The other side of the grass is sometimes greener, and in this case, the green-ness refers to relatively simple construction and ready availability of parts. If you’ve ever owned an oddball foreign car, you know the feeling of going to the regular car parts store and having them ask, who makes that? Is that the V6? Anyhow, that general line of thinking leads to today’s feature car, a 1967 Chrysler Newport hardtop sedan for $3900 in Sterling Heights, MI, near Detroit.
With the vintage Japanese car scene growing, these cars have finally been getting the attention they deserve. The 2-liter engine cranks out respectable power (more than many of its competitors), and the styling is as good as that of most of its sixties English competitors. This particular car is under restoration, but looks like it would make a good driving project. As a good runner with many new parts, it should make a fun driver while you get the cosmetics fixed up. This Datsun 2000 is available in Tucson, AZ for $3500.
BMW today has a large variety of engines – inline 4, inline 6, v8, v10, v12 – but take the time machine back to 1987 and think of what your options were. You had 3-, 5-, 6-, and 7-series models, and depending on where you lived you had a choice of inline 4 and inline 6 engines. The 750 iL was the first to blow that 30ish-year convention out of the water, offering two side-by-side M20 inline sixes in BMW’s first V12 engine for 300hp and 330 lb.-ft. of thrust. You can find this first-year BMW 750 iL for $2500 in the Fort Worth area of Texas.
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