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Category Archive: CHEVY, Craigslist Find

Rough Start: This 1976 Chevy Monza Towne Coupe Is A Blank Slate!

Finding a Chevy Monza that hasn’t been done up to death, already V8 swapped, and isn’t rustier than the Titanic’s prow is probably pushing impossible at this point. It has been...

Genesis: Get The Story On The Ford Deuce Coupe The Way Donut Tells It!

You have to start somewhere. Whether you look at flight, nautical travel or whatever, there is a Genesis moment, the jumping-off point that begins the trend that will inevitably expand and grow. For...

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Hoonitruck: Meet Ken Block’s 914-Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin-Turbo V6 1977 Ford F-150 Gymkhana Build!

Meet Ken Block’s latest all-wheel-drive cure and cause for insanity. It’s a 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed “Hoonitruck”, it’s just as mental as the other all-wheel-drive Fords...

When In Doubt, Blower: This Blown 2005 Chrysler 300C Is Ready To Mess With The Neighborhood

Okay, some actual talk for a second instead of my usual prose. When I first saw the pictures of this Chrysler, I’m not kidding, I studied them thinking that this was some kind of mental...

An Elephant at SEMA 2018? Mopar’s “Something Big Is Coming” Teaser Video Looks Interesting!

Remember back when the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon was being hyped up through numerous teaser clips and dragged-out hints that left nobody wanting for information by the time the cars actually...

Rough Start: This International Flatbed Is A Work-Truck Dream!

As Angry Grandpa got his bath at the local car wash, I walked over to the Toyota dealership that is butted up right next door to walk through the used car sections to see what was available. Most of...

Driving Green: It Doesn’t Look Any Better Than This Modified 1973 Plymouth ‘Cuda In The Forests!

Indulge me for a moment, I beg of you. The ultimate dream machine of mine, one that I firmly believe to be unapproachable for some time to come (at least) is a 1972-74 Plymouth ‘Cuda. It is a...

MORE: MOPAR, Videos

The Bullet Holes Add Character: Check Out The Story On This Valiant Pacer!

I’ve seen them in Washington, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and plenty of other locations: a car that for some reason or another, was absolutely killed, stripped of any semblance of...

MORE: MOPAR, Videos

The Purple People Eater: How Often Would You Drive This 1974 Chevrolet LUV?

For a section of time in the mid-1990s, my stepfather was enamored with Chevrolet LUV pickup trucks. One was slammed on it’s nuts and was a sprightly little thing, dressed in primer gray all...

Satellite Launch: What Happens When Three YouTubers Come Together In A Junkyard!

About the same time I was watching Rocky Mountain Raceway throw down for the final party, there was something going on closer to home. Kevin from JunkyardDigs was itching to get back to his work and...

MORE: MOPAR, TECH, Videos

Super Sport Wagon: We’d Be Banging Gears In This Six-Speed Chevy Caprice Wagon All Day Long!

The miracle that Jon Moss pulled off with the Chevrolet Impala SS of the 1990s was nothing more than a hot-rodder reading the cards and putting the right pieces of the puzzle together. Standard, the...

Party Barge: 1,000 Horsepower Worth Of Chrysler New Yorker At It’s Wildest

Long, low, wide and monstrous in every possible dimension, a 1970 Chrysler New Yorker is far from subtle. They are smooth-looking cars, sure…the Fuselage C-body design looked great for 1970 and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Have Considered The Ford Ranger Raptor?

We approved of Ford’s decision to bring back the Ranger nameplate on a truck smaller than the current F-series pickup truck. We like it’s looks, we like it’s size, we like what we...

No More, Thanks: Holden Stops Production Of Commodore And Equinox Because They Aren’t Selling

It was a foregone conclusion that when local manufacturing left Australia, that selling an imported product was going to face an uphill battle. Both Ford and Holden loyalists weren’t going to...