This Manta Mirage Is The Fastest $10,000 Car For Sale On Craigslist

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 09/09/2015 at 13:16 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog, Manta, Fast

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The Manta Mirage was a crazy Can-Am inspired mid-engined road car built out of a garage in Costa Mesa by brothers Brad and Tim LoVette in the late 1970s. The basic recipe was a steel space frame with a Chevy V8 mounted in the middle connected to a Corvair transaxle, all wrapped up in a hand-laid fiberglass body. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! offered for $10,800 near Cincinnati, OH. Tip from FuelTruck.

If I was going to own a kit-car style street car with hypercar like limits, forget the Lotus/Caterham 7, Cobra Kit, or customized Pontiac Fiero — the Mirage is where it’s at. Not just because one was featured in the original Gone In 60 Seconds (1974), but also because the thing has a dry curb weight somewhere in the 1900 lb range and 400-500 horsepower in a good SBC build. Above pictured car is from the movie, not from craigslist.

There is the beast hiding out behind the driver’s head — a Chevy V8 of undocumented origin, and build specs. But it looks like a beast with long tube headers, HEI ignition, fabricated valve covers — I’d hazard a guess the original builder of this thing has more than the current asking pricing in that engine.

Sit down in the seat with your keyster a few inches above the tarmac and hope your degree in seatbeltology comes in handy because you’ve got some belts to deal with. Next, you’ll want to avoid the exposed wires and try to not crash, because it might sting a bit.

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TheRealBicycleBuck > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 13:19

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Don’t forget your earplugs. It’s gonna be LOUD!

DailyTurismo > TheRealBicycleBuck 09/09/2015 at 13:28

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WAT!??!?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 13:43

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That looks like about as much fun as is possible for $10k. Nice price all day.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 13:44

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Nice price!

Bad Idea Hat > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 14:10

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Well fuck.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 14:30

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Possibly the only faster way to kill yourself with a motorized vehicle for $10000....

http://plattsburgh.craigslist.org/mcy/5170473830…

Nice Price.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > DailyTurismo 09/09/2015 at 14:30

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I told my wife I was looking at cars in the 10k range. I think this’ll do.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > DailyTurismo 09/22/2015 at 14:31

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Is that a spare part or does it do something?

DailyTurismo > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/22/2015 at 14:38

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Looks like a multi-disc clutch mated to a flywheel sitting on the passenger footwell. It doesn’t do much right now...