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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS

This 1954 Dodge C-Series Is Classic In All Of The Right Senses – Fat Fenders, Wood Bed, And A Warmed-Up DeSoto Hemi!

You don’t see a lot of 1950s Dodge trucks, do you? You can find Ford F-1s, you can find Chevrolets and GMCs all day long, but finding a Dodge is difficult…even if all you’re...

Anybody Like An Old Tow Truck? This 1978 Ford C600 Wrecker Is Cab-Over Greatness!

It’s short, stronger than an ox, with classic lines and a shape that is wholly distinctive. With a big V8 (either an “FT” or a 385-series 370ci big block) hooked to a set of deep...

Flyin’ Brick: Watch This Jeep SRT-8 Show Supercars How It’s Done In The Half-Mile!

The only thing I wanted to see more than this Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 punching through the air at 180 miles an hour was to have a microphone hidden inside of the Porsche 918 that was trailing along...

eBay Find: This 1950 Chevrolet Flatbed Truck Is Our Dream Shop Rig!

It’s really difficult to find the words that can do justice for this 1950 Chevrolet flatbed. Classic doesn’t begin to describe it…the Advanced Design (1947-1955) era of General...

It’s Never Too Early To Plan Ahead For Winter: This 1978 Dodge W150 Sno-Commander Rules!

The sun is shining, the temperatures are climbing past “nice” and into “sweat lodge” territory, the flowers are out, and so is the sunscreen. So what the hell are we doing...

Another One Bites The Dust: Farmtruck Versus A Lamborghini Huracan! When Will They Learn?

Several years ago, seeing Sean Whitley and his 1970 Chevy truck stomp the crap out of a supercar was the stuff of legends. I know…long before “Street Outlaws” was a gleam in a...

Holy Mother of Airbrushing: Is This GMC S-15 Lowrider A Classic Or Just An Old Trend Throwback?

I’m all but convinced that I’ve seen this 1987 GMC S-15 in a magazine as a feature story in one of the hundreds of magazines I flipped through years ago. I couldn’t tell you if it...

eBay Find: This 1965 Ford Econoline Pickup Is As Sweet As They Get! Who Wants A Snub-Nosed Pickup?

Didn’t these used to be everywhere at one point or another? I’ll confess that I’m not a fan of snub-nosed vans in particular, but the Ford Econoline/Falcon vans seemed to be pretty...

This Kaiser-Era Jeepster Commando Is Awesome For The Right Reasons: Dauntless V6, Daily Driven And Beautiful!

If you liked open-top, no BS off-roaders that were nimble, simple and durable, the 1960s are the time for you. Among the International Scouts, Ford Broncos, and the early Chevrolet Blazers and GMC...

Hang Out With Finnegan In His Garage As He Rebuilds The Wood Floor On Roadkill’s Chevy Ramp Truck!

We’re fans of Roadkill, Hot Rod Garage, Roadkill Garage (yes, one of us is buying someone at TEN a snack a month) and all of the fun that they have. But we know that there are days that you...

Use Caution In Direct Sunlight: This 1980 Plymouth Trail Duster Has The Most Trick Paint Job We’ve Seen In A Long Time!

Plymouth’s carbon-copy of the Dodge Ramcharger on it’s own was a pretty cool rig, but even if you found a restoration-perfect example, complete with BF Goodrich All-Terrain white-letter...

Australian Rough Start: This 1979 Holden HZ Ute Is Ready To Make The Trip Across The Pond On The Cheap!

It’s been a while since we perused Gumtree, the Australian analog to Craigslist, for a set of wheels. While there is plenty of quiet complaining about American cars heading over to Europe, you...

Classic YouTube: This 429-Powered Ford F-100 Finishes Off A C5 Corvette At Mason-Dixon!

The best kind of sleeper is the one that really hurts people’s feelings. You might get a little annoyed when the kid with the turbocharged LS-powered Camaro on nitrous takes your lunch money,...

Olds Camino: This 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Had A Tree Fall On It…Now, It’s A One Of None Ute!

Fate can be a cruel mistress. One day you have a cherry 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass. The next day, there is a sizable tree laying across what was a cherry Oldsmobile Cutlass. That’s just the way...