Category Archive: eBay Find, OTHER
This 1966 Studebaker Commander Is One Nasty Little Beast! Blown 383 Chevy And A Five-Speed!
The jig was up for Studebaker in 1966. Production at the South Bend, Indiana plant had been shuttered for two years and the company exited the auto manufacturing business altogether on March 16,...
The “Deathproof” Dodge Challenger Has Hit eBay, And Looks As Rough And Ready As Ever!
When people mention Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 car-and-girl flick “Deathproof”, the first car that comes to mind is the Chevrolet Nova sporting the skull on the hood and Texas plates...
eBay Find: Is This 2010 Holden VE SS Ute The Only U.S. Legal One?
This is Australia’s trump card over the United States, right here. They get utes…you know, a car/truck combo that is a useable size, and can be ordered with decent six cylinders, V8s,...
eBay Find: The 1972 Ford Ranchero From “Leepu And Pitbull” – If You Wondered Who Would Replace Barris, Wonder No More
One of my more recent automotive kicks is to take a 1972-79 Ford Ranchero and build it up into a muscle ute. Not like a hot rod, but like a badass shop truck: clean, restoration look body, beefed up...
eBay Find: The One-Year-Only 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Cop Car Durability And Rarity That Makes Mopar Freaks Weak
Let’s get the complaints out of the way now: Yes, what you are looking at is the 1975-only Plymouth Road Runner. Yes, it is still a B-body, with the underpinnings that debuted in 1971 and the...
This 1973 Plymouth Fury Has Our Interest…Thunderbolt And Lightfoot Family Sedan?!
A few days ago, I brought up the idea of a “moonshine runner” build after being inspired by a couple of Internet finds. The premise is simple enough: a visually under-the-radar car that...
eBay Find: A Homebuilt 1996 Dodge Ram VTS Project, Complete With Built V-10 And Cage!
In 1996, high on the successes of the Viper, Dodge took the super car’s V-10 powerplant and jammed them into the equally successful Ram truck, creating the Ram VTS concept. Concept or not, it...
This 1979 Pontiac Phoenix LJ Is Too Clean For Words – Which Is Strange For A Late 1970s Compact!
Take a moment and think of all of the cars made in 1979 that would be considered worth collecting. Seriously…not just to own, but collect like people do for muscle cars of the Sixties and early...
eBay Find: The Most Unloved Shelby Is Looking For A New Home! Can You Find A Use For A Shelby Dakota?
Ok, so the 1989 Shelby Dakota isn’t going to set anyone’s pants on fire in stock form. Consider it a solid attempt at creating a sport truck and an early shot in the sport truck scene...
This 1973 Pontiac GTO Is So Damn Perfect, It Hurts! 455, Four-Speed, And Black? YES PLEASE!
“The patron saint of automotive lost causes.” Brian Lohnes once wrote that about me, because my taste in cars is at the fringe edge of acceptable on a good day. It’s not that I...
Ebay Find: A Pro Street Ford Ranger That Is Tempting Our Inner Hoon To Come Out And Play!
It’s almost a meme: “V8 ALL the things!” What can we say, we are enamored with power. And we’re not talking sophisticated, Mercedes-like tidal waves of torque or the high...
How Long Will Chevrolet Chevelle Lagunas Be Underrated? This Gorgeous 1974 Model Is Begging For Repairs And The Big Block It Deserves!
I might be a bit biased in liking the 1973-77 Chevrolet Chevelle…even though mine was one of the most rusty bodies I’ve ever encountered, period, that didn’t dampen my opinion of...
Another One? Yep, We Found Another Chevrolet Avalanche Prototype Carved Out Of A Suburban!
Yes, another Chevrolet Suburban was found that has been cut up into some kind of gigantic four-door ute. I want to say that I’m surprised, but I’m not. What I am surprised at is that...
