sometimes cars on the street or in the parking lot surprises so much that we can't help but stare companies and people have made strange cars throughout the history of the industry throughout the years many great cars have been overlooked at times we wanted to bring attention to these rare and unique cars here are some of the odd and rare older cars you don't see every day we start out with the Mach 5. need we say more this Speed Racer car number five with the Triangular front end was made to be a speed demon the real-life version is a very strange muscle car that was made from a Corvette would you let people see you driving this car with this serious look you might get a lot of people to race with you next is the 1984 door Corvette sedan this is not a fake or a Photoshop this is a car that really did exist in the 1980s and that you or I could have bought but only 6 Corvettes with four doors were ever made one was a prototype and the other five were made just for the person each car was made by cutting two cars in half when the two halves were put back together the wheelbase was 30 inches longer next on the odd and rare older cars you don't see every day is the Ford Torino GT from 1968 to 1976 Ford made the four Torino GT for the North American Market most were regular cars with sedans with four doors and hard tops with two doors being the most popular types Ford however made high performance versions of the Torino called the Torino GT these cars had huge powerful engines like the 428 cubic inch and the 429 cubic inch Cobra jet engines there was also a two-door Sports roof and a convertible version of the GT while the Torino Cobra was only available as a sports roof with two doors next is the Dodge Demon the demon was introduced in two levels it came with either a 198 cubic inch slant 6 or a 340 cubic inch V8 the larger of the two engines went hand in hand with the name complete with cartoon devil and Trident decals on the vehicle in addition to the 340 cubic inch engine capable of producing 275 horsepower and three forty pound foot of torque the 1971 demon 340 was also equipped with a synchronized floor-shifted three-speed manual transmission all-wheel drum brakes a Sure Grip differential dual exhaust and the 14-inch Wheels with Goodyear GT tires up next on the list is the 1968 Molson Corvair William Bill mulzan a designer for GM wanted to make a car that could go faster than a Corvette and handle better than a Lotus the 1968 Molson Corvair was the idea he came up with it was exactly what he had promised and he built it for only two thousand dollars molzon finished the car in 1969 and in 1970 he registered it in Michigan as an assembled vehicle it took six years to finish despite its success the car didn't move for over 40 years until 2017 but it was sold for 41 800 up next on the rare and odd cars is the 1964 Ford p68 due to changes in the FIA regulations in 1967. Ford pulled out of sports car racing they required a new vehicle so they had one prototyped by research engineer Lynn Bailey and auto racing team member Alan Mann racing out of the UK four to dub this car as the p-68 also known as the 3L GT although it got off to a strong start the automobile had mechanical and electrical failures at Heist speed next is the 1969-1970 Ford Boss 429 released in 1969 and 1970.
the Boss 429 Mustang is a high performance version of the Ford Mustang the boss is a unique and highly sought after muscle automobile it was born out of a need to create a Ford Engine That Could challenge Chrysler's legendary 426 Hemi in Nascar's Sprint Cup Series Ford finally settled on the Mustang as the vehicle to install the new engine in fact if you've managed to get your hands on one of these rare Vehicles you may walk away with as much as 417 thousand dollars at an auction up next on the rear and odd Vehicles we don't see every day is the 1994 through 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS on February 14 1994 production of the Impala SS began at GM's Arlington Factory in Texas the production model looked nearly identical to the concept car in essence it was a more powerful take on the Chevy Caprice base equipment came largely from The Caprice 9c1 police kit which was previously only distributed to government agencies a high output electrical system dual exhaust and sports tuned suspension disc brakes were standard equipment next is the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 the 1967 Stingray was the final model year of the second generation of Corvettes and improvements made over the previous five years made it the greatest of the range the L88 was the Pinnacle Corvette powertrain for 1967. although the L88 was rated at 430 horsepower at 4 600 revolutions permitted by the manufacturer the axle horsepower output of the engine was rumored to be closer to 560 horsepower at 6 thousand four hundred revolutions per minute exactly 20 of these were made next up on the rare and odd cars we don't see every day is the 1967 Dodge Coronet RT the Coronet RT came as a two-door hardtop and a drop top the 440 cubic inch V8 Chrysler's largest engine was standard it was tuned to produce 375 horsepower and was given the Magnum moniker the 426 cubic inch Hemi was once again the sole available motor and this year marked its second year in Street form with a 425 output rating both a four-speed manual and mopar's superb heavy duty 3-speed torque flight automatic were offered as drivetrain options up next on our list is the Chrysler 300 Hurst five years after the release of the last Chrysler in the letter series The 300L came the 1970 Chrysler Hearst 3 100 which did not retain the single letter suffix of its predecessors the Chrysler 300 isn't widely recognized as a letter series vehicle by Auto historians although it was a high performance take on the luxurious 300 and was designed with input from aftermarket parts producer hers performance it is estimated that only 501 Chrysler 300 Hertz were ever built next up on our list is the 1966 Plymouth Satellite Plymouth Satellite was only offered in convertible and two-door hardtop forms when it debuted as a 1965 model year top grade vehicle in plymouth's mid-size Belvedere series the revised satellite received a street Hemi engine in 1966 which had dual four-barrel carburetors at 5000 RPM this motor produced 425 horsepower next on our list of the odd and rare cars you don't see every day is the 1964 Mercury Marauder mid-year releases such as the Marauders debut in 1963 are often referred to as 1963 and a half models the powertrain options were comparable to the full-size Fords and the majority of the parts were shared between the two Brands available V8 motor sizes included 390 406 and the 4 427 one could choose between a three-speed manual 4-speed manual and a three-speed automatic transmission next is the 1987 Buick GNX Grand National experimental The Limited production GNX was released by Buick in 1987.
