I’ve been inundated recently with some seriously strange for-sale listings, and I need an excuse to share them with you, dear readers. So here’s a quick blog discussing a few bizarre machines for sale around the U.S., and asking you to show us what kind of strange automotive creations you’ve got listed local to you.
The real impetus for this article is an email I got from a reader named Mike. Titled “Custom-bodied Jeep,” the email links to a Craigslist posting for a $700 “Jeep Project” for sale in Walla Wall, Washington, not to be confused with Walla Walla, Australia — sister city to my hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas. The listing includes some rather … interesting photos.
Look at this contraption:
It’s based on a 1975 Jeep with a Super Hurricane straight-six engine. I’m not sure that the Super Hurricane inline-six — found in the Willys Wagons and Forward Controls — was around in 1975, so I’m really not sure what chassis is under this strange body. Nor do I know why someone felt the need to create this bizarre body; why wouldn’t the standard Jeep body suffice?
I don’t know the answer — a statement that applies just as much to this:
I can’t remember which reader sent me that, but it’s an $8000 Pontiac Aztek with custom paint and Lamborghini doors for sale in Lincoln, Illinois.
Honestly, the price seems pretty decent for a custom build, assuming it isn’t a hack-job. Speaking of hack jobs, check out what a reader named David sent me: a “chop-top Jaguar” (per the email subject line):
It’s $9000 in Muskegon, MI, and under the hood is a Chevy 350. A little dear, but it also has a trailer hitch, so it’s about as close to a Jag pickup as you’ll find.
And finally, we have this VW-based Hummer from a reader named Todd. “Here is a link to a Volkswagen-based hummer. Thought it was interesting at least,” reads the note:
For sale for $18 grand in New Mexico, the thing apparently has a “new” 2276cc engine and a new transaxle. “Still breaking in with break-in oil. Too many upgrades to list. Very fast,” says the listing.
It looks like a lot of fun. $18 grand of fun? I’m not sure about that, but fun nonetheless.
Anyway, I figured I’d share some of the fun cars you, dear readers, have shared with me. Feel free to show me more in the comments below!
Something you might be interested in, David: A 90s Dodge Caravan pickup conversion from a “professional autobody shop” – and it’s purple!
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1444828936447271/
How can you post a custom pickup without a picture of what the bed or tailgate looks like?!?!?
I’d drive that.
Price is in the daily driver, not fun toy range though.
It’d be fun to build even… but how they do it? That’s why I was looking for a pic.
Hyundai Staria: https://www.ccarprice.com/kr/hyundai-staria-3-5-2023-price-in-south-korea-11429
Kia Ray EV: https://m.karaba.co.kr/?m=sale&s=detail&seq=1004506677
So you know, the VW-based Humvee-inspired vehicle was billed as the Hummbug, and they’re actually kind of cute. The proportions translate very well down to the VW scale.
For sale near me is this 1937 Pontiac. Brace yourselves:
https://images.craigslist.org/00l0l_7SNcbz4POmD_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00Y0Y_l32BrawAT8p_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg
$8750 in Maryville TN. Go for it, you know you want to.
Somebody was planning a Beverly Hillbillies remake.
Hummbug? At that price, it’s a VW Bummer.
Howdy, neighbor!
FYI to everyone else, if you come here, it is pronounced Mer·a·vull! If you pronounce it like it is spelled, you will be mocked.
Oh, so you actually say the middle -a-? Highfalutin, ain’tcha?
It’s MURRv’l. Folks west of Cedar Bluff say MARE-v’l.
I adore that Aztek, actually. It looks like a Hot Wheels car; my inner 8-year-old desperately wants me to buy it.
DT needs to sell the beige Aztek and live in this one instead!
Do you like Suzuki Swift turbos? Do you like classic minis? Behold this abomination!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/abcuuaK6nj7sE8Bg/?mibextid=oFDknk
Truth be told, I kinda want it. But someone that looked at it said the dash placement is way too far back and it’s hard to get in/out.
That is wild. It looks believable.
Barely weird, just awful perhaps.
https://www.otomoto.pl/osobowe/oferta/mazda-mx-5-na-1994-1-6-z4-supra-stance-miata-ID6GqQxV.html
Hey Torch! Are you ready to upgrade from your canoe with a trolling motor?
https://www.facebook.com/share/GzsXf7dW82PGQ5cK/?mibextid=kL3p88
“You’re going to probably set yourself on fire; fortunately there’s plenty of water close by.”
Here’s something probably only Mercedes is gonna be interested in.
https://www.facebook.com/share/VHERtMDVThcKeUP2/?mibextid=kL3p88
I’ve heard of these, but never seen one for sale.
https://www.facebook.com/share/B8ExHSCkZxrtx6xT/?mibextid=kL3p88
How about a Mexican version of a Filipino owner Jeepney?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1584256295745565/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Wow…
Not to toot my own horn too loud, but I sent in the Aztek as an option to live in.
