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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

eBay Find: This 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Is A Cool Non-Muscle Cruiser!

The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was the car of the 1970s as far as I’m concerned. It was a sales success, it was cleanly designed, and it was plush without being overstuffed with brougham-like...

Rough Start: For Just A Few Bucks Over Budget, Could A Sleeper Toyota Celica Be The One For You?

The whole idea of a sleeper is to hide in plain sight with the giant hammer hidden behind your back. The problem with putting a Q-ship together is that you have to start with a car that few would...

Physics Be Damned: Stage 6 Motorsports’ Eight-Second Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8…Meet “The Brick”!

Simply put, this Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 should not be as fast as it is. It’s too heavy and has all of the aerodynamic properties of a barn falling to Earth after a tornado picked it up, but...

Top 11: We Cherry-Pick Mecum Auctions’ Indy Event – Too Many Choice Cars To Select From!

Normally, we peruse Mecum auctions to see what might be attainable. For their Indy auction, we had a hard time doing that…mostly because all of the lots are desirable enough and popular enough...

Unhinged: The ChallengerFest 7 Story – From Running Angry Grandpa Like A Rental To Racing With Good People

I told myself over and over after ChallengerFest 6 that come hell or high water, as long as the Project Angry Grandpa Chrysler was running, that I was going to do more than spectate at ChallengerFest...

No-Prep Carnage: Watch As “The Cutty” Drills The Rail On The First Pass Of The No-Prep Mayhem Race At Kansas International!

No-prep drag racing on it’s own accord is, when it comes to traction, a sketchy deal. It’s supposed to be…that’s part of the draw for fans and racers alike. But that...

Bitchin’ Boat Hauler: This Chevy Lays Down Nines As Long As The Tires Stick!

If you grew up reading magazines in the 1990s, you’d swear that General Motors was paying off builders left and right to customize C1500s all day long, but out of the box, any Chevy or GMC that...

ChallengerFest 7 Gallery: Modern Mopars At Beech Bend! Chargers, Challengers, Chryslers And More!

You don’t carry the name “Hemi” and not race the damn thing, do you? No, you don’t. No matter how pretty, no matter how restored, no matter how new…if you are the proud...

eBay Find: This 1972 Mercury Comet GT Would Make An Awesome Cruiser! If You Want A Mustang Alternative, Here It Is!

A 302 and a five-speed in any Ford product outside of an F-600 is a recipe for fun, but when you put it into a Mercury Comet (the Ford Maverick’s fraternal twin), the fun is at it’s...

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ChallengerFest 7 Gallery: Take A Tour Of The Parking Lot Festivities During Friday’s Car Show!

What was supposed to be an awesome day of Modern Street Hemi Shootout racing on Friday turned into Mother Nature’s temper tantrum. Shortly after qualification runs started, the clouds rolled...

Hot Rod Garage Makes A 512 Cubic Inch Stroker Out Of A Throwaway Block And Jams It Into This Awesome Fury Station Wagon!

Laying around in the Hot Rod Garage arena was one particular 400 cubic inch Mopar big-block. And it had a sad tale: it was in the truck that Freiburger originally bought to use as an engine donor for...

Carnage At ChallengerFest7: Slicks Plus Traction Equals Big Breakage, As We Will Now Demonstrate…

If there was a noise when it happened, it was drowned out by burnouts. All we knew was that one car refused to burn out and the driver kept pointing to the black Dodge Challenger that was coasting...

Rough Start: Stuffing Ten Pounds Into A Five-Pound Bag With A 440-Powered Chrysler PT Cruiser!

Chrysler’s PT Cruiser was a hit for the company at the turn of the millennium. Funky micro hot-rod styling, Neon underpinnings, and a cute and friendly aura that seemed to just draw in the...

eBay Find: The 1979 Cadimino. Luxury, Meet Utility, Homebuilt Ingenuity, And Open-Air Motoring!

We would love to have been nearby when this idea was hatched: take the nose of a 1979 Cadillac, graft it onto the back half of a stepside Chevy truck, hack the roof off, dress the interior up, and do...