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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, OTHER

What’s Social Distancing? 1967 Checker Aerobus Eight-Door Throws That Idea In The Trash!

For the fans of a long roof, the ultimate achievement are airporters. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it’s probably because you’re younger and missed the glory days of air travel....

Rough Start: 1978 Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe – Grandpa’s Grand National

I’ll always advocate an model that isn’t as popular as the typical selections here, mainly because I feel that a lot of good looking machines got overlooked simply because they were a...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1999 Isuzu VehiCROSS With A Magnum 360!

In 1993, Isuzu put out a concept vehicle called the VehiCROSS. It was certainly a product of the early 1990s: gratuitous use of body-side cladding in near-black, blobby shapes…in today’s...

It’s Back! Just As Big, Just As Bold…The 440/4-speed 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Is For Sale!

This car makes the rounds every few years and every time I see it, I twitch, because this would shut up my Mopar freak show itch permanently…If I could ever afford the damn thing when...

A 1972 Camaro That Packs Big Tires And A Big Block: This Late ’80’s Magazine Feature Car Is Pro Street Greatness And Can Be Yours!

The Pro Street era was awesome. I still want to someday own a big tire Camaro of my own in fact, but until then I’m going to live vicariously through whomever gets this one right here. With...

Comfort And Speed: 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII Is Hiding Nitrous And A Six-Speed

What was the car you aspired to own as a kid? Did you want a poster car, like a Ferrari or a Porsche? Were your eyes already set on the classics of the day? Did you want the closest thing to a...

Rough Start: 1986 Mitsubishi Starion With A Rover V8 Swap

Is it just us, or are the Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest twins the only car where nobody seems to care which one it is? Even the owners are like, “Yeah, it’s a Mitsubishi Starion...

Transportation For The Times: The British Sultan Command Vehicle Would Be The Perfect Grocery Getter These Days

Why is it that all the good stuff is in the junkyard? Seriously, even the really GOOD stuff is in the junkyard and not because it’s junk, because junkyard owners have this amazing ability to...

Rough Start: 1975 Chrysler Newport – Big-Block, Hardtop, And Low Miles…What’s Missing?

The timeline keeps moving along, doesn’t it? When I was getting into cars, anything from the mid-1970s was available, relatively cheap to acquire, had a likely chance of at least being useful,...

Mojito With A Kick: This 855-Horsepower Ford Thunderbird Needs To Go Fly!

Just before I actually left my Army service completely, I made a move that at the time seemed like a natural decision: I got licensed as a bartender in Washington State. Considering that for the...

Amazing Find: This 1950s Custom Sports Car Was Dragged Out Of Storage, Is For Sale – Kaiser Henry J Based!

Banghifter Rob Miller gets all the credit for sending us this pretty incredible Craigslist find which is centered around a custom built sport cars from the 1950s that is based on a Kaiser Henry J...

Rebel Without The Name: 1971 American Motors Matador – Part Machine, Part Brick

Prior to 1971, the car a step below the top-tier Ambassador in American Motors’ lineup was the Rebel, and it could be had in about every form, form dependable six-cylinder station wagon to the...

This 6-Wheel Drive 1979 Ford Tow Truck Is Awesome! You’d Be The Hit Around Town If You Owned This Sucker.

Oh my god this thing is rad. It’s a real 6×6! We’re not counting dual wheels here or pulling other such nonsense, but rather two rear axles for a total of 6 wheels. And the rear...

Rough Start: 1985 Oldsmobile 442 – Clean Base, Now Get To Building!

With my strong Mopar base, my current Mustang projects, it tends to surprise people that my roots are strongest with GM G-bodies. I’ve had more G-cars than I’ve had FJM Mopars…three...