Category Archive: Craigslist Find, OTHER
Rough Start: Germany And USA In One Package In A 1995 BMW 318ti!
One of Ford’s snarkiest commercials was for the 2007 Shelby GT500. As a white-and-blue one is unloaded from a ship, the stevedore pops off with, “So, you couldn’t find a car you...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Big-Block, Four-Speed, And Rust – Is This 1984 Caprice Worth It Or No?
Okay, readers, I’m leaving this ball in your court. Normally I feel pretty confident when I pick a Craigslist ride to share with you, but in the case of this 1984 Chevrolet Caprice station...
Rolling Apartment: Junkyard Digs Shows You How To Pimp Out An Old Conversion Van
Look hard enough, and you’ll still see the occasional conversion van running around. There was one in my family, a Ford from about 1989, wearing multi-brown paint, turbine wheels, and a fluffy...
eBay Find: A 1977 Oldsmobile 442 That Was Trying To Keep The Muscle Spirit Alive
After two years of holding the crown of being the best-selling car in the United States, the Oldsmobile Cutlass and it’s many different trim forms had to settle for second place. The downsized...
Historical Footage: Trans Am Mercury Cougars In 1967
Every brand has their halo model. GM has the Corvette. Ford has the Mustang. Dodge has the Challenger. And Mercury had the Cougar. And much like the Camaro vs. Corvette problems (or, more accurately,...
Rough Start: A Super-Clean Chevy Silverado That’s Just Waiting For Your Internet LS Build!
Take an LS engine, do a camshaft swap, upgrade the valvesprings, slap on a turbocharger, do some tuning and in short order, you will have something to behold. That’s the recipe, right? Not...
Morning Symphony: A Dodge Dakota R/T With A Severe Attitude Problem!
It was dirty and dingy, but still bright yellow in the sea of traffic as I was making my way into Bowling Green the other day: a Dodge Dakota R/T, proudly proclaimed by gel-like lettering on the...
Uncle Tony Lays Out The Goodies For The Bottle Rocket Coronet – Including The Blue Bottle Of Happiness!
Work is always ongoing around Uncle Tony’s Garage. Something is being rebuilt, or is being fixed, or is being modified. One such project is the “Bottle Rocket” Dodge Coronet, a...
Sunrise Over Black: This 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Is An Eye-Grabber!
Thank you, Mike Finnegan specifically for flaring off my second-gen Camaro fixation. Finnegan has had his rounds with Camaros…his first car was a 1976, and he managed to wrap it around a pole...
D.I.Y. Deathtrap: A Rough Start-Ready Chevrolet Chevette – Just Finish The LS Swap!
I’m old enough to remember tiny cars like Chevrolet Chevettes, Pontiac T-1000s and other too-late reactions to the 1970s gas crisis incidents still toodling around the neighborhoods I grew up...
Phoenix Rusting: Junkyard Digs Wakes Up His Dream Machine Firebird!
When Kevin from Junkyard Digs said that he had located his dream machine, a 1973 Pontiac Firebird, I naturally raised an eyebrow. The dude had been on a buying spree since his return from deployment,...
Tempt Me Not: Quit Sending Me This Ready-To-Build 1980 Dodge Mirada!
In acting, it’s known as typecasting: someone is so perfect for a typical type of role that they are always chosen for that kind of gig and not chosen for others. For example, John Wayne would...
Work Truck Wednesday: Bringing A 1969 GMC Back To Life After Living Out In The Open For Years
The old farm truck at the edge of the property that hasn’t moved in years bit is almost cliché at this point. Whether it’s a 1940s Ford, a Power Wagon with the paint flaking off of the...
