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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, Videos

The Great White Whale: This 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Is Cruising Peruvian Boulevards!

Photos don’t do the 1970s Cadillac Eldorados justice…they are freaking massive. Over eighteen feet long, six and a half feet wide, rocking 500 cubic inches of front-driven...

Would You Rather, The Two Grand Edition: Would You Go For The Firebird Or The Charger R/T?

Let’s scale the Rough Start budget down to around two thousand dollars for a minute. What can that buy you? 1980s beater nobody cares about…a ragged-out Fox Mustang…beat-up...

Question Of The Day: Weigh In And Tell Us If This Barn Find 1973 Plymouth Barracuda Worth The Asking Price Or Not?

If there is one car that truly defines “overvalued” in my book, it’s the E-body Plymouth Barracuda. Not the Hemi cars, or the 440-6 cars, or even the big-block cars are what...

Flying Potato: This Transaxle-Eating, Nitrous-Infused Ford Taurus SHO Rocks The Half-Mile!

Memories of a 1990s Ford Taurus for most people involve either being shuttled around by your parents, being the parents that shuttled the brats around, or the moment the boxy family sedan went away...

Engine Swap Revenge: Would You Be Willing To Take On An Opel GT Project With Small-Block Ford Power?

Opel GT: a 3/4 scale 1970 Corvette, complete with half of the engine, at least half of the weight gone, and a personality like a small dog…loud, feisty, quick, and cute. Unfortunately,...

Yes, They Will Move: Maine State Patrol Snags A Kid In A Dodge Neon SRT-4 Doing 146 Miles Per Hour!

(Photos: Maine State Patrol) The Dodge Neon SRT-4 didn’t have a lot going for it, to be honest. It was based on the cheeky, cheerful and effin’ cheap Neon and to be fair, if you deduct...

2016 NMRA All-Ford World Finals: Early Testing In The Cool Autumn Air At Beech Bend!

The LS fans got their chance, now it’s time for the Blue Oval brigade to take over Beech Bend Raceway Park! The 2016 NMRA All-Ford World Finals have kicked off, and the cars are out in force at...

Such A Rough Start: This 1989 Saleen Mustang Is Up For A Quick Sale!

Consider this the biggest “no-brainer” Rough Start find yet. A 1989 Ford Mustang on it’s own accord, running and driving, that is at least a ten-footer if not better for under five...

This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Is Urging You To Leave Your Mark Wherever You Go…Tough Car!

Hello. This is your conscience. You know, that annoying little guy in white, sitting on your shoulder, with the glowing ring above his head, keeping your hide out of jail, safe with the wife, and in...

Caption This: This 1975 Plymouth Road Runner Should’ve Stayed In The Southwest!

Every time I surf eBay, whether it be for work or self-torment to kill time looking for a car I don’t need, I look for one body style of car in particular: the 1975-1978 “Coronet”...

Rough Start: Go For Broke With This 1984 Chevrolet Camaro Trar!

Ah, the question we all as gearheads dread: “What kind of vehicle should I get?” For some people, the answer is easy: get a car that gets good gas mileage, has proven to be dead-nuts...

A Family Affair: This 1966 Ford Fairlane 500XL Is A Well-Built Beauty With That One Sin Under The Hood…

Every car build needs a spark. Something has to speak to the buyer of a forlorn car left in the weeds, and for Brian Allen, that spark came in the form of a car from his father’s past, a 1966...

No, It Ain’t Got A Hemi: This 1972 Dodge Charger Is Packing The Leaning Tower Of Power!

Have we finally come to the point where the only accessible and relatively cheap Dodge Chargers are ten-year-old sedans? As much as I tend to think that’s the case, I wanted to prove myself...

Rough Start: If You Want To Get Ahead Of The Collector Car Curve, This 4-speed Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Is For You!

The other night, as I was surfing Facebook, I came across a discussion about what the next big collector car will be, and the general consensus was third-generation GM F-bodies, though there was a...