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If you are on a vision quest across a vast plain, say the Bonneville Salt Flats or Vince Vaughn's endless forehead, then the horizon will be on both sides. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Plymouth is also a two-sided Horizon, but will its price prove to be the one true way?

In Hugh Lofting's series of Dr. Doolittle books the pushmi-pullyu was a gazelle crossed with a unicorn with a head on each end. This obviously caused migraine-worthy challenges in choosing a direction for travel. Of benefit, the pushmi-pullyu did have the ability to eat and talk at the same time without appearing rude. Of course without the necessary apparatus for disposing of that eaten food, perhaps the good Doctor should have kept his distance lest the imaginative beast explode.

A similar situation exists - sans the threat of poopolosion - with today's custom Plymouth which has been constructed from a 1985 and a 1986 Horizon. Appearing like the three-box suicide door compact sedan Plymouth should have but never built, this Horizon squared comes with all the necessary equipment to - like a hermaphrodite - go both ways. Yeah, I'm gonna' get it for that one.

The ad for the Car(s) is woefully light on detail, but remarkably intriguing in its short but shouty all-caps description. There are apparently two engines, two transmissions included, and as you might expect, a set of steering controls on each end.

That means that there are either a pair of Simca 1.6s in there, or perhaps a duo of Chrysler's 2.2s at each end. Which gearboxes are along for the ride goes undisclosed, but they are most likely manuals as I imagine it would be pretty destructive dragging an automatic around backwards.

One of the funniest aspects of this custom car are the side view mirrors which append each door. There are two on each side which perhaps allow the driver to see not just behind them but also their own reflection while underway. Lookin' good, Mr. Kot-ter.

Other than that it's amazing how factory this crazy conversion looks. The space between the two doors has been filled with a panel that also continues the rubstrip, while the B-pillar has been rendered phat and likewise matches the door frames on either side.

There's crazy and then there's inspired and I think this twinny mini Plymouth lands squarely in the latter category. No, you probably couldn't use it as a daily driver, and the attempt to register it (them?) might make the DMV drone's head explode, but dang it'd be fun to show up in… pretty much everywhere.

But is that uniqueness and audacious appearance worth $1,200 of anyone's fun funds? What do you think, is this two-headed Horizon worth that kind of scratch? Or, is this a custom Plymouth whose price sinks it like a rock?

You decide!

New Hampshire Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.

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If you hate all the stanced cars out there then perhaps you will contrastingly love today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Datsun that's high as a kite. That is of course if you’re down with the price and not still all up in the air about it.

You know what word was heard a lot last night? Boo! That’s what. If you happened to stop by yesterday’s NPOCP then you might have heard a similar word - Boooooooo! directed at the price of the somewhat sketchy 2001 Nissan Skyline that we featured. That car’s 65% Crack Pipe loss was almost as bad as getting an apple instead of candy while trick or treating. And then finding that it was wax fruit. Awww, grandma!

Today, new month and new car! Well, new old car, and in fact today’s 1969 Datsun is actually two cars in one. That’s because its tidy and freshly painted roadster body has been dropped onto the stout and sturdy frame of a Jeep CJ-5.

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The 2000 was ultimate edition of the Fairlady roadster and this being a '69 enjoys the taller windscreen and plastic dash introduced the year before. What it doesn't enjoy anymore is its original 133-horse U20 SOHC four and five-speed stick. In their place resides an AMC six of indeterminate age and a three-speed manual perfect for self-shifters with short attention spans.

Of course the rest of the drivetrain is all Jeep, including live axles at each end and a hard leaf-spring suspension that will likely make bumpy roads feel like you're Marcellus Wallace and the Datsun is Zed.

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Still, much like the original Jeep CJ-5 this offers capable off-roadability along with communing with nature open topness, just with two fewer seats. The chairs that are there look to be the original Datsun units, just sans the headrests.

The rest of the interior appears plenty serviceable and of great appeal to the wall-to-wall-a-phobic. Remarkably, considering its major point of connection between Datsun and Jeep, the car appears to have its original wheel and steering column. Plus, left-hand ignition!

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The ad claims that the car 'runs and drives good,' and honestly when was the last time we saw one that said otherwise? It also notes that the paint is a recent respray, but apparently that was undertaken with the doors closed as it's a bit rattier in each of the jams, and as is typical of Datsuns this age, the weatherstripping looks like the Crypt Keeper's ass.

Another issue that you might want to keep in mind is that this Datsun roadster comes without a top so unless you are specifically seeking a fair weather friend, you might want to add the cost of a new bit of vinyl to the cost of ownership.

