Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: This 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Is Done – LS-Swapped And Turn-Key!
Calm down, anti-LS brigade, it’s not worth the fight today. Cheap-car hunting and GM’s current golden child of an engine normally don’t go hand-in-hand unless you have no problem...
Tow Pig Greatness? This Phantom Dodge Crew Cab Shortbed Dually Just Needs A Fifth Wheel!
So the other day Chad brought up the question of what kind of tow rig you would pick if you were transported back to 1975. It’s a good question, though you could realistically expand the years...
Rough Start: This 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 Looks Sinister! The Evil Cop Cruiser?
You are a forward person. You don’t have the time to screw around or to deal with anyone’s drama. You want to be in and out, work completed, with no hassle. You don’t want to be...
Suggested Serving: This 1971 Datsun 521 Flies In The Face Of The Giant Pickup
Small, compact, nimble, useful, competent, efficient…this little 1971 Datsun 521 has a lot going for it before you get into it’s classic Japanese appearance or it’s modest...
Monday Shopper: A Dodge Power Wagon That Truly Deserves To Be Called “Macho” – 440-6 Power!
In the late 1970s, responding to the tastes of custom tricks performed on their vehicles, Dodge introduced an interesting marketing setup. Composed of tricked-out trucks and vans, the grouping was...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Change The New Truck Game?
In less than five seconds after the photos of the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD line were released, you could hear one noise that rose from many, many voices in unison: “GAH!” We can be as...
Blank Slate: This 1976 Crown Supercoach Needs To Be RV Converted!
You can blame all of my bus fixation on living in the Pacific Northwest as a kid. When I lived in Illinois, I rode around in conventional Chevrolet C-60 buses and later, International conventionals,...
The Field Of Skeletons: Take A Walk Through A Muscle Mopar Graveyard
Buying brand-new sheetmetal to fix the holes in your classic car wasn’t always an option on the table. Those companies that sprouted up to fill the need did so because there was such a demand...
Sheltered And Safe: This 1989 Volvo 240DL Is Crying Out For Some Tuning!
My first two experiences with Volvo products couldn’t be any more bi-polar if I tried to write it into the story. The first time I encountered a Swedish Safety Brick™ was when my aunt...
New Product: Mr. Gasket’s 35 GPM Electric Water Pump For Big Block Mopar
There is nothing like a stout big-block Mopar. That exhaust thump, that stump-pulling torque, the twist tearing through the chassis. It’s been a solid recipe for decades and whether...
Unveiled: Ram’s New Multifunction Tailgate For Half-Tons – Swing However You’d Like To!
Not to be outdone with press releases from both Ford and GM, Ram has announced a new feature for their half-ton pickup trucks. It’s called the multifunction tailgate and it works like this: in...
Rough Start: A V8 AMC Eagle, Just Like Kenosha Should Have Made!
We have nothing against the American Motors 258ci inline-six. It is a damn durable engine, one that can be built to make healthy power, and is based on an engine platform that stuck around for...
Sport Truck Meets Pro Street: This 1989 Chevrolet C-1500 Is Two Eras In One
Welcome to pretty much every magazine I read as a young child. Outside of the copies of 4Wheel and Off-Road that my stepdad read and all of the Dirt Wheels that I was thumbing through during my...
