Category Archive: Apex Online Find, BangShift APEX, eBay Find, OTHER

Shut Up, It’s A Great Idea: Does 400 Horsepower In A 1,500 Pound Street Kart With License Plates Sound Good To You?

The year before I graduated from university, I almost made a very interesting purchase: a tube-frame kart packing the 200 horsepower, 2.5L V6 from a Ford Contour SVT in a rear-mount setup. In...

Grand Plan: For $1000 Or Less This Real Cosworth Vega Could Be Yours!

Yeah, it’s Cosworth Vega car number 1043 according to the plaque on the dash. It looks straight to us from the pictures, and since the engine is already gone we wouldn’t feel bad about...

This 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera Wide Body RS Tribute Is Spectacular In Black And Gold

I’m not a huge Porsche fan, but I do love an older 911, the 930 Slant Nose, and the occasional 944 or 928. There are other Porsche’s that have raised an eyebrow, and I know that others...

If You Had $500 To Buy A New Project, Which One Of These Do You Choose?

Every hot rodder has hung out with friends, talking about what cheap cars they saw online this week, and contemplating which ones they think would be cool to build. Invariably the discussion will end...

The Roughest Start: This 1970 Superbird Is One Of The Saddest Things On eBay Right Now

Oof. That’s exactly what we thought when we laid eyes on the car you see before you. BangShifter Todd Aldridge tipped us off to it and we’re still kind of creeped out looking at the...

19 Feet of Ugly – This 1958 Lincoln Premiere Is One of The Few Remaining Examples Of The Largest Unibody Car Ever Built

This is not a custom car, this is not something that someone at home cobbled together to complete their artistic vision or anything like that. Nope, this is a 1958 Lincoln Premiere and among other...

This 1966 Chevrolet Beaumont, AKA Canadian Chevelle, Is Awesome And We Want It!

I have a soft spot for convertibles. I know that not everyone likes them, but growing up with a 1969 Corvette Convertible in the garage and my 1969 Camaro Convertible means that I like soft top cars....

For Sale: The 1934 Chrysler Airflow Was WAY Ahead Of Its Time, And This CY Is A Rarity With Only 445 Ever Built

The automotive industry is full of history lessons that teach how the best product isn’t necessarily the one people will buy and therefore make successful. Names like Chrysler and Tucker have...

Interesting eBay Find: Want To Buy An SB2 Built By Dale Earnhardt Enterprises That’s Only Ever Been Run On The Dyno?

The SB2 small block Chevrolet is considered by many to be the ultimate factory engineered version of the venerable engine family that was introduced in 1955. The SB2 first appeared in the NASCAR...

This 383 Stroker Small Block Powered, Crown Conversion Mid-Engined Corvair Is Awesome!

Corvairs are cool  but Crown Conversion Corvairs are cooler. Why? Crown was a company that developed a kit to bolt a small block Chevy into a Corvair where the back seat would be. With the engine...

This 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Was Optioned To Fly – Too Nice To Be A Salt Cruiser, But We’re In Love

If you were a Pontiac man in the 1960s and you wanted the best, you bought a Bonneville. The biggest and most luxo cars that the division produced, they were a symbol for success. The third...

Money No Object: You Don’t Have The Guts To Put This 1988 Ford Thunderbird SCCA Racer Onto The Streets, Do You?

The late 1980s Ford Thunderbirds are sorely underrated outside of NASCAR fans. Why is that? The roundy-round folks know why this car rules: 212.809 miles per hour at Talladega Speedway in 1987. Yes,...

Money No Object: The 1978 Clem Smith Chrysler Charger – Perfectly Psychotic Mid-Engined Mopar!

The effort one must take for me to stop, stare at a car, and simply be too slack-jawed to even ask questions is enormous. That’s not bragging at all, I promise…it’s just that...

Check Out This 1974 Chevelle Laguna 454 With Fresh Big Block, Swivel Buckets, And More!

Johnny Hunkins would be proud of Rocco B. for sending this lead into us, and it is from our backyard even! I will admit, that when Hunkins first started showing love to these ugly Chevelles, I...