So, while this olelongrooffan was out and about gathering up those doors for the “Charles Barrett Special” I happened to spot a couple cool old classics. Ironically the first comment on the Hooniverse Asks post about platform sharing was by the that dude with seemingly endless automotive knowledge, tonyola, and it was about this platform.
So, a whiles back I did a post about thejeepjunkie and this olelongrooffan doing a little long distance shopping for a windshield frame for his CJ2A. At the end of that post, I posted that if any of my fellow Hoons happened to stumble across a door for a 1973 Jeepster Commando, the “Charles Barrett Special”, to let me know about it. Well, early on Saturday morning my massive communications system in my Taj Mahal wakes me up.
In true proto-Hooniverse fashion, Jeff and I were shooting the shit about cars on IM. He’s bored with his Civic, and wants “either an old German wagon or a muscle car”. The solution that’d leave him happiest is obvious: Muscle Wagon. What follows is the result of an exhaustive 45 second search on Craigslist of LA and Orange County. Rust belt dwellers: ready your tears (but don’t let them land on your already rusty cars).
So my brother, affectionately known as thejeepjunkie around these here parts, has this sweet ole 1946 Willys CJ2A that he absolutely loves. But as this olelongrooffan has related to my fellow Hoons on numerous occasions, living near the Atlantic Ocean takes its toll on steel vehicles and his Willys is no exception to this.
Here it is, real and magnificent, one of the original Ford GT40 race cars. The ad says that this P/1003 maybe the most original in existence, and goes a little bit into its history. It has competed in the 1965 and 1966 Nurburgring 1000Km endurance races and various others such as Trophee du Cognac and Targa Florio. It has had the same owner for the past thirty years, and now is your opportunity to own this amazing piece of history.
If you have to ask “how much”, then you can’t afford it. Having seen its cousin in real life, I can say that there is no single picture that does this car justice. More pics after jump and… a challenge!!
[Source: fiskens.com | Thanks for the tips Scroggs!]
A couple of weeks ago, I walked past this Alpinweiss 1986 E28 while on the way to the town centre. I’d seen it around, and the plate sounded vaguely familiar. A glance at a Finnish BMW forum confirmed my memory; the white 518 had been a project car/daily driver and had received a host of fixes during a couple of years, namely a gearbox replacement and some differential work while accompanying another white E28. The next owner had spruced up the appearance by getting rid of some annoyingly peeking door rust.
When I noticed the car was also for sale for a couple grand, it didn’t sound bad.
Friend of Hooniverse Wes Siler and his Hell For Leather compatriot Grant Ray are adding a bit of two-wheeled flair to the Drive network over on YouTube. In the latest installment, the HFL crew meets up with Scott Colosimo, who is the main man behind Cleveland CycleWerks. Wes, Grant, and Scott head out into the desert to see how these $3,000 motorcycles stack up.
Click past the break to watch the clip.
[Source: YouTube]
There are a few things about the original Lada that need a bit of improvement. They rust easily and the initial build quality could be better. But I’d like to meet the guy who took a look at one, scratched his chin and wondered if they should’ve come off the factory line with a stonking turbo – since that’s what this ’85 Lada 1200 has received, along with a host of other modifications that aren’t strictly factory.
The best bit? It’s all road legal.
Sadly, the ad has been deleted as of this morning but all that the ad was these two pictures and the words “it’s rough. needs an engine”, so you’re not missing much. What you’re looking at here is a rare Honda S600, or what is left of it.
[Source: Craigslist]
Remember when there was a simpler time? Remember zero specification? Glorious base models have disappeared, since everybody wants a bit of aloe vera on their derriere these days and it’s cheaper to mount gadgets into the dash than to substitute them with a blanking plate. In case you’re feeling a bit bloated after reading the Thanksgiving dinner sized Lincoln post (this qualifies for both the article length as well as the car itself), here’s some bargain basement light entertainment.
This 1984 Suzuki SA-310 GA is a sort of an Ur-Swift; for Suzuki in this market in ’84 it was just a 3-cylinder 1.0-litre car, nothing else; hence the 310. It did get a Swift or Cultus name tag in other markets, but frankly it’s a wonder this one even got a metallic blue paint instead of primer grey for just a tick under 40 000 FIM.
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