Sounds like a plan. Let us know how it works out!

OK. NADA in my area for that car (again, no options - so the car you're looking at would probably be a bit higher) came out to $4100.

Where did you do your research?

The Protege prices sounds like CP to me. What area are you in?

The Farmer's Almanac says much of the country will be cold and snowy this winter. $950 for the perfect winter beater? NP!

Wow... Where do I start? A question mark engine. What's going on with the paint and the wheels? Every picture in the ad seems to ask more questions than it answers. No mention of rust - but a 35+ year old car from Ohio has to have some rust.

Normally, "project" has me heading for the "CP" button.

Looks good! Yes, Craigslist is full of bargains - and disasters. Still, I think this Capri has promise...

I did a quick survey of close-to-2K Miatas in my area... I found a non-runner, a reconstructed title, a few with long "now the bad..." lists and several suspiciously short ads that claimed "runs good", but couldn't be bothered to include even one picture. No doubt: The Miata is a better car than the Capri. But I…

I suspect the Capri would be a different story today - if Ford/Mercury had found a way to continue to develop it. As a 5-year-and-done model in the US, it didn't have much of a chance at lasting fame.

Yeah, it's kind of weird.

This Land Cruiser is just beautiful - but $85K is just too far out there. Personally, I'd have a hard time spending that much cash on *any* vehicle. Sadly, I'm grown up enough that I'd rather put that money into my retirement fund.

Very nice! If you have a link to pics, please share!

Well - the 90% that lived outdoors are virtually gone by now. I periodically see solid examples that have been stored indoors - and didn't rust away.

Sadly, that isn't far off the mark. The X1/9 chassis was remarkably solid - but the Italians didn't take corrosion protection seriously. I had a '74 X1/9 that had lived a hard life before I got it - and was impressed at how well the structure held on. Of course, many of the bits and pieces attached to that structure…

It's getting to hard to find this much mid-engine fun for this kind of money. It will be a project car - but a worthwhile project car. Modest NP.

It seems this week's theme has been "finding cars that never were" (well, with the exception of Tuesday's bus).

Yes - though it seems to me that Honda could do it if they wanted to. The basic hardware is available through the Ridgeline - but I suspect they'd have to make structure floor design changes to the Odyssey to fit the extra hardware, which would be pricey given the limited size of the AWD minivan market.

Huh? Since when? I can find no evidence of an AWD Odyssey (well, in North America anyway). Looks like the Asian Odyssey (different platform than we get) had a 4WD option...

This is - unlike many project cars you'll see - beautifully done with a great eye for detail and real-life usability. I've rarely seen any kind of swap/project car for sale that had 10K miles of use by the creator.