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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

Pro Street Poncho! This 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Ready To Cruise, Show Or Tear Up The Track!

Welcome back to the early 1990s, where monochromatic paint was in, chrome was out for the most part, and finding tubbed-out Pro Street cars was still very likely. We would like to introduce you to...

What Would It Look Like If Ford Built A No-Rules Test Mule? Jay Leno Takes A Look At Steve Strope’s 1967 Ford Fairlane!

In the mid-1960s, Ford and Chrysler were at war, period. GM might have been working the field too, but on the banked NASCAR tracks and on the NHRA drags trips, the Blue Oval boys and the gang from...

Holy Mother of Airbrushing: Is This GMC S-15 Lowrider A Classic Or Just An Old Trend Throwback?

I’m all but convinced that I’ve seen this 1987 GMC S-15 in a magazine as a feature story in one of the hundreds of magazines I flipped through years ago. I couldn’t tell you if it...

Top 11: The Best “Decal GT” From The 1970s – When Looks Mattered More Than Performance!

It’s a new phrase in my lexicon: “Decal GT”, coined by Jim Wangers, the guy better known for Pontiac performance, but is responsible for some of the most well-known examples of...

Rough Start: If You Can Troubleshoot A Fuel System, This 1955 Oldsmobile 88 Could Be Yours On The Cheap!

While most people agree that muscle cars as we truly understand them started with the 1964 Pontiac GTO, there is a solid argument that the first one appeared over ten years earlier in the form of the...

eBay Find: It’s Rusting, Neglected, And Needs A Lot Of Work, But This 1958 Plymouth Fury Can Be Something…

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: sitting in a corner of a yard, left for dead with an odometer full of miles and a story to tell, is a battered and weathered 1958 Plymouth Fury. Not...

Ford And The National Inventors Hall Of Fame Museum Have Partnered To Display This Combination 1965/2015 Ford Mustang!

(Photos: Ford Motor Company) No, we aren’t messing with your eyesight…each photo is of the one same display. Ford and the National Inventors Hall Of Fame Museum in Alexandria, Virginia...

Want To Roll Like A Baller Gearhead? Take A Look At This 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Limousine!

Anyone can get out of a jet-black Lincoln Town Car that has a stretch on it. That’s nothing…hell, it’s almost plebeian anymore. You have to up your limo game, son! You can’t...

eBay Find: This 1965 Ford Econoline Pickup Is As Sweet As They Get! Who Wants A Snub-Nosed Pickup?

Didn’t these used to be everywhere at one point or another? I’ll confess that I’m not a fan of snub-nosed vans in particular, but the Ford Econoline/Falcon vans seemed to be pretty...

Hiding In Plain Sight – This 2000 Buick Regal GS Is So Good That Nobody Will Believe The Truth When It’s Told To Their Face!

(Photos by Nick) On any night anywhere, you can find a stereotypical car guy. Just listen for the loud pipes, or look for certain cars grouping together. Mustangs. Camaros. Civics that have been...

Runs In The Family: Check Out John Andrade, Sr.’s Stomping Nitrous Oldsmobile!

Oh, yes, it’s sexy, from just about every angle. It’s got classic lines, a great color, a thumping 406ci on nitrous, a backstory that is the stuff of dreams and the performance to worry...

This Kaiser-Era Jeepster Commando Is Awesome For The Right Reasons: Dauntless V6, Daily Driven And Beautiful!

If you liked open-top, no BS off-roaders that were nimble, simple and durable, the 1960s are the time for you. Among the International Scouts, Ford Broncos, and the early Chevrolet Blazers and GMC...

There’s Dare To Be Different, Then There Is This 1973 Mercury Montego With A Rare “Split-Top” Roof Treatment And Inline-Six!

We’ve been saying it for years: the cars are out there, you just have to go looking for them. And some flexibility is needed when looking. There’s a reason why a rusted, rolling shell of...

eBay Find: A 1967 Dodge Coronet Father-And-Son Restoration Project That Has Fifty Miles On The Build

This 1967 Dodge Coronet qualifies as a high-dollar build. The seller can provide proof that the Ray Barton Hemi is worth $30,000 and that there’s a total of $75,000 in parts involved, including...