Category Archive: Car Features, TRUCKS
Motivated Seller With Motivated Sleeper: This S-10 Is Packing An LS And A Six-Speed
In order to properly sell the “sleeper” vibe, the vehicle has to be able to fly far under the radar of anyone looking. There can’t be any giveaway to what’s going on with the...
Minnesota State Trooper Pulls Over Deathtrap Pinto, Takes Pictures. Roadkill, Eat Your Heart Out.
(Editor’s note: As we continue to creep towards New Year’s Day, it is fun to look back over 2014 and see the blog items that really got people’s attention. This was one of them, a...
Ebay Find: This Custom International Has An Oldsmobile Heart And A Look That Was Last Seen In 1992
If I have typed “International” into the search bar on eBay, I’m looking for one of two items. Either I’m searching for the next truck I’m going to torment Lohnes with,...
Ford Confirms Formation of “Ford Performance” and Upcoming Focus RS
Details of Ford’s plans have started to appear a good month early of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and even the tiny confirmations are certainly hinting towards an...
Question Of The Day: Could The 1964 Barracuda Have Outdone The Mustang If Plymouth Hid It’s Origins Better?
The Ford Mustang gets the credit for creating the pony car market, but it wasn’t the first car to take the compact car and try to sell it to younger people. That distinction goes to the...
Random Car Review: Pontiac Firebird “Type K” Concepts
GM wasted no time getting to work on the second-generation F-car, with preliminary sketches and mockups taking place even as the first generation cars were going on sale. Both Camaro and Firebird...
Christmas Caroling, BangShift-Style: Fun In The Snow With A Big-Block Buick To Bing Crosby’s “Winter Wonderland”!
When we were kids, snow was the best thing ever. It meant that school was possibly delayed or, if the odds favored us, closed. It meant that sledding and snowball fights were options, and it meant...
Rough Start: A 4.6 Thunderbird Begging For The Rude-And-Crude Treatment
Fresh off of my quick trip to Kansas this last weekend, I figured I’d troll through the Craigslist to see what is out there for sale. There are all sorts of cars and trucks for sale along I-70,...
Question Of The Day: What Hot Ford Would You Like To See From The 2015 North American International Auto Show?
When it comes to playing poker, Ford sucks at keeping a straight face, and if you were at the table playing with them, right now is about the time you might want to make very sure your cards are...
Random Car Review: The LaForza…It’s Part Ford, Part Italian, And More Practical Than A Pantera
It’s not everyday that I look at a picture of a car I find on the internet and sincerely have no clue as to what I’m looking at. I might have trouble with pre-1950 cars, but that’s...
Another Barris Bomb on Ebay: The 1972 “Bugazzi”, The Lincoln Mark IV That Found Huggy Bear’s Wardrobe
Oh, my dear sweet lord. For the last couple of days it seems that my luck has been in finding some of George Barris’s most frightening creations. First it was the “Travolta Fever”...
Random Car Review: The Mosler TwinStar, A Sideshow Eldorado
I have a strange fascination with the 1992-up Cadillac Eldorado. Yeah, it’s a huge front-wheel-driver. Yes, the Northstar V8 can be a finicky bitch of a motor…I have first-hand knowledge...
Twin-Engined Freak Show: This Dodge SRT-4 Has Slicks On At All Four Corners For A Reason
The Dodge Neon SRT-4 is pretty impressive for an American attempt at a turbocharged front driver. Box-stock they would run 13.9 in the quarter and could be massaged for more power easily, which...
