The Kind Of Person Who Would Spend $10 On A Donor Car That Needs Its Own Donor Car: COTD

Most online car auctions come and go uneventfully. But, sometimes, something really magical happens, like a project selling for pennies. Just who would buy a vaguely car-shaped pile of rust? Our detectives are on the case.

Jason wrote about how someone bought an assemblage of rusty International Scout parts on Bring a Trailer for the princely sum of $10. Dennis Ames:

Was the buyer’s name Tavid Dracy? So his wife didn’t find out?

Ex-Exeo:

“Elise (not your real name), I’m skipping the Quarter Pounder Meal with cheese today. You’ll be surprised why.”

Canopysaurus:

Whatever the condition, the buyer is closer to getting a Scout on the road than Volkswagen.

Anonymous Person:

“…let’s see, a Scout II is about 3,600 pounds…”

Not that Scout. I think it lost about 600 pounds on the Michigan fe2o3 + h2o diet.

IRegretNothing, Esq, DVM, BBQ:

The fuel economy goes up after every speed bump.

LTDScott:

In comes David, claiming “it’s nearly mint!”

Data:

Rust free.

RataTejas:

Rust, free.

Punctuation makes all the difference.

Here’s the reference:

Griffin wrote about the new Bronco Filson and how Ford made the Bronco quieter. Rod Millington:

My favourite part was where they said they made it quieter by vaguely giving a shit about wind sealing.

Rod Millington:

“How did you improve the 2027 Bronco?”

“Oh we just decided to pay some attention to build quality.”

Jason wrote about how his 2CV now has fresh tires for our upcoming track day. Erik:

“I kept the old ones, for some hypothetical emergency/civilization collapse”

Or chewmaxxing.

Matt Kuerth:

Interesting license plate tidbit:

I see that this 2CV is sporting Argentina tags, and up until now, I didn’t know that the numbers on those tags was embossed, rather than stamped from behind with raised numerals.

After the plate is stamped with a unique #, the paint is applied to the raised areas to provide contrast. Nearly all stamped license plates have the numbers painted after the number is applied. This Argentina tag has the background painted black and the white embossed numerals remain white.

This is interesting as Vermont (where I lived for 35 years) is the only other state that produces plates this way – numerals are embossed into the white blank and then the green paint is applied to the background – leaving behind white numerals.

…maybe only interesting to me.

Have a great evening, everyone!