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Category Archive: Craigslist Find

Rough Start, The Drag Week Edition: This 4th Gen Is A Power Adder Away From Greatness

Since the bosses are out enjoying Drag Week, I decided that my contribution to the events (besides keeping BangShift rolling along) would be to mess with the Rough Start parameters in the goal of...

Craigslist Find: A Reader Suggestion For A BangShift Command Center

Lohnes and I have been going back and forth over a BangShift Command Center Vehicle. I want the overkill coach bus setup so that we can quit staying in crime-scene hotels and can have air...

Epic Craigslist Find: “I Know What This Car Is Worth Restored, Don’t Low-Ball Me”

Sometimes the truth is stranger than the fiction. It’s obvious that the only thing left to do to this Duster is to raid it for pieces and let it die a somewhat dignified death. Instead, I give...

Rough Start: This 1975 Monte Carlo Is A One-Family Desert Car, The Holy Grail For The Budget-Minded

It’s been a rough week hunting down a Rough Start car. I don’t know what is going on but prices have shot through the roof while the good stuff has disappeared. It took some hunting, and...

This Original SS396 Impala Wagon Rules, Is For Sale, And We Want It!

Since we are currently working on our own 1966 Chevrolet Station Wagon, although ours started life as a 283 and Powerglide equipped Bel Air model, we got super excited when we saw this rare SS396, 9...

Avert Your Eyes: Someone Made A 1995 Buick Roadmaster “Superbird”

There are things that cannot be believed and there are things than cannot be unseen. This car is both of those things. We’ve shown you strange creations in all shapes and sizes from places...

Rough Start: Use This Cutlass To Get Out Of The Jersey Shore In A Hurry

After page after page of some of the worst $2500 and under offerings I’ve seen yet in my Rough Start viewings, I almost gave up on the Jersey Shore Craigslist. Conversion vans, the same...

Rough Start: Embrace Your Military Side With This M887 Dodge!

I’m convinced that hunting for good Rough Start vehicles in Arkansas is like picking up a date at a cheap bar: If you want good, you’re gonna pay for it, if you go cheap, you’ll pay...

Craigslist Funny: Ladies, Stand Back…This Jet Ski (!) Will Take Your Breath Away

Thank you, Craigslist, for showing us that some of the best comedians are yet to be discovered. And fella, here’s hoping you sell this beauty. From the Craigslist ad itself: “1984...

An Original Tom McMullen Street Rodder Magazine 1932 Ford Roadster For Sale On Craigslist

Okay, this is a car we would not have expected to see for sale on Craigslist, but once again Jay found a surprise. At one of the fancy auctions, sure, but not Craigslist. According to the advertiser,...

Rough Start: Idaho Has More Than Potatoes To Offer, And This G-Body Cutlass Is Proof

I’ve driven through Twin Falls, Idaho many a time on trips when I was living in Washington. It’s beautiful scenery, and I had seen numerous trucks that were right up my alley, so I...

Rough Start: ‘Bird Spotting In Baton Rouge

Good food and views of the Gulf of Mexico. Enough swampland to hide bodies and the light hint of crude when you get close to the beach. Baton Rouge is many things to many people, but to me,...

Craigslist Find: Who Wants A “Heath Ledger As The Joker” Hood For Their PT Cruiser?

Trolling through Craigslist can dredge up some of the most insane crap ever. I was going through the Washington, D.C. pages a couple of nights ago when this particular gem appeared. At some point...

Ever Thought About Putting A VW Body On A Modified S10 Frame? Stop Thinking And Buy This “Mostly Done” Version

There are things that even we can’t get our heads around here and that’s mostly because Chad and I have massive heads that are in no way malleable. That being said, there was some...