Good morning, and welcome to the Thursday edition of Shitbox Showdown! Well, that looks pretty decisive. The GMC takes it. Must be the two-tone paint; always bet on red and black. Or something like that. And yes, I may have understated the GM 2. But I did appreciate the colorful invective some commenters used to express their feelings toward it Sasha Grey? But with a group title like that, I had to check it out. However, I did find two humble, inexpensive, everyday cars listed there. Even here in the Land That Rust Forgot, these are a rare sight.
But at least this one is fuel-injected. Hey, it could be worse: Olds inflicted a 4. Regardless of engine, these front wheel drive A-body cars from GM have a decent reputation. They sure sold like hotcakes. And they stuck around a long time, but the last ten years have thinned their ranks significantly, to the point where seeing one in this condition is a rarity, especially the early squared-off roofline like this.
The mileage listed, and shown in the photos, is 33, Assuming it runs and drives well, for fifteen hundred bucks, this car feels like a good deal to me. Real Escorts were delightful rear-wheel-drive confections that everyone east of the Atlantic got to enjoy while we Americans lived through the Pinto years. In , we got the name, engine, and basic appearance of the then-new FWD Escort, but little else. And like the Oldsmobile, they were absolutely everywhere.
I knew half a dozen people in high school who drove an Escort, and at least as many in college. They were cheap, economical, reasonably well put-together, and practical. Compromises must be made, I suppose, at this price point. The seller has tuned this little engine up, and it runs well, but the car has rusty brake lines that need replacing, and an inoperative cooling fan that will have to be sorted out.
Looks like. Well, I guess that depends on how much appreciation you think they deserve. I tend to be pretty sympathetic to old ordinary cars like these, and I like to see them out and about.
