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alternate.eago posted:Eric from the all trac forums has one. His is the one with the st205 hood grafted to the frame of the hood for his st165. Nice car. The only difference is stickers. Seriously stickers. I remember when he got that, I was sooo jealous. IIRC the IMSAs were also sold as 1987 model years, making them even more rare and unique in the US market. That fact that the only change from the regular All-Trac is some vinyls is amusing, I thought they also had some small interior changes. edit: really not trying to derail this thread into old-Celica-chat, I'll shut up now.
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Leather. But nope. Just stickers.
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neckbeard posted:How was the Lotus Eclat? Someone has one a couple blocks over from where I live as a winter beater (when it's nice out they have a `79 Esprit out) In England it would be great, but I live in the states so it was either fab something up or pay a hundo for shipping. I spent a decent amount of time on the lathe making random crap for it. If I had it to do again I would have spent more and bought an elan+2 or a first gen esprit but for a toy to gently caress around with and learn new stuff on it was great. Definitely get the later model one with the toyota transmission and brakes, then when the 907 engine get boring or blows up put in a 1uz with itb's. Full disclosure edit: I should mention that in the six years I owned it I put maybe 5500 miles on it and got to the point where I could pull the engine and transmission in half an hour. Also it was referred to as "The Lotus of Infinite Despair". Bibendum fucked around with this message at 22:42 on May 9, 2014 |
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May 9, 2014 22:38
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1989 Daihatsu Charade, 1992 Daihatsu Rocky, 1987 Mazda 323 Wagon, 1978 Subaru GL Wagon 4WD, and 1988 Mazda 323 GTX. They might not have all started out rare, but certainly are now.
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DJ Commie posted:1989 Daihatsu Charade, 1992 Daihatsu Rocky, 1987 Mazda 323 Wagon, 1978 Subaru GL Wagon 4WD, and 1988 Mazda 323 GTX. They might not have all started out rare, but certainly are now. My non-rusted out 1990 Geo Prizm agrees with you (matching numbers too!). I can get historic vehicle plates and everything.
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I had a 2006 Saabaru 5MT. One of about 235, no idea about the rest of the options though which may have made it "more rare". Also had a 94 Miata R package which was about 1 of 1500 or so.
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Bibendum posted:Also had a Fiat x1/9 with a Yamaha V4 motorcycle engine in it, I hope to god only one of those exists. That fiat was hilarious, do you even have any pictures of that thing?
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Eh, gently caress your 10k nonsense. I drive a Mazdaspeed Protege. First factory Mazdaspeed model, last hurrah of the Protege/323 platform before the 3 replaced it. Only 4500 made during 1 model year; 1,700 2003s, and 2800 "2003.5"s (with a different body kit and darker wheels). Mine in particular is an 03.5, and one of only 500 in Blazing Yellow Mica, the Best Color (tied for rarest color with Sunlight Silver Metallic). It also has the distinction of being the most powerful Protege ever built, at 170hp from the factory. Also, the platform is the successor to the BH chassis; because Mazda skips the letter I for whatever reason, it's therefore called the BJ. 
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My Range Rover Classic is a GDE, #101 of 409. The Great Divide Edition was a limited edition they built after Land Rover did their Great Divide Expedition in 1989. For some reason the GDE Rangies seem to be more highly sought after than any other RRC of that era. They have a special bronze plaque in the door jamb, a slightly different interior, and a couple minor external mods for 'offroading'. They were 1990 models sold as 1991s. Mine was built in May of '90. Video about the Expedition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsOC-URG4oE
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BoostCreep posted:I assume this thread is talking about AI posters as opposed to AI poster's parent's uncle's friend's former college roommate. If we're throwing relatives in here, my dad had a 1989 XJS Rouge Edition, IIRC it was 1 of 500 for the US market. Sweet rear end car, he let me take it to high school a few times. Only car I've ever driven that actually attracted girls.
