Craigslist Crapshoot

The World’s Worst Car Is For Sale On Craigslist

Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Last week I asked you to find non-native cars for sale, and the result was like an Ellis Island tollbooth.  We’ll check papers after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s assignment.

It’s traditionally considered that the French Revolution started with the convocation of the Estates General in May 1789. That may have made the French les miserables, but that’s not to say that so have been the revolutionary cars made by French automakers in the years hence. This week I want you to find those French cars for sale, the only criteria being that they must be outside of France. So, adjust your beret, pencil in your mustache, and cop an attitude, this week’s Craigslist Crapshoot is its own French revolution.

And as usual, we want your finds to go down in infamy and not in the site’s spam filter. Follow any of the following advice and you’re crap will be known far and wide.

  1. Easiest way to not get caught in the spam filters is to create an IntenseDebate account. If you do so and your posts aren’t appearing, let us know at tips@hooniverse.info and we can put you on the whitelist
  2. If you don’t want an IDC account, you can create a wordpress.com account and do the same thing.
  3. If you’re the Ted Kaczynski type and don’t want any kind of account, then try to place only a single link in a comment and just drop any outgoing link in via its raw URL and not as a text link
Craigslist Crapshoot doesn’t work if your candidates don’t get seen, so hopefully following one of these options will ensure that the floodgates of crap are fully open. And now, on to discover last week’s top resident alien.
 
 
So let me just say. . . OMG, LOL, WTF. Man, when it came to non-native cars and trucks for sale, you all came through like RotoRooter. Special nods to BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ for finding an ex-pat Excalibur, smokyburnout for a trifecta, and C³-Cool Cadillac Cat for singing Hey Bulldog. There can of course be only one king of crap and this week the crown is worn by wisc47 for finding a U.S. located Lancia Thesis, a car that not only was never officially sold here, but also one that never should have been. Yikes!
 
Congrats to all, and well done wisc47!
 
2002 Lancia Thesis - Luxury Italian Car (Diplomats Only)
 
 
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98 responses to “Craigslist Crapshoot”

  1. TurboBrick Avatar
    TurboBrick

    Now there was a Citroen SM for sale in Austin a while back. That ad is gone, but how about a really nice Renault 4F with a matching trailer instead for $14,500? It's almost the same thing, oui?
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G43F13Mb5N15I15Jcd3p59c349d19ca1148a.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3702130186.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3702130186.html

    1. muthalovin Avatar

      Yeah, I actually posted that number last week. If anything, it deserves to win this week.

    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      I know they sell those in Mexico, but how is it legal here? I'd like to see that speedometer, and whether it's in miles or kilometers. The ad says 46,000 miles, but I wonder whether it's that, or 46,000km, or converted from km.

  2. muthalovin Avatar

    French, right?
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3F43J53N85N35Ha5M4d51e68c9a7e891b1a53.jpg"&gt;
    2008 bugatti veyron replica – $65000
    "2008 bugatti veyron replica based on a 2004-2006 pontiac gto RWD with 350-650HP"
    <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3777574138.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3777574138.html

    1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
      Scandinavian Flick ★

      …the fuck…? GTO based…?
      "350-650HP"
      You know… something like that… Whatever.
      "Location: central florida"
      Oh. I see.

    2. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Does a fake 300mph?

    3. P161911 Avatar

      Here is ANOTHER one.
      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3K33Mf3F45Ic5Na5Kbd44874c787ae9951447.jpg"width=500&gt; http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/3717960953….
      Probably in Florida too based on the palm trees. Maybe even the same guy. But I smell a scam, no phone number in either ad.
      How about a Type 35 Replica?
      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63Lb3Jc5E65K25Fdd4r6dc5fdadc0ac17bd.jpg"width=500&gt; <a href="http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3770626156.html” target=”_blank”>http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/cto/3770626156.html

      1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
        Scandinavian Flick ★

        I would love to see some build pics on these… I am looking at it, trying to figure it out, but the GTO's proportions are all wrong for that. How are they doing this…?

        1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
          Scandinavian Flick ★

          Found one with some very basic and shitty build pics. Looks like they completely strip it down and build the body over the frame… http://www.madmechanics.com/forum/build-diaries/1
          Waste of a perfectly good GTO.

      2. muthalovin Avatar

        That Type 35 looks fantastic!
        How many people out there would take a GTO and turn it into a Bug replica? It probably is the same seller, though I would have assumed they would be lazy, and use the same photos and text throughout their ads. But yeah, scam.

