Interesting Cars Found on eBay (and others)

[kach22i]

Interesting Cars Found on eBay (and others).......the weird, the wonderful, the horors and the deals.

I would love to have this Puma GT
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/car/421690530.html




First posted here:
http://carnuts.us/viewtopic.php?t=115&start=400

[notfarnow]

Funny, I was looking at some VW based stuff recently too.

I came across a posting about a Deserter GS for sale. They were made my Autodynamics, and used a mid-engined spaceframe that was designed to accomodate VW, porsche or corvair power.





Lots of neat info about these cars. They claimed that with a stock corvair engine, it could do 0-60 in 4.7. A 911 powered one was SCCA auto-x champ for a while.

Anyway, in my reading it was mentioned that a company in California had tried to put it back in production. Did some digging, and came across this:

THE DESERTER GS is BACK IN PRODUCTION

I wonder what ever came of it. I know Steve got chased out of the shoptalkforums for shenanigans.

[scottmandue]

Durn, you just reminded me one of my dream cars from back when I was a kid was one of those rear engine fiberglass dune buggies. I think I looked at them when I was looking for my "fun" car and they were a little pricey for what you got. Hopefully one day I will get my hands on one.

[strupgolf]

Me too. I love the old dune buggies. The Meyers Manx was so cool back in 1968. I had the plans to build one but no place to do it. Living in downtown Chicago just was not possible. I'm still looking for a good buggy for some sun and fun.

[bell]

uncle rico

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Orig-Uncle-Ricos-Dodge-Van-from-Napoleon-Dynamite_W0QQitemZ280153110103QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6 210QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by bell

uncle rico

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Orig-Uncle-Ricos-Dodge-Van-from-Napoleon-Dynamite_W0QQitemZ280153110103QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6 210QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Awesome!

[onewhippedpuppy]

I'm kicking around replacing my boring Chevy truck with something a bit more "interesting".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-El-Camino-SS-Look-GM-350-100k-Warranty-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ300149057343QQihZ020QQcategoryZ6153 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by bell

uncle rico

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Orig-Uncle-Ricos-Dodge-Van-from-Napoleon-Dynamite_W0QQitemZ280153110103QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6 210QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just perfect for cruising the High School parking lot after school.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I'm kicking around replacing my boring Chevy truck with something a bit more "interesting".

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-El-Camino-SS-Look-GM-350-100k-Warranty-VIDEO_W0QQitemZ300149057343QQihZ020QQcategoryZ6153 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Talk to my neighbor about this - he's got a 1970 El Camino SS with a bunch of mods on it. He just turned down a cash offer of over $60,000 for it.

Muscle cars are STOOPID overpriced right now.

[onewhippedpuppy]

There's a good many driver condition cars for under $10k (non real SS). I agree though, many muscle cars are selling for 3-4x what they are worth.

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Talk to my neighbor about this - he's got a 1970 El Camino SS with a bunch of mods on it. He just turned down a cash offer of over $60,000 for it.

Muscle cars are STOOPID overpriced right now.

The only one "stoopid" is your neighbor for not taking $60k for a '70 SS Camino. Tops is about $38k right now (454 LS6 SS).

[Danny_Ocean]

Here's one for all you "Neckcar" fans:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dale-Earnhardt-JR-8-signed-Bud-NASCAR-Nextel-Chevy_W0QQitemZ320156948766QQihZ011QQcategoryZ7251 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[sand_man]

This thread reminds me that I need bust out my Fu-Manchu CDs, fire up my Planet of the Apes pinball machine, and wax my surf-board!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean

Here's one for all you "Neckcar" fans:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dale-Earnhardt-JR-8-signed-Bud-NASCAR-Nextel-Chevy_W0QQitemZ320156948766QQihZ011QQcategoryZ7251 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Out of CA no less. Making the southerners jealous.

[BertBeagle]

Cool Rat Rod up for quick sale

[M.D. Holloway]

That Puma reminds me of an Opel GT. What is the story behind it?

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

That Puma reminds me of an Opel GT. What is the story behind it?

Something VW of Brazil made a lot of back in the day. I think there is some information in the link, or just do a Google search.

The later Puma GT's look more like Scirocco's and from memory might be front engined water cooled.

I like the earlier rear engine air cooled stuff of course.

[Hawktel]

That rat rod is pretty cool. The Walmart trash bag made me laugh.

[kach22i]

http://carolinahondas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39452

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/441104144.html

1986 Porsche 911 Carrera, highly modified body, professionally built 13B rotary engine, turbo charged,nitrous to reach boost pressure, 425+hp, Kennedy engineering, adapter plate, gold series clutch & pressure plate, professionally built 915 trans-axle, 5pt harness seats, numerous accessories, $12K OBO

http://carnuts.us/viewtopic.php?t=115&start=420

[Porsche-O-Phile]

The purple pimp racing seats totally make that whip, yo.