Naturally there are many more automotive pickings in Boston than in Indianapolis, such as this Rolls Royce. Go figure. One can almost see this Rolls sweeping some old-moneyed Bostonian around the Beacon Hill area, stopping at the high-end grocery to get some Grey Poupon. We all know that Rolls Royce is not a volume manufacturer, focusing on quality over quantity. A Mercury Monterey S convertible. I never knew what it was at the time, but it was so different from all the Olds Cutlass Supremes floating around that it left a distinct impression.
Scanning these ads is admittedly a snapshot in time. However, so many of the cars I keep finding in Boston are cars you will never have to worry about seeing its twin in the grocery store parking lot. Such a thing is legitimate and only were made; from the information I found, this trucklet is the real deal Shelby Rampage. Sold only through a few Southern California Dodge dealers, these mini-pickups are also sometimes referred to as Direct Connection trucks.
Claimed to be even more scarce than the Shelby Rampage is this Maserati Zagota Spyder , with only imported. Swoon if you will, but this Maserati leaves me cold. Perhaps that is due to the last Maserati I saw was a Quattroporte that had sat languishing outside a repair shop for at least three years. Speaking of….
This Mazda RX7 convertible fits that description. Somebody shit-canned its rotary engine for something that might have less finesse but is certainly capable of its intended mission. Is there anything that has never been powered by a ??? Moving back toward, but still a long way from, being as common as rain water is a somewhat challenged Chrysler K , arguably the first of the Chrysler K-cars.
Keeping with the rare theme, Ma Mopar made 3, of these. Perhaps equally challenged, and surprisingly more interesting, is this Studebaker Special 6.