    4. trhyne Avatar
      trhyne

      As I look over all the other replies, I agree
      Probably a scam and/or really shitty build quality.
      And even if it was a quality build and not a scam, who in the HELL would do this to a GTO..
      All that being said they 'look' the part better than other half ass Bugatti replicas. Though, I wouldn't confuse it with the real deal.

    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      Ur doin it rong.

      1. mdharrell Avatar

        At least it is outside of France.

        1. Sjalabais Avatar
          Sjalabais

          And it would have done a remarkable job at the Bastille in 1789.

      2. danleym Avatar
        danleym

        Nope. This is right. Definitely right.

  3. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    How about a 1960 Dauphine project, in Mineral Wells? First, drink some of the famous Crazy Water from Mineral Wells:
    http://drinkcrazywater.com/cw/
    then maybe you'll be crazy enough to buy this:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Jb3Na3H85Fc5Hb5M3d491cb76598799015f6.jpg"&gt;
    http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/3729207549.h

    1. bostondairypigs Avatar
      bostondairypigs

      I saw that trolling CL for last week's Crapshoot, and I don't need the Crazy Water or an overnight stay at the Baker to be looney enough. I want that!

    2. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      I just figured out where I want to put that Chevy V-4 from yesterday.

      1. joshuman Avatar
        joshuman

        That statement would apply to most of today's cars.

    1. Maxichamp Avatar

      On my phone so can't post the link, but there is a CX in California for sale on eBay.

    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      You're surprised that an AMC/Renault would be on the Kenosha craigslist?
      Which reminds me. I need to troll that Craigslist for a project AMC.

      1. muthalovin Avatar

        <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Kb3Lf3J15Le5Ed5Kad54da2b55f97ed51c76.jpg"&gt;
        67 AMC American project drag – $1500
        "cash, guns, old whiskey only please"
        <a href="http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3783990445.html” target=”_blank”>http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/3783990445.html

      2. wisc47 Avatar
        wisc47

        I'm not surprised I just think its pretty cool.

  4. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    Sporting a door panel for a window, this Peugeot station wagon comes with a spare car, just in case!
    <img src="http://oi40.tinypic.com/2ry5274.jpg&quot; width="550">
    <a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3780763982.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3780763982.html

    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      If I'm not mistaken, it comes with about 3 spare cars (although 2 of them are sedans)…and a spare boat.

  5. mdharrell Avatar

    This has been available about thirty miles from me for quite a while:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63I33J75G95Mf5J7d524cfc8ac48921193c.jpg&quot; width="500">
    http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3780397049….
    "Have title but it was signed improperly and car would need to go through State Patrol."
    Tempting, should Ms. Martin's Retreat from Moscow [Idaho] Rally ever show signs of taking place.

    1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
      Scandinavian Flick ★

      <img src="http://i.imgur.com/6HXMAFt.jpg"&gt;

      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        and BRAINS!

  6. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    The Europa was Renault powered, so that counts, right? The photos indicate it's vaguely Europa shaped, and in some kind of condition, and might even have wheels…
    <img src="http://oi39.tinypic.com/2j9ydh.jpg&quot; width="550">
    <a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3790995642.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3790995642.html

    1. muthalovin Avatar

      This is one of those 5D posters, right? I need to just look through my monitor.

      1. calzonegolem Avatar
        calzonegolem

        I've seen worse. These are pictures of the vehicle taken in the daytime.

    2. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      I don't know…it's pretty pixellated and it's gonna take a lot of Bondo to smooth that out.

  7. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    "FREE" LeCar! Been in storage since 1986.
    <img src="http://oi44.tinypic.com/334p7vd.jpg&quot; width="550">
    <a href="http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3788321047.html” target=”_blank”>http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3788321047.html

    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      Well that listing made my head explode. So its $2500 but is "free" because you could sell the parts for $2500 and get the car for free. This is, ironically, the logic I used with the non-running Midgets. I have enough parts to sell to pay for the $1500 the cost me.

  8. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    I've got an 86 Peugeot 505 Wagon at http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3788840886….. It is only $1800. <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Le3I53Hb5G95H25M2d56d14d6dd88bff103d.jpg"&gt;

    1. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      Just saw the same one. Not a bad deal, really.

    1. peugeotdude505 Avatar
      peugeotdude505

      I wanna wanna MATRA!!

