Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, TECH, Videos
Slumming It Proper: How To Fix A $300 Oldsmobile Need For An 850-Mile Roadtrip
When Kevin told me he was going to do evil things to some beater Oldsmobile (one such item included “drive it through a barn”, if memory serves me right) I had to facepalm just a little...
Rough Start: 1979 Mustang Street/Strip Machine (Engine Not Included)
Whoops…looks like I broke two specific rules with this Rough Start find. The car is over $5,000 (ok, by a couple hundred at most) and it’s a non-runner. I’m still justifying this...
Unhinged: How Far Would You Go To Track Down An Old Car?
I’m writing this on the fly because right now my head is spinning. I’ve spent the better part of the night chatting with Kevin from Junkyard Digs about cars, travel, and whatever else and...
Junkyard Gem: Wait Until You Hear The Engine In This Scrapped Crown Victoria Run!
I hate that whenever I have to go to the junkyard I’m on a time crunch and need to get in, get what I need and get out. I could spend hours on end pawing through the mangled, stripped, and...
The Fiero Revival: The Fixing And The First Drive Of A Car That Hadn’t Moved In Twenty Years
The 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 that Ronnie Finger dragged out of the woods of Texas for $100 is, in blunt terms, a brave project to take on. Twenty years does funny things to cars, and it basically means...
Party Has To End Sometime: Next-Gen Dodge Challenger Expected To Have EV Systems
Nevermind the run-of-the-mill vehicles that are meant to be sold in mass numbers, look directly at the Dodge Challenger and it’s two rivals, the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang. The...
Money No Object: A 1963 Studebaker Avanti R1, Complete With It’s Factory Option Halibrands!
You know what the Chevrolet Corvette has deserved all of these years? Local competition. Do you know how many times the Corvette actually got competition? Three times. Only Ford, American Motors and...
It Lives! Dylan McCool’s 1969 Dodge Charger Has It’s First Fire!
If there is one moment of trepidation for any novice builder, it’s the first fire of a new engine. It’s a 50/50 gamble…either everything will be okay or everything will go straight...
Believe In Beef: This 1971 Dodge D-300 Stakebed Is A Shop Truck Score
Is there anything more purpose-driven than a good old stakebed truck? One engine, room for two, maybe three, and a big flat tray with the option to add in some walls if you so desire. I personally...
Drinking Habits: The Four-Cylinder Chevrolet Silverado Drinks More Than The V8 In Testing
When Chevrolet announced that the latest generation Silverado would appear with a 2.7L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, there was a lot of skepticism over whether or not the thought process behind...
Here’s A Surprise: Lincoln Sold Every Suicide-Door Continental That They Made, And They’re Making More!
A couple of years ago, it seemed that Lincoln was going to go that great junkyard in the sky. The Navigator wasn’t moving, and the myriad of “Mk-whatever” nameplates did not sell....
A Labor Of Love: The Story Of The Revival Of A 1985 Pontiac Fiero
I’m amazed to see how many people have jumped onto the car rescue bandwagon, especially on YouTube. Each video of somebody diving deep into an engine bay, scrubbing lichens off of body panels,...
Regular Sleeper Review: The 2000 Buick Regal GS, 3.8 Liters Of “How Fast?!”
Story time: I owned a Buick Regal GS just like this between 2005 and early 2009. I loved the car to death, and I never, ever would’ve suspected that I would. I traded a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 in...
