My long-time partner in crime Bluej has decided against better judgement to go and get hitched to a pretty amazing chick who's not a complete psychopath, is successful, and likes to drink beer. Since he's being dumb and actually doing it... we're going to go out with a bang.
We have 4ish days total in February and are going to do something ill-advised and completely against all of my and his OCD mannerisms before he truly settles into Bed, Bath & Beyond-land- buy a cheap/weird car, drive it home, see some sights, visit some breweries, probably fix it several times in the breakdown lane of dangerous highways, ride some interesting roads, couchsurf, and generally go into this with absolutely 0 planning save for buying an appliance.
Anything further west than colorado-ish (exceptions obviously made for exceptional vehicle finds) would be aggressive for our timeline. Looking for unique, wierd, cheapish but running with modest non-garage repairs... Old is cool too! We don't have too much geographical preference other than maybe leaning toward the south due to non-winter conditions, but again- this isn't set in stone.
We'd also love to see if people could help with logistics is we do decide to pull the trigger on something, i.e. scope the car out, perhaps store it for a short period of time until we get there, etc...
We have zero foundational plans. Our goal is to find a car that both screams 'YES!', 'NO!', 'WHY?!', 'WILL IT MAKE IT?', and make us laugh, swear, and laughswear... and go from there. We've both got a pretty good hold on wierd and German, older japanese, and very mild amounts of GM domestic. We are totally cool with going out of our comfort zone on this one too though.
So I'm asking anyone here that like to browse craigslist to jsut keep an eye out for werid crap that might fit our criteria, and just post into it with any help, advice, input, or ridicule. Help will be needed for the planning stages at least, and this thread will probably evolve into some tips along the way. End of the road will be either DC or New Hampshire, depending on how much one of us hates the vehicle... just FYI.
I also forgot to mention, we may keep the car or sell it off... WE do plan to build a lemons/chump/AER car someday longterm, and storage once home isn't an issue.
Where's that link to the Saab 93? Or old pick up, or old barge. Stuff you can fix with a hammer, screwdriver and wire
Florida
Town Car
Buy this, collect Motorcycles
Marlin
Land Rover International Crime Bonus!
MGB
Am I getting close with any of these?
F100 Big Block, extended cab, was cranked last year $500 https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/5364096566.html
77 Chevy Luv, will run with fuel p[ump, $400
1998 Merc sl500 - 420hp vert, beat up body but low miles, $1800
my god. You sir are amazing. A ton of those are more than worthy candidates, but the F100, scout, Eagle, Bobcat are specially amazing finds.
The Eagle listed above would be an good candidate---especially for Colorado in Winter. Keep in mind, it snows more in Feb-March up there than it does in the months preceding. There's a good chance you may run into a heavy storm---4wd is a good thing. They are also super-comfy on the open road.
As a fan of wacky road-trips, I approve of this idea. Just be sure to get something with a good heater, and decent tires.
Just keep in mind, we are not dead-set on Colorado particularly. I just used that as a sort of 'this is as far west as we're willing to go' contingency... but damn there are some great finds out there. Makes my local craigs look like a bunch of crap.
I concur, that Eagle will be great if you don't have to have it emissions tested! Let me know if you need a pair of eyes on anything in the Denver area.
1976 Ford Elite, $2000 (think Torino)
The stuff I've been looking at was around Oklahoma City - Tulsa. Seemed like an arbitrary major city that was a little closer and far enough south to cut down on snow.
oh that electra tickles every single button of mine... Damn.
New Mexico- reasons to go further West
72 Volvo
Meth!
Camaro
Renault!
Catalina
1951, runs, 'nuff said
280z
Chop Top Cadillac
Fury
Postal Jeep
Yeah, the Electra is neat, but something's up with it: it seems to have lost 1 Ventiport per side, not to mention one cubic inch of displacement (although that could just be Chevy-habituated typing.)
And I LOVE the beat-up SL. Nothing says "waning days of bachelor freedom" than a road trip in what looks like a semi-successful getaway car. Do everybody a favour and fix the headlights, though.
The search terms I've been using are $500-$1600, max year 1985, has picture. This basically mirrors my own craigslist searches at home 
My choices from each region so far would be the Scout, the Land Rover of qustionable legality, the destroyed SL500, the Comet, the Mark IV, and a tie between Camaro and 72 Volvo. I will buy the Volvo from you at the end if you choose it.
yeah, I just capped a price at $2000 and went for broke. I figure prices are always negotiable.
And yeah, that's kind of my normal search too...
I have always wanted an old volvo, and actually came up in our conversation as to special vehicles to look for. F100's were on the list too though, for a potential resto project for Bluej's dad.
Some amazing choices. Gonna probably start the email chains on several. If I had to pare it down to 8, they'd be in no particular order, the Volvo, mark IV, the extended cab F100, electra, Comet, Merc deisel coupe (BASKETCASE), the Luv, and the Eagle for personal reasons, because I'd totally restore that and daily it.
So, yeah, what Paul said.
Galaxy looks fun, but no title is problematic.
Eagle wagons and F-100's definitely tickle me giblets.
We definitely have storage and eyes/hands to help in Dallas, Houston, Huntsville, Cary/Chlt, Wilmington and Atlanta. Probably Gainesville FL.
Alabama
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ wrote: Alabama Skylark El Camino MASSIVE CADILLAC Austin
Oh, man, that Caddy has acres of potential. And sheetmetal.
That skylark is pretty awesome for the $, but that caddy.... shoot.
oh, god, the Austin... I would rock that so hard in the city here.
that Volvo is pretty much perfect if it isn't complete swiss cheese underneath..
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