  9. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Reduced for quick sale!
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$T2eC16Z,!)cE9s4PudhcBRU2Tjse)Q~~48_20.JPG" width="500">
    Your own renown French car!

    1. fodder650 Avatar
      fodder650

      Man I remember when ever pizza delivery kid owned a LeCar. Those were the days.

    2. joshuman Avatar
      joshuman

      In a lovely shade of brown no less. Send this to http://browncar.tumblr.com/

    1. frankthecat Avatar

      Oh that is beautiful. Fellow hoons, please save this.

  10. P161911 Avatar

    Of course there are a ton of these little buggers on Craiglist:
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Gd3Le3H95I35Gb5M8d4f9dfff852beb717cb.jpg"width=500&gt;
    Odd that the only two French made cars now sold in the US are some of the cheapest (Smart) and one of the most expensive (Bugatti).

    1. Devin Avatar
      Devin

      It's weird how tall and wide Smarts are. Combined with the aggressive headlights and smiley grille, there's one on my street parked behind an E-Type, and it looks like it's going to eat the unsuspecting E-type.

  11. curlypaul924 Avatar
    curlypaul924

    French Electric Microcar. There's no speed restriction which means you can go as fast as you want, as long as you only want to go 55mph.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n73I83H45F85He5M3d3fc0445d7ac16b1de8.jpg"&gt;
    <a href="http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/3682659316.html” target=”_blank”>http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/3682659316.html

    1. calzonegolem Avatar
      calzonegolem

      Aww, it's like a mini Avantime!

    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      Ah oui!

    2. toxicavenger1 Avatar
      toxicavenger1

      Merde!

  12. LTDScott Avatar

    While it may have nothing to do with the theme, this is too cool not to post here:
    http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/boa/3781533883….
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3G63Md3I95I75Ec5Kcd52d3e1baee42d01a4c.jpg"&gt;

    1. curlypaul924 Avatar
      curlypaul924

      This is the best thing I have seen all day. I can sleep happy tonight.

      1. dukeisduke Avatar
        dukeisduke

        All it needs is bees coming out of it.
        BEES!!

    2. Alff Avatar

      That's what it used to look like – the owner has since modified it to look like this:
      <img src="http://cdn6.gadgetvenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/amphibious-lamborghini-mod.jpg"&gt;

    3. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      'Merica.

    4. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
      Irishzombieman☆

      I have never wanted a Fiero in my all adult life until now.

  13. calzonegolem Avatar
    calzonegolem

    This is the best I can do on my local CL. It is a Peugeot so that's gotta count for something, right?
    http://maine.craigslist.org/bik/3733741931.html
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I43M83Jb5L25F35Hcd49df15969130f91dbe.jpg"&gt;

    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Here's another Peugeot: https://www.google.com/shopping/product/174000968
      It's a pepper mill with a light bulb in it. Why? Because french!

    1. joshuman Avatar
      joshuman

      There is something poetic about a gas-powered line trimmer being swallowed by marauding leaves and twigs.

  14. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    Found while looking for something else:
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$(KGrHqYOKp0E-QIJpPgqBRfTqTq21w~~48_20.JPG&quot; width="500">
    "Stripped down to reduce unnecessary weight." He calls it a race car, but I don't think this thing could pass a safety inspection for some reason.
    All for only $3,500

    1. smokyburnout Avatar
      smokyburnout

      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3L33N93He5F35Ha5J2d589d4d584fc6051ada.jpg"/&gt;
      I don't think this one would pass either. "car was done profetionally at a race shop down in Florida" but it has a "shit linkcage". Is that like a bolt-in cage? <a href="http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3792800386.html” target=”_blank”>http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/3792800386.html

