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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, OTHER, TRUCKS

Rough Start: Try Something A Little Different – A 1973 International Wagonmaster!

It’s not uncommon nowadays to see families using extended-cab or crew-cab pickups as the family car. You have seating for at least four and a bed…what’s not to like?  It...

eBay Find: A 1968 GMC Pickup That Checks Every Last Box…Except For The Wheels, You Pick Your Favorites!

You can’t exactly blame Freiburger for coining the term “Muscle Truck”. The concept has been around for years, mainly because when you combined the larger engines trucks were...

This 1973 Cadillac DeVille Caribou Is Way Too Perfect For A Ute, Even If It Is A Unicorn

“I felt like destroying something beautiful.” That line is from the movie Fight Club, and that is currently the conundrum I find myself in as I stare at the pictures of this 1973 Cadillac...

Too Stuffed With Leftovers? This 1977 Holden One Tonner Should Help You Out!

I have a thing for coupe utilities. I like El Caminos and Rancheros. I kind of like the Scamps and Rampages, too, though I like them more when they’ve been rear-drive swapped and are packing a...

Bangshift Project Files Update: If You Hurry, You Can Own This Ford Truck/Crown Vic Combination!

We’ve looked at Nathan Kershaw’s 1969 Ford F-250 frame swap build before. It’s a neat premise: everything that makes a Crown Vic go, stop and in general be a great sedan, stuffed...

Would You Rather, The Winter Workhorse Edition: Which Would You Take Out In The Cold, The Ford Or The Binder?

Yep, the leaves are finally down, the air has taken a turn for the crisper and colder, and it’s time to give up in the concept of fall and to start settling in for the winter months. While...

Random Car Review: The 1990 Ford F-150 “Street” Concept Truck

I am one of those individuals who has this strange habit: boredom leads to research. It made me pretty popular in school when it came time to dig through encyclopedias. (Yes, I outdate the Internet,...

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Rough Start: Cool Can Be In The Last Place You Expect It, Like This 1979 Ford Courier!

The Ford Courier…wow. There’s a throwback. Growing up in Washington State, we had a neighbor lady that owned a white Courier, and I can’t be any more blunt about how much I despised...

Stuck The Landing: This Monster Chevy Goes For A Jump And Breaks A Few Things!

It’s tall, it’s got presence, it’s got a Duramax that sounds the business, and it looks virtually new. This Chevy Silverado is somebody’s life-long project…or current...

Money No Object: This 2004 Chevrolet Express Just Might Be The Ultimate People-Mover – Turbocharged LS For Twelve, Anyone?

This isn’t the 1970s, folks. The days of looking at a full-size van and going, “Hmm…you know what…that would make a bitchin’ hot rod” are long, long gone. Right?...

SEMA 2016: Check Out What Omix-ADA Brought To The Show (Besides The Crackdown On Parts Fakers!)

Omix-ADA just might have stolen the show at SEMA 2016 this year, all due to the crackdown on Chinese parts counterfeiters. It’s kind of hard to get past the fact that the U.S. Marshals came in...

STAMPEDE! Hundreds Of Dodge Rams Take Over The Nurburgring For A World Record!

When I was traveling through Ireland and the UK a couple of years ago, I noticed one thing among all others in regards to cars: American cars of any kind are such a rarity that it actually catches...

SEMA 2016: The Tri-Ace Drift Holden Ute – Specially Shipped Over From Australia With Love (And Some Hate!)

If you thought getting a car ready for SEMA was normally a pain in the ass, you can only begin to imagine the headaches that Josh Robinson and the Tri-Ace Tires Drift Ute team had to face: a car that...

Hold Lohnes Back: This Coyote-Swapped 1979 Ford F-100 Pro Streeter Is Shop Truck Sweetness!

Everybody jokes about how there is always a Camaro-related story for everybody. It’s not too farfetched, but my money says that for every one Camaro story, there’s two out there that...