Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
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....
You Have To Love A Nitrous-Infused Dodge Dakota R/T That Can Stomp All Day Long At The Track!
I love the 1998-2003 Dodge Dakota R/Ts. They are a perfect mix of modern and old-school Mopar muscle that was packaged up and promptly ignored as a sticker package by many. Sure, the original 250...
What Would You Do With This 1975 Chrysler VJ Valiant Ute That’s For Sale In Atlanta?
Ever since I’ve figured out how to work YouTube, I’ve been fascinated with the cars of Australia, and not just the Mad Max Falcon, either. Australia gets the concept of the muscle car and...
Can You Make Hellcat Power From A Chrysler 5.7? Engine Masters Slaps A Paxton Blower On One To Find Out!
When it debuted in the early 2000s, Chrysler’s 5.7L Hemi was a stomper. Rated at 345 horsepower in trucks and 340 horsepower in the cars early on, it was a good volley into the horsepower wars....
We Need Your Help: Do You Know The History Of This 1963 Plymouth Savoy?
(Photos: Short Street Rod Shop) Everytime I get an update about what has rolled into Jensen Masters’ Short Street Rod Shop’s garage, I prepare myself for what I’m about to see,...
Rough Start: This Oldsmobile Omega Is Nice Enough That You Won’t Mind Repeating “It’s Not A Nova” Over And Over
When it comes to GM’s platform-sharing and badge-engineering, the normal way things work is that one car shines and the rest are kind of “there”. There are few exceptions. The...
Classic YouTube: The Baddest Chevrolet Astro We Know Of Is A Tug-Of-War Machine!
In stock form, the best you could ask for when it came to the Chevrolet Astro line would be a 4.3L V6 powered, all wheel driver that was good for 190 horsepower on a good day. That’s not too...
eBay Find: When Is A 1978 Chevrolet Impala Worth $27 Grand? When It Packs A ZZ3 Crate Engine And Is Restoration Clean!
I’ve told stories before about a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice coupe that I owned when I was a teenager, but I rarely, if ever, speak about the 1978 Chevrolet Impala coupe that came before it....
Rough Start: Want A Cop Car For Under $5,000 That Isn’t A Crown Vic? How About A Plymouth Volare A38?
Cop cars have a special allure all to themselves. They are part family sedan, part muscle car, have to be ready to be a demolition derby car and be able to take the kinds of abuse that design...
eBay Find: A Plum Crazy Purple, 383/4-speed Equipped…1976 Plymouth Volare!
Ebay is wonderful and harmful at the same time. There are days where I get some of my best inspiration from surfing the listings and then there are days where I paw through the cars up on the block...
The “Vader” Trans Am’s Last Run With A Flat Hood…Stock-Bodied Sucker Maker!
You have to love a black Pontiac Trans Am that is legitimately fast. I know the colors are supposed to be white/blue, or black/gold, but all-black, especially on the third-gen cars, just suits...
Money No Object: A 1955 Chrysler C-300 Packing A 468ci Hemi And An Overdrive Auto!
The 1950s were mostly notable for an overabundance of chrome and a bit of taste lost to the ideals of the jet age, but some beautiful designs did come out of the work. Chrysler’s “Forward...
