We’ve featured a muppet handful of LaDawri fiberglass things over the years, including a Del Mar, a Sebring, and a Nackardbaker somethingorother…but we’ve never featured a Conquest before. La Dawri Coachcraft was a fiberglass kit-car manufacturer that started in British Columbia in the 1950s, but soon moved to Southern California (hot bed of the hot […]
Mustang snobs tend to gravitate towards the early 1964-65-66 or 1967-68 Fastback versions for various reasons that escape me at the moment (probably because they are more rare) but random yokels on the street will only talk to you if you drive a 1969 Mustang; and they’ll ask you every time you drive it: “Is […]
The first generation Mercury Cougar was a bit more than just an up-market Mustang coupe. It offered a few unique accouterments that were not available on the Mustang, such as pop-up hidden headlights, AND it was only available with proper American V8 power. Today’s Cougar is project — it has a decent amount of rust […]
The Unimog 406 by Mercedes-Benz vas a medium duty Universal-Motor-Gerät, produced from 1963 to 1989. It had a larger wheelbase and more engine power than its predecessors, and was the basis for several following Unimog versions. The 406 received technical upgrades during production, including a new engine in 1964 and disc brakes in 1973 and […]
The Daihatsu HiJet is Japanese built micro truck (and van) that has been a solid entry to the Kei-truck scene since its introduction in 1960. Daihatsu was on their 7th generation of the little 3-cylinder powered city-Truck by the time today’s example was released into the wild, but they were still designed with city transportation […]
The MGB was built by MG (Morris Garages) Cars in England back when the British Empire produced products for export other than loud mouthed food critics, loud mouthed automobile pundits, naked royals and eavesdropping newspapers. The MGB survived with only minor cosmetic changes from 1962 through 1980 by being good at what it did. It […]
With all of the false advertising we see out in the wild world, it is great to see a car offered with heap of that nasty stuff called the truth. Do we see a well staged photo with a nice background? Nope. This car is on a lift that is plastered with an assortment of […]
The expression “project car” conjures up images of hard work and some bucks to provide material and parts, but most of my experience with project cars has been limited to getting an old car back on the road. Maybe some paint/body repair. Perhaps an engine rebuild. But this next car. I’m not sure if it […]
This next car comes as a tip from Matt C who writes: The bad: Needs new paint, and who knows what the primer’s hiding. Can’t tell how bad the interior is from these pictures. The good: Manual transmission – for once, it’s an old Japanese car that’s not an automatic. Runs and drives, and with […]
I’ve purchased a few disassembled project cars over the years to question my own sanity, but I can tell you for certain that I’ve learn a few important things. The first is that you shouldn’t buy a disassembled project car and the second is…oh…that’s it. But. BUT…when I see something like this car, I can’t help but think, “how bad can it be…what if the owner DOES have all of the parts necessary to reassemble it” and then I remember that I still don’t have functioning reverse lights on a car I’ve owned for 20 years because the previous owner swapped the transmission and didn’t finish the job. But…do you know much an assembled Elan costs? Find this 1965 Lotus Elan S2 in pieces offered for $15,000 in Santa Cruz, CA via craigslist.