Category Archive: eBay Find, FORD, TRUCKS
eBay Find: The 1972 Ford Ranchero From “Leepu And Pitbull” – If You Wondered Who Would Replace Barris, Wonder No More
One of my more recent automotive kicks is to take a 1972-79 Ford Ranchero and build it up into a muscle ute. Not like a hot rod, but like a badass shop truck: clean, restoration look body, beefed up...
Check This Out: A 1,300 Horsepower Twin-Turbo Restomod 1974 Road Runner
There are only so many cars out there, folks. Sooner or later, desirable cars will all be spoken for and then what? I’ve been railing on for years about the smog-era cars, the Malaise-era...
eBay Find: The One-Year-Only 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Cop Car Durability And Rarity That Makes Mopar Freaks Weak
Let’s get the complaints out of the way now: Yes, what you are looking at is the 1975-only Plymouth Road Runner. Yes, it is still a B-body, with the underpinnings that debuted in 1971 and the...
This 1960 Plymouth Fury Is Only A Replica Of Richard Petty’s Racer, But Do You Really Care?
That color blue is synonymous with NASCAR royalty. “Petty Blue”, a hurried combination of blue and white that was mixed up by Richard Petty and his brother Maurice to paint a 1959...
Down Under Mopar Muscle: A 9-Second Valiant VG Making Runs At Sydney Dragway!
If you look at the car and see mostly 1968 Dodge Dart, you’re just about right…the Valiant VG was the last U.S. designed Valiant to appear in Australia, and was replaced with the 1971...
Jay Leno Meets One Of The Biggest Stars From The 2015 SEMA Show, SpeedKore Performance’s “Tantrum” 1970 Dodge Charger!
In an event like the SEMA show, there are cars that grab your attention and do not let go, regardless of what you see. This year’s event left me with a short list of cars that were highlights,...
Would You Rather? It’s A Battle Of The Blowers, But Which Would You Pick: The Hemi Dart Or The Pissed-Off Ford?
Sleepers are cool and subtlety is fun when it comes to horsepower, but sometimes there are days where you just want to let the car speak for itself. Not a word from you. Even the car can remain shut...
Craigslist Find: We Have Never Felt Sorrier For A Lincoln Town Car Than We Do For This One
Oh, no. This isn’t starting out good at all, is it? This poor, poor Lincoln…it looks like someone answered the question nobody asked, the kind of question that a crowd of people would...
Rough Start: Can A Buick Grand National Come In Under The Budget? If You Are Willing To Work On It, It Can!
The Buick Grand National has come into it’s own as an iconic car. The turbocharged V6 was decent for the time stock, but if you knew your way around a turbocharged engine, you were a god on the...
ChallengerFest 7: Two Days Of Racing, One Show, Four Race Classes, And Now A Forged 426ci Gen 3 Hemi Prize Motor!
We might be going a touch overboard with the preliminary coverage of ChallengerFest 7, but when you have a show that brings cars in from all over the country to one location….Bowling Green,...
This All-Motor Viper Laid Out A Record-Breaking 9.95@140 MPH Blast In Texas At The Viper Nationals!
This isn’t the fastest Dodge Viper in the quarter mile. Not even close…recently Jeff Lutz laid down a 6.78@211 MPH blast in Shawn Beard’s twin-turbocharged 1997 Viper coupe. What...
This 1973 Plymouth Fury Has Our Interest…Thunderbolt And Lightfoot Family Sedan?!
A few days ago, I brought up the idea of a “moonshine runner” build after being inspired by a couple of Internet finds. The premise is simple enough: a visually under-the-radar car that...
Rough Start: Taking The Road Less Traveled With A Sweet G-body Grand Prix
For the budget-minded gearhead, GM G-bodies are still a very affordable option and are an excellent car to consider. They offer the best of two worlds: they have the basic old school setup of a...
