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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

Comfy Cruiser Or Muscle Monster? Why Not Both With This 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J?

It was the introduction of the car of the 1970s, the personal luxury coupe. But in 1969, the Pontiac Grand Prix didn’t look like some overstuffed, underpowered barge but instead more like a...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Poke-Tesla, Say “SKOD-a”, And A Sad Goodbye

Sun-baked, running from track to track, and showing no signs of stopping, we march on to bring you news, both important and…well, not. As Chad stands on a glass panel several hundred feet in...

Too Much ‘Murica? Cleetus Sees His Life Flash Before His Eyes In The “Sketchy Vert” Trans Am!

After meeting the man himself at Street Car Takeover Bowling Green, I wondered if 1320Video’s legendary patriot Cleetus McFarland had any sense of fear in his body. He rode around Beech Bend on...

Is It Just Us, Or Does This 1981 Chevrolet G20 Need A Fifth Wheel And Matching Trailer?

Vans are a strange subject for me. I understand that they make for an excellent work vehicle, especially if you need to crate around a ton of tools, rolls of carpet, or about fifteen people who...

Question Of The Day: Mid-Engined Corvette…Where Do You Stand?

When you live in Bowling Green, Kentucky and are known for being a car freak of sorts, sooner or later the non-car enthusiast locals will ask you about the Corvette in some way, shape, or form....

Want Nines? Add Nitrous! This Monster Jeep SRT-8 Finally Hit The Bottle, And We Know Why…

We know Jeremy Webb’s Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8. We’ve seen videos of it all over YouTube and we’ve personally seen just how hard of a charger this big black tank is on the quarter...

Checking The Box: The Owner Of This 1961 Ford Falcon Ran Rocky Mountain Race Week As A Bucket-List Item!

I’m not what you would call an optimist when it comes to the idea of a long life. Making it to the ripe old age of seventy will be a gift if I am lucky enough to get that far. But what do you...

Rough Start: Handy With A Paint Gun? Then This 1979 Chrysler 300 Is For You!

First off, I want to extend a huge thanks to everybody who sent me the link to this car. I’ve been successfully pinned down: a 1979 Chrysler 300 that is rough in all of the right ways in...

Money No Object: This Restomodded 1967 OSI 20M Is Nothing Short Of Pornographic!

By the time I finish writing this, the eBay auction on this 1967 OSI 20M will be over, and judging from the action for the last hour, ownership of the car will come down to a last-minute battle...

Classic YouTube: This Supercharged, 5.0L Swapped Saab 900 Rules! Where Did This Car Go?

We like the strange and weird around here if it is done right, but what is right? How do you know if it’s properly awesome or if it’s just left-field weird? It’s hard to define, but...

Epic Overkill: Using Beautiful Photography To Sell A 1998 Ford Ranger XLT!

A good photographer can make an absolute turd of a car look like rolling artwork. That’s truth…I have studied proper photography for maybe five seconds, yet somehow I can make the Raven...

Hot Rod Garage Gets Back To Work On Bringing The Project X 1957 Chevrolet Back To It’s Roots!

Messing with a car as iconic as Project X, the former Popular Hot Rodding 1957 Chevrolet project car, is a dicey affair, especially after tons of money had been thrown at the car to turn it into a...

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If You’re Still Upset That You Never Got To Buy A Pontiac With A Bed, Console Yourself With This Pontiac Grand Am Ute!

One of the biggest letdowns of the last ten years was the day that we learned that Pontiac was not going to be bringing over a rebadged Holden Commodore Ute, on account of a sudden case of death....

Rough Start: Grandma’s Four-Speed 1979 Chrysler LeBaron Could Be The Start Of Something Very Unique!

If there is one line of cars I know better than any other, it’s the Chrysler Corporation M-body and it’s close relatives, the F-body and J-body. The M-platform, which is most known for...