eBay auction text:

This incredible Rev Angel 300HP V-8 Exotic Replica Supercar was meticulously designed and handcrafted (light strong metal, not heavy fiberglass!) to resemble million dollar exotic supercars, without the costs, maintenance, repairs, insurance, etc.!!! It has a V-8 (300 HP- with the included intake plenum similar to the one pictured) LT-1 Chevy Engine with only 36,000 original miles which was replaced 95 miles ago!!! Also replaced recently (within the year) was the alternator, starter, and battery. It has a current safety inspection and emissions sticker and the title is free and clear.

This car will peal and smoke the tires from a stand still. It will virtually beat any tuner car, fiero replica, older corvette’s or so called muscle cars. The rear wheel track has been widened by 4 inches with wheel spacers to accomodate the widebody styling. The interior is a sporty stock Camaro Z-28. Side windows have been tinted with removable 20% VIS. The dash is cracked (easily fixed by a $35 dash cover) and the driver side seat bolster is torn (but can easily be fixed by some seat covers). The lights and electrical work and the A/C blows, but it needs a recharge (the heater works great).

If you want Supercar looks (attention and compliments galore!!!) in a daily driver that you can have at a tiny fraction of the cost, this is the car for you! This is the time to do it, since financial situation warrants letting it go for very much less than desired! NO RESERVE!!! The winner will take this home!

Thank you for looking and God Bless You abundantly!

The car has only lived with two owners and the first on had it repainted in 1984. From the photos we see on the ad, the paint has held up great over the last 26 years!

The interior is another place where the sleeper sales job is taken to perfection. Looking 100% stock, aside from some additional gauges hanging under the dash, this monster even sports the column shifter, which must make operating the full-manual valve bodied Turbo 400 fun.

This car was built by a professional shop and the quality of their work shows through and through. From the stealthy widened rear wheel wells, to the unassuming stance (aside from those pesky Cal Tracs poking out) the shop nailed it and we want to feel what 725hp feels like shoving us into that bench seat!

Even if you are a Ford guy, respect for this Nova is mandatory!

Source — eBayMotors.com — 1969 Nova – 725hp Pump Gas Motor

So today I’m trying something a little different. I’ll call it “Sammy’s Vehicle For Sale On Craigslist (or eBay, For That Matter) _ad Lib”.

Offered for sale is a (YEAR) (MAKE) (MODEL) (OFFICIAL BODY STYLE– that means SEDAN/COUPE/CONVERTIBLE/HARDTOP COUPE/WAGON/TOWN SEDAN, etc…) (OFFICIAL TRIM LEVEL DESIGNATION) with (NUMBER OF MILES). The vehicle is optioned with (OPTIONS AND OPTION PACKAGES).

(TYPE OF ENGINE — and NUMBER OF CYLINDERS/HORSEPOWER/OPTION CODE if multiple engines or multiple states of tune were offered) is (CHOOSE “ORIGINAL” OR “NOT ORIGINAL”) and runs (ADVERB). The (TYPE OF TRANSMISSION) shifts (ADVERB). Vehicle was last serviced (DATE), at which time the (LIST MAJOR SERVICES PERFORMED). Vehicle will need (TYPE OF MAINTENANCE) within the next (TIME PERIOD).

The (COLOR) paint is (ADJECTIVE). There are (ADJECTIVE RELATED TO QUANTITY) areas of (RUST/DAMAGE/DENTS/SCRATCHES) the size of (OBJECT) around the following areas: (LIST AREAS). The (FABRIC TYPE) interior is (COLOR) and is in (ADJECTIVE) condition, as exemplified by the (THING) on the (OBJECT).

Vehicle is offered at (PRICE) and is located at (LOCATION — CITY, STATE). Please feel free to ask questions by emailing (EMAIL ADDRESS) or calling (NAME) at (TELEPHONE NUMBER) between (HOURS).

The following pictures were taken (MONTH/YEAR): (INSERT FOUR PICTURES: FRONT 1/4, REAR 1/4, ENGINE, INTERIOR)

And just one last thing: at the very least, please spell check. If I see another “Camero Convertable” for sale today, I’m going to blow a gasket.

