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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

Money No Object: With This 1969 Beaumont, How Much Is Hearing “What Is That?” Worth?

You see one 1969 Chevelle, you’ve seen them all. You’ve seen a similar vintage Pontiac, it’s the same. But if you see a 1969 Beaumont, your brain immediately sends the ultimate...

Morning Symphony: Blue Oval Bark With A Slight Aussie Accent!

Monday mornings are the worst. You had a great weekend. You got some stuff done around the house, found some time to screw off, and got to rest a bit…or, at least, we hope you did. But...

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The “WTF?” Files: Have You Heard Of A VW Phoenix? Neither Have We…Check Out This Fiberglass Freak!

The old-school, air cooled Volkswagens lend themselves to many different interpretations. The Beetle and Bus are classics, but not everybody wanted to be seen in a German take on an...

Petrolicious Takes A Look At A C2 Corvette That Now Resides In Belgium

From it’s pointed prow nose with hidden headlights to the twin bullet taillights at the back of it’s curvy rump, the second generation of Chevrolet Corvette was a winner. The C2 looked...

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The Ace Of Base: This Rare 1970½ Ford Falcon Is The Ultimate Musclecar – A Stripper Midsize With The Monster Engine!

The plan for any good muscle car, according to everything I was brought up to believe from youth, was simple: take one midsize two-door car built between 1964 and 1972. Order the most gutted stripper...

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Southeastern ALL Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals 2017 Gallery: All Of The General’s Workhorses On Display!

Driving down from Kentucky, I was really beginning to question my own sanity. Not at the choice of show to attend…the Southeastern ALL Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals sounds like an excellent way to...

This 1964 Chrysler Newport Might Be A Steal! 413, Pushbutton Trans, And Legroom For Days!

It is difficult to look at this 1964 Chrysler Newport and picture that it’s only just a facelifted 1960 model. Sure, the fins were shaved off and the toilet lid spare tire deal was deleted as...

Unhinged: A Little Boy’s 1970 Mach 1 Is Destroyed Because Someone Is Garbage.

Here’s your language warning: I’m f***ing pissed off as I type this. What you are looking at is the charred remains of a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 that was the best thing in the world to...

Classic YouTube: The Review Of The 1983 Mercury Capri RS, aka The Hunchback Mustang

Camaro and Firebird. Challenger and Barracuda. Javelin and AMX. Pony cars seemed to work best as pairs, it seemed. General Motors and Chrysler would pick a body and share it between two marques,...

Friday’s Reason To Go Home And Drink: So Long, Connor Avenue Assembly Plant

The Viper has been the perfect halo car for Chrysler, no matter who owned the company at the time. It was brash and filled with numbers that were the stuff of legends, yet in capable hands the car...

Rough Start: A Rally Sport Camaro For A Reasonable Price

I tend to be quick to write-off rubber-nosed second gen Chevrolet Camaros. Blame it on a few bad examples in my past, blame it on my personal tastes, but for the most part, they don’t do it for...

How To Make Money Building A Race Car: The 12.99 Dart Is A Lesson In Frugality You Need

There has been a push for the last twenty or so years to make your car be and do just about everything. It’s the essence of Pro Touring: classic looks, modern performance, comfy cruiser, brutal...

The Christine Hotel: This 1959 Plymouth Fury Can Be Your Next Camper Special!

It’s kind of difficult to look at a Plymouth Fury that came with fins as standard equipment and not make a “Christine” reference, isn’t it? Stephen King turned the Forward...

Weird For The Sake Of Being Weird: The Smoking Tire Checks Out A Merkur XR4Ti

Ford’s decision to bring the Merkur brand to life in the 1980s was actually a very sound choice. Buyers were running away from traditional American brands and generally, were going towards...

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