Cheapest vehicle you ever bought for over $1.00 that you drove home?

[addictedfisherman]

Picked up a 1989 ford ranger for 200 bucks, homemade lift kit and a set of bigger tires , took that poor truck through things most quads wont go through. put 180 000km on it. It did everything from swamp to motorcross tracks, it never had a problem. Had 480 000km when i finally sold it. Still running today (5years later) I sold it to a buddy for $400, he still drives it on a daily basis!!

For one of the most unreliable motors ford ever built (2.9L V6) that truck never let me down!

[nekred]

Bought a 1981 datsun 4x4 with a 2 litre 4 banger and fixed up with bondo and paint (clutch was gon) for $400 plus new clutch for 200 which my brother and I installed and drove it for 1 years sold it for $1800 and he drove it for 3 years... we bought it back for 100 and built a bush buggy out of it...still runs...

Bought a s15 for $2000 in great shape (37,000 k) drove for 2 years then dropped in a 350, 1/2 ton running gear posi rear end with cut down axles... big rubber lowered with huge stereo system fixed it all up and sold for $12,000

Bought a 1989 Grand prix for $400 replaced front struts drove for 2 years ...donated to kidney foundation

Bought wife a van for $5000 she drove for 4 years and now replaced with a brand new one...

[firegod74]

Not as cheap as the rest on here, but thanks to a breakdown in communication at work, I managed to pick up a 2006 F250 Extended cab for $500 bucks and a 2005 F250 for $1000. They were put up for tender by one division, and though we needed a new ard truck, my division didn't know they were available.
I sold the 2006 for $2500 on the spot because it needed a bit of work, and use the 2005 (regular cab) for work and water hauling. Its in excellent condition.
So I guess I got two functioning F250's for -$1000, buy the time I left the site. I still smile about it.

[tibetanpet]

The old man sold me his 1979 Mercury Marquis for $1 back in '93-ish.

460 cubes under the hood.. Beast would pass anything but a gas station with ease.

I called it the 'Battleship Potemkin'. You would likely have to carry your boater's license with you if you drove it today!!

Sold it for a grand after a couple years if I remember correctly...

[javlin101]

bought a 1968 Chev impala for $100.00 to drive around until my Javalin was repaired. the Impala was side swiped while parked on the street and it had a lot of body damage with no door handles on the drivers side. Hence the low price from the lady I bought it off. Sold it to a buddy for a bottle of scotch as he wanted the 327 in it.

The things you could get away driving in the early 80's.

[Skybuster]

My cheapest vehicle was not one of the cheapest shown on here, but I think it is one of the coolest. I purchased a '63 Austin Cambridge Wagon for $300. The cool aspect is because the car could be started with a crank you slid in through the front bumper. I had lost the key for it, so I had it hotwired and popped the clutch to stall it, and cranked it to start it.
I came out from the mall one day and the guy parked in front of me had a dead battery, he would turn his key and get nbothing but clicks. He got out of his vehicle, slamming the door in frustration, as I walked to the front of my car, slid in the crank and with one good twist started the motor. He froze, looked at me and yelled "NO WAY!!!" I just smiled and drove away.