  15. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    What I love about the Crapshoot (and what my wife hates about it): It makes me look for cars I normally don't care about. French cars? You get nice stuff cheap! Wow. A little taste of the tiny Norwegian market for pre-83 French vehicles:
    1983 Renault 5, 53000km, 3500$
    The car has spent its life in Finnmark, in the Arctic. No salt use, they drive on ice. Actually not the worst offer, and who wouldn't trust a seller photographing a car with the bonnet open?
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/5/vertical-3/05/9/414/352/89_1629589704_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    1973 Citroën DS Break, 5000$
    Rough one, not registered since 1993. But, seriously, how hard could it be to get this running again? Just some TLC. Or what?
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/5/vertical-3/02/2/404/890/12_1102993295_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Cool quota: 1966 Renault 1130, 36000km, 5000$
    Stored since 1974, just been registered again, passed inspection. Price is a suggestion, means he intends to get more money. Rallye stripes!
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/24/6/411/993/16_918274421_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    1980 Citroën GSA 1300, 114000km, 1700$
    New brakes, works well, tech inspection lasts until march 2014. So this is actually a cheap, cool ride.
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/20/8/411/151/18_1991043869_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/20/8/411/151/18_755713876_xl.jpg&quot; width="300">
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/20/8/411/151/18_931823313_xl.jpg&quot; width="300">
    1976 Peugeot 504 GL, 199000km, 2400$
    Another cool car for no small change. Tech inspection lasts until february 2014. Not much info given, but I like the car and love the colours!
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/14/5/409/841/65_1922354780_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">
    I know I am way past my quota here already, but why leave a post without something completely irrelevant and exceptionally cool?
    1959 Snow-Trac
    <img src="http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/4/vertical-3/30/7/413/247/27_443623933_xl.jpg&quot; width="600">

    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      I actually went to have a look at the green Peugeot, price negotiated beforehand and money in pocket. 15h on a bus and a ferry trip later I discovered that my trust in the 82 year old faithfully Christian owner was misplaced.
      He "didn't know" that the car would crumble into brown flakes upon being touched by my fingernails. He didn't bother to inform me about water leaks into and an oil leak out of the car when we spoke on the phone. The "original paint" was rattlecanned here and there and a door wouldn't open. Clutch was tired. Nice interior though, and a smooth, relatively quick ride.
      But I got home with a chauffeur. On the same, bloody bus.

    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Can I take all 4 of those vehicles?

      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        Yeah!

  16. Tomsk Avatar

    Project Crepe Hell, in the form of a '59 Simca Aronde Deluxe.
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ea3Mc3N25Ia5Le5J7d4q2ec0573bb0ca1214.jpg&quot; width="500">
    Find it here in the heart of Southern California's Inland Methpire, er, Empire.

  17. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    Checkout this Peugeot "ONLY ONE IN NORTH AMERICA" (hint: 106 GTi, although the "GTi" might only be as legit as a "Type-R" sticker on a Civic DX).
    It's also riced
    <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDQ1MA==/$(KGrHqNHJF!FFwcJd6+(BRcTpu8dTw~~48_20.JPG&quot; />

    1. quattrovalvole Avatar
      quattrovalvole

      Now that I got the terrible one out of the way, I can show you guys the awesome stuff I stumbled upon.
      Super clean 155 V6 with a manual!
      <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgxWDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16JHJGIE9nnWpiFJBRBDb54RmQ~~48_20.JPG&quot; width="640">
      Fiat Coupe 20V
      <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgxWDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqJ,!nwF!IQzfwM7BQU40hs1Pw~~48_20.JPG" width="640">
      Mint Renault Alpine GTA, and it's US legal (probably)
      <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16R,!)0E9s37F14gBRZLf-OsjQ~~48_20.JPG" width="640">

      1. Sjalabais Avatar
        Sjalabais

        Fiat and Alfa are among the nicer French…wait.

  18. johnf1979 Avatar
    johnf1979

    I'm not sure if this is way too much or surprisingly affordable
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3M53F43Le5I35L85H9d54e04633ff0f4c1839.jpg&quot; width="600"> <a href="http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3784856472.html” target=”_blank”>http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3784856472.html

    1. johnf1979 Avatar
      johnf1979

      With a 2.0 LITER MOTER and just needing A GOOD CLEANING AND A LITTEL WORK I don't see how anyone can go wrong.
      <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3I63L93N55I65L35Mfd4f66c7ebfed0cd1918.jpg&quot; width="600"> <a href="http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/3745120991.html” target=”_blank”>http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/3745120991.html

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  20. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
    C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

    Oh, yeah…I hear LeMons calling!!!!
    http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/37817090
    This is chock full of surrender monkey awesome! I see your Citroëns and Renault Alliances, and raise you a vehicle which I doubt anyone actually wants…
    <img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3Ee3Gf3N15I55G25Edd530124976c74681130.jpg&quot; width="400">

    1. muthalovin Avatar

      Crepe Pipe

      1. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
        C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

        /facepalm
        …//double facepalm
        (wish I'd thought of it, though)

  21. HTWHLS Avatar
    HTWHLS

    There's a refined ugliness to most French cars. They must work diligently to make them look so hideous.

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