Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR
Money No Object: This 1962 Imperial Crown Has Big-Boy Presence!
Between 1955 and 1975 (and again for the 1981-83 run), Imperial was the top-tier brand offered up by Chrysler Corporation. This wasn’t the ultimate dolled-up Chrysler product, but instead more...
Rough Start: Surely, There’s An Explanation As To Why This 1980 Mercury Monarch Makes A Good Candidate…
Lohnes hates DeLoreans and Thunderbirds with more than two seats, Chad gets mild allergies when he’s near anything non-GM, and I passionately loathe Ford Granadas, Mercury Monarchs and Lincoln...
Rough Start: This 1995 Buick Roadmaster Is Ready To Roadtrip!
When the General Motors B-body died at the end of the 1996 model year, people mourned the loss of the Chevrolet Caprice and the Impala SS. The Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser had died four years prior, and...
The Best Rough Start Find Ever? This 360 Swapped 1987 Dodge Diplomat Has A GearVendors Overdrive Unit!
Unless you were a cop in the 1980s or early 1990s, chances are good that a 1987 Dodge Diplomat isn’t going to be your cup of tea. I get that…mainly, because I’ve heard it almost...
Rough Start: A Classic With Enough Wrong To Anger Plenty, This Mercedes Diesel-Powered Ford Falcon Could Be The Perfect Daily!
Daily-driver practicality and a body from 1967 don’t have to be mutually exclusive, like a lot of people tend to believe. Tuned up properly, the stock setup from back in the day is perfectly...
Rough Start: This 1986 Thunderbird Comes In At Under A Grand Ready To Roll – The Possibilities Are There!
“Aero Birds” are seriously under-appreciated. Members of Ford’s Fox platform, but slightly stretched for bigger folk who enjoy legroom, the Thunderbird was supposed to be the classy...
This 1976 AMC Pacer 4×4 Build Looks Surprisingly Good! V8, 4-speed And Ready To Go!
American Motors built some really cool machines during their short span. The Hornet is a neat little compact that was vital to the company’s overall health for decades. The Eagle 4×4...
Rough Start: A 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Drop-Top That’s Ready For A Gen III Hemi?
Ok, I’ll own my weirdness…I really want a 1987-93 Chrysler LeBaron coupe converted to RWD, powered by a late-model Hemi and a six-speed. The inspiration comes from Mark Beckett’s...
Craigslist Rarity: Have You Ever Heard Of The 1971 Hurst Jeepster? We Hadn’t!
Believe it or not, but Jeeps haven’t always sold purely on utility or their military heritage throughout the years. Sure, that was the initial attraction of the early Willys CJ line, but over...
Rough Start: A 1969 Chevrolet Impala In Red, Ready To Move, With Factory Tachometer!
Sometimes it’s the little details that catch your eye. In the case of this 1969 Chevrolet Impala crew cab, it was the factory tachometer. Not to ignore anything else over the 327/Powerglide...
This 1941 Chevy Is Half Hemi Durango – This Is Daily-Driver Done Right, Folks!
The daily driver tends to be the scourge of the hot-rodder. It’s not supposed to be the cool car, it’s supposed to be the reliable beater that fires off every time, drives in...
Swedish Sensibility, Italian Styling, American Power: This 1981 Volvo 262C Bertone Coupe Is Packing a 5.0!
It’s fitting that a Ford powerplant has wound up in this 1981 Volvo 262C…according to the legend, Henry Ford II and a team of executives and engineers visited a Volvo manufacturing plant...
We Had Never Heard Of A Ford Courier “Sasquatch”, But They Exist! Neat Little Truck!
Are you familiar with the Ford Courier? Ford Motor Company’s knee-jerk reaction to the Toyota Pickup and the Datsun 520 was to strike a deal with Mazda to rebadge the B-1800/Proceed pickup and...
Rear-Mounted, Air-Cooled V8, Anyone? This 1989 Tatra 613 Is Up For Grabs!
Outside of the Lane Museum in Nashville, where in the United States would you ever expect to see a Tatra automobile? Built in relatively small numbers until 1999, when the Czechloslovakian...