For the very small market segment that needs a solid platform for their dream project, a sleeper Zephyr Z-7, NP. For the rest of us, ND.

With the top up and the lights popped, it looks like a frog wearing a hoodie. ND.

I irrationally dig it. The best-looking body style, a great ’70s color. ND. 

Had me until the mileage. Whatever gossamer threads are holding this thing together must be near the breaking point. ND.

I am very sorry the seller went to all that trouble.

Imagine taking this to shows, and the deflating process of explaining what it really is. The only plus being that most people would walk away before you got to the most humiliating moment, popping the hood.

Into early adulthood, there was a fire truck that would always set my heart racing. It was an American LaFrance pumper, probably late ’60s vintage, with the most glorious exhaust note. At close range, it would vibrate your innards. The town was nestled in a gentle valley with just enough steepness to bounce the sound…

If they had to mod it, they should have stopped with the paint. Even at that, nearly $7K is a bit high for the miles and age. ND.

It has a weird, quasi-steampunk aesthetic, which I like much better than the goofy-looking Polaris Slingshot. But it’s such a toy. $23K is just too much.

I know it’s Buffalo, but should there be that level of rust on a high-end 12-year-old car that doesn’t have nosebleed mileage on it? And why only in that spot? A substandard fender repair? That plus all the pitfalls of a used BMW equals ND.

There are some relatively new roads just outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, around Gatlinburg, that are insane. You won’t get up any speed, but they’re less than two car widths with endless hairpin turns and no guardrails. I can’t imagine driving them in the dark or with snow or ice. And they’re packed with…

I much preferred the T-Bird, especially the ’87 refresh that looked less bulbous.

I loathed this era of severely squared-off rooflines, but if it doesn’t bother you, here’s a livable runner that’s unique enough for your local C&C for less than $5K. Easy NP.

Aside from the emissions, other little bothersome things. The old tires. The license plate frame...is the seller advertising his business, or has this car had a long, strange trip? ND.

I briefly had an ’84 240 sedan, which I got free with 190K on the clock. It was my first stick, and when I got it the knob was absent, so I improvised with a ball of foam and some tape until I sourced a replacement.

Even if it’s secretly a grenade, you can probably get your money’s worth of rolling around in it before it blows. NP.

I clicked ND, but I’m on the fence. Is there any kind of collector market for these, now or in the future? That would be the deciding factor.

Skillful job at making it livable for the modern world, but also heavily personalized. What would it take to undo the Jack Sparrow treatment? I’m torn but leaning sad ND.

Somwhere, perhaps, there is the buyer willing to part with $40K to realize the dream of owning this. A fanatical Renault-phile or some multimillionaire who casually accumulates automotive oddities. I doubt this person will be lurking on Portland Craigslist. ND.

This is in amazing shape, I’m glad it exists, but in the end, your living space still consists of a pickup bed that you’re sharing with a lot of stuff. If it were a true overlander that exchanges go-anywhere capability for a few creature comforts, I guess that would be OK. But it’s not that in its current state. ND.