This next car comes as a tip from Matt C who writes: If I needed to say something nice about it, I'd say that it succeeds much better than attempting to make a 1957 Chevy out of a 2002 Camaro. And it is probably considerably more exciting to drive then when (a small portion of) it rolled off the line in 1991. Find this 19XX hot rod offered for $8000 in Wilmot, WI via craigslist.
What a way to start a Monday! This next car had my scratching my head for a while. I'm pretty sure there is a bald spot up there now...cause I'm still scratching. Maybe somebody can explain to me how a car like a 2014 Scion iQ ended up being the donor chassis/drivetrain/interior for a '74 Honda Z600. This really looks like one of the first model cars I tried to build with Testors model cement when I was about 8 years old...it looks great on the package but that glue melts everything and the end product is NEVER as good as it looked on the box or in store. I dunno. Somehow the seller's ALLCAPS SHOUTING DESCRIPTION ONLY ADDS TO THE ALLURE. You'll certainly get to say you are the only one on the block with this thing. Find this 1974 Honda Z600 built on a Scion iQ chassis offered for $5950 in Huntington Beach, CA via craigslist. Tip from Mike Jr.
This next car comes as a tip from Matt C who writes: This is a fourth generation Camaro that is trying to look like a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda; real price is $10,000. Seller says it is one of a kind, and I certainly hope so. Yikes. There is so much to ponder in this next craigslist advert. I had to put down the keyboard...walk away...and come back a few hours later. I'm still getting a divide by zero error. Its 2 parts awesome and 4 parts WHUT? Find this 2001 Chevrolet Camaro...70 Cuda Clone offered for $10,000 in Atlanta, GA via craigslist.
Chevy's Chevette was a lightweight pipsqueak with two-digit horsepower and a big chip on its shoulder due to all the abuse it got in Jr High school. Chevette owners will say "just wait till the bad ones are gone and the good ones will be worth a fortune" but I'm not holding my breath on that one. But if you want a Chevette in your driveway...I think this next example is the way I'd go...clean...low miles...stock...and cheap. Find this 1980 Chevrolet Chevette offered for $3000 in Baltimore, MD via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
I really want to like this next car because it is a rare and cool looking etc etc...but I just can't shake my first impression...which was that it looked like something that Herman Munster built after binge watching the entire 4 seasons of the original Transformers cartoon while exceptionally high on barbiturates. It cool...but I'm not sure what the neighbors will think. Find this 1972 Dutton Phaeton offered for $3,500 in Tampa, FL via facebook marketplace. Tip from David S.
Wow. What are the chances? We got a hot tip on a Fauxrarri 308 clone (that uses a Pontiac Fiero chassis and some Ferrarieqse body work) powered by a Caddy V8 and then another tip came through...and I thought...wow, must be the same car. Nope. TWO DIFFERENT CADDY POWERED FIERRARIS AT THE SAME TIME. First up is this 1988 Ferrari 308 Clone offered for $15,450 in Virginia Beach, VA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Its Friday! Time to pull your mullet out of your baseball cap and let that glorious mane flow down the nape of your neck like pristine mountain glacier water running over smooth rocks. It is also time to put your daily driver to the side and drive that little beasty that has been sitting in your garage all week...yeah...you know...your 1972 Honda Z600 offered for $3000 somewhere near Portland, OR via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
The Meyers Manx was the original dune buggy for the everyman, but the roofless, doorless, and dry-weather-only setup isn't for everyone, so Bruce Meyers designed the SR2 version which added a small top and 
Whenever I find a Nissan Pike car (Pao, S-Cargo, Figaro, Be-1, K10-Micra) I find myself inexplicably writing about the car. They aren't particularly fast, fun to drive, or that easy to go through drive-thrus in the USA...but there is something superbly cool about the little retro-styled JDM classics that is irresistible to my pen...errr..keyboard. Maybe if I owned one, I wouldn't write about them so often. Find this 1989 Nissan Pao here on eBay bidding for $4,150 reserve-not-met or $7,500 buy-it-now, located in Orlando, FL.
I have to admit that this next car has me a bit stumped...and I don't say that lightly because y'all know I love some random piles of parts that would otherwise seem to have no purpose. But this thing. Wow. It was once a zippy little Triumph TR7 convertible with 4-cylinder power and an eye for the canyons, but it is now a slushbox equipped drag machine that is powered by a carb fed Buick V6. There must be some kind of bracket racing out in the sticks that this thing is a hot dog for its class...but I just couldn't imagine taking it out for a Friday night cruise with the wife or trying to convince the judges at the 24 Hours of LeMons that this is a Class C car. Find this 1987 Triumph TR7 Buick V6 offered for $4000 in Cincinnati, OH via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.
The Mad Max films (The Road Warrior is the best) featured an awesome vision of post apocalyptic Australia and some great car scenes, but the only gripe you might have is it didn't feature many Italian cars. The seller of this next vehicle must have had that in consideration when he built this Fiatrike. Find this 1982 Fiat X1/9 Custom Trike offered for $3500 near Rochester, MN via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Okay...I thought that honeywagon was slang for the sewage pumper trucks that empty port-a-johns...but apparently there is a Hollywood version that contains a number of private dressing/bath rooms for actors/actresses/producers. Still full of s*#@ on most days. Find this 19?? Cab Over With 8 Room Honeywagon here on eBay bidding for $26,500 in North Hollywood, CA with 4 days to go.
The builder of this next car must have been inspired by Johnny Cash...no, not by Cash's dark days of cocaine & alcohol abuse (although that could be a factor) but the 1976 song "One Piece at a Time" where the singer describes a custom built car that used a variety of parts from his factory job at GM. "Now, up to now my plan went all right, 'Til we tried to put it all together one night, And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong. The transmission was a fifty three, And the motor turned out to be a seventy three, And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone." You get the idea. Find this 1932ish Custom here on eBay built from 32 vehicles offered for $25,000 in Bay City, MI.
In 1954 the sole importer of Porsche cars into the USA was a guy named Max Hoffman, who managed to convince Porsche to offer a low option version of the 356 roadster with a cut down windshield and a thirst for speed. Years later and a 356 Speedster is worth more than small village near Salzburg, but you can still get Speedster style if you are willing to drive something from the wild side. Like this 1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia offered for $2,500 in Phoenix, AZ. Tip from FuelTruck.
Ever see one of those cars that strikes you as "AGGG, WHAT IS THAT!?!? and then a few minutes later you say "hmmm, I kinda dig it"? I call it the Cher's underpants effect. Remember when Cher danced around the stage in her underpants and her son was on stage the first rational thought is AGGGG, WHAT IS THAT!??! and then later "hmmmm, I kinda dig it." Find this
This next car comes as a tip from Michael B who writes: Boy, I don't think I've ever seen a rat rod that looks like . . . . well . . . . a rat. Michael is 100% correct, it I saw this thing in my garage, I'd scream at the top of my lungs and then call an exterminator, but the scary part is when you pop the hood. Find this 1977 GMC Rat Rod offered for $2,500 in Sunburg, MN via craigslist.
The Ford Pinto doesn't have the best reputation among so called experts of the horseless carriage, but what does a scientific consensus really mean anyway? There was a time when the scientific community agreed that the sun & stars revolved around the earth, so all the haters who think it's settled science that the Pinto was a poorly built pile of parts will get their comeuppance when the Pintocentric model of the universe is finally realized. Find this 1980 Ford Pinto Rallye offered for $6,000 in Fayetteville, NC via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!