The Weekly Weird and Wonderful

The fireworks have been snuffed out, the hot dogs are back in the freezer until next year, and we’re all back to work for the time being. We’ve been waiting all week for Friday—not because we’re working for the weekend, but because that’s when we get to share our latest collection of strange and interesting vehicles—the Weekly Weird and Wonderful. This week, we’ve got some gnarly race cars that probably shouldn’t have titles for road use, a stripped-down Jeep with all the frills, one of the most beautiful home-built boats we’ve ever seen, an Italian tax-dodge SUV, and more. But this list is a mere taste of what’s currently live on BaT, so we invite you to head over to our Live Auctions page for more fun once you’ve finished the feature below.

For much of the North American population, today is a day to stay inside if you can, lest one be exposed to excessive smoke, tainted lettuce, and other modern perils. To keep you from going stir-crazy, we have assembled for your viewing pleasure a curated list of the most interesting and noteworthy vehicles currently on BaT. This week’s installment contains two military vehicles, three race bikes, two fantastic tribute cars, and the coolest woodie wagon you’ve ever seen. But there was such an abundance that we had to leave things like a DeTomaso Mangusta and an LS3-swapped Mercedes tour bus on the cutting room floor. Not to worry, they can still be seen on our live auctions page, which currently hosts around 1,200 vehicles.

We’re just off of two weeks with two huge events, and there are even more coming up. We can imagine that you, like us, might need to spend some time out of the sun, and to help you reduce your exposure to harmful UV rays, we have concocted this list of the most interesting and unique cars on BaT to keep you inside and in front of your computer, where it’s safe. Today we have a slew of prewar beauties, a golf cart from another galaxy, a ’50s fiberglass father-and-son duo, and our first ever sailboat, to mention just a few of the vehicular curiosities below.

Welcome to the Weekly Weird and Wonderful, your guide to the best of the best and the strangest of the strange on Bring a Trailer. Today we have vehicles spanning 110 years of production, including the Undisputed Heavyweight Champ of prewar American cars, a racer so good it was banned at Le Mans, the world’s most practical autocross car, and a rare rotary-powered sedan, among others.

Happy Car Week Eve, to those who celebrate! Some of our community will undoubtedly be in Monterey soon (check out the Mohr Imports Local Partners Insider’s Guide if you’re planning on it), but many of us will continue to live vicariously through features like this, our weekly roundup of strange and interesting cars currently live on the pages of BaT. This week we have some impressive classic and vintage racers (both real and re-created), Russian armor, a good amount of Pininfarina, and the biggest rat rod you’ve ever seen. Of course, there are many other treasures on our live auctions page, which hit almost 1,400 listings this week! Should you find yourself in need of further automotive edification, please do yourself a favor and head over there when you’re done here.

During Car Week, it is easy to come to the conclusion that all of the interesting cars in the world are concentrated in Monterey, California. Well, we’re here to remind you that the world is a big place, and in fact many of the more interesting vehicles one might encounter are here on this very website. This is the Weekly Weird & Wonderful—our collection of the strangest, coolest, and most interesting cars to appear on BaT in the last seven days.

Summer is winding down—has your workplace emptied out? For those of us remaining, it can get awfully lonely. Fortunately, BaT’s list of Weird & Wonderful cars is here to provide a distraction, if but for a time. We have a curated selection of the strangest, coolest, and most interesting cars found on BaT within the last seven days. But we say that with a caveat: our “short list” of candidates numbered more than 50 this week, and while we could not feature them all below, we can guarantee that there are a lot more to find over on our Live Auctions Page.