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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, MOPAR, TRUCKS, Videos

What, No Dixie Horn? Watch As This 1980s Dodge Truck Learns To Fly!

Do not feel bad for this Dodge D-150. Instead, understand that going out with a bang…or rather, a loud, crunching sound as the front of the truck drives into the ground like a lawn dart after...

Rough Start: This 1990 Dodge Dakota Droptop Is Right On The Money And Offers Up Tons Of Potential!

Five thousand dollars isn’t pocket change, especially if you’ve spent months or even a year or two scraping it together so you can have a little fun or if it’s the only five grand...

Guilty Pleasure: This 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Will Cruise On As Long As The Gas Card Works!

As I continue my self-imposed Mopar exile, I have found myself hunting down some older dream cars of mine. Among the G-bodies, Camaros, Mavericks and even the odd AMC product, but you don’t...

MORE: eBay Find, FORD

Would You Rather? Take Your Pick Between These Two Late 1980s Grand Touring Wannabes!

There is nothing finer than the road trip. Get in the car with just enough luggage to live comfortably for a few days at a time and enough music to enjoy yourself and go. There is even a type of car...

It Might Look Cross-Eyed, But This Wicked Twin-Turbo C4 Corvette Is One Mean Mother!

Looking at this C4 Corvette from the front, the brain of someone who doesn’t immediately notice the twins starts to automatically write jokes. Between the twin turbochargers sitting, for the...

All-Steel, Stock Glass, And 3,000 Horsepower: This Shovel-Nosed Second Gen Camaro Is Dream-Worthy!

I promised no more Mopars for a week, weird or otherwise, and I fully intend to make good on that deal. Even the Internet, which has spent the last week messing with yours truly, has agreed to be a...

This 1980 Dodge Mirada Is Somewhere Between Street-Fighter And Strip-Ready, And Is Proof That eBay Is Evil.

Ok, this is getting out of hand. First, a one-year-only Road Runner. Next, a straight-axle Dart that was so funky and unexpected that I sat there, staring at it, both horrified and intrigued....

The Real Angry Grandpa? This 1974 Dodge Dart Is A Straight-Axle Freak Show!

I swear, I did not go looking for this car. There’s no way I could have predicted finding something like this. Here’s how this all went down: earlier today, I found a 1975 Road Runner for...

Underrated G-body: It’s No Grand National, But This 1985 Buick Regal Is An Excellent Project Starting Point!

It’s funny how picky people can be when it comes to cars. You can almost hear the conversation now: “Dude, I think it’s a Grand National! No, wait, it’s white…is it a...

Too Close To Call, Let’s Go To The Film: Which One Pulls Out The Win, The LUV Or The Mustang?

There was more to see than a Hemi-powered Impala showing combine drivers how to mow down some wheat at Eat Sleep Street’s “Controlled Chaos” invitational Cash Days race in Kansas....

Daily-Driver Pro Street? This 1991 Ford Thunderbird Can Do The Job!

“I want a cool car to drive every day. Not too outrageous, not too bland, just something that I won’t see twenty of on the road, that people will all turn and look at as I drive by. That...

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Rough Start: This 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Is A Weekend’s Worth Of Work Away From Driver-Quality!

If you’re heart is set on a classic ride and you’re on a budget, then you have to accept the fact that the older of a car you choose, the more likely it is that you will have to bust out...

Regular Car Of The Past Review: A Look Back At The 1960 Ford Falcon (Before Mr. Regular Started Wrenching On It!)

“Compact” had a connotation in 1960. If you owned a “compact” car you were bucking the long, low and wide trend that had been all the rage in Detroit for at least a decade....

Theoretical Build: How Would You Build This 1983 AM General Jeep DJ-5?

When I was five, nothing made me happier than to see the red, white and blue Jeep of the mailman drive up Windsor Avenue. It meant that I could run out to the mailbox and spare the mailman the...