Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, CHEVY, TRUCKS
Best of 2018: This 1936 Chevrolet Standard Coupe Pick-Up Is A Vision To The Past
I could’ve sat there in the grass for an hour, just staring at what I was looking at. This could’ve easily been the 1930s…there was no noise except for my breathing and a slight...
Best Of 2018: 2018 Dodge Durango SRT: A Two-Step Program The Whole Family Can Enjoy
The sports-utility vehicle might have started off as a short pickup with a roof over the bed, but by the time I had become aware of cars, their role as a replacement for the venerable station wagon...
Dear Santa, Please Bring Us This Pro Street 1978 GMC Shortbed!
Alright, Nick, let’s get a few things straight between us. Pretty much every year we ask only a few things from you, and every year your rotund bearded Artic-dwelling ass ignores us on every...
The Right-Sized Answer: There’s A Homeless 1973 Holden Kingswood Ute For Sale In The States
Haley and I were having an interesting discussion a couple of nights ago involving, of all things, fuel economy. At BangShift Mid-West, fuel economy isn’t our strong suit. Our most economical...
Hitting The Lottery: What Would You Do If You Found A Treasure Trove Of Trucks?
We’ve all dreamed of that mythical barn find at some point or another, where you find some building that hasn’t had a visitor since the day disco music died that was hiding the kind of...
Rivan: The Electric Truck and SUV Startup That Caught Everyone’s Attention At The L.A. Auto Show
At the 2018 L.A. Auto Show, one truck and one SUV made waves, both made by a manufacturer that nobody had seemingly heard of: Rivan. The two concepts, the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV, are...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Makes A Trar Out Of A 1986 Chevy Cavalier Convertible?!
I can’t even begin to hide my hatred for a Chevy Cavalier of this generation. As a young kid, we had one as the family car, a miserable turd of a white 1985 wagon with blue interior that I...
Unveiled: 2020 Jeep Gladiator – Welcome Back, Jeep Pickup!
The last Jeep J-series, was built in 1987, the last Jeep truck, the Comanche, ended in 1992, and the last “jeep”-based truck-style unit, the CJ-8 Scrambler, ended production in 1985. Ever...
Number One On Our Christmas List: Check Out A Walk-Around Of The “Rerun” Chevrolet Camper From SEMA!
The 1972 Chevrolet C30 camper that was parked, well-hidden off of the far end of the Las Vegas Convention Center might be my most favorite vehicle from the 2018 SEMA show. “Rerun”, as...
The Junkyard Digs F-250 Is Moving Again! Check Out The Progress On This Pickup Revival
Kevin from Junkyard Digs has been hard at work in the garage ever since he got back from the other side of the world. Actually, he’s just been busy, period…he came out to Tennessee to...
Stop! It’s Already Dead: This Ford Ranger Takes A Brutal Beating At A Tough Truck Course!
Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. It doesn’t matter how well you try to preserve something, eventually time and age will have their way with the materials and soon it will return to the Earth...
With New Chevrolet Performance Parts, You Can Turn Your Colorado ZR2 Into An Off-Road Beast
When the Chevrolet ZR2 appeared on the new S-10 in 1994, it was a model that required attention. This wasn’t just a callout four-wheel-drive model…sporting a three-inch lift, a track...
The “WTF?” Files: You Could’ve Put The Fire Out First Before Taking The Craigslist Picture!
If you haven’t guessed by the thousands of “Rough Start” projects that I’ve posted over the years, I surf Craigslist with the intensity of a true addict. It’s true. I...
