Yahoo Autos Chevy Corvette Z06, Ford Ranchero, Honda Silverwing: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
When making this slideshow every week, I’m always trying to find ways to keep it interesting. Themes, bits, anything unique to differentiate one week’s list from the last. I want to give you all a reason to tune in, something beyond my desperate longing for Land Cruisers that I can’t afford.
So last week, I came up with an idea. Every once in a while, I want to throw in a slideshow focused on a single city — a Best Of list that covers 15 of the coolest cars and bikes from a single location. If you want your city featured, shoot me an email with your suggestion, and I’ll throw it somewhere into the lineup. But, before that, we’re taking an extended look at Boulder, CO — a city chosen simply for being named after a rock. I think that’s pretty neat. Here are some of Boulder’s Dopest Cars.
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2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - $52,000
Ah, peak Corvette: The C6 Z06. Sure, this one isn’t the beloved bright yellow, but it’s still functionally the same vehicle underneath. You can always solve the issue of boring exterior colors with some vinyl wrap, anyway.
If you take that route, beneath the wrap you’ll have a gorgeous ‘Vette that appears otherwise bone-stock — ready for track-day duty fresh out of the box. Sure, the front and rear tires are mismatched, but let’s be honest: You were gonna burn through the rears anyway.
1993 Toyota Land Cruiser - $25,000
A good Land Cruiser is always going to end up in Dopest. That’s just a fact of life, a quirk of my own personal vehicular preferences. A two-door Cruiser even more so, a manual more still. This imported five-cylinder turbodiesel model? Of course that’s going in.
The seller claims this Cruiser comes from Spain, having been imported from Madrid just over a year ago. It was apparently repainted while over there, though there’s no mention of what the original color was — if anything other than the red shade the truck now wears.
2016 Subaru WRX - $25,000
I’m not sure why, but I see more 2014.5-2021 WRXes stanced out on bags than any other generation of the car. Maybe it’s sheer popularity, with this generation Rex outselling all previous. Maybe it’s that the generation simply came of age alongside the scene, lending to a natural harmony in modding culture. Maybe they just look better than the others when laying frame.
Regardless of the reason, there are plenty of VA-chassis WRXes on air suspension that can be snapped up for far less than their value in parts. This one, however, is a special case — decked out in carbon, flex-fuel ready, and seemingly prepped for track use. Don’t knock air suspension on the race track until you’ve tried it, there are some time attack folks putting down serious numbers on bags.
2013 Honda CBR600RR - $8,000
There’s just something about an HRC livery, man. I still remember walking into Honda’s Ohio museum facility, laying eyes on an HRC-painted RC213V for the first time, and just being entranced. It’s just a beautiful design.
While the RC213V may be out of most people’s budgets, this CBR600RR is likely a better fit. Not quite as race-ready as the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade, but you’re getting almost as many Rs for much less money. That’s a steal.
2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder - $11,500
Mister Two, how close I came to buying you. When I was selling my FR-S, before I replaced it with my short-tenured Miata, I very nearly bought one of these tiny little convertibles. I’ve never driven one, but they just seem so entertaining.
You, however, can right my wrongs. Buy this MR2, drive the hell out of it, and have the time of your life. Find the enjoyment I never did, with the top down and at least six horsepower buzzing along behind your head.
1973 Volkswagen Beetle - $5,750
Every time I see a Beetle, I want one more than the last time I caught one’s gaze. They’re slow, not particularly sporty, and kind of visually ungainly — the appeal is all in their character. They’ve got cultural cachet; they’re important to society, and they’re important to Jalopnik history.
You too could be important to society and Jalopnik history. I mean, the chances are small, but who’s to say they don’t increase when you’re behind the wheel of a Super Beetle? This one likely even gives you a better shot than most, given that it’s had a fresh engine rebuild. It should run long enough for you to do something of note.
1949 Ford F1 - $15,000
Folks, we have it: A real-life barn find. The seller claims this Ford F1 lived in a Nebraskan barn for four decades, but was brought to Colorado in 2021 for its resurrection. It’s got an “overhauled” engine, rebuilt water pump, radiator, and generator, a freshly upholstered seat, and four tires that still look very, very flat.
I don’t know about you, but this is what I want out of a barn find truck. The dents, the missing paint, the apparent lack of any truly serious rust or rot. It’s a new-old stock car, that happens to be wearing the coolest patina you’ve ever seen. What’s better than that?
