Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Rough Start: It Runs, It Drives, But Is This 1953 Buick A Good Project Start?
The problem that naturally occurs with the Rough Start finds is that in order to meet certain criteria (running, driving and basically functional), the general range for hunting gets limited to 1970...
Hot Rod Garage Gives Their Big-Block Plymouth Fury Wagon A Solid Wake-Up…And, Oh Yeah, Some Brakes, Too.
“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.” It might be the punchline to a comedy flick, but let’s face facts: we wouldn’t have a job if there wasn’t a...
Morning Symphony: The Howl Of A Viper GT3-R Tearing Around Monza
It’s almost a relief to know that FCA is going to kill off the Viper instead of softening up the supercar for the tastes of the drivers who complained that the car was too hard-core for them....
This Pro Street Plymouth Road Runner Needs Just A Little Bit Of TLC To Be Sweet!
Growing up, one of the many “kid-friendly” car books that my grandfather gave me had a kind of “spotter’s guide” deal that showed the up-and-coming youngster how to tell...
Act Perfectly Normal: This 1978 Mercury Zephyr Station Wagon Is A Sleeper Fan’s Sleeper!
Okay, so it’s lowered just a bit. It still looks like Grandma Anne’s Mercury wagon has just seen the light of day after sitting in the garage ever since she stopped driving in 1991. Cream...
BangShift Project Follow-Up: The LeMons Rally Edsel – Finished, Driven and Now For Sale!
Whenever Jim Forbes takes on a project, we perk up and pay attention. It’s not because Jim has been a BangShifter since before BangShift actually existed or because the cars he’s most...
Morning Symphony: Ride Along As The AWD Cutlass Makes A High-Speed Half-Mile Run At Platte Valley!
Brian King and his monster 1984 Hurst/Olds with the neat party trick are at it again! This time the AWD Cutlass was out making half-mile blasts with the Platte Valley Corvette Club in Nebraska,...
Monday Shopper: Ok, The Multi-Million Dollar Cars Have Sold. Can We Go Back To Cool Old Muscle, Like This 1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye 340, Please?
Pebble Beach does strange things to otherwise intelligent, well to do people…like cause them to blow millions of dollars on a fifty-four year old roadster that was built solely to keep Carroll...
Question Of The Day: Where’s The Other Third Of This 1988 Mercury Grand Marquis?
Confession: I’ve always wanted a two-door 1988-1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. Compared to the 1987 and older Marquis coupes that Mercury did sell, the lines look smoother and aged better in my...
Rough Start: This 1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe Five-Speed Needs Nothing!
Fox hunting is almost too easy on Craigslist. It’s simple: pick your body, pick your tolerance for condition, plug in a number and mile range and go. If you aren’t stuck on Mustangs,...
eBay Find: The “Rollsmokey” 1973 Dodge D200 Is Up For Grabs! Do You Need Over 700 Foot-Pounds Of Torque In Your Life?
This 1973 Dodge D200 has the luck of a typical cat. When initially purchased by David Freiburger, it was going to be an engine donor for some multi-colored shell of a project that he was digging out...
Sittin’ With The Best View: 2016 MSHS and DAMM Modern Mopar Car Show On Woodward
The thing I’ve grown to like about the Modern Mopar community is that it doesn’t matter how pretty the car is, it will be used to it’s full potential. And there are some damn pretty...
Are Ford GTs Really Worth $400,000? Doug DeMuro Checks One Out To See Why
We aren’t supercar guys around here, it’s just a fact. It has something to do with real-world incomes and that we could scare most of them off with a Dodge sedan if the need truly arose...
