Category Archive: CHEVY, HISTORIC, Videos
How To Sell A 1965 Chevrolet Impala: Stick It On A Rock In The Middle Of The Surf!
Selling a car on a television commercial isn’t as easy as it looks. Just plopping the car down and rattling off what it does have and how much it costs isn’t exciting. Exciting might...
Classic YouTube: The Most Unloved Mopar Can Still Burn The Hides Off!
“The most unloved Mopar”? Yeah, the R-bodies fall into that category just fine. The last thing Chrysler needed at the end of the 1970s was yet another full-size four-door that...
The 1980s, Summed Up In One Tandem Drift – C4 Corvette Versus A Big-Boy Cadillac!
One event that we have yet to check out in person is the Powercruise USA show up at Brainerd International Raceway in Michigan. If “Powercruise” sounds familiar, that’s because you...
Random Car Review: The 1956 Chrysler Norseman, The Concept Car That Never Made It To The Show
In 1956, Chrysler was about to see the fruits of labor that had started with meetings in 1953. The company had spent $200,000 to rework the chassis of a 1955 Chrysler to create a “dream...
Super Freak: Check Out This Mopar-Powered Buick Regal – Hey, It Isn’t LS Powered!
Admittedly, a G-body Buick Regal isn’t the first version you would expect to see on the track. A Grand National, maybe. Only the Pontiac Grand Prix is seen less, it seems, but why that is, we...
Classic YouTube: The Chevrolet Vega “Cutaway” Commercial
Chevrolet bet big on the Vega when they debuted it in 1970. A new assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio was built, as were the unique Vert-a-pac rail cars that GM designed in conjunction with Southern...
Classic YouTube: Blazing The Hides On A NASCAR-Powered Ford GT40 Replica
While we like to see every performance vehicle used to it’s full potential, there are some models that we can understand the hesitation the owners feel about doing more than a drive to a...
Money No Object: Cossie-Cat! This Prototype 1980 Mercury Capri Has The Bad Little Four Inside!
When the 1979 Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri were introduced, Ford was quietly trying to push the Windsor V8 out of the picture. It had been a thing for a few years, starting in 1974 when the Mustang...
Big Cat Prowling: This 9.50-capable 1971 Mercury Cougar Is What Luxury Sport Should Look Like
Between 1967-1973, the Mercury Cougar was the luxurious answer for someone who liked the performance of the Ford Mustang but wanted to have more luxuries at their disposal. While it’s never...
Historical Footage: This 1973 Pontiac Firebird Promotional Film Covers All Of The Usual Bases, Plus Has Herb Adams And Transmission Torture!
As most of Detroit was starting to gasp and choke from the emissions regulations taking hold in 1973, Pontiac was still marching to the drumbeat of actual power and performance. While the GTO was...
Beating A Live Horse: This King Cobra Mustang II Gets Flat-Out Abused And Comes Back For More
I’ve admitted in the past that I have a fascination with one particular car build: a flat-black beater small Ford that can tolerate all of the abuse I could ever throw at it with a screaming...
Random Car Review: It’s A Car Up Front, An RV In The Back, And It Doesn’t Look Like An Aztek…It’s The 1972 Toyota RV-2 Concept
Saying “Toyota RV” conjures up images of one of those tiny little Hilux-based cube vans, doesn’t it? You know the ones, it’s half Toyota 2wd truck up front, and one huge box...
Unveiled: Grand Wagoneer Concept – Meet FCA’s Toe-Dip Into The Ultra-Luxury SUV Market
First and foremost, you must remember that what you are looking at is a concept vehicle. This is not the full-fat production version of what is anticipated to be the 2022 Grand Wagoneer, no matter...
Banker’s Retromod: This 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Is Putting A Truck V-10 To Good Use!
Most people can agree that the time period referred to as the “Musclecar Era” started in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO. Right? Well…kind-of. There were overbuilt, powerful machines made...