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  • pres589

    Sept. 10, 2009 10:15 a.m. pres589 Reader

    aussiesmg wrote:

    Interceptors are rarely under $15K so not affordable for this thread

    I knew something like that would be said. Look what's on sale up in Montana right now;

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Jensen-Interceptor_W0QQitemZ190333671792QQcmdZ...

    I know there's 5 days left to the bidding but this thing is one step closer to the modern drivetrain this thing is screaming for. Some nice all-alum LS type V8 and up to date automatic would be perfect here and the Chrysler stuff is already out of the way.

  • stroker

    Sept. 10, 2009 12:25 p.m. stroker Reader

    cb wrote:

    suzuki side kick maybe?

    Got one.

  • stroker

    Sept. 10, 2009 12:38 p.m. stroker Reader

    mad_machine wrote:

    I actually like the Aztek. Aside from some of it's more questionable styling points around the lights and cladding.. it is everything a minivan should be.

    Just a shame the focus groups got ahold of it and lost focus of that fact

    They should have just called it The Stegosaurus

  • John Brown

    Sept. 10, 2009 1:24 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    sachilles wrote:

    AWD Ford Tempo?

    Owned a red one as well as a Tempo with the "rare" 2.3L HO engine, and a Topaz.

    A nitrous fed 1979 Chevette? check

    A 1962 Ford Falcon Sprint? check

    A 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible? check

  • eastsidemav

    Sept. 10, 2009 3:45 p.m. eastsidemav New Reader

    Pontiac Phoenix? The Nova based one, not the newer Omega/Citation one.

    I had a 79 Phoenix 2 door with a 305 V8. I've only seen a few others for sale in my life, none in that combo.

  • John Brown

    Sept. 10, 2009 3:53 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    My godmother had a four door Ventura and her latest husband has a 1979 Phoenix and a 1981 Citation X-11 both with less than 20K miles on them.

  • ae86andkp61

    Sept. 10, 2009 5:59 p.m. ae86andkp61 Reader

    How about a Toyota Sports 800? Never officially sold here, but I know of at least a few dozen running around this country, mostly brought in by servicemen returning from parts of the Pacific. Tiny Air-cooled boxer twin, and the first targa top in production. I've always wanted one but haven't bought one yet. A show-quality example might be out of the budget, but a project can be quite affordable.

  • benzbaron

    Sept. 10, 2009 6:29 p.m. benzbaron Reader

    So has anyone owned an SM or not? It might not be grassroots but you can find a ratty one. It must have been a time wheen I hit my head but something about the SM is cool. I might have seen one on the road EVER.

  • TJ

    Sept. 10, 2009 7:56 p.m. TJ HalfDork

    DoctorBlade wrote:

    confuZion3 wrote:

    I can't think of anything. Honestly. Um. Mustang II?

    Yo!

    Pontiac Aztek? The way car snobs rain hate on them, I'm sure no one's ever really owned one.

    Not that they'd admit here anyway.

  • Mazdax605

    Sept. 10, 2009 8:24 p.m. Mazdax605 Reader

    I have a REPU. I know not ultra rare,but fairly rare.

  • Rad_Capz

    Sept. 10, 2009 11:08 p.m. Rad_Capz New Reader

    Anybody have a Simca?

  • Sept. 11, 2009 8:47 a.m. SVreX PowerDork

    Yep. We called her Suzy Simca.

  • GameboyRMH

    Sept. 11, 2009 10:13 a.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

    I'll put my money on the Mini Moke. Pretty much only attainable in the Caribbean. (there's also the 80s-tastic Carimoke, but it's basically the same thing). The Morris Traveller/Pickup seem like safe bets too.

  • That_Renault_Guy

    Sept. 11, 2009 12:00 p.m. That_Renault_Guy HalfDork

    confuZion3 wrote:

    Renault GTA?

    I've owned three, scratch it off the list . . .

  • fornetti14

    Sept. 11, 2009 3:20 p.m. fornetti14 Reader

    alex wrote:

    Geo Storm?

    I had a Storm GSi. It was my $2004 build. I think I ended up 37th. If I had an Izusu RS Turbo and AWD swap w/NOS you guys would have remembered. Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

  • Adrian_Thompson

    Sept. 14, 2009 11:57 a.m. Adrian_Thompson Reader

    Brust wrote:

    Or a Citroen Dyane?

    Sorry, back when I was broke before I moved here I bought one off a guy down the pub for 30GBP ($48USD). It had been hit on the rear 1/4 so I pushed that out with a hydraulic ram and ran it for 3-4 months. The engine once seized on the M1. After letting it sit for an hour it freed up again so I added more oil and continued on.

    It was yellow, I wanted to add a big red stripe and paint a '4' on the door. Any Brit's or Anglophiles have any idea why? It made sense to any one my age. The only reason I didn't was because I didn't want to draw attention to myself as I had no tax disc on, a big No No in England.

    This car came after my Spitfire and before my Opel Manta GTE (not a Manta GT sold here)

  • JFX001

    Sept. 14, 2009 12:21 p.m. JFX001 Dork

    Anybody mentioned a DAF Daffodil yet?

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