Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
A Funkier Mopar Vibe: This 1962 Chrysler 300 Has A Ratty Feel That We Dig!
So long as you aren’t asking for my choices, Mopar fans are set in their ways. They like Cudas and Challengers, Coronet R/Ts and Chargers, Darts, Demons and Dusters. Everything else fits a bill...
Rough Start: Will This 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Buff Out Well Enough?
Love makes people do stupid things. I love watermelon, so I plant seeds, till the ground and wind up growing fruit the size of my next-door neighbor’s kid…so much of it, in fact, that I...
Is It Weird That I Want To See A Hot-Rodded 1989 Buick Reatta Now? Daily Driver Or Psychotic Left-Field Choice?
It isn’t everyday that my véhicule du jour choice leaves me wondering if today is finally the day that I’m forced to admit that I’m cracked in the head. But here we are, the 1989...
Rough Start: Flip Nader The Bird In This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
For once, seeing a model of a car die just as it was becoming great wasn’t completely the fault of General Motors. Plenty of the blame had to be laid on the head of one Mr. Ralph Nader, who had...
Rough Start: This 1973 Chrysler New Yorker Is The Perfect Vessel To Cruise With!
I’ve recounted many times before the story of my cousin Vance, his 1973 Chrysler Newport, and how he used to take me on hell rides on side streets in Colorado Springs when I was a young kid. I...
Rough Start: Ford Fans, This 1970 Fairlane 500 Is A Must-Have!
Ford’s intermediate class of cars in 1970 was, by far and large, all about the word Torino. Torino Cobra. Torino King Cobra. Torino GT. Torino Brougham. Except for two options: the super-base...
This 1969 COPO Chevelle Is An Understated Badass! 427, Four-Speed, 4.10s Out Back!
Part of the beauty of the 1964-74 Musclecar Era was that manufacturers had started to embrace the idea that the buyer needed to be the one dictating options, not the factory. The first-generation...
Rough Start: This 1966 Mercury Comet Needs Some Road Time!
Did any of you have that one car in the neighborhood that was the coolest thing you’d ever seen, looked the part, but you grew up never seeing the car move so much as an inch? The tires would...
Small But Classy: This 1953 Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Stole The Show At LS Fest
The Nash Rambler came out in 1950 and lasted through 1954. Then it made a second appearance, this time as the Rambler American, with very little changes made between the beginning and the end. The...
Down To The Ground: This 1999 Chevrolet Suburban Is Cruising Sweetness!
Just wait and see…the 1988-2000 GMT400 series of trucks will be the next classic GM truck to have, following the 1967-72 second-generation C/K and the third-generation “Rounded...
BangShift Test Drive: 2018 Jeep Compass Sport 4×4 – Small, Basic, Manual Transmission SUV. Perfect.
Meet one of the few vehicles that I’ve actively asked for and sought out instead of just going to the dealership and saying, “that one.” Here’s my rationale: the...
To The Ski Lift In Style! Who Wants A Cadillac On A Snowcat Chassis?
Sitting in my backyard, making sure that my lawn doesn’t suddenly blow away in the breeze, is the 1980 Cadillac limo that has a date with destiny during the winter months at NCM Motorsports...
Rough Start: Do You Remember Finding 1975 Chevrolet Malibus Like This?
If I had the money to buy a car circa 1994, the buying process would’ve looked a lot like this: a ton of decrepit second-gen F-bodies, a sea of 1980s era GM G-bodies and Fox Mustangs and...
