Category Archive: CHEVY, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: Get Your Long Roof Fix With This 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Wagon!
If you haven’t noticed yet, the desirable late 1970s-early 1980s cars are starting to come up in value. What do we mean by “desirable”, when quite a few people dismiss that entire...
Does This Qualify As A Miracle? Buick Sold Over A Million Cars By September 2016!
When General Motors shuttered Pontiac in 2008 as part of their corporate restructuring program following the near-meltdown of the automotive industry, we were stunned to see that Buick, of all...
Ken Block, Pikes Peak, And The Hoonicorn V2: No Wonder Block Is Scared Of The Car!
When we first learned about Ken Block’s new, 1,400 horsepower on methanol, twin-turbocharged refresh of his already monster all-wheel-drive Mustang known as the “Hoonicorn”, the one...
Just What Brian Needs: A 1954 Dodge Job-Rated Truck With A 331 Hemi!
You know what we haven’t seen a lot of in a while? Big, lumbering trucks that are right up Lohnes’s alley. You know the kind: Classic styling, a torque-monster mill that is hooked to a...
Is The Party Over? Mustang Plants Are Idled As Camaro Somehow Outsells Ford In September!
For the first time in a couple of years, the Chevrolet Camaro has outsold the Ford Mustang…and that isn’t quite the open and shut case you would believe it should be. The Mustang has sold...
The Fuzz With The Buzz: This Nitrous-Infused Caprice PPV Is A Beast! We Want!
GM might not like the idea of the Chevrolet Caprice PPV getting into civilian hands, but what were they really going to do about it once police units started to sell them out of the fleet? It was the...
Cute-utes, Meet Your Monster: This 1977 Jeep Cherokee Chief Is Excellent!
Cute-utility vehicles (I’m sorry, I mean “crossovers”) are a plague on the roadways of America. It is a vehicle composed completely of compromise: I want utility, but I want...
Carfection’s Alex Goy Gets His Shot Behind The Wheel Of A Dodge Viper ACR And Falls In Lust (Right After Scaring The Crap Out Of Himself!)
It’s always a bit sad to see the automotive press fawning over a car that is soon to be gone. I saw it when the 4th generation Camaro and Firebird were about to be axed…for a time in...
Putting The “Panic” In Panic Stopping: Apparently, Jeep Renegades Can Do A Stoppie With Enough Speed!
We didn’t need another reason to look at the Jeep Renegade with disdain. It’s a cute-ute trying to be a big, bad, butch Jeep and fails miserably at the task, mostly because it’s a...
A Real-Deal 1969 Shelby GT350 Is Big Money, But Would This Well-Done Clone Be Worth Your While?
A real-deal, 1969 Shelby GT350 is going to set you back some coin. Nevermind the scathing review Brock Yates gave the jet intake nosed Shelby for Car and Driver, what really sells the 1969-70 Shelby...
Rough Start: Paying By The Ton With A Massive 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood!
You want the most from your hard-earned money, don’t you? Of course you do. That’s why a lot of Americans buy in bulk…it’s the cheapest way to get what you need. Works well...
eBay Find: A 1976 Dodge StreetVan…Anybody Have A Use For A Disco Van With A Furry Roof?
“Disco Van”. What do you picture when you read those words? If it’s anything other than a Dodge B-van from the 1970s, I’ll be shocked. Dodge vans were so attached to the van...
Instant Low-Buck Racer: One Cheap 1988 Merkur Scorpio Is Up For Grabs Due To An Angry Wife!
First things first: say “MARE-koor”. Ford’s strange attempt at creating a super-Euro luxury brand by importing Federalized Sierras (the XR4Ti) and Scorpios was an attempt to jump...
How’s This For Different: A Malaise Era Olds Omega With A Turbocharged BMW Engine Under The Hood!
One of the best parts of being a car guy in this day and age is accessibility to the amount of crazy builds getting showcased on the internet, often piecing together stuff from multiple vehicles that...