Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
Rough Start: This 1963 Chrysler Newport Is Unrealistically Clean!
Before you start, I didn’t pick this thing for our latest cheap-car hunt because it’s a Mopar. I mean that. Trust me, at the hour that I’m writing, I would’ve taken anything...
The Long-Term Project: This 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix Has Quite The Story Under It’s Faded Paint!
With all of the “how have you aged” photos flying around Facebook, I decided one night that instead of blindly just putting up an old and new photo of myself, I’d instead take a...
The Homecoming Rescue: Waking Up A 1991 Firebird After Years Of Sitting
The best part of the story of this rescued and revived 1991 Pontiac Firebird is much more than getting lucky and scoring a pretty decent third-gen F-body for damn near nothing. It has nothing to do...
Rough Start: Want An Aussie Falcon But Need Space? This 1977 Ford Falcon XC GS Panelvan Should Do The Trick!
This time around, I’m taking the Rough Start project hunting abroad once again! As usual, there have to be slight adaptations to the program, so before we get into the vehicle of choice,...
Droptop Dreaming: This 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Is Packing The Grunt It Needs To Move Out!
When you are perusing a car catalog online, such as the docket for the Barrett-Jackson auction that kicked off yesterday, there is a good chance that you can overlook a gem simply because you are...
Bullnose Brute: This 1985 Ford F-350 Hasn’t Seen Hard Use Yet!
The itch for a truck has been striking again. Normally I can ignore it and it goes away after a while, but every now and then I look to see what’s out there on the market. My truck preferences...
Paying The Piper: FCA Settles Diesel Lawsuit Cases, Recalls Ram And Jeep 3.0L Diesel Trucks
They aren’t saying that they did anything wrong, but FCA is going to pay out to end the diesel emissions cases with federal and state authorities and owners of Ram and Jeep products that were...
The National Corvette Museum Gains Another One-Of-One: The Only Known Front-Wheel-Drive Corvette
From the earliest days of hot rodding through today, where 44% of all of the late-model muscle has some kind of tweak to suit the owner’s needs, car customization has been the hallmark of our...
One Fast Golf Ball: This 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 Can Be Cool If You’re Willing To Learn Paintless Dent Repair!
Ever since I scored the “Dirty Cougar” Mercury off of Facebook Marketplace for what is honestly a steal, I’ve been surfing around seeing what’s on there. The downside of...
The “WTF?” Files: A Bed-Mounted VR6-Powered VW Caddy – Rear Engine Minitruck, Euro-Style!
The only person who took the theft of Roadkill’s “Mazdarati”, the 1974 Mazda REPU with the Olds 455 in the back, more personally than the guys themselves was myself. I...
Rough Start: This 1962 Studebaker Isn’t Your Normal Cheap Budget Craigslist Score
They were some of the final vehicles sold by a company that had been a staple in the marketplace. The company itself has been dead for decades, long enough that the brand name is included in those...
Money No Object: You Need This 1976 Chevrolet Blazer Sand Dragger In Your Life Because…Well, Reasons.
Let’s be quite blunt for one second: the truth of the matter is that you need nothing more than a Hyundai Accent to run 80% of your errands, and what that car won’t do, a four-banger S-10...
Yes, Please: Superformance Is Going To Produce The 2005 Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept!
The 1990s and early 2000s saw a trend that was pretty neat: concept cars that quickly transferred to production models with surprisingly minimal changes. The Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Impala SS,...
Rough Start: This 1965 Chrysler 300 Is Barn-Find Perfection – Dual Quad Big Block Brick!
This was exactly what I would’ve been looking for about 1997. Not the car itself…I’m not a fan of the Elwood Engel-designed Mopars…but the overall scene you are about to...