You Need This Customized Manta Mirage Can-am Kit Car With Plymouth Prowler Wheels And Lamborghini Paint

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I'm judge you each tin subordinate to wastingspending tons of clip browsing automotive classified ads, whether they beryllium connected auction platforms for illustration Bring a Trailer aliases Cars & Bids, sites for illustration AutoTrader aliases Cars dot com, or, possibly astir nosy of all, Craigslist. While words for illustration "grandma," "husband," and "estate" tin bring up immoderate awesome results, my favourite building to hunt on Craigslist is "rare." Sometimes nan cars that popular up are decidedly not rare, but usually there's a awesome operation of cars that are genuinely rare, whether that's specifically because of nan trim aliases spec, aliases because nan car itself is rare. It's particularly bully on Los Angeles Craigslist, arsenic our metropolis has much automotive assortment than possibly anyplace other successful nan country.

Earlier this week while doing my regular search, I came crossed thing that really is rare: a Manta Mirage. But not conscionable immoderate Manta Mirage. This Can-Am–style kit car has been heavy modified, moreover fitted pinch wheels from a Plymouth Prowler, and you cognize what? It's kinda awesome.

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The Mirage was produced by Costa Mesa, California-based Manta Cars, a institution tally by brothers Brad and Tim LoVette, nan erstwhile of which designed nan car. Around 1,000 of them were built betwixt 1974 and 1986 — this listing says it's a 1967, but I person to ideate that's a typo of 1976. It utilized a alloy spaceframe chassis, a mid-mounted small-block Chevy V8, independent beforehand and rear suspension, disc brakes, and a fiberglass assemblage pinch butterfly doors and a removable roof. The Mirage was designed to look for illustration a road-legal Can-Am title car, but this peculiar 1 has a ton of civilization parts, for illustration a taller chemoreceptor pinch integrated lights, a vented hood, a immense tile scoop and a large rear wing. 

Here's what nan listing says astir this peculiar Mirage:

Over 400 horsepower 400 Chevy engine. 4-speed transmission. Front disc brakes. Rear drum brakes. Front aerial adjustable suspension. Aluminum radiator. pinch electrical fans. A/C and heater. 4-point harnesses. All gauges activity great. Has move signals and headlights. Lamborghini Orange Pearl exterior overgarment pinch achromatic interior. Car has 3,898 original miles snice built. Looks and runs excellent!

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The Craigslist listing has a value of $34,000, which seems astir successful statement pinch what others person precocious gone for, but these things seldom travel up for sale, and this 1 is evidently modified, truthful who knows if it's really a adjacent price. The seller says this Mirage has a clear Utah title, and it is insured, but that he sewage nan car successful trade, registered it successful this condition, and "doesn't cognize much" astir nan history. In classical Craigslist fashion, he besides has immoderate notes to imaginable buyers:

Do not request thief selling. No free rides. I do not person clip for "show and tell". So, if you are superior astir this car telephone me. I americium consenting to see reasonable offers (no low-ball offers), adjacent trade, aliases waste and acquisition pinch cash. 

P.S. I person been getting ridiculous offers. No boats, nary motorhomes, nary motorcycles, nary ATVs. Thank you.

If you want to thrust thing wholly wacky that matches nan Jalopnik colors, I deliberation this Manta Mirage could beryllium nan car for you. It's located extracurricular St. George, Utah, and nan advertisement has only been up for 3 days astatine nan clip of this writing. You tin spot nan listing here.