I haven’t seen anything to surpass it in the short while since.
Thank you so much!
I dunno how weird this is, but Mercedes may be coming my way to pick it up once she sees it.
https://www.facebook.com/share/GbPQAtyQYqf8ZqhL/?mibextid=kL3p88
This is the weirdest I could find.
https://humboldt.craigslist.org/cto/d/mckinleyville-1966-ford-box-truck/7758011914.html
McKinnleyville for the win!
I literally gasped a little when the image came up. That is straight up adorable.
3D print a bunch of hockey pucks with the LEGO logo on them and then glue them all over that jeep… then it will look like it’s supposed to.
From least to most laughable…
https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/d/perkins-1985-gmc-jimmy-60-ls-4l80/7765083069.html
https://wichita.craigslist.org/ctd/d/wichita-1983-datsun-200sx-base-2dr-coupe/7763771087.html
https://tulsa.craigslist.org/ctd/d/tulsa-2001-am-general-m997a2-humvee-osu/7767159464.html
https://offerup.com/item/detail/d8cbc748-f547-31e7-8bf0-877c5ccea6ff?cid=5.1
https://littlerock.craigslist.org/cto/d/diaz-race-car-vega/7765404131.html
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/murfreesboro-2000-custom-pickup/7765515337.html
Goin’ for a ride? This gem wants to come
with….
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/ottawa/1991-ford-escort/1697044956
Never understood someone who says ‘no problems with the car whatsoever, selling as is’. Just get it safetied you’ll sell it 10x faster.
It’s right up there with “only needs (cheap, easily replaced part) to be perfect.” Then fix it before you sell!
Wow, didn’t expect a post from the capital, hello neighbour! I’ve also seen this car repeatedly for sale for at least a year now, lol
Howdy neighbour! I am in Barrhaven. Maybe someday there can be an Ottawautopian meet-up.
That would be sick! I’m east in Carlsbad (due south of Orleans)
How about an open wheel monoposto vehicle with a Triumph engine?
I learned to drive on one of these and although in certain situations it tends to plow, it will literally turn on a dime or at least a nickel.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/grd/d/healdsburg-tractor-ferguson-to-30/7766347014.html
I would definitely buy that blue Jeep Thing, It reminds me of an airport tug, but hopefully the bodywork is not made from cast-iron. Walla Walla, Washington, however, is far far away from me. Even at the low low price of $700 I love the looks of airport tugs.
Something tells me that the use scenario for that involved somebody on the passenger side, holding a stick out the door and doing something like painting, lines and parking lots or the side of the road or dispensing fish in mosquito puddles or something like that. Or maybe stepping in and out quickly.
I’m gonna stop looking before I buy something like this…
https://greenville.craigslist.org/ctd/d/fairforest-2015-polaris-gem-electric/7766692018.html
You clearly bought the wrong Aztek.
Yeah, can we get a redo?
Maybe with enough extra members we can get Jason to live in this one…
Great finds so far everyone. Keep them coming.
This is definitely a motor vehicle … Homemade wood car with a Bug engine:
https://www.facebook.com/share/Buv3LG4oZUjzZQkK/?mibextid=kL3p88
In a similar vein…
https://www.facebook.com/share/CxQ3p8gmpKTA1eGg/?mibextid=kL3p88
If we were voting I’d vote for this, even though it’s arguably not a car.
Oh boy. There’s gonna be a lotta weird s#!t on here that I’m gonna want reeeeeeal bad.
Stay strong, buddy. Stay strong.
Anyway, how about this?
https://www.facebook.com/share/s49DPDsCjrVJZ64Y/?mibextid=kL3p88
Oh man. I gotta stop pokin’ around! Things could get weird!
https://www.facebook.com/share/AKBbV3UrhwBAMURq/?mibextid=kL3p88
Woh, what in the? It’s amazing!
Right? RIGHT?!? I gotta stop looking or I’m gonna try to buy something…
Wow! That is amazingly bad. So much time and money to make that.
Yeah, Newman would love that!
“Nobody really NEEDS mail!”
If you’re in the Discord, you may have seen this Cobra, if not, you’re welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/share/bssHtYd2qpofLnvL/?mibextid=kL3p88
Those look like the most uncomfortable seats ever.
Here is a Scion xB coffee machine
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/328447876970481/?ref=browse_tab
I had an xB that color but manual. I loved that little thing.
I never thought of turning it into a restaurant.
That 100% looks like something that came from Pimp my Ride.