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Category Archive: Craigslist Find

Not One, But Two BANGshifters Sent Us This Online Find To Share! Check Out This 440 Powered Suzuki Samurai

Do you know why people always swap Small Block Chevrolet’s, LS engines, or the occasional Small Block Ford into everything? Because they fit nice. They are small, have great aftermarket...

Money No Object: This 1989 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe Ain’t Cheap But It Should Be Fast!

The Thunderbird Super Coupe might have been a performance car by late 1980’s standards but that wasn’t saying much. With a 210 horse 3.8L V6 with a little Eaton blower on it, the thing...

This 1999 Camaro Is Fire Road Greatness! Small Lift, Added Fender Clearance, And Mud Tires Make This Thing Too Awesome

I can’t sit here and deny that this Camaro makes me smile. Partly because this is my least favorite body style of Camaro, so the fact that it has been cut up doesn’t remotely bother me....

Rough Start: 1977 Pontiac Bonneville – Last Call For Pontiac Power!

When GM put the full-size B-body platform on a diet, there was no singling out a brand that would be spared the crash diet. Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet…all of the full-sizers lost a...

This 1970 Chevelle Pro Mod Could Be Yours! Moran Hemi Power In A Bickel Chassis Sounds Fun To Us!

This is one bitchin ride, and in 2013 when it first debuted there were not a bunch of Chevelle bodied Pro Mods running around. Now you see them on occasion, but back then this was not the case. This...

Best of 2020: 2003 Dodge Caravan Dump Truck. Yeah, That’s No Typo.

My official stance on trucks: If you need something sincerely heavy-duty, the kind of rig to tow cars home with, to tote a 5th-wheel or gooseneck camper with, the kind of machine you’ll haul a...

Best of 2020: 1992 Chrysler Phantom R/T – The Mexicans Got The Good Mopars!

I’ll say it right now: between the end of the Musclecar era and the arrival of the Dodge Viper, the United States got shafted and Mexico got spoiled. Proof: We got the Dodge Dart Sport, the...

Best Of 2020: The “WTF?!” Files: 1994 Ford Taurus SHO Truck

When Ford gambled on the Ford Taurus, there was a very strong concern about whether or not the flying potato shape would find success in the marketplace. Ford hadn’t been on the greatest streak...

Rough Start: 1979 Pontiac Firebird In Need Of Sticker Removal

A couple of days ago we showed you a video of Jay Leno driving an absolute creampuff of a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, to the letter how we’d want it: WS6 suspension, black, T-top, four-speed, bird...

This 1995 Chevy Suburban Is Incredibly Nice – No One Tell Chad Of Its Existence

As we all know, Chad moved to Texas a couple years back and as we also all know, the guy loves his OBS GM trucks and he totally loves Suburbans. This one rig that Rocco Bastone found may force Chad...

The Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle, Which May Or May Not Have Made An Appearance At Jeff Smith’s Party, Is For Sale!

When David Freiburger said that we were going to party at Jeff Smith’s house, for his birthday, back in 2007 or so, I was thrilled to death. I mean Jeff Smith is a legend in the magazine world...

Rare Royalty: This 1978 Monarch Has A Factory Four Speed – Clean, Cool, Slow, and Expensive

Back in 1978 only 585 Mercury Monarchs were produced from the factory with a four speed manual transmission and the 302 small block engine. This is even crazier when you think about the fact that...

Rough Start: 1987 Lincoln Continental, Also Known As The Four-Door Fox You Don’t Want To Remember

When Channing Ivey sent me the link to this…thing…I had to have a come-to-Jesus moment with myself. I had forgotten these things existed. I didn’t want to think about them to begin...

Don’t Blame Me: McTag’s Next Dodge Mirada Lives In Idaho And Has A Leaning Tower Of Power

Look McTaggart, don’t blame me. Rocco Bastone was the guy who hunted this thing down on Craigslist and now I’m just here to tell you about it. For $2,600 you can buy this kind of surface...