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VikingSkull posted:Only car I've ever driven that actually attracted girls. The rarest car of all
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MadMattH posted:My non-rusted out 1990 Geo Prizm agrees with you (matching numbers too!). I can get historic vehicle plates and everything. An 81 Tercel would only be pretty rare here in California, an early 90s Corolla is still ubiquitous here. Note my list is my current fleet, not a past ownership list! 
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Fucknag posted:Eh, gently caress your 10k nonsense. Wow! 170hp! I had a friend with a DX BJ Protege with a FS-DE swap from a Protege5 and his car was basically as fast as my MSP because of the weight difference.
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My girlfriend's dad has a 1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 with 15k miles, garage kept its whole life, still rocking original tires. He recently had to do a full engine gasket rebuild because of how little he drove it.  I'd say the amount of factory-fresh unmolested Mitsubishi 3000GT's makes this a unicorn by all accounts. Manual, white exterior, leather red interior.
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ultimateforce posted:Wow! 170hp! And how rare is your 5.0 Mustang again?  We've been through the performance chat before, that ain't what this thread's about.
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The AI poster (I forget his user name) with the E-type wins hands down.
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E Types are not rare at all. I like to think my 1965 XP Falcon ute is rare, considering most utes at that time were owned by farmers, and as soon as they broke down, most utes were parked in the back paddock to rust away whilst the farmer brought a new one
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It's the rarest in AI that has been driven as far as I know.
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I still technically have most of a 1959 Edsel Ranger. Fairly rare considering there were only like 5900 of the the things made. Now I just have to finish that project.  
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Fucknag posted:Eh, gently caress your 10k nonsense. I had a 2003.5 in blue. It was great when it ran right (almost never). 
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IOwnCalculus posted:The '73 Opel GT is probably the closest thing to a rare vehicle that I've owned (and even then, it was really my wife's) but that is far more due to the fact that they rust if you look at them funny and were expensive to repair in a crash, so very few are actually roadworthy. Well, it's rare-er now that the guy who I sold my '70 GT hit a Redwood Tree with my old one at about 100mph and put the engine and front bumper into the spare tire storage.
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I guess I'm a sucker for rare-ish stuff. My last car was a 2009 G8 GXP; about 1829 total cars were built, of which only ~800 of the 1800 or so were manual, and then once you got down to options it was one of 42 or so (a common configuration relatively speaking. There's a couple GXP option combinations that are single digit numbers.) While we had the GXP we also had a 2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, of which only 600 were imported in 2006. My wife totaled it last fall and I replaced it with another odd duck, a 2008 Saab 9-7x Aero, which is a somewhat de-Chevyified Trailblazer SS with a nicer interior but keeping the LS2. Only 500 9-7x Aeros were produced in 2008, and between '08 and '09 only something like ~621 total were built before things went south. Now I drive an '05 E55 AMG which ironically is the most "common" of all these cars (at ~2200 produced in 2005 and less than 8,000 over the 2003-2006 run) and my wife has the Aero. Pretty happy with both actually. 
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Neptr posted:The rarest car of all It was uncanny how much girls liked that thing. I dunno if it was the gold plated Jaguar hood ornament or what, but females on average seem to be drawn to the XJS. Can't say I blame them, the XJS was a very sexy automobile. It took that long hood, short deck, low ride height formula to the extreme.
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I owned a Ford Escort Wagon with the rear disc brake package. No one opted for the rear discs.
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I have the rarest DSM. 92 Plymouth Laser AWD 5MT (mid 92 had the 6-bolt front + 4 bolt-rear) with the Gold package. Also has this: 
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I have a 2000 Isuzu Vehicross. Only 230 in my color were ever made. Unfortunately, it's not a great specimen and I off-road it a couple times a week.
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I have a 1998 Subaru STI Type-RA V-Limited. It's a WRC homolgamation model, I have #544 of 555 that were ever made (555 was the cigarette sponsor that year), as well I have the 'Ballerina pivot' shifter assembly which is 1 of 1000 made.
