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Category Archive: eBay Find

Cab Over, Cab Forward, Whatever. This 1965 Dodge A-100 Rules!

Remember Chrysler’s big push in the early 1990s about “cab forward” styling? When Chrysler acquired Lamborghini in the 1980s, they turned a styling exercise called Navajo into the...

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Neat Jeep: This 1970 Hurst Jeep Commander Could Be The Earliest One Ever Made

Before you Jeep freaks get all up on the chip, we know that there were not serial numbers specifically assigned to the 1970 Hurst Jeep Commander specialty models that the company sold. The guy...

At Least It’s Cheap: This 1985 Nissan Truck Is One Of eBay’s More Odd Items For Sale At The Moment

So here’s a good story. My 12-year old is home for summer vacation from school and like a good dad, I got annoyed at looking at his mopey rump just lounging around the house. I have employed...

Vanlife: This Power Stroke-powered Ford E-Series 4×4 Is The Base To Your Base Camp!

On one hand, I get why Chad likes funky recreational vehicles. An RV is great for sleeping on the go. It’s the perfect way to not have to pay the bill for a night at a hotel. But unless you are...

1987 Shelby Charger GLHS – The BangShift Pick Of The Iacocca Chryslers

As we look back on the work of Lee Iacocca upon his passing yesterday, I felt compelled to go digging for one of his works. With two car companies under his belt, it wouldn’t be hard to find...

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Not Max: This 1972 Ford Falcon Fairmont Is A Departure From The Pursuit Specials!

Truthfully, most Americans can relate to the Australian-sourced Ford Falcon solely because of the movie “Mad Max”. The image of the black MFP menacing down anyone who crossed the path of...

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This 1915 Ford Was The First Car Boyd Coddington Ever Got In A Magazine!

The world’s premier hot rod and race car builders are always judged on the last car to come out of their shops, and regular folks like us find ourselves drooling over each and every one of them...

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Out Of This World: This 1973 Trans Am Is A Completely Bonkers Take On A 70’s Street Machine!

If there’s a car that’s been especially hot in the resellers market in the past few years, it’s the 1970-81 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Early cars, especially the 1970-73 Trans Ams,...

Counterattack: Chad Liked That Slammed Yukon, But This Pro Street Stepside Is More His Jam!

Chad’s tastes in cars and trucks is fairly simple and straightforward: GM, Camaro based for cars, square-body trucks, but anything can be looked at positively. For example, the two-door GMC...

Want To Buy A Blown Up, Empty, Crappy Lamborghini F1 V12? Hey It’s Only $10,000!

There have been far worse engine programs in racing history but there have also been far better ones than the late 1980s V12 effort that the company put forth in the F1 space with this 3.5L V12....

King Of The Road: What Would You Do With This 1976 GMC Motorhome?

Stop humming the music from the movie “Stripes”, we know that the GMC Motorhome was the basis for the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle. We also know that it was one of General Motors’...

eBay: This 1980s Indy Car Was Owned by Hasselhoff and Raced By Arie Luyendyk

There are some things to really, really love about this car and some things to be annoyed by that have nothing to do with the car. You are looking at the 1980s Lola Indy Car that Arie Luyendyk drove...

Money No Object: Kind Of Want A Root Beer After Looking At This 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Ignoring my personal fixation on the weird and unloved for a moment, ask yourself something: have you found yourself looking at something that ten, twenty, thirty years ago you would’ve avoided...

Woah: The Untouchable Jet Dragster Is For Sale – 50+ Year Old Early Example Of The Breed

There are not that many opportunities anymore to get your hands on a functional (we think) and literal piece of drag racing history. This is one of those times as the original Untouchable jet...