/
Grey market import is an interesting angle. You have a trailer for the parts car?
SEAT = Spanish Volkswagen
salvage title Maybach 57 starting at $750
https://www.copart.com/lot/32863552/...-nj-somerville
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Update your passwords, be wary in gear swap, report suspect activity!
Runs beautifully! Needs some TLC but it's good to go and will serve well as a DD while dialing in the details. Bring (a pile of) cash and drive it home. Price TBD
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YsoHQDm5L5vbZ7tt7
It's a Montucky special. Actually it's probably too nice.
If someone scams Montucky by selling him a $750 Maybach and doesn't deliver it, Montucky comes out ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy
It's probably not unreliable, in fact, it's probably better than Montucky should get but, with the salvage title it's hard to register and insure in a lot of states but MT is probably easy. Buy this and stop looking. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...3512402109734/ If I hadn't just dropped a pile of $$ into mine I'd be on my way to look at this.
Hahaha. After losing my beloved DeVille due to rodents chewing up wiring and causing said car to catch on fire, there's good reason the insurance company totaled that XC60. Hard pass. Even for me. Also, WTF did those owners do to that car?! Super trashed! They prolly never bothered changing their oil either if they took such lousy care of their car.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover