Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: The Dreaded One-Pic Ad – Is This 1975 Firebird Good Enough?
Jan 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Gaaaah! If there’s one thing I hate when it comes to surfing Craigslist, it’s the one-picture ad. It’s one thing for AutoTrader and the local newspaper where you’re paying for...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: The New Mitsubishi SUV, The New Big Caddy, And Your New Mustache Ride!
Jan 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Another week, another weak set of stories that came down the pipes in the vain hopes that someone would take the time to read them. Do they appeal to somebody? Maybe, but as far as we’re...
This MotorWeek Mustang vs. Trans Am vs. IROC-Z Shootout Might Be The Most Cringeworthy Review We’ve Ever Seen
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Going through YouTube and watching old car reviews is pretty cool…both to see just how far we’ve come from what used to be top of the line, and to see cars we look at as classics (or at...
Good News, Aussies: The Holden Commodore Name Will Live! Now, About The Car It Will Live On…
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Before you really start belting out the cheers, let’s be up-front: only the Holden Commodore nameplate will remain. Unfortunately, GM still hasn’t reconsidered it’s position when it...
Some Deals From The 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction – At Least A Few Cars Weren’t Priced Through The Stratosphere!
Jan 21, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
Barrett-Jackson equals stupid money. We’ve known this combination for years, yet somehow we still pay attention to the train wreck of “more money than brains” in the desert as cars...
BangShift Tune Up: “The Best Things” By Filter (1999)
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
It’s a Monday morning and it’s time to get motivated. Yours truly is either running around the garage trying to get things accomplished on the car while the weather is tolerable, or is...
BangShift Project Files: TheSilverBuick’s 1969 Pontiac Firebird
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
Randal Burns, better known as TheSilverBuick around here, is an engineer to the core. His 455-powered Buick Skylark is a Drag Week veteran that can easily be pressed into daily-driver duty with no...
Question Of The Day: The 2015 Detroit Auto Show Is Here! What Would You Like To See Come Out Of It?
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
This year’s Detroit Auto Show (oh, wait…I’m sorry…North American International Auto Show) kicks off today and you better believe that we will be bringing you the better pieces...
Blog War: The Last Of The Traditional Longroofs, This Buick Roadmaster Estate Brings All The Modern Conveniences To The Table
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
So Lohnes decided to reply to the Ford wagon I offered up with a copycat version of the car that started it all. A 1973 Oldsmobile and a 1975 Pontiac aren’t that far apart from each other, and...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Buick Goes Topless, Viper Goes Custom, And Corvette Goes DIY
Jan 11, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
New year, same old ingredients: take press releases hyping new products we could care less about, cars that don’t come close to our radar, and some of the worst quotes and diatribe from the...
BangShift Project Files: A 1978 Olds Cutlass With A 6.0L Swap On The Cheap
Jan 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
If you dig through the BangShift project car forums, you will find our $5,000 Challenge. The premise is simple: build the baddest mother you can for under five big bills. It doesn’t have to be...
Ebay Find: A Nine-Passenger Pontiac Clamshell Wagon, Perfect For Loading Up The Entire “Family”
Jan 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
We love station wagons. They are roomy, useable, aren’t really much different than any modern SUV, and since they pretty much lost their “mom and dad” stigma about twenty years ago,...
Trailer For “Sleepers Two” Released: The Guy Who Goes Hunting With A W-body Regal Is Back!
Dec 31, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
YouTube user “JuniorN316” has made a name for himself when it comes to the art of the sleeper. His take on hot rodding, his history with sleepers, his Buick Regal and the antics...
Was The Late-Model GTO The Car That Killed Pontiac? These Guys Seem To Think So, We Disagree
Dec 31, 2014Bryan McTaggart20
The 2004-06 Pontiac GTO was, depending on your view, either a great modern musclecar that suffered from a bad exchange rate with the Australian Dollar or was a bland attempt at reviving a storied...