Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
This G-body Pontiac Bonneville Runs 10.79 In Full Street-Legal Trim – Power And 1980’s Luxury!
Australian gearheads have been yelling it at us for years: just because it has four doors doesn’t mean that it can’t haul ass and be cool. What could be more fun than hooning your car?...
Plug In Or Get Paid Out: Cadillac Is Putting A Half-Mil On The Table For Dealerships Who Don’t Want To Go All-In On EVs
If GM is going to have their way, Cadillac’s will be quieter than they ever have been by 2030, with the top-tier GM badge ditching the German target they’ve had since the late 1990s and...
Money No Object: 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30
Do you have a perfect layout for a certain model of car? For example: how many of you think that every 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am must be wearing the Y82 black paint with gold trim and, of...
Classic YouTube: A 1200HP, Twin-Engined, Twin-Turbo AWD Pontiac Grand Prix That Runs The Quarter In The Nines
I didnt even look at the title of the video, but it looked promising enough: a late-1990s Pontiac Grand Prix GTP with some cheapie aftermarket taillights, a plastic vent-looking thing on the rear...
Money No Object: 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Packing 627 Horsepower LSA Swap
We love it. Absolutely, unabashedly adore it. The LSA is a screamer of an engine, the mill that made the Cadillac CTS-V wicked and saw the Holden VF GTS rage. It’s got plenty of guts without...
The AG-330 Start Cart: When You Need To Fire Off The Mother Of All Hot Rods, Bring Out The Big Guns
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s legend as the fastest aircraft ever created to date can’t be denied by anyone. The exotic-looking, twin-engined reconnaissance aircraft routinely could fly...
Classic YouTube: A 400+ Horsepower Turbocharged Cutlass Ciera GT Having Some Fun
A few years ago, I ran a story on a 1986 Olds Cutlass Ciera GT and uttered a phrase that has haunted me ever since: “Pro Commuter”. The concept has some merit: giving what would be an...
The 1980s, Summed Up In One Tandem Drift – C4 Corvette Versus A Big-Boy Cadillac!
One event that we have yet to check out in person is the Powercruise USA show up at Brainerd International Raceway in Michigan. If “Powercruise” sounds familiar, that’s because you...
Super Freak: Check Out This Mopar-Powered Buick Regal – Hey, It Isn’t LS Powered!
Admittedly, a G-body Buick Regal isn’t the first version you would expect to see on the track. A Grand National, maybe. Only the Pontiac Grand Prix is seen less, it seems, but why that is, we...
Historical Footage: This 1973 Pontiac Firebird Promotional Film Covers All Of The Usual Bases, Plus Has Herb Adams And Transmission Torture!
As most of Detroit was starting to gasp and choke from the emissions regulations taking hold in 1973, Pontiac was still marching to the drumbeat of actual power and performance. While the GTO was...
Historical Footage: MotorWeek’s Comparison Between The 1969 Pontiac Trans Am And The 1999 Trans Am 30th Anniversary Edition
Nobody…not MotorWeek, not GM, not even the buying public, could have seen that this would be the last Anniversary Trans Am. Sure, in 1999 rumors had started to surface that GM’s F-car...
Rough Start: Two Buick Skylarks Under The Budget!
What’s not to love about the GM X-car? Okay, no…not the Citation. The rear-drivers. The NOVA cars. The original GM compacts before they became the standard size and the Vega rolled up....
On This Day: Cadillac Is Founded In 1902 From The Ashes Of The Henry Ford Company
Here’s a fun thought: Cadillac’s origins come directly from Ford. When Henry Ford butted heads with his investors in early 1902 due to his time spent running the Ford 999 race car, he...
