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The fastest American car around the Nurburgring isn’t a Corvette anymore
…allegedly
This is Collector Car TL;DR: a weekly recap of what happened on Collector Car Feed, plus car auctions, listings, automotive news, and other things of interest to the average CCF Enjoyer, and you can get it weekly by giving me your email address.
The Videos
We Found MORE Stolen Cars on Facebook Marketplace
The Stolen Cars trilogy continued last Monday with this video. We found a car being sold out from under the bank, a Chromebook being sold out from under a school, and much more in the same vein.No title, if you know you know: even more stolen Facebook Marketplace cars
This concludes the Stolen Cars Trilogy; unfortunately we kind of run out of stolen cars here, but there’s still plenty of weird Facebook Marketplace junk. Did you know Maxpeedingrods makes coilovers for the Buick Century? Me neither, but there’s a slammed one in this video.We found something unbelievably expensive at the junkyard
Netgear copped a sick pull at the yard and tells us all about it. This is another important lore-building video for real CCF heads and ends with an edit I’m pretty proud of, so this is my one-video recommendation for the week.The News
The 2027 Nissan Z Visits the Plastic Surgeon, and the Nismo Now Comes With a Manual
Nissan just facelifted that car you saw on the street, driving the other direction, one time, three years ago. They will also now sell you the ~$70,000 version of this thing with a manual gearbox. Honestly it looks good, and “more stick shifts” isn’t a bad thing. It’s just hard to get excited for anything this ghost of a once-great marque does. Good luck, Nissan.Mazda Promises To Keep The Next Miata Under 2,200 Pounds
The next Miata won’t be a pig, or even a hybrid as some have guessed. It’s going to remain the same well-balanced enthusiast-forward car, bought new almost exclusively by non-enthusiast retirees, that it has been for almost forty years. We appreciate you, Mazda.The Ford Mustang GTD Might Have Just Destroyed the Chevy Corvette ZR1X’s Nurburgring Lap Record
Ford is, allegedly, at time of writing, now the fastest American around the ‘Ring. The absurd Mustang GTD is now, allegedly, the second-fastest production car, EVER, around the ‘Ring. Have I mentioned lately that Ford didn’t take bailout money back in ’08-’09, or ever in its history?Kansas Joins Growing List of States to Pass Racetrack Protection Laws
The Kansas House of Representatives just passed, unanimously, a bill to protect existing racetracks from NIMBYs who choose to buy homes in subdivisions near them. This is not performative: dorks actually complain about the noise coming from racetracks they choose to live near, and actually get racetracks shut down. It really happens, but no more will it happen in Kansas. Iowa And North Carolina have already passed similar legislation, and ten additional states (not listed) have proposed similar bills.The Cars
2000 Honda Civic Si
This is a beautiful example of an EM1 and will go for a fortune. 76,900 miles verified, single owner, stock. It has some sunburn on the roof, but that’s not going to stop this car from reaching $20K.
1996 Buick Roadmaster Sedan
Another beautiful example: this time a desirable American neoclassic. We love a good boat here. Imagine going on a road trip in this thing; if nothing else you’d be very, very comfortable. Everybody even gets their own ashtray!
2009 Rossion Q1
I’m including this only because I’ve never seen or heard of it. I assumed it was a Fiero-based kit car, but it’s a ground-up kit with a carbon fiber monocoque. Something different.
1993 Mercedes-Benz 500SL
And here we have Doug’s weekly humiliation ritual, in which he says only nice things about one of the worst looking cars you’ve ever seen. Really zoom in on this wrap job. Even in the first picture it’s just awful. Scroll down to the comments and have a laugh at the seller saying it was wrapped by him and “someone who is familiar with wrapping”. I wouldn’t let this person wrap a Christmas present, they might lose a finger on the scissors. Holy god what an awful looking job.
1993 Acura Integra LS Coupe
Another nice verified low mileage Honda that will go for a small(er) fortune, this second-gen Integra is unfortunately not a GS-R, and is a little crusty around the edges. You can still bank on $10K or better here regardless.
1992 Nissan 240SX SE
This car is really only notable because 240s don’t really come up for auction much on either BaT or CaB. This is the second on Cars and Bids in the past six months, and third in the past year and a half. Scrolling back even farther to the beginning of Doug’s Bring a Trailer knockoff, this is only the 21st 240SX CaB has listed since the platform’s inception during the coronavirus pandemic.
As for the car itself, it’s your usual swapped 240SX: a mishmash of parts. Mystery Meat. There’s nice parts, there’s confusing absences, there’s modern stuff, there’s parts that look like they were installed decades ago. It’s a project car, but with SR20s priced like it’s a week before Race Wars, I expect $20K or more on this.The End
Sheesh, somebody got a Super Street magazine calendar that matches up with 2026 days, AND a Scion CD today. You really should have signed up for the mailing list already! Scroll up.
I finally found a set of Recaros for my FiST, but they’re a ten hour round trip drive away, so I’m probably doing that right now! I also replaced my rear pads and rotors, and will be doing the fronts this week as well. I’m still hunting a minor vibration in the front end that only shows up around 50-80 MPH. Thinking it’s a wheel bearing.
The midwest is warming up, so it’s time to get moving. What did you work on this past week?
See you Soon.
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Honda CRX Hunt: Searching Facebook Marketplace’s Overpriced Garbage
Today, we scour Facebook Marketplace for a decent Honda CRX, second gen, 1988-1991. We aren’t picky: while an Si would be great, we’ll take an HF or even a DX. Engine swaps? Don’t care. We’re just trying to find something clean, and these sellers are making it really hard.
The second-generation Honda CRX, produced from 1988 to 1991, was a compact, lightweight, two-seater hatchback with a sporty design. It featured a sleek, aerodynamic body with a sloping rear hatch: kind of a chopped, lighter EF Civic. In the United States, the CRX was available in three primary models:
- CRX HF (High Fuel Efficiency): Focused on fuel economy, it was equipped with a 1.5-liter, 8-valve SOHC inline-4 engine (D15B6) producing around 62 horsepower. You might still see one of these from time to time pulling down 40+ MPG.
- CRX DX: The mid-level trim, featuring a 1.5-liter, 16-valve SOHC inline-4 engine (D15B2) with 92 horsepower. This is the one you don’t want unless an engine swap and wild build are coming “soon”.
- CRX Si (Sport Injection): The performance-oriented version, featuring a 1.6-liter, 16-valve SOHC inline-4 engine (D16A6) producing 108 horsepower. The Si had sportier suspension tuning, a sunroof, and additional interior features. This is the one collectors want. That “Si” badge really commands a premium.
The second-gen CRX was known for its agile handling, responsive steering, and lightweight construction, making it a popular choice among enthusiasts and tuners, and making it very hard to find one today, even though so many were produced.