The rumors are true! Someone did put a modified Buick Regal GNX motor in a Lotus Esprit and here it is! If you know anything about the 1987 Buick Regal GNX, then you just begin to understand what kind of power and reliability this exotic car has.

Start with a stock 3460 lb. 1987 Buick GNX with an automatic transmission running 0-60 in 4.7 seconds and the ¼ mile in 13.5 seconds (verified at howstuffworks.com) and delete everything but the motor. Then add many performance upgrades, a 5 speed upgraded manual transmission, and put it in a 2500 lb. exotic car (documented curb weight with the GNX motor). When you mash the accelerator, you either spill out uncontrollable expletives or think of the movie “Gladiator” just after Russell Crowe commands, “UNLEASH HELL”.

This is a low-mid 11-second ¼-mile rocket only limited by your level of fear and driving skill. Also thrilling is getting waves of admiration and thumbs up from other drivers. In addition to mind-blowing power and looks, another benefit of this car and its very light weight is the fuel-injected motor exceeds an average of 24 MPG when driven with respect. For the truly insane, only $1200 in modern performance Buick parts would add another 110 HP…

This car is a one of a kind work of art that absolutely embarrasses other Turbo Esprits from the period and costs substantially less to maintain. Everything works, right down to the clock, and not one component appears aged. Masterfully redone in 1987 and every detail both cosmetic and mechanical addressed, this vehicle is in exceptional condition.

The prior (original) owner spent over $75K in upgrades, with me adding more than $9K of my own. Professionally built and tuned by Buick racing legend Ken Duttweiler, the motor is stout to say the least. I have tons of receipts, the car’s registration was just renewed, and it is smogged and ready to go.

Read more and see all the pics at eBay.

1. Racing history without the race car. Of course it would be out-of-this-world cool to own the Monte Carlo that Earnhardt drove to his first championship. Historic race cars are great, but not only do they command astronomical prices, they’re generally not practical (or legal) to drive on the street. With a pace car, you can get a vehicle that’s participated in a small but important way in racing history, but without the gallons-per-mile fuel consumption, the squirrely dry-rotted race slicks, or the prosecutable-in-50-states exhaust noise. You get to actually enjoy it.

Hit the jump for four more reasons to pull the trigger.

2. They’re usually mint. Folks who own pace cars tend to just sit on them, holding out the forlorn hope that someday they’ll be “worth something.” When the time comes to offload the thing, it typically will look pretty close to the way it did the day it rolled off the superspeedway after the green flag dropped. Not every pace car is showroom fresh, but they don’t tend to get parked under trees either, and it’s not like owners have been beating around in them every day. Choosing a pace car can be a clever and cost-effective way to get a very clean low-miles example of cars that are often otherwise found in beat-to-hell condition.

3. They’re cheap. Or, at least in collector car terms they are. The market is glutted with pace cars, but they have a somewhat limited appeal–because who else but a weirdo like you wants to cruise around in an OFFICIAL PACE CAR-emblazoned convertible, right? Also, they made a lot more pace cars than were ever used for actual races, and of course many are clones or “show” pace cars–you have to pay extra if you want one with a documented pedigree, or that participated in a groundbreaking race. But unlike a one-of-a-kind race car, your average pace car is more or less interchangeable. It can look  and behave exactly like the car that paced the 1969 Daytona 500, but without the historical-artifact price tag.

4. They’re often the raciest version of a given car. Camaro SS. Hurst Olds. Even a 4-speed 5.0L fox body Mustang. Indy or Daytona provides the perfect captive enthusiast audience for manufacturers to showcase their top-shelf trim and performance packages, so they’re going to pull out all the stops, right? And because of driver introductions and other on-track pageantry, many pace cars are convertibles.

5. They’re not going anywhere. I never look at cars as “investments”–I prefer to drive and enjoy them instead, and that makes them depreciate. With notable exceptions, pace cars are neither rare nor valuable enough that you’ll want to lock them away in climate-controlled storage like you might a famous race car. The ones that are so rare are already in museums, and safely out of your reach price-wise. If you play your cards right on a pace car purchase, you can get a like-new, historically interesting collector vehicle that you don’t have to worry about keeping on mothballs for next generation’s Barrett-Jackson. You can put the top down, get out in the sunshine, and pretend you’re lapping Talladega instead. Enjoy!

Check out pace cars on eBay.