Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
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...
This Cream Puff Of A 1965 Buick Skylark Is Packing Grand National Power Under That Hood
There is something about a Buick muscle car that I like. The styling is toned down compared to a GTO or a Chevelle, because Buick still had to appeal to buyer who thought that they were above...
Ebay Find: A Rear-Engined 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Sorry, Kids, We’re Going To Wally World By Ourselves!
The beauty of owning a station wagon lies in the cargo area In the back. It is quite useful for carrying all sorts of cargo: Lumber, groceries, brats who sit in the rearward-facing seats and flip off...
A Somewhat Fond Look Back At The Pontiac Turbo Trans Am – A Lot Of Show, But About The “Go” Part…
I like the Pontiac Trans Am in just about every version possible. Every experience I’ve had with one makes me think of the same thing: lots of torque, a willingness to whip donuts at driver...
Rough Start: Back To The Budget With A Black Buick Regal – Family Car Or Four-Door Screamer? Why Not Both?
(Burnout photo by Bryan Hiberman) – If you are being genuinely honest with a $5,000 budget, you will struggle to do better for an all-around vehicle than this 1999 Buick Regal GS. I can hear...
Rough Start: You Need This Caddy 500-powered Fiero In Your Life!
Cadillac-powered Pontiac Fieros are fairly easy to find. The Northstar V8 is one of the most popular engine swaps for Pontiac’s much-maligned mid-engined sports car because the cradle mounting...
Craigslist Find: It’s Just An Early-Eighties Dodge M4S That Someone Swapped A Pontiac Motor Into…
First off, a clarification: this is not a Dodge M4S. There are up to, but no more than, four official Dodge M4S prototype vehicles, and there are visual differences between them all. For the sake of...
This 1953 Pontiac RV Would Make A Great Vacation Vehicle For When You Want To Just Get Away
Sometimes you just want to pack up a bag and take off for a week to somewhere quiet and peaceful, away from work, away from the daily grind. The less you have to drag around, the better, and instead...
It Came From eBay: A Six-Wheeled 1968 Cadillac With A Rumble Seat – Miss Cruella DeVille, Your New Car Is Here
A six-wheeled 1968 Cadillac that takes the word “custom” to new and frankly frightening heights, painted “you better f-ing look at me” red, with sixteen exhaust tubes running...
Watching This 1990s Buick LeSabre Get Thrown Around Off-Road Makes Us Wonder If Grandma Regrets Loaning Out Her Car
It started out with an innocent question: “Can I borrow the car?” Since you knew that your parents wouldn’t fall for that line of crap, you went to your grandparents. You said that...
Top 11: McTaggart’s Favorites From Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary and Mopar Show!
It’s taken fourteen years for the Somernites Cruise to reach 100 shows. Starting from a small crowd of a couple hundred cars in 2001, the event has grown into a huge gathering that decends upon...
