Category Archive: FORD, Videos
How Good Can A $1,000 Craigslist Mustang Really Be? The Smoking Tire Takes On This Well-Used SN-95!
Jun 07, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
The Rough Start posts we do, where I go digging through Craigslist while sticking to a five thousand dollar overall budget, is a reasonable approach to low-buck hot-rodding at it’s finest....
Battle Of The Big Boys: Two Impalas Face Off – Twin Turbocharged Or Blown?
Jun 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Battle Of The Big Boys: Two Impalas Face Off – Twin Turbocharged Or Blown?
Two 1960s Chevrolet Impalas, facing off against each other at San Antonio Raceway. In one lane, painted bright red, with two sewer-pipe sized turbochargers feeding a 515ci Brodix mill a potential 45...
Really Rough Start: You Can Walk Away With The Cadillac Limo From The LeMons Rally…If You Really Want To.
Jun 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
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...
Live, Die, Live Again: The “A-Bom” Chrysler SRT-8 Is Getting Rebuilt After It Got Totaled Out!
Jun 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
This past March, the “A-bom”, the blacked-out Chrysler SRT-8 with the blower sticking through the hood from Arizona, got knocked out of commission. A driver who hadn’t slept in over...
Rough Start: Is This Rear-Drive Converted, V8 Swapped Plymouth Turismo Worth The Risk?
Jun 05, 2017Bryan McTaggart9
In 1985, two Plymouth Turismos were pulled from the production line, stuffed with the surprisingly hot 2.2L turbocharged four, and re-christened as Plymouth Barracudas. The proposal to give Plymouth...
Money No Object: The Mid-Engined 1978 Oldsmobile 442 Is Up For Auction!
Jun 05, 2017Bryan McTaggart12
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...
Factory Freak: Take A Closer Look At The Steam-Powered 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle!
Jun 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
In the quest for cleaner, safer energy, experiments have to be undertaken to provide validation to the theory someone has presented. Take turbine energy, for example: works great as a propulsion...
Rough Start: This 1978 Chevy Caprice Is A Great High-Schooler’s Car. Just Don’t Break That Rear Glass!
Jun 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart14
A while back I read a story on how putting a new driver into an older vehicle was somehow equivalent to child abuse. The line of thinking went something like this: after seeing a couple of old vs....
BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Ram 3500 Laramie Mega Cab 4×4 – Living Large In Every Way Possible
Jun 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart7
Every generation gets their status-symbol vehicle. Be it the ultimate chrome barge from the 1950s, great Lincoln vs. Cadillac cars from the 1960s and 1970s, 1980s power sedans from BMW and Mercedes,...
Money No Object: The One Thunderbird That Lohnes Would Happily Drive?
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart13
Ford Thunderbirds are a kind of polarizing topic around here. Lohnes only likes the two-seaters and wishes the rest were shredded into a fine metallic mist. I’m actually not that big of a fan...
Rough Start: A Chevelle May Be Pricey, But This 1972 Chevrolet El Camino Is Just Within The Budget!
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
I want a Chevelle. You may want a Chevelle. My wife wants a Chevelle. Everybody I know wants a Chevrolet Chevelle. There’s just one problem: there were only so many produced, only so many...
Can A Clapped-Out Malibu Run Nines For Under $2,000? This Guy Is Trying!
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart13
We love a good budget build around here. Mainly because we all are working underneath a budget. What can we say…we aren’t farmers, we can’t grow cash trees. But you can have fun for...
Picture-Perfect: This 1971 Chevrolet K20 Is As Sharp As They Come!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Picture-Perfect: This 1971 Chevrolet K20 Is As Sharp As They Come!
Yesterday, Lohnes showed you a 1980 Chevrolet 3+3 dually that is jaw-droppingly sweet. 454, crew cab, ready to roll down the road as long as your credit card can pay the fuel bill. I can’t pick...
Slow And Low: Check Out This Backyard-Built 1963 Corvair Lowrider!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
Lowriders haunt me. Just when I think I’m past the idea of a slammed cruiser with adjustable suspension, one comes along that makes me take another look at the scene. Any other day, I’d...