The staring point for that is $4,200, and you now need to say if you find that to be a deal for this Datsun. What do you think, is $4,200 a fair price for this custom off-roadster? Or, does this Datsun wedded to a Jeep come with far to large a Dowry demanded?

You decide!

Boston (World Champs!) Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.

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In the 1880s Oklahoma’s Cimarron Territory was the scene of a flood of squatters, each seeking to claim land prior to local enactment of the Homestead Act. In contrast, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cadillac Cimarron is a car that typically few want to claim, but perhaps this one’s price will make it squat-worthy.

I noted yesterday that I thought this was a good time to snap up Porsche 944s, owing to my feeling that they are rising in both interest and value. Unfortunately for the seller of yesterday’s 1989 S2 model, a narrow 52% of you felt that at its price this particular car would make an unwise investment.

And now, let us join Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman - quiet you - for a journey back in time. We’re going all the way back, about 70 million years, to the Cretaceous period, and to a vast forested plain in what is now Canada’s Saskatchewan region. Here, by a river’s edge lumbers one of the world’s all time bad-ass predators, the ginormous and terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The massive beast steps into the silky soil on the riverbank, its huge claws sinking deep in the warm mud. Despite the high oxygen content of the late Cretaceous atmosphere, the immense carnivore's breathing is quick and labored. That’s because just a day or so prior, the Rex had gorged itself on an aged and sickly herbivore, and now that meal is not sitting right.

Standing in place on the bank, the Rex raises its huge tail to balance its now-lowered head, and slowly closes its eyes. From the imposing animal arises a sound that instills dread in the hearts of every lesser beast in the forest, like air escaping a balloon through its pinched opening- Fweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep-pup-pup-pup-pup!

The Rex sighs and slowly shakes its head lamenting for the moment its incredibly acute sense of smell. Then, with a slight raise of its torso, and a furrowing of its brow, the great beast bears down again, sending a shiver from its broad nose all the way to the pointy tip of its tail. With a great and squishy whoosh its brown recluse opens like the Lincoln Tunnel and disgorges a huge, steaming, and bone-laden turd which proceeds to plop listlessly into the silt below.

Opening its eyes and feeling like it could breath again, the Rex raises its head and gives its body another shake. Owing to toilet paper having not yet been invented, nor possessing arms with the reach to use it had it been, the beast then trudges off to a nearby deep pool to cool the friction burn in its back door, caused by its digested meal's explosive departure.

The predator’s poop however remains behind, unwanted by the Rex, but a vital and disgusting part of the food chain for almost everything else from bacteria to the shrew-like nasties that would one day become people. In this case, that was not to be. This particular poo, through happenstance, became covered and protected from both snack attack and weather, eventually having its organic matter replaced by minerals over the ensuing millennia.

Eventually, - in 1991 in fact - it was discovered by the descendants of those shrews, in what is now the East River Valley. Called a coprolite, the fossilized feces is now one most prized possessions of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Being one of the only carnivore coprolites known today, time and rarity has truly put a shine on this T-Rex's turd.

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I bring this up as a point in consideration of today’s candidate which is. . . well, you figure out the connection. This 1986 Cadillac Cimarron D’Oro is said to be a one-owner car, and with less than 38K on its clock, the 2.8-litre V6 powered compact Caddy is likely to be one of the best examples of the marque you could find.

But why would you go looking?

Oh sure there’s the kitsch factor- owning the tarted up Cavalier being akin to being engaged to, say Amanda Bynes or Charles Manson. I mean people would be scared of you because you obviously just don't give a shit. The thing of it is, as dreadful as these cars were, they weren’t particularly unreliable, and in fact their J-car base is generally considered to be pretty rock solid.

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This ’86 is of the second generation, which was an attempt make the car a little more fancy. They got a longer nose, flush wrap-around lights front and rear, and an available 2.8-litre V6 in place of the original’s wheezer of a four. This is also has the D’Oro package with its goldilocks grille and whatnot.

The exterior looks good, the interior less so, the leather there looking craggy and much like our T-Rex friend in need of a crevasse cleaning. The plastic inside is several shades of brown and the styling is typical ‘80s GM rectilinear.

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The seller of this one-owner Cimarron is not shitting you when he says he expects to get $5,200 for this car, likely in his mind a price again set based upon its condition and rarity.

You need to determine if that’s an unreasonable price for what’s generally considered a turd of a Cadillac. Or if, like that Canadian Coprolite, this Caddy is worth that simply for having stood the test of time.

You decide!

eBay out of San Diego, or go here if the ad disappears.

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