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Category Archive: CHEVY, Craigslist Find

Pro Commuter Perfection: This Supercharged 3.8L Swapped 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 Is Ready To Rock!

Here’s a phrase I swore years ago I’d never say: “Wow, I really want that 1987 Cavalier!” I don’t hate GM’s best-known J-car like I do Ford Granadas, but in my...

Another One Bites The Dust: Farmtruck Versus A Lamborghini Huracan! When Will They Learn?

Several years ago, seeing Sean Whitley and his 1970 Chevy truck stomp the crap out of a supercar was the stuff of legends. I know…long before “Street Outlaws” was a gleam in a...

Morning Symphony: A 500+ Horse Camaro SS Blasting Through The Canyons

It’s my “love it and hate it” car, one I’ve almost pulled the trigger on twice. The 1996-2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS was my teenage lust, the new car I wanted badly, and could...

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Question Of The Day: Is It Finally Time To Quit Picking On The C4 Corvette?

Chevrolet’s performance offerings of the 1980s might have the most maligned stereotypes out there. If you like the G-body Monte Carlo SS, you must be a beer-swilling redneck who adores NASCAR...

Want To Roll Like A Baller Gearhead? Take A Look At This 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Limousine!

Anyone can get out of a jet-black Lincoln Town Car that has a stretch on it. That’s nothing…hell, it’s almost plebeian anymore. You have to up your limo game, son! You can’t...

Hang Out With Finnegan In His Garage As He Rebuilds The Wood Floor On Roadkill’s Chevy Ramp Truck!

We’re fans of Roadkill, Hot Rod Garage, Roadkill Garage (yes, one of us is buying someone at TEN a snack a month) and all of the fun that they have. But we know that there are days that you...

Rough Start: Like To Gamble? Take A Risk On This 1978 Chevrolet Camaro And You Could Come Out A Winner In The End!

It used to be that second-gen Camaros, especially ones made after 1973, were a cheap entry point to having a fun hot rod. Not anymore, sadly…a quick peruse through the classifieds will tell two...

Morning Symphony: A 427 Mustang Goes Up Against 427 Corvettes At Pacific Raceway’s Road Course

You want the soundtrack to 4/27? Here it is, in pure, unadulterated glory. You are riding along in a Holman-Moody 427-powered Mustang at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington. We know very little...

Ok, LS Haters: Tell Us What Engine You’d Rather See In This 1985 Chevrolet Chevette!

I’m expecting it like I expect the sun to rise in the east in the morning: Someone, somewhere, is going to lay out why a 1985 Chevrolet Chevette should have any other engine besides an LS1 V8...

Question Of The Day: Where Is The Line Between Creativity And Chaos On A Build?

I want you to take a good, solid look at the vehicle here. Study it’s details, note it’s positive traits as well as it’s negatives. Since I know the first question is probably...

Big Body Can Move! This Chevrolet Impala SS Is Good For 172MPH Trap Speeds In The 1/8th!

When the prototype for the Chevrolet Impala SS was first built in 1992, the team at Chevrolet knew that they had figured out how to make the otherwise unfortunately-styled Caprice sell. The 1994-96...

Roadkill! It’s A Camaro Versus Mustang Battle To The Death On The Dirt Track! SN-95 V6 Against Clapped Out 305 RS!

To whomever handles Roadkill’s hate mail department: you had better start lobbying for a pay raise, because your job is about to suck badly. The Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro have some of...

Can An Evening Orchid 1966 Corvair Corsa Be Badass? It Can When It’s A Kelmark-Converted Big-Block!

Some colors just don’t work for some people…and GM’s Evening Orchid color is that color for me. I know of at least one person who will vehemently disagree with me until the end of...

Rough Start: This 1971 GMC Sprint Would Make An Excellent First Car…Truck…Whatever!

Finding a reason to not plonk down the $5,000 you have for a project car on this 1971 GMC Sprint is going to be difficult. You don’t have to make the decision between a car or a truck. You...