Welcome to the Weekly Weird and Wonderful, a dose of Bring a Trailer insanity so intense and so concentrated that it can only be taken every seven days. Today we have a whole bunch of race cars, two blue-chip recreations, a fashion bike, and a Brazilian Chevy SUV. But if that’s not enough for you, there are 1,000 more vehicles to peruse on our live auctions page.
Enjoy today’s edition of the Weekly Weird and Wonderful, and let us know if there’s anything you think we missed!
Continuation cars put supply and demand to the test because, as our compatriots at Car and Driver once put it, “the principle of a self-regulating market is clearly too vulgar for the world of vintage Aston Martins.” Whatever your take, cars like this continuation DB4 GT are a love letter to the past, and a way to tie a manufacturer’s heritage to their present day doings. Chassis 0209/L is the 20th of 25 track-only cars built by the Aston Works between 2017 and 2018, based on eight lightweight models prepared in-period using the same construction techniques with just a few modern touches.
Local Partner @1600veloce brings us this wonderfully presented example, complete with test-drive footage.
Even if money is no object, you’re not getting an original 330 GTO. Just three examples of the evolved 250 GTO were built with the larger 4.0-liter Colombo V12 from the 400 Superamerica, and none of the current owners will likely be selling anytime soon. Recreations like this one aren’t that much more common—that sublime “ripping paper” engine note indicates that money is being consumed.
This car was built by one Terry Hoyle, formerly of Maranello Concessionaires, Ferrari’s official distributor in the UK. Again, Anthony from @1600veloce was kind enough to treat us to a test drive, and this isn’t the last of his offerings you’ll see today.
Ex–Bobby Unser 1973 AAR Eagle-Chevrolet Indy Car
Bobby Unser. Dan Gurney. Indianapolis. That’s a heck of a provenance for this car, which got off to a strong start by qualifying for pole at the Texas World Speedway while setting a closed-course record of 212.766 mph. Proving somewhat less lucky thereafter, it was retired from competition in 1982. But old racers never die, and the car was resurrected and pressed into vintage hillclimb duty in 2004. More recently, it became a display car for driving shoe maker Piloti, and was treated to a 2025 refurbishment that included a repaint in a white, red, and blue Olsonite Eagle livery as well as overhauls of the suspension and cooling systems.
This one is also being represented by @1600veloce, and though we don’t get to see it pounding the Hudson Valley backroads like most of their offerings, we did enjoy the snarly soundtrack of their well-produced startup video.
No, the proprietors of the world’s largest chain of indoor go-kart tracks didn’t create their own car. Here, K-1 refers to a Slovak outfit founded in the early 1990s by Richard Kvetňanský, who built the Attack—a sports car designed by Juraj Mitro and introduced in the early 2000s. The Attack was offered as a kit car, and this example uses the 2.2-liter VTEC four-pot and five-speed manual transmission from a Japanese-market Honda Prelude.
1981 Ferrari 512 BB Targa Conversion
Of the 929 512 Berlinetta Boxers built, none were destined for the US market, as il Commendatore did not want to conform the 512 BB to condescending American crash and emissions regulations. This example was federalized nevertheless, and R. Straman Company in Costa Mesa, California, reportedly undertook the targa conversion while reinforcing its tubular chassis.
1966 Dodge Dart Super Stock “D/Dart” Two-Door Hardtop 273 4-Speed
Mopar’s legendary full-size Hemi-powered machines comprise the lion’s share of 1960s Super Stock drag racing lore. But in early 1966, Chrysler cancelled its planned 426 Hemi Super/Stock Package for which details still remain hazy today (at least according to a couple of commenters). Historical interpretations aside, 50 Dodge Darts—equipped with hopped-up 273ci mills—were greenlit to take on the junior NHRA and AHRA D/Stock classes, which were at the time dominated by the 289 “Hi-Po” Mustangs.
Dubbed the “D/Dart,” this example is being sold by Local Partner @Bulletmotorsportsinc, who brings us this test drive.
604-Powered Ford Fox-Body Mustang “The Chaser” Drag Car for the Injured Police Officers Fund
We are Fox-body boosters here at BaT, and this Mustang dragster hits the sweet spot as a four-light race car modeled on an SSP cop car (right down to the functional light bar). It was built in 1988 to promote an organization called Racers Against Impaired Driving, by which they meant drugs and alcohol—not hearing. This it did through sheer force of intimidation, scaring the teens straight by running mid-seven-second quarter-mile times with the aid of an 1,100-horsepower 604ci Ford big block. A plaque included in the sale indicates that “The Chaser” held the record for “fastest police car” from 1989-1994. Currently, that record is held by a Bugatti Veyron pursuit car owned by the Dubai Police, but that doesn’t seem nearly as fun to us.
South American-built trucks have always intrigued us. Take, for example, this Chevrolet Veraneio, the Brazilian-market version of the Suburban. It is in fact different from the US ‘Burb, and if you’re wondering why the design works so well, it was penned by Luther Stier, former head of Harley Earl’s Chevrolet’s truck studio who left to lead GM’s Brazilian design operation. The Portuguese-derived name translates to “Summertime,” which makes this a fitting vehicle to play off the season.
Garelli Baby Mosquito 38cc-Equipped Trussardi Bicycle Project
Trussardi sounds like a bicycle manufacturer, but is in fact an Italian fashion house that took an interest in bicycles in the mid-1980s. Some 3,000 of these “lifestyle objects” were made, based on heavy steel frames patterned after the sturdy BSA folding paratrooper bicycle frame. The parts group and bolt-on Garelli single are distinctly retro in flavor, even for the ’80s. The real news is the package of luxury trimmings added by Trussardi, which includes stitched leather panniers, leather headtube and downtube koozies (why, what would YOU call them?), and the most elaborate saddle we’ve ever seen on a bike.
While we’re on the subject of Italian fashion, let’s talk about this little Goose. The Galletto name (meaning “little rooster” or “cockerel”) was originally applied to a 175cc motorbike, but was later used for Moto Guzzi’s first and only production scooter, made from 1950 through 1966. With 17″ wheels and a 192cc engine, it’s pretty motorcycle-ish for a scooter, and that’s not a bad thing. The cognoscenti even awarded it Best Motorcycle at the 2025 Concorso Italiano in Monterey, California.
Honorable Mentions
Ex–One Lap of America 1978 Datsun 280Z 5-Speed
Maybe the Cannonball Run has more cultural cachet, but that was a mere coast-to-coast run. The Car and Driver One Lap of America race roughly circumnavigated the contiguous US via an 8,800-mile route that required not only highway driving (of legal and extra-legal varieties, at competitors’ discretion) but also track and autocross events. This car no longer sports its One Lap livery, but was the third-place finisher in the Modified category for 1991’s running.
The Neo-Classical look that took hold in the 1970s and ’80s was a polarizing trend, but the Panther J72 plays the part of a prewar classic somewhat more convincingly than many of its contemporaries. The design target here was the Jaguar SS100, and they were able to achieve a similar effect by using Jaguar mechanicals and aluminum bodywork over a traditional box-section frame, along with plenty of wood and tan leather.
1946 Packard Custom Super Clipper Eight Long WB Sedan and 1995 Rolls-Royce Flying Spur
Despite being nearly five decades apart in age, these two stately long-wheelbase sedans each represented the top-shelf offering from their respective manufacturer, placing rear passenger comfort above all else. They’re both pretty rare, too; the Packard is one of approximately 1,300, and just 134 Flying Spurs were built for the 1995 model year.
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