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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find

Money No Object: 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Packing 627 Horsepower LSA Swap

We love it. Absolutely, unabashedly adore it. The LSA is a screamer of an engine, the mill that made the Cadillac CTS-V wicked and saw the Holden VF GTS rage. It’s got plenty of guts without...

Rough Start: Everybody Needs A Mullet-Tastic Third-Gen Camaro In Their Lives!

Okay, hear me out. With the passing of Eddie Van Halen recently, I’ve been roaming around my usual haunts playing all sorts of Van Halen music. Which has led me to music channels that tend to...

Rough Start: Mellow Out With A 1977 Ford Thunderbird

Meet the most successful form of the Ford Thunderbird line. Not the two-seaters that we dig. Not the radical “Bullet Birds”, or the NASCAR racers of the 1980s and 1990s. And certainly not...

Minted: This 1972 Ford Maverick Has Less Than 40K On The Clock!

The first time I know I was consciously aware of the cars in my neighborhood, I figured out pretty fast that just about everybody owned a Ford Maverick or it’s Mercury Comet twin. I was a...

Rough Start: 1974 Chrysler Newport: Imposing Presence, And Modern Mass

Typical curb weight of a 1974 Chrysler Newport…do you know it? “A lot” isn’t the right answer, funny guy. Typically, Chrysler’s top-tier ride (remember, Imperials were...

Dual Threat: This 1978 Malibu Runs 8s And Is Also The Cleanest G-Body On The Planet

We have to thank our always vigilant internet sleuth Rocco for sending along the listing for this most awesome fat tired drag car. You are looking at what might be the nicest 1978 Malibu on the...

Rough Start: 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Macho

A lot of things might have been going wrong at Chrysler in 1977. Okay, maybe not “might”…working in the upper offices must’ve been like that meme of the dog sitting in the...

Rough Start: 1996 Ford Probe – Funny Name, Serious Business

When Ford decided that the rear-drive Fox chassis Mustang would get a stay of execution in the later 1980s, the car that had been tapped to replace it, a front-driver sport coupe developed with...

Money No Object: 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 30th Anniversary LT4

Colors and stripe kits are open call-outs for performance cars. Rosso Corsa Red might be the international racing color of Italy, but tell me you don’t immediately think of a Ferrari. LimeLight...

The Want Is Real!!! This Barn Find 1965 Impala Station Wagon Is Big Block Powered And Bad Ass As Can Be!

Look at it! Would you just look at it? This is greatness. I have zero dollars to buy it, but it is amazing and I love it and want it and you should too. This 1965 Impala Station Wagon is the holy...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1975 AMC Hornet, Meet BMW Z3 M Roadster!

There’s not many vehicles that we automatically suggest anything other than a V8 swap for. The AMC Hornet line, from the original 1970 Hornet through the last of the Eagle wagons made before...

Stacey’s Mom’s SUV: 1999 Saleen Explorer XP8 – Who Drove The Hot-Rodded Brat Hauler?

At the risk of exposing a bit of my deviant behavior from my first day of junior high through my high-school graduation era, was it just me or did you scout out some of the parents dropping their...

Rough Start: Two Buick Skylarks Under The Budget!

What’s not to love about the GM X-car? Okay, no…not the Citation. The rear-drivers. The NOVA cars. The original GM compacts before they became the standard size and the Vega rolled up....

Rough Start: 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle That Looks Very Familiar To One Of Us…

The moment I saw the listing for this 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle, a meme popped into my head: “It’s called ‘karma’, and it’s pronounced ‘Ha-Ha, F*** You!'”...