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Hantariffic Betagasm – Lancia Beta Collection

June 16, 2015

Corvairs are much maligned as the classic car that attracts the greatest number of equivalents to the crazy cat ladies of the world, and while that stereotype might have roots in some truth, there are certainly plenty of normal Corvair fans who are in recovery have their addiction under control only have one or two Corvairs. Nonetheless, there are plenty of other car makes that seem to attract hoarders collectors, and though this person is probably in a crowd of one, evidently Lancia Betas aroused that tendency in someone. Check out this Lancia Beta collection for sale for $2100 in Penn Valley, CA.

1975 Lancia Beta HPE left front

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Powered by Volvo – 1964 Jeep DJ3

June 11, 2015

Powertrain swaps are not that unusual in the Jeep world, but are typically done with domestic engines like the Buick V6 or a small block Chevrolet V8. Volvo engines are also no stranger to engine swaps – though not quite as common, the Facel Vega Facellia received the Volvo 4-cylinder both as a retrofit to make up for the shortcomings of the Pont a Mousson four-cylinder, and then as factory spec. But a Volvo 4-cylinder engine into a Jeep? That’s something new. Check out this 1964 Jeep DJ3 with a Volvo engine for sale for $3500 in Santa Rosa, CA.

1964 Jeep DJ3 Volvo engine right

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Gambling Lady – Barbara Stanwyck’s 1967 Van Den Plas Princess 4-Litre R

June 11, 2015

There’s nothing quite as un-useful as an undocumented celebrity connection. My mother’s dog heard from the neighbor’s cat that the veterinarian said Barbara Stanwyck once owned this car. Do you really trust the cat, who you’ve seen trying to sneak into the bed when your wife’s in there one too many times, or the dog, who makes calculating looks every time you’re eating a steak? A one-time candidate for the RustyButTrusty fleet, a first-series Alfetta GT 1.8, was said to have been bought new by a US serviceman in Cambodia and then brought back to the states, but with no documentation, it’s hard to say how much of that was fabricated by a previous owner and then passed along by an unwitting current owner (and who was selling cars in Cambodia in 1975 anyways?). Anyhow, odd and unsubstantiated histories aside, check out this 1967 Van Den Plas Princess 4-Litre R for sale for $3500 in the hills of Palo Alto, CA.

1967 Van Den Plas Princess left rear

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