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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

It Ain’t A Fluke: Proof That The 572-Powered Cadillac DeVille Is A Beast!

There are many things we are still trying to sort out about the 2003 Cadillac DeVille we found earlier this week. Things like how they wedged the sledgehammer of a big-block crate Chevrolet under the...

How Would You Build It? This 1969 Chevy Nova Is A Roller Ready To Be Finished Up!

Any GM X-car with a hole where it’s engine should be is a project waiting to happen. It’s too easy…pick the General Motors V8 of your choice, make sure fuel and spark are present,...

Classic YouTube: Clark Griswold Enters The Tuff Truck Competition

If you’ve never thought about taking a car nobody cares about and beating the stuffing clean out of it, then I’m ready to call you a liar. I’ve done it. It’s fun beyond fun,...

Plain Vanilla: This One-Family-Owned 1976 Mercury Monarch 351 Has Potential!

I pride myself on being able to find the redeeming factor in just about every possible vehicle made, ever. There is usually a point or purpose to every automobile out there that justifies it’s...

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Movie Car Chase: A 1971 Aussie Charger Vs. A NASCAR Oldsmobile Square Off In The Movie “Metal Skin”!

Straight off of the bat I have to admit that I know jack-all about the 1994 movie “Metal Skin”. I wasn’t hunting down a car chase scene when I stumbled across this gem…I was...

Morning Symphony: Tearing Across Nebraska In A Monster Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2

Ever find yourself on an open road somewhere that has absolutely no traffic whatsoever and contemplate the consequences of what would happen if you went ahead and had a little fun? Who would know...

Rough Start: Flat-Faced Van Goodness Can Be Yours With This 1968 Dodge A108!

I don’t quite get the appeal of the flat-faced van. I understand how Ford Falcons, Corvair Greenbriars, Dodge A-100s and the GM twins became popular as work and utility vehicles, but when it...

Project Fodder: Two 1967 OSI 20M TS Rollers Are Up For Grabs, From The Guy Who Builds Them Into Jaw-Droppers

No questions asked, the best thing I found perusing eBay last year was a 1967 OSI 20M TS that was built to the nines, sexy as hell, and in the middle of the bidding war that normally ensues when...

Just Peachy: This 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Pro Street Build Could Be A Budget-Friendly Way To A 1990s Time Machine

This 1982 Chevrolet Camaro could’ve been just about any cover car from any magazine I was reading in grade school. It fits the bill in every possible form for a Pro Street build, and more so...

Question Of The Day: What Should FCA Do With The 5.7L Hemi To Keep It Around?

If the rumor mills are true, then the 5.7L V8 that brought Chrysler out of the front-wheel-drive era and into V8 happiness is due to be axed next year, and honestly, that’s kind of a sad...

A Moment Of Zen: Watching The Ford GT Go Through The Water And Splash Test Is Peaceful

Every car, no matter who makes it, has to undergo a certain battery of tests in order to make sure that the product that comes off of the truck and draws the buyer into the dealership will, in fact,...

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This 1984 Dodge W150 Power Ram Is A Dream Work Truck: Big Block And Clean As A Whistle!

The three of us all have our weak points, and today, this 1984 Dodge Power Ram is mine. Good lord, have you seen a Ram this clean in a bit? Not likely…if you’ve seen one at all,...

Purple People Eater: This 1962 Chrysler 300H Is One Beastly Battlebarge!

Once ridiculed for their canted headlights and strange dimensions, the early 1960s big Mopars have somehow aged rather well in the last fifteen years. It doesn’t hurt that the “toilet...

Just Doing My Duty: Ripping Burnouts In A Military-Owned Aussie Ford LTD!

During my time in the military, I drove a whole host of vehicles. HMMWVs, the FMTV series of trucks, the huge 8×8 Oshkosh HEMTTs, among others. What did they all have in common? They were all...