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Nait Sirhc posted:I have the rarest DSM. 92 Plymouth Laser AWD 5MT (mid 92 had the 6-bolt front + 4 bolt-rear) with the Gold package. 20 grand seems like an awful lot in 92, but maybe being 10 years old does that to you.
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Actually, I just looked outside and thought about this one. It's almost certainly the only Nissan Laurel 1800-LPG in the UK, it was a high-mileage ex-taxi bought and imported by some guy in 2000 for reasons unknown (probably alcohol, it was for me). Nissan only sold the 1.8 of this model in Japan for commercial fleet use, directly to taxi drivers and driving schools, the engine was deemed too slow for actual consumers. Given that the newest one would be 1993, I suspect none of them are still in use commercially and were scrapped years ago. If there's any survivors they will probably just be the odd one which escaped to Russia as a budget used car and still survive. I'm only aware of one other survivor, some guy in Eastern Europe, not sure if he still has it. I look forward to busting it out in a future "who has the lowest power/weight ratio" thread.
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KakerMix posted:20 grand seems like an awful lot in 92, but maybe being 10 years old does that to you. Think he's talking about one of the options on the right over there.
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Tremek posted:I guess I'm a sucker for rare-ish stuff. My last car was a 2009 G8 GXP; about 1829 total cars were built, of which only ~800 of the 1800 or so were manual, and then once you got down to options it was one of 42 or so (a common configuration relatively speaking. There's a couple GXP option combinations that are single digit numbers.) If we're gonna do this poo poo then I win because my 1994 GMC Suburban was only one of two built with certain options.
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Thing is, American cars (at least until relatively recently) tend to have a lot more individual options, as opposed to total packages like imports tend to have (my MSP for example had no options to choose, it's a pretty big complaint about newer WRXs/GT86BR-S/etc). I dunno about older Hondas though, any experience with those?
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I remember reading somewhere that some math smart guy said there was some ridiculous amount of option variables to order the 1957 Chevy in. Just because you could order a bench seat with a floor shift, ashtray delete with some crazy color combination that no one else would think to do doesn't make it 'Super rare!! Only one of two in the world!!!' it just means someone had an idea of the perfect car that not many people agreed with. Same with any car that you can build to order. The other day I PDI'd a base 911 with some woodgrain, light grey lower and tan upper interior. It was also fitted with a Burmeister stereo, clear tail lights, PDK and PCCB brakes. It was way more expensive than a base Carrera S but was just optioned up with a weird list of stuff. It's not rare, just oddly optioned.
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I was in the Chevy dealer getting a part and wandered over to the ZR1 sitting on the floor. Salesman tells me "this is only 1 of two of these cars!... in this color/interior combination."
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MadMattH posted:My non-rusted out 1990 Geo Prizm agrees with you (matching numbers too!). I can get historic vehicle plates and everything. Hey, a Geo that's -not- rusted out or crumpled up like a beer can around some roadside attraction is plenty rare!
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I used to drive a BMW clown shoe. Those were pretty rare. Now I drive a not rare in the slightest Mercedes 300SD.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Think he's talking about one of the options on the right over there. Corinth is famous for its leather!
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Bugdrvr posted:I remember reading somewhere that some math smart guy said there was some ridiculous amount of option variables to order the 1957 Chevy in. The flip side of this is the oddly optioned American cars are the ones that go for huge cash at auctions today. Your point is right, but odd and rare are often the same thing.  1 of 1 Mod Top hemi 'Cuda. Hideous, odd, rare, and worth millions.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Think he's talking about one of the options on the right over there. So do they just put it in the glove box or...  Seriously what the hell part of the car is 'horse cock' supposed to refer to?
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Nait Sirhc posted:I have the rarest DSM. 92 Plymouth Laser AWD 5MT (mid 92 had the 6-bolt front + 4 bolt-rear) with the Gold package. My dad had an 85 Chrysler laser turbo. It was so rad. Then he blew up the motor and sold it to a shop. Such a cool unique car. Everyone knows about the Daytona but I mention Chrysler laser and people have no fuckin idea. EbolaIvory fucked around with this message at 21:03 on May 10, 2014 |
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