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Category Archive: CHEVY, Craigslist Find

Rough Start: This 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne Is The Cheapest Of The Cheap!

If you had the money and all the time in the world to go hunting for the perfect project car, something tells me that nearly ten out of ten times, you’d head straight for the Southwest....

This 1975 Ford Falcon XB Is Finished, In The States And Ready To Find A New Home!

Not going to make a Mad Max reference. Not going to re-hash the story of the pilot I knew who drove an XB Fairmont to work every day. Not even going to put out how important this car was to Ford...

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Take A Closer Look At One Of The Wilder Cars At SEMA 2016: The “Durty 30” Model A Roadster!

I don’t know if it’s a bad thing or not that I have become a bit jaded to the vehicles that appear at SEMA shows. Not that they all aren’t cool or unique in their own individual...

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Mr. Lewis’ Wild Ride: This Challenger Goes Lane-To-Lane And Manages To Miss Both Walls!

(Video courtesy of Justin Skudder) There’s one thing we all have learned after years of dragstrip time: If things seem to be going smoothly, just wait…something will happen shortly that...

Project Angry Grandpa: The Final Race At ATCO – Did Grandpa Redeem Himself?

Let’s not sugarcoat how things were after the last Angry Grandpa update: after parts-bombing our Chrysler 300C with a healthy amount of go-fast goodies, the first trip out to the track proved...

Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!

As we are to understand it, for 1970, Ford was going to go through a large shift in their car department: the Falcon as it was known was going to be replaced by the Ford Maverick, and the Torino was...

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SEMA 2016: Mike Garrett’s “Project Yankee” 1975 Dodge Dart Sport

I make no bones about it: I’m an automotive fan-boy in certain regards. SEMA is an outlet for the guy who used to sit at the computer for hours on forums, if for one reason only: I’m...

Question Of The Day: How Would You Build This 36,000 mile 1979 Oldsmobile 88?

I might come across as a bit of a heretic for this one, but I never quite got used to seeing the 442 nameplate on a car the size of the GM G-body platform. Don’t get me wrong, they are cool in...

Morning Symphony: Raising Hell With A Big-Block Powered Aussie Valiant

As I write this, it’s been the kind of day you wish you could just forget. The kind of day that takes a toll on your well-being, the kind that leaves you wanting to just scream. Some might feel...

685@205 MPH: Rob Goss’s X275 Challenger Is A Modern Hemi-Powered Monster!

As you read this, I’m in the middle of throwing every possible ounce of unnecessary weight out of a certain gold Chrysler before the wife and I pack our bags and head to New Jersey for the...

SEMA 2016: Victory Speed Equipment’s 1970 Corvette, Built By Hot Rod Chassis And Cycle

The halls of SEMA 2016 are filled with vehicles of all types that all have one thing in common: they are show-worthy. Why else would they be sitting on display at the biggest automotive aftermarket...

2016 SEMA: This Chrysler Town And Country Had The Classic Vibe Down Pat!

I’ve admitted over and over that I tend to dismiss cars made before 1960 unless they have that certain something that just grabs my eyes and commands my full attention. Take it however you want...

Money No Object: This 2004 Chevrolet Express Just Might Be The Ultimate People-Mover – Turbocharged LS For Twelve, Anyone?

This isn’t the 1970s, folks. The days of looking at a full-size van and going, “Hmm…you know what…that would make a bitchin’ hot rod” are long, long gone. Right?...

SEMA 2016: Check Out What Omix-ADA Brought To The Show (Besides The Crackdown On Parts Fakers!)

Omix-ADA just might have stolen the show at SEMA 2016 this year, all due to the crackdown on Chinese parts counterfeiters. It’s kind of hard to get past the fact that the U.S. Marshals came in...