Category Archive: CHEVY, ENGINES, Videos
Factory Freak: Take A Closer Look At The Steam-Powered 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle!
Jun 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
In the quest for cleaner, safer energy, experiments have to be undertaken to provide validation to the theory someone has presented. Take turbine energy, for example: works great as a propulsion...
Rough Start: This 1978 Chevy Caprice Is A Great High-Schooler’s Car. Just Don’t Break That Rear Glass!
Jun 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart14
A while back I read a story on how putting a new driver into an older vehicle was somehow equivalent to child abuse. The line of thinking went something like this: after seeing a couple of old vs....
Rough Start: A Chevelle May Be Pricey, But This 1972 Chevrolet El Camino Is Just Within The Budget!
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
I want a Chevelle. You may want a Chevelle. My wife wants a Chevelle. Everybody I know wants a Chevrolet Chevelle. There’s just one problem: there were only so many produced, only so many...
Can A Clapped-Out Malibu Run Nines For Under $2,000? This Guy Is Trying!
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart13
We love a good budget build around here. Mainly because we all are working underneath a budget. What can we say…we aren’t farmers, we can’t grow cash trees. But you can have fun for...
Picture-Perfect: This 1971 Chevrolet K20 Is As Sharp As They Come!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Picture-Perfect: This 1971 Chevrolet K20 Is As Sharp As They Come!
Yesterday, Lohnes showed you a 1980 Chevrolet 3+3 dually that is jaw-droppingly sweet. 454, crew cab, ready to roll down the road as long as your credit card can pay the fuel bill. I can’t pick...
Slow And Low: Check Out This Backyard-Built 1963 Corvair Lowrider!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
Lowriders haunt me. Just when I think I’m past the idea of a slammed cruiser with adjustable suspension, one comes along that makes me take another look at the scene. Any other day, I’d...
Take A Ride In A 1978 Chevrolet Nova 9C1 Police Cruiser – Malaise Muscle At It’s Most Hidden!
May 31, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
1978 wasn’t quite the lowest point when it came to anything performance-related in the automotive world, but you could see the lowest point from there. 185 horsepower Corvettes, 180 horsepower...
Again? General Motors Is Being Sued Over Diesel Emissions For Duramax-Equipped Vehicles
May 26, 2017Bryan McTaggart7
The case is Fenner et al v General Motors LLC et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, No. 17-11661, and the short and sweet version of what it’s all about is almost like deja...
Rough Start: A Chevrolet Malibu Wagon That’s Worth Every Last Cent Of The Price!
May 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart6
This 1983 Chevrolet Malibu station wagon is good, period. It’s a V8/automatic longroof from Arizona coated in black, sitting on 16″ IROC knockoffs that look pretty damn good. For $3,000,...
Morning Symphony: Letting Freedom Ring From The Pipes Of A Corvette C7.R GTE!
May 21, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Letting Freedom Ring From The Pipes Of A Corvette C7.R GTE!
Forget the American-car bashing. Forget anything Jeremy Clarkson ever said about the Corvette on TopGear. Forget gold-chainers in C3s and C4s. Forget it all. It used to be that the concept of a...
Money No Object: This Sweet 1977 Chevrolet Monza Is The Most Wild Do-It-All Car We’ve Ever Seen!
May 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart5
We aren’t sold on this 1977 Chevrolet Monza because it was a magazine feature car (Super Chevy, May 2015) or because it’s eye-searing orange paint, a Lamborghini color, can be spotted by...
Money No Object: This 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Bubbletop Is Vintage Racer Sweetness!
May 13, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Money No Object: This 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Bubbletop Is Vintage Racer Sweetness!
Frankly, even if this 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air isn’t one of the cars that NASCAR legend Rex White ran, we would still encourage you to smash the piggybank open. Why, though? Because it’s a...
The Ultimate Family Wagon? This 757 Horsepower Tahoe Sounds Mean!
May 13, 2017Bryan McTaggart5
The Dyno Day at Sloppy Mechanics usually brings out some interesting creations, but none quite like this Tahoe. Earlier this week, I was sorting out whether or not a brand new Ram pickup could be a...
This Turbocharged, Four Wheel Drive Chevy Silverado Claws The Strip At LVMS!
May 12, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Turbocharged, Four Wheel Drive Chevy Silverado Claws The Strip At LVMS!
One of the most wicked drag race setups I know of is the Miss Misery, the screw-blown, all-wheel-driven monster of a square-body Chevy that looked as mental as all get-out. Filled to the brim of...