Category Archive: eBay Find, TRUCKS
Money No Object: A Nearly Perfect, Low Mile, Manual Trans 1974 Jeep Cherokee!
Mar 26, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
American Motors knew to not mess up a good thing when they got the Jeep brand. They put AMC emblems here and there, supplied powertrains, and that was mostly that…you do not mess with success....
Rough Start: When There Is An Airborne Toyota In The First Picture, You Know You Are Making The Right Choice!
Mar 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rough Start: When There Is An Airborne Toyota In The First Picture, You Know You Are Making The Right Choice!
You’re ballin’ on a budget and you want to pick up a project car. Smart money says to pick up something that only needs minor touches or something easy to build, like a Fox body or a...
Body Swap! Hot Rod Garage Blends The Best Parts Of A Ford F-100 And Crown Vic To Make A Shop Truck!
Mar 24, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
The guys at Hot Rod Garage have been busy lately: between a budget turbo LS rubber-nose Camaro that looks like it was dragged from the scrapyard but runs like a scalded cat, to a big-block Plymouth...
Dirt Every Day Beats On A Chevy Avalanche In The Snow! Big Engine, Big Tires, Big Carnage?
Mar 22, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Dirt Every Day Beats On A Chevy Avalanche In The Snow! Big Engine, Big Tires, Big Carnage?
Go big or go home, that’s what we hear all the time. Well, for this episode of Dirt Every Day, Fred and Dave went big: from the back catalog of 4Wheel and Off Road is a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche...
Would You Rather: Which Of These High-Desert Big Trucks Would You Choose For A Modern Diesel Build?
Mar 21, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
Modern diesel technology is truly wonderful…great horsepower figures, torque ratings that could slow the Earth’s rotation, and all accomplished without spewing more smoke than a tire yard...
A Close Look At Forbidden Fruit: Here’s What A U.S. Legal Holden Ute Is All About
Mar 19, 2017Bryan McTaggart8
Nearly ten years after Pontiac backed out of bringing the G8 ST to the U.S. market, I’m still annoyed. I’m not kidding in the least when I say that I would’ve spent all of the money...
Rough Start: It’s The Van, Man! Could This Four-Speed Dodge B-200 Be Your Muscle Wagon?
Mar 13, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
Vans, like station wagons, are shedding their negative images now that they’ve aged a bit. Instead of being the vehicle of choice for tradesmen, creepers, and all sorts of other weirdos, a...
Still Suffering With Snow? This Geo Tracker On Tracks Will Be Your New Best Friend!
Mar 11, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
It’s amazing, how a decade or two can re-cast the reputation of a vehicle. Take Geo, General Motors’ rebadged import arm. The Metro might have been dinky and as opulent as a Turkish...
A Spectre Of The Past? This 1990 GMC Could Be A Factory Concept Study!
Mar 11, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on A Spectre Of The Past? This 1990 GMC Could Be A Factory Concept Study!
In the early 1990s, two trends were happening at the same time: sport trucks and performance trucks. Sport trucks need no real introduction: take a pickup truck, slam it to the ground and customize...
Good Vibrations March Meet 2017: This 1973 Chevrolet K-10 Is A Jack-Of-All-Trades!
Mar 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Good Vibrations March Meet 2017: This 1973 Chevrolet K-10 Is A Jack-Of-All-Trades!
The March Meet elicits all sorts of images for the drag racer: Funny Cars doing half-track burnouts, Fuel Altereds getting crossed-up and crazy, and Top Fuelers shattering the silence like a bomb...
Rough Start: This 1988 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Is A Dream V8 Swap Candidate!
Feb 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart5
The entire reasoning behind the Rough Start series was to find reasonably affordable vehicles that were possible options for turning into a really neat project vehicle. Some were cool just because of...
We Need This: Check Out This Laid-Out Ford And Matching Camper Trailer!
Feb 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Somebody is gonna need to check on Chad after he sees this combination. You see, everything you will see in this video is aimed squarely at the Bearded One. He likes recreational vehicles. He likes...
True Survivor: This 1979 Ford F-150 Is Too Clean For Words!
Feb 21, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on True Survivor: This 1979 Ford F-150 Is Too Clean For Words!
The Ford F-series pickup might be the ultimate expression of the American vehicle. Forget the Camaro and the Mustang…it’s the Ford truck that has gone the farthest in connecting people...
Rough Start: Flat-Faced Van Goodness Can Be Yours With This 1968 Dodge A108!
Feb 18, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rough Start: Flat-Faced Van Goodness Can Be Yours With This 1968 Dodge A108!
I don’t quite get the appeal of the flat-faced van. I understand how Ford Falcons, Corvair Greenbriars, Dodge A-100s and the GM twins became popular as work and utility vehicles, but when it...