Category Archive: Craigslist Find
Rough Start: This Lincoln Mark VIII Is A Cobra In Disguise, Ready For Battle. Who Would Suspect This Gray Sled?
I got into a discussion the other day: which would make a better build platform, a Fox-body or an MN-12 Ford platform, from an overall performance perspective? The Fox platform has a metric ton of...
Rough Start: This 1983 Jeep Cherokee Won’t Make You Tough…But It’ll Help The Image Part Nicely!
The link between the car you drive and the perception people have about the owner is always going to be there, regardless of how some touchy-feely types want to disprove it. If you roll up in a black...
Dude! We Need A Hovercraft! This UH-13T Is Garage Built But Cool As Hell
I don’t know why they call them hoverboards, after all they sit on the ground the entire time. But this is a real deal hovercraft. Like float on land or water or snow or whatever the hell else...
Rough Start: The Soul Of A 5.0 In A 1976 Ford Mustang II Could Be A Money Maker
Straight out of the gate: yeah, it’s another Mustang II, and it’s not even a Cobra or a Mach 1. It’s not even a hatchback, which seems to be kind-of accepted. This is the perfect...
Rough Start: This 289-Powered Mercury Comet Is The Cool-Dad Weekend Driver!
It was strange to the kids I went to school with that the car I showed up in was either a muscular-looking 1975 Oldsmobile Omega on Cragar mags or a very muscular 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle. They...
Rare Fox: This 1986 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Turbo Is A Nearly Extinct 80’s Performance Car You Probably Forgot Existed!
Just about every gearhead out there looks back fondly at their high school ride. Wile some of you may still have your first car, most everyone (myself included) sold their teenage chariot long ago....
Rough Start: Welder, Shower, And A 1965 International Scout? Bring Your Own Tent!
Early Scouts are awesome. International Harvester’s attempt at playing the market that previously had belonged completely to Willys with the Jeep wasn’t so much a risk, but the...
Rough Start: Will This 5.0 Ford Ranger Be Your Hot-Rod Hauler?
Small truck, V8. It’s a wonderful combination. What’s better is when the factory more-or-less offers up a do-it-yourself conversion kit to make that dream come true! When Ford started...
Rough Start: When In Vegas, Play A Safe Bet, Like This Four-Speed 1973 Chevy Laguna!
First appearing on the Pontiac GTO in 1968, Endura bumpers soon spread throughout General Motors’ lineup as a styling tool that effectively molded the front bumper into the design. No longer...
A Day Two Olds Cutlass For You! This T-Topped Beauty Is A Score And A Half!
I’m wondering if I should be grateful that I get sent links to cars as beautiful and excellent as this 1980 Olds Cutlass, or if I’m being tormented by “friends” who revel in...
Rough Start: The Cheap Car Ultimate Gamble: Will A $900 Oldsmobile Pay Dividends?
Five thousand dollars in your hand should provide you well when it comes to car shopping in general. You can find plenty of reliable, well-used vehicles on the market for that kind of coin. But...
Rough Start: This 1930 Franklin Sedan Is For The Serious Adventure Type!
Most of the Rough Start finds we feature tend to be about 20-50 years old, which puts them at the tail end of the Musclecar era and up to the early stages of the Second Horsepower War. It’s not...
Rough Start: This 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Is McTaggart’s Dream – Ugly Mopar, Awesome Powertrain!
Fair is fair…the “boat tail” Dodge Diplomat and Chrysler LeBaron coupes of the late 1970s aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. When they are super-clean, they are alright. But...
Rough Start: An Aged 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible For Your Summer Cruising Needs!
When we say “ratty droptop”, we certainly hope you don’t envision that decrepit 1983 Chrysler Town and Country with the heat-rotted fake wood treatments. That’s not ratty,...