Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, 1320 Spotlight
Buy Two Funny Cars For Only $2000! Or Loan Us The Money!
Jul 29, 2015Chad Reynolds2
Wow! Two Funny Cars for only $2000?! Okay, in fairness one is a body and chassis with engine and trans, but will need some parts to complete, and the other is a body only. But still, at $2100 for...
Barn Find Gasser: This 1967 Opel Kadett Lived Life As A Straight Axle Strip Blazer – Time Warp!
Jul 29, 2015Brian Lohnes1
From 1966 into the early 1970s, General Motors sold Opel Kadetts through their network of Buick dealers and the little cars actually sold really well. Brought in as a VW fighter for people wanting a...
Want To Haul Like A Pro Drag Racer From The Early 1980s? This GMC Is For You!
Jul 24, 2015Brian Lohnes6
Today it is not entirely uncommon to see junior dragsters lugged to the track in a toter home and stacker trailer setup. This is complete insanity and you can basically blame Billy Meyer for all of...
This E-85 Guzzling, 850+ Horsepower AMC Spirit Kammback Is Looking For A Fight…And A New Home!
Jul 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
853 horsepower in any AMC is more than enough power, but placing that kind of bullet between the fenders of a 1981 Spirit Kammback (essentially, a renamed Gremlin) is pretty ballsy move. They are...
Bonneville May Be Cancelled But You Should Still Buy This Vintage Belly Tanker
Jul 23, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Bonneville May Be Cancelled But You Should Still Buy This Vintage Belly Tanker
We are still 100% bummed out about the news of Bonneville Speed Week 2015 being cancelled this year due to poor conditions on the salt but that doesn’t mean we have lost our land speed racing...
Check Out This RacingJunk Lohnes Special! A 4-Door 1978 Impala Tube Chassis Drag Car
Jul 21, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Check Out This RacingJunk Lohnes Special! A 4-Door 1978 Impala Tube Chassis Drag Car
Please help us convince Brian Lohnes that he should get rid of his current Caprice cop car, and get this one! Or at least add this to the collection! I’m sure his wife will go for that....
This 1965 Mustang Fastback Is A Cammer Packing Piece Of Drag History – Totally Awesome!
Jul 21, 2015Brian Lohnes7
Now THIS is awesome. Back in 1965, Wyoming resident Roger Slump decided that he needed a Mustang fastback drag car with a Ford Cammer engine in it to terrorize the drag strips of NHRA Division 5. He...
This 1971 Mach One Has Been “Customized”, Probably Needs A Floor And It Could Be Yours!
Jul 21, 2015Brian Lohnes8
Well this is different. BangShifter Jerry Zotta sent this link along to us which is advertising a customized 1971 Mustang Mach One. The thing has a flip nose, all sorts of stuff grafted to the body,...
This Big Red 427 Biscayne Is A Study In Restraint And Overkill All At The Same Time – We Want It Bad!
Jul 20, 2015Brian Lohnes12
We always think it is cool when someone builds a car that somehow manages to blend a couple of different themes perfectly together. This 1966 Chevy Biscayne is the latest example of that and the car...
Good or Bad? Someone Built A Straight Axle 1979 Chevy Malibu, Parallel Leaf Springs And All!
Jul 18, 2015Brian Lohnes13
Other than some of the weirder examples of the street freak genre and cool off-shoots like Magnante’s altered wheelbase Fairmont, the idea of stuffing a straight axle under a car built after...
This 1966 Big Block Wagon Is Begging To Be A Sleeper!
Jul 15, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This 1966 Big Block Wagon Is Begging To Be A Sleeper!
When we saw this sucker on Craigslist, we about died. You know we have a soft spot for ’66 Chevrolet full size wagons, but this one is special. It’s near perfect patina is so great, and...
Something About This Plymouth Duster For Sale Gets Us Going
Jul 14, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Something About This Plymouth Duster For Sale Gets Us Going
There is something about this 1971 Plymouth Duster that just does it for me. I’m not sure if it’s the big tires, wheel bar, back hal, or if it’s the fact that it has an 8.50 cert, a...
This 1947 Renault 440 Hot Rod Is A Right Hand Drive Street Freak With Chrysler Power
Jul 11, 2015Brian Lohnes4
Of all the crazy body styles we have seen hot rods built out of over the years, this 1947 Renault is in a class by itself. No, it is not a Fiat Topolino, it is a French Renault with 440ci of Chrysler...
This 1962 Buick Invicta Custom Estate Wagon Is The Perfect Cruiser And Slingshot Push Car
Jul 09, 2015Brian Lohnes1
If you had yourself a dragster in the middle to late 1960s, chances are strong that you had a wagon like this one to drag the thing to the track and then push start it. Sure, some of the fancy tracks...