Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR SHOWS, CHEVY, Event Coverage, FORD, MOPAR, TRUCKS
Top 11: McTaggart’s Favorites From Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary and Mopar Show!
It’s taken fourteen years for the Somernites Cruise to reach 100 shows. Starting from a small crowd of a couple hundred cars in 2001, the event has grown into a huge gathering that decends upon...
Craigslist Find: Roto-Master Turbocharger Kit For A Small-Block Mopar
I’ve heard of the motorhome turbocharger kits for Chrysler big-blocks before, but this just might be the first time I’ve seen a similar system for a Chrysler small-block. Manufactured by...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Camaro Crunch, One Expensive Tangerine And Prius Batteries!
It’s a beautiful day outside! The sun is shining, the pollen is finally starting to disappear, and here you are, sitting at the computer, preparing to start the day. We all know that the best...
This Green Dream 1970 Road Runner Time Warp Is Up For Sale!
There was one magazine in my collection as a kid that wasn’t 1993 or newer. It was one I swiped from my stepfather’s collection, a collection of custom muscle cars, vans and T-buckets...
Rough Start: This Clean 1968 Imperial Barely Breaks The Bank, But It’s A Lot Of Car For The Money
The dream for any car hunter is to find a vehicle from yesteryear that offers a lot of bang for the bucks that are spent. It doesn’t matter if it’s the fastest, or the prettiest, or the...
Event Gallery: The Mopars Of The 14th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals
The NCMA brings out a wide variety of cars, from Pro Mods and late-model stuff to as far back as you can go, but what I find impressive is how many Mopars run the track in bona-fide anger. Wedges,...
Nothing Caps Off A Neighborhood Party Quite Like A 6,000+ RPM Burnout In The Driveway
The Raschke family has turned what I used to do when I was a teenager into a block party event. For the last several years, they have hosted a get-together that includes food, music, and at some...
The 2015 Chrysler 300 SRT Has Hit The Middle East And After Seeing This Impromptu “Test”, We Think The U.S. Market Is Getting Shafted
The official stand on the Chrysler 300 from FCA is this: You can get one of two 3.6L V6-powered models, you can get all-wheel-drive only with the V6, and if you want a V8, you get the 363-hp 5.7L...
BangShift Top 11: Cars From The 1980s That You Showed Us On Facebook!
In the interest of full disclosure, I wrote the rant about 1980s cars and attitudes while I was seeing red mist. It isn’t the first time I’ve lost my temper over other people’s...
This 1972 Dodge Monaco Just Reeks Of Cool, From The Black Paisley Interior To The Shaker Scoop
I have been aware of this 1972 Monaco’s existence for about a year and a half, but until now knew nothing about it other than I want it. Just look at it! The stance is perfect. The wheels are...
Classic YouTube: The Dodge Aries K Spoof Ad- Standard Features Make It Feel So…Ordinary.
When the K-cars debuted, they grabbed ahold of a market that up until then Chrysler was avoiding like the plague: cheap, reliable basic transportation. And somehow, the success of the K-car managed...
This Twin-Turbo LeBaron Is The Furthest Thing From A Chick Car You Can Get: 6.79@208 MPH!
So you wanna bag on K-cars, do you? The Spirit R/T and the Daytona IROC R/T just weren’t enough for you? Too little power? Wrong wheel drive? Ok, I’ll take care of that: how about the...
This Tough Truck Ramcharger Makes A Hard Run, But Does It Survive The Knox County Fairgrounds Track?
Tough Truck races are, as far as I’m concerned at least, a Viking funeral for a truck that has worked long and hard, and is at the end of it’s road. Pushing the truck well beyond the...
