Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: Finding A 1973 Pontiac LeMans This Clean Is Getting Harder To Come By!
At the risk of sounding like every hipster I’ve ever met, sometimes it’s better that you own something that nobody has seen in forever. You can strike upon the nostalgia the people have...
This Corvette-Powered Pontiac Fiero Can Be Your Autocross Sleeper!
The Pontiac Fiero is getting it’s just due after years of being derided as a throwaway sports car, and that is honestly a good thing. Hulki Aldikacti’s design was ambitious, but was...
The Owner Of This Pontiac Trans Am Grew Up With Bathurst, Has A Rally Car Background, And Works For Ken Block – Petrolicious Tells The Story!
It’s difficult to find anyone who watched Smokey and the Bandit who didn’t walk away afterwards wanting a black-and-gold Pontiac Trans Am. The film company may have beaten the Pontiacs...
Would You Rather, The Not-Quite-A-Musclecar Edition: Clean LeMans Or California-Find Dodge Coronet?
Not every Pontiac was a GTO Judge. Not every Mopar was a Hemi, or a 440 Six Pack. Not every Mustang had a Boss or a Cobra Jet under the hood. For decades, the 1964-1974 Musclecar Era has been solidly...
Unhinged: Thanks For The Letdown, Buick. Appreciate That.
Our jaws hit the floor. The Internet lit up. Facebook had it in the “trending topics” section almost immediately, and every auto journalist had to pick their jaws up off of the floor. The...
Rough Start: A Sense Of Deja Vu With A 1978 Pontiac LeMans, But Cheap Entry Into Racing Could Be Yours!
Didn’t I just find one of these? Yes, I did, and I had to do a double-take and compare the eBay ad from a couple of days ago versus the Craigslist ad that I just found this afternoon....
Top 11: We Rifle Through The Consignment List For Mecum’s Houston Auction For Some Gems!
When I paw through Mecum auctions each month, I always try to stay away from the obvious answers to “Which one would you have?” and go for what could be really interesting, really...
eBay Find: One Sinister Pro Street 1978 Pontiac LeMans – Need A Drag Week Car?
Oh, this is tasty: the Pontiac LeMans, the kissing cousin to the Chevrolet Malibu, in full back-halved trim and ready to run. In flat black, tubbed out and prepared, this A/G body is calling out to...
Late-Model Sleeper: The Cadillac ATS-V Might Be Fast Stock, But They Don’t Normally Run 10.92s!
Dismissing six cylinder cars as weak attempts at performance no longer applies. Buick guys have known this for decades, the Mustang guys started picking this up a few years ago, and Cadillac has...
Weather Out The Apocalypse In This 1976 Buick Electra…Complete With Hood-Mounted Flame Throwers (Really!)
I’ve seen it all now. I give up. Out of all of the strange mid-1970s things I’ve pasted to the front page here, this is by far and away the new current champion. This 1976 Buick Electra...
Craigslist Find: A Cut-Away Pontiac OHC-6 Engine! How Cool Is This?!
It might only be good as a decoration, but this cut-away Pontiac overhead cam inline-six cylinder engine would make an awesome conversation piece in the garage or anywhere else you could make room...
Question Of The Day: Are There Cars That Just Shouldn’t Be Modified?
The question is simple: Was there ever a car made that, if modified or deviated from stock for any reason other than reliability or safety, would be absolutely ruined? Normally, I’d say no. I...
Rough Start: Can A Buick Grand National Come In Under The Budget? If You Are Willing To Work On It, It Can!
The Buick Grand National has come into it’s own as an iconic car. The turbocharged V6 was decent for the time stock, but if you knew your way around a turbocharged engine, you were a god on the...
