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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, Car Features, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Will It Run and Drive After 32 Years? This Original Owner 1968 Cadillac Deserves Some Love!

I grew up in a Chevrolet family, but my dad worked for Cadillac for several years and my grand parents had Cadillacs when I was growing up. So Caddys have always had a special place in our hearts....

This McLaren M1A Is One Of The Sexiest Sports Cars In History. It’s Also Got Plenty Of Nasty! Jay Leno’s Garage Feature

This may be one of the sexiest V8 powered sports cars ever built. These McLarens are such epic machines and are historic in so many ways. The history of this one is something special, and as usual...

1965 Buick Riviera! Abandoned For 32 Years! Will It Run?!? Plus Bonus Mortske Transformation!

The 1965 Buick Riviera is an iconic ride and if you want one, this one here just might be the project for you. Mortske found this one and after sitting for over 30 years he is going to get the...

Look At What The Barn Find Hunter Has Discovered! JACKPOT: 90,000 sqft of Barn Find Heaven – Muscle Cars, Trucks, & More!

Barn finds are awesome, and this one here is truly something special. I’m not saying that you are going to want every single car and truck that is in these barns, but if you don’t find...

One Owner, Original, Unmolested 1972 Plymouth Barracuda! Blue with White Interior, Rallye Dash

Talk about a survivor! This Mopar is an awesome score and Chad is going to tell you all about it in the video below. But read the story below as well and if this needs to be yours you can contact...

Rough Project: Pole Barn Garage’s Budget-Savvy $2,250 Grand Prix Rebuild!

You may remember my “Rough Start” posts from a while back. The basic sentiment was that for $5,000, you could find an interesting, worthy project that would run, drive and had the...

Draggin’ Ass: Can This Squarebody Tow Truck Live Once More?

At the corner of Hancock Avenue and Fillmore Street in Colorado Springs, there used to be a Conoco gas station of the old-school variety: four pumps and a service center that would do oil changes,...

Morning Symphony: Banging Gears In A Stick-Shifted Ford LTD II

The Ford LTD II was a strange duck. It only ran for three years (1977-1979), was effectively a 1972 Ford Torino with razor-lined styling and a park bench for a front bumper, and had all of...

Plain Vanilla: A Garage Built Sleeper Chevelle Powered By A 355 With A “No Lift Shift” Dogbox Trans

1965 is my favorite year for what I call “small Chevelles” and because I grew up with a 1965 El Camino, this little beast right here tugs at the old heart strings. And because I grew up...

Modern Rodding Interviews Roy Brizio, Builder Of The 2024 AMBR Winning 1932 Phaeton Of Beth And Ross Myers.

By now you’ve all seen Beth and Ross Myers’ 1932 Ford Phaeton Roadster that won the coveted America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona,...

The Hot Rod That Put Boyd Coddington on the Map, Vern Luce Coupe – The Birth of Smooth Revisited

The AutoRevolution boys have been sharing some cool stories from Boyd Coddington’s family and hot rodding history and this new video is all about the Vern Luce Coupe, a car that Boyd put...

Car Feature: The Crusty Camaro 1.0. Near Perfection, Patina And All.

The Crusty Camaro 1.0 When you’re used to rebuilding piles of rust from the ground up, restoring a car that doesn’t need major repairs is a walk in the park. For Rodger Lee of Ironworks Speed and...

Truck Feature: Eric Pierce’s ’78 Chevy Suburban – Texas Turbine on Four Wheels.

(Words by Tim King, Photos by Jordan Cole) Building for Fun Eric Pierce, owner of Pro Touring Texas wanted to build a car that could haul ass, and haul all his buddies as well. What he decided on was...

AutotopiaLA Car Feature: Bitchin 700HP Big Block ’64 Ford Galaxie from Ruffian Cars. Beast Mode Engaged!

If you like the look of classic cars that are sent over the top, then this 1964 Ford Galaxie just might be the one for you. It’s like a Time Attack Car, A Fighter Jet, and a Galaxie had a baby....