Yahoo Autos Nissan 240SX, Bradley GT, Dodge Viper: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
You made it. Finally, after everything, it’s Friday. Better than a regular one, too, because this week you’ve got a holiday Friday. Sort of. Depending on how lenient your company is with holidays, I guess.
But I’m going to work under the assumption that you’ve got a four-day weekend coming up, and I’m going to also assume that you need something fun to carry you through those 96 long hours. Some kind of motor vehicle, perhaps, rated highly on some metric of coolness. In other words, the internet’s Dopest Cars.
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1997 Nissan 240SX - $35,000
Ignore the license plate, the headlights, the aero — this is not a Silvia. Instead, it’s a USDM chassis built to full JDM spec, from the engine to the side skirts. It’s kind of the best of both worlds, with all of Japan’s styling but a left-drive layout.
Plus, look at that color! You don’t see this kind of not-quite-green-but-not-quite-not-green any more, it’s a true relic of the nineties. This is the ideal car, you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.
1962 Ford Thunderbird Convertible - $49,500
Classic convertibles always have such a presence to them. You can picture yourself in one, slowly cruising down some main avenue, amber-toned sunset streaking down your face, no one in any adjacent grassy knolls. True Americana.
This Thunderbird claims to be all-original, and it certainly looks the part. It’s a time capsule back to simpler days, before convertible roofs became power-operated assemblies of metal and glass.
2001 Toyota Tacoma - $9,500
Ooh, Steve put another Tacoma in Dopest Cars. Gasp, it’s overland-prepped. I know I’m not the most creative of folks, but look at it — it’s so good! The bumper, the lift kit, the snorkel. This is the ideal form for a ‘froader.
As a bonus, this Taco is even equipped with a stick shift. Sure, there’s the small question of the salvage title, but the Toyota seems to be holding up to rooftop tent use — how bad could it possibly be?
1969 Bradley GT - $8,000
Does any Bradley GT ever look finished? Maybe it’s just the headlight arrangement, maybe it’s the weather seals, but none of them ever look quite done to me. Does that mean I’d pass up driving one? Hell no.
It is very funny, however, to hear about this GT’s “big bore 1835cc engine.” That is not a big bore engine, I’m sorry to say. There are motorcycles with larger displacements than that. Again, not a dealbreaker, just hilarious.
1986 Yamaha RZ350 - $12,500
This RZ350 is proudly listed as a grey market import, its Canadian-spec instrumentation shouting its history and speed in kilometers. That’s a bonus — the high-reading speedo will make you feel like you’re going even faster as you ring-ding-ding this two-stroke down your local canyon road.
The seller claims this bike is unrestored, but it does have a few updates waiting in the wings. There’s a new clutch already installed, and new tires waiting to wrap themselves around those beautiful tri-spoke wheels. Or, be wrapped around by a tire mounting machine, if you’re fancy.
1978 BMW R100/7 - $1,900
BMW airhead, my beloved. Every time I see one of these, I want one more and more. I don’t have room for another bike. I don’t have money for another bike. The last thing I need is another two-wheeled BMW that’s behind on maintenance. And yet... .
You, reader, should buy this R100 out from under me. If you pick it up, for less than two grand, I can’t — it’ll be off the market. Save me from myself, and buy this beautiful motorcycle.
1958 Chevy Panel Van - $3,000
Or, if motorcycles aren’t your speed, how about a project that could probably fit a bike in back? This panel van is exactly the level of beat-to-hell that I appreciate in an old truck. The scrapes, the scratched, the off-color door. It has a real Chloe Price energy that speaks to me.
The truck’s original drivetrain appears to have been removed, but its factory stick shift lives on in the cargo area. The engine under the hood is period-correct, but not numbers-matching. If that matters to you, you are so far from the right listing here.
