Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Really Rough Start: You Can Walk Away With The Cadillac Limo From The LeMons Rally…If You Really Want To.
Here’s the definitive proof that I do not go out of my way to save every last vehicle: If you are willing to plunk down the $500 that is being asked for the 1986 Cadillac limo that became...
Money No Object: The Mid-Engined 1978 Oldsmobile 442 Is Up For Auction!
What can you say about a car that has been covered front, back, and sideways? This 1978 Oldsmobile 442 has been around the block since it made the October 1978 cover of Hot Rod Magazine. You...
Ebay Find: The Key To Getting A Good Price On This Pontiac Safari Wagon Is Patience!
“Price will drop until sold. Miles will go up as I’m driving it.” Well, then! We have to admire the seller’s attitude regarding the sale of their 1979 Pontiac LeMans Safari...
We Went On The Internet, And Found A 604ci Rear-Engined Third-Gen Firebird That Is Mimicking A Ferrari!
In the world of internet meme jokes, “That’s enough Internet for one day” means that you’ve finally come across something so surprising and shocking that you feel the need to...
Genius Or Insanity? Check Out This 2005 Pontiac Vibe That Has Been Turned Into An RV!
Once again, I take aim at Chad’s kink for strange and unique recreational vehicles, and this time I’m going with one of the strangest finds I’ve ever encountered: a 2005 Pontiac...
Rough Start: A Pontiac Fiero And Just About Everything You Need To Go Racing!
Forget a project car…let’s say that the need for speed has been burning at the back of your brain for quite some time. You want to go racing…and that is never a cheap venture, no...
This 1977 Pontiac LeMans Was Supposed To Be A Figure 8 Car, But Was Spared – How Would You Finish It?
When I see things listings that say, “Figure-8” car, I automatically figure that within months, the car will be a dead carcass on a rollback headed to the crusher. Amateur racing is...
Rough Start: Egging On The Thoughts Of A Third-Gen Pro Tourer With A 1990 Pontiac Firebird
So Chad has third-gen F-cars on the brain. Can’t blame him, after seeing all the fun that he and Daphne have been having the last couple of weeks. And I can’t help myself…I have to...
Rough In All Of The Right Ways: This Cummins-Swapped 1950 Buick Is A Highway Roller!
I don’t know what caught me off-guard more about this Buick when it rolled in: just how large the car truly was or the unmistakable noise of a Cummins 6BT coming out of it. By Redneck Rumble...
Rough Start: A Four-Speed Oldsmobile Omega Is A Shift From The Normal Nova
This 1976 Oldsmobile Omega is one year off from what I rode around in as a kid growing up in Washington State. My mother drove one of these for years…originally bronze with a black vinyl roof,...
This 1975 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds W30 Is Killer – Hurst Hatches, Dual-Gate Shifter And 455 V8!
Yeah, yeah, we know…smog-choked horsepower in a heavy sled. Whatever. 1975 didn’t offer a lot in the way of horsepower and torque across any line, and the numbers had taken a beating...
Rough Start: Long-roofin’ It With An Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser!
The Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser was the warning flag that the brand was about to slip under the waves. Long the longroof option for Oldsmobile, when the 1991 update occurred, the 307 V8, the final form...
Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Seen A Car That Looks Right And Wrong At The Same Time?
One of my project car dreams is to take a Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2, the funky NASCAR homologation special G-body, and to build it into the machine that Pontiac simply failed to deliver on. Manual...
This 1966 Buick Riviera Custom Blends The Old School With The New Perfectly
When I was a kid, I had a book that explained the world of cars. It showed trucks and buses, farm tractors and the like, but what I really remember from it was the depiction of a hot rod and a custom...