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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CHEVY, FORD, Monday Shopper, MOPAR

Top 11: Picks From The Mecum Chicago Auction – Can We Predict A Decent Deal In The Catalog?

  11. 1968 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible   It’s the size of Rhode Island, comfortable as a barcalounger, drinks like an angry Scotsman, and looks like New England old money. This...

Cheap Car Blog War! I Challenge Lohnes To Find A Better Craigslist Deal For Under $1500 Than This 1996 Firebird!

As we’ve shown in our “Rough Start” series, a five thousand dollar budget is plenty to get a decent set of wheels and have it running and driving in short order. Anyone who has...

Flashback Feature: The Mid-Engined 1978 Oldsmobile 442 – How Many Of You Remember This Ride?

The moment I saw the pictures, memories of seeing this car in the old magazines I had pawed through for years came flooding back. Some cars stand out because of the owner and their antics, or because...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Picks From LS Fest 2015 – With Hundreds Of Cars Present, How Do You Decide?

Pick eleven cars from LS Fest for a list. Sounds easy, but it isn’t. Holley had eleven cars in front of their display that I would’ve sold a sibling into slavery for, and that...

Used Car Lot Find: This 1966 Pontiac Catalina Convertible Wound Up On A Ford Lot

It isn’t often that I stop in at a dealership’s lot for one specific car in the used lot. Normally I will just swing in and take a look around, annoy the sales staff, maybe even...

In Memoriam: Jack “Doc” Watson, Hurst’s “Shifty Doctor” And Helping Hand With The Hurst Hairy Olds Program

In the rush of the summer season, we were remiss about noting the passing of one of the biggest names to fall under Hurst’s umbrella of important figures; a man who influenced a generation of...

Ebay Find: A 158-mile Old 1982 Oldsmoble Omega – The Car Has Pretty Much Sat For 33 Years And The Plastics STILL Fell Apart!

I’ve said it before on these pages and I’ll say it again: the front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile Omega just might be the most pointless vehicle ever produced. Born as one of the RWD X-car four...

Could This 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera GT Be Made To Haul The Mail? We Think So.

GM’s A-body front drivers were excellent sellers, decent all around automobiles, and more boring than hanging around with Grandma on weekends when you were a kid. The Oldsmobile version, the...

Rough Start: Is This Rusty But Complete 1977 Pontiac Can Am Worth The Buy-In?

The best way to start a project car, budget or no, is to find the nicest starting point you can and work from there. But let’s say you aren’t willing to compromise: It must be rare, it...

Allow Buick And Bar Refaeli To Show You How To Relax…Um…It Has Something To Do With Cars, We Promise

The truth: Buick recently unveiled the “24 Hours Of Happiness” test drive program. Simply possess a valid driver’s license and insurance, and you can take a Buick out for 24 hours...

Roadside Find: A 1954 Ford Customline That’s Barely Aged And For Sale, And More!

BangShift contributor Scott Liggett has an eye for finding some neat iron that most people haven’t seen outside of a car show in decades. We simply can’t explain why he is able to find...

A Close Look At A Drop-Dead-Gorgeous Piece Of Rolling Art In The Form Of A 1960 Pontiac, Courtesy Of Speedhunters

(Photos: Mike Garrett/Speedhunters) While I prefer stock or simple paint jobs on my vehicles, I’m drawn to the intricate paint jobs that low riders and some kustoms sport. Lacing, airbrushing,...

Rough Start: This 1963 Buick Electra 225 Is A Wyoming Survivor That Only Needs Some Brightening

Trying to score a bonafide classic car on a $5000 total budget isn’t going to fly in most circumstances. Nobody wants to be seen in an out-and-out rot box, and if it is pretty you are running...

Very Rough Start: It’s Part Vega, Part Astre, Small Blocked, And Has A Story Involving A Mad Wife…

When you are scraping the bottom of the barrel so that you can buy a hot rod, you have to be prepared for what you will come across. If you buy a running and driving vehicle, expect a ton of...