Category Archive: Craigslist Find
We Found Something We WOULD NOT LS SWAP!!! We Have Much Better Plans For This One!
When our boy Rocco sent us this Craigslist Find, we were immediately in love. Maybe it is because we love little GM cars. Maybe it’s because this one has a cool Pontiac beak out front. Maybe...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Built A Diesel Dodge Aspen Wagon Using A Chrysler-Nissan Mill?
Just when I think I’ve heard about every possible thing that could be done with a Chrysler F/M/J platform, something even weirder comes around and I have to file away another bit of trivia in...
Self-Sufficient: Who Needs An RV When Your 1975 Oldsmobile Omega Has A Tent?
True story: the one time I went out to Bonneville, back in 2009, I had nowhere to sleep. And I was fine with that. I didn’t get a hotel room, didn’t know anyone who had a room, but that...
This 1979 Jeep CJ5 Is Not Exactly Our Taste – The Seller Is Hoping It Is Someone’s
There are certain things we find on the internet that make our souls hurt and this 1979 Jeep CJ5 is one of them. Looking past the purple chassis and suspension components below the blue body, looking...
Rough Start: The C4 Corvette Of Your Cheap 1980s Nostalgia Dreams!
A few days ago, Chad put up a question in the form of a C4 Corvette that was very well built, clean as a whistle, and in need of a bit of minor maintenance that the owner wasn’t willing to...
We Don’t Know Why Everyone Thinks C4 Corvettes Aren’t Cool
While everything 80’s seems to be cool again, we still wonder why the venerable C4 Corvette is not growing in favor with gearheads everywhere. They are cheap, have suspension that is good from...
A 1953 Willys Aero? You Don’t See These Very Often, But This One Is Pretty Darn Cool!
Most everyone knows Willys for either building Jeeps or every cool gasser. But the truth is they built other cars too, like this 1953 Willys Aero that we found for sale on Facebook Marketplace....
Rough Start: A Smooth Late B-Body Wagon With An LT-1 Swapped In. Nice!
I’m in a bit of a longroof mood today. I daily drive a sedan, have plenty of trucks and SUVs to deal with locally, and every now and then I hop into a vintage ponycar to tool around in when the...
Rough Start: Two For One Special! A Pair Of Big Pontiacs Are Up For Grabs!
If there is ever a way to get my wife on-board with any kind of purchase, the key is to make sure that the deal has some kind of value to it that can’t be denied. It explains the last two...
The Ford P.O.S. Is For Sale! The 1987 LTD Crown Victoria From “Men In Black” Could Be Yours!
One of the strangest vehicle obsessions that I see involves the Ford LTD from the original Men In Black. A cheeze-ball movie about aliens and every gearhead in the world zeroed in on the 1987 Ford...
A Funkier Mopar Vibe: This 1962 Chrysler 300 Has A Ratty Feel That We Dig!
So long as you aren’t asking for my choices, Mopar fans are set in their ways. They like Cudas and Challengers, Coronet R/Ts and Chargers, Darts, Demons and Dusters. Everything else fits a bill...
Rough Start: Will This 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Buff Out Well Enough?
Love makes people do stupid things. I love watermelon, so I plant seeds, till the ground and wind up growing fruit the size of my next-door neighbor’s kid…so much of it, in fact, that I...
Rough Start: Flip Nader The Bird In This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
For once, seeing a model of a car die just as it was becoming great wasn’t completely the fault of General Motors. Plenty of the blame had to be laid on the head of one Mr. Ralph Nader, who had...
Rough Start: This 1973 Chrysler New Yorker Is The Perfect Vessel To Cruise With!
I’ve recounted many times before the story of my cousin Vance, his 1973 Chrysler Newport, and how he used to take me on hell rides on side streets in Colorado Springs when I was a young kid. I...