Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CHEVY, eBay Find
Figure It Out: This 1969 Beaumont Is The Special Way To Speak A-body!
My trip into the eastern side of Canada didn’t radically open my eyes to the country north of the United States. Neither did my forays into British Columbia years ago when I used to visit...
STOLEN: Keep An Eye Out For This Monte Carlo And Malibu In The Charlotte, North Carolina Area!
Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour is currently going down, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the event, and this morning we have some rather crap news to share with you from the road trip. Seems...
End Date: If You Want To Get A C7 Corvette, You Might Want To Hurry!
It is odd to me that the C7 Corvette is almost done. When I moved out to Kentucky at the end of 2013, pre-production models were freaking everywhere. There was the green one that was being driven by...
Last Call: The 1973 Baldwin-Motion Phase III Camaro…You Truly Weren’t Going To See Another Like This!
In 1974, Car Craft Magazine published an article: “King Kong Lives On Long Island”. The feature vehicle: a 454-powered Motion Super Vega. Wrap your head around that for a minute…the...
Rough Start: Big Dually! Does This 1993 Chevy C3500 Scratch That Big-Truck Itch?
There is something audacious about a big dually pickup truck, dropped to the earth, rocking a big-block soundtrack. The wide hips and dual wheels give an almost old-school hot rod look to what...
Sport Truck With Muscle: Do You Remember The Banks Twin-Turbo SS 502?
Ah, 1993…when slammed GM trucks, paint jobs with many layers, and billet damn near everything was in style…and I was halfway through fourth grade. You couldn’t escape the sport...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Big-Block, Four-Speed, And Rust – Is This 1984 Caprice Worth It Or No?
Okay, readers, I’m leaving this ball in your court. Normally I feel pretty confident when I pick a Craigslist ride to share with you, but in the case of this 1984 Chevrolet Caprice station...
Rolling Apartment: Junkyard Digs Shows You How To Pimp Out An Old Conversion Van
Look hard enough, and you’ll still see the occasional conversion van running around. There was one in my family, a Ford from about 1989, wearing multi-brown paint, turbine wheels, and a fluffy...
Rough Start: A Super-Clean Chevy Silverado That’s Just Waiting For Your Internet LS Build!
Take an LS engine, do a camshaft swap, upgrade the valvesprings, slap on a turbocharger, do some tuning and in short order, you will have something to behold. That’s the recipe, right? Not...
Sunrise Over Black: This 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Is An Eye-Grabber!
Thank you, Mike Finnegan specifically for flaring off my second-gen Camaro fixation. Finnegan has had his rounds with Camaros…his first car was a 1976, and he managed to wrap it around a pole...
D.I.Y. Deathtrap: A Rough Start-Ready Chevrolet Chevette – Just Finish The LS Swap!
I’m old enough to remember tiny cars like Chevrolet Chevettes, Pontiac T-1000s and other too-late reactions to the 1970s gas crisis incidents still toodling around the neighborhoods I grew up...
Work Truck Wednesday: Bringing A 1969 GMC Back To Life After Living Out In The Open For Years
The old farm truck at the edge of the property that hasn’t moved in years bit is almost cliché at this point. Whether it’s a 1940s Ford, a Power Wagon with the paint flaking off of the...
Xtreme Opposite: This Is How A 2000s Era Chevrolet Blazer Should Act!
Meet my deepest-held automotive grudge: the 1995-2005 Chevrolet Blazer. When the second-generation debuted in late 1994, I liked it, especially in the two-door setup. It looked like the perfect size...
Money No Object: 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Disco Scene Dominator
My first love has always been the second-generation Chevrolet Camaro. It’s my oldest automotive dream machine, one that has been plaguing me since I was five years old. At some point in time...