Rusted Automotive

There are some cars out there for sale that collectors are not looking for, but once discovered become a desirable piece of machinery to the interested buyer. Looking outside of the box in the automotive market always brings about the coolest cars, trucks and motorcycles for sale into the limelight, and when this happens, most likely one can buy a nice, unusual piece of machinery for an affordable price. A prime example is this 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, which is an unrestored original powered by the rare Buick 3.8L V6! Find it here on 2040 Cars in York, Pennsylvania.  After a full redesign in 1978, the Monte Carlo soldiered on for the 1980 model year in its final year of the third generation models; for 1981, the Monte Carlo gained more (surprisingly) aerodynamic styling for its fourth-generation that improved fuel economy and (for some) overall appearance. For 1980, the front end was mildly updated with a new grille surrou...

Bring up the words "S13 Silvia" to any JDM enthusiast, and I guarantee you they will stop dead in their tracks. The Nissan S13 is heralded as one of the best drift cars ever built, and my friend Brett Lindenmuth made me a fan of them recently. Finding a clean, fairly unmolested one is like trying to find the proverbial needle in the haystack, however, as most S13 Silvias have been made into drift cars or drag racers and have had their stock engines replaced with a Chevy LS or some other American V8. This 1994 Nissan S13 200SX turbo is not only mostly stock, it is by far one of the cleanest S13s I've seen for sale recently. Find it here on Piston Heads in Lancashire, United Kingdom, for  £7,995 (approximately $10,859 US). Special thanks to Brett Lindenmuth for inspiring me on writing about one of these cars! Introduced in the fall of 1988 as a 1989 model, the S13 Silvia was conceived to compete against the Ford Probe, To...