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Category Archive: CHEVY, HISTORIC, Videos

Classic YouTube: Motor Trend Television’s Review Of The LT-4 Powered 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 30th Anniversary

1997…things were getting better for the automotive world. The C5 Corvette had come out and was impressing auto journalists with it’s new LS1 V8. The Dodge Viper GTS was the poster car of...

Ebay Find: Is This 4-Valve Head One Of The Sold-Off Chrysler “A-925 Project” DOHC Hemi Heads?

When Chrysler took first, second and third at the 1964 Daytona 500, two things happened: it immediately put Bill France on high alert, and it gave the competition…namely, Ford, since GM...

Wanna Beat The Snow Once And For All? Then Look At This Chevrolet Blazer…uh, Plymouth Acclaim?

The midwest is finally past that cute little snowstorm that struck last week. Most of the snow and ice has melted away and what’s left isn’t anything to worry about. That couldn’t...

Craigslist Find: This Beautiful Cadillac Seville Is Packing A Huge Surprise Under The Hood…And It Isn’t A GM Piece.

Some people aren’t bothered by cross-breed engine swaps. Others take a strong personal offense to seeing a Hemi in a Ford, or a Chevy engine jammed into any and everything possible. The GM...

Dodge’s New “Pick-Up” TV Spot Featuring Hellcats Is An Excellent Take On An Old Joke – Fathers, Lock Up Your Daughters!

I have a childhood friend my age who has a daughter. She’s not yet two, but it’s painfully obvious that in about fifteen years, that he will be in utter hell…she will be the reason...

Random Bike Review: The MTT Y2K Turbine Superbike – For When You Are Serious About Shutting Up Both Harley And Sport Bike Riders In One Shot!

Y2K. The reason why otherwise mentally capable individuals went out of their freaking minds in 1999. All hell was going to break loose at midnight on New Year’s when computers couldn’t...

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Ebay Find: A 427-Powered 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Station Wagon. Good Luck Finding Another One!

Matt Graves at American Powertrain has one of the most unique projects that we are aware of currently under construction, the Chicken Coupe Cadillac. Basically, cross all the good parts of a Burt...

Craigslist Find: This LS-Swapped 2002 Jeep Liberty Has An Exemption From The Crusher It Deserved To Meet!

We’ve heard you, the lot of you, who automatically go into full-on rage mode each and every time the phrase “LS Swap” is published by us. “It’s unoriginal! It’s...

Classic YouTube: A Dodge Shadow That Isn’t A Rear-Drive Conversion, Isn’t Subtle And Should Be Feared!

The Ford Tempo that Brian ran yesterday got me thinking: most of the cars that were around when I was in my single-digit ages are all but gone. Just between the ages of 5-10, let’s see how many...

Unhinged: Thinking About Buying A Cheap Classic Beater To Fix Up For A Driver? Here’s What You Might Be Getting Into!

“They don’t make cars like they used to.” Yeah, ain’t that the truth. Growing up, I heard that crap every time I went to brag about my 1979 Cutlass, or my 1987 Monte Carlo,...

Just Call This One The “Phoenix”: This 2004 Ferrari Enzo Has Gone From Scrap To The Auction Block!

Beautiful, isn’t it? In a sea of Rosso Corsa Ferraris, this Ferrari Enzo looks absolutely stunning in black…er, Nero Daytona. Every bit of detail on this Enzo is amazing, from the...

Question Of The Day: We All Want The Top-Of-The-Line, But Where Is The Love For The Base-Model Car?

How many Super Sport-equipped Camaros exist? Probably three times as many as Chevrolet made. How many Mustang Cobras, or 5.0 GT cars, are out there? Do a quick Craigslist search. And don’t get...

Wanna Play Army? This 1977 Dodge M886 Ambulance Is A Good Selection!

It’s difficult to call the Dodge M-truck program a success or failure. The best way to view what happened was to think of it as a stacked deck. In the mid-1970s, the military wanted to start...

eBay Find: This 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Is Mint! This Hardtop Would Be A Killer Cruiser!

When I was a kid, if you hunted around long enough and stayed away from the more desirable model names, you could pick up an extremely nice 1960s era ride for a song. That was in the late 1990s....