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Category Archive: eBay Find, OTHER

Air-Cooled Awesome: Get The Dune Buggy And Enjoy The Sun!

Of all the positives that one can lay at the tires of the Volkswagen Type 1, there is one massive negative for most people: it looks like a Beetle. Some people dig the shape of VW’s iconic...

This 1971 Vega Kammback Wagon Is The Ultimate Sleeper With An LS Swap And Rad Patina

There is no way that you could build this car for the asking price, and we know the guys who built it so we know it will be a fun runner. The 400 horse all aluminum LS3 screams in this little bitty...

World-Traveled: This 1987 Jeep J-10 Needs A Stable Home After Years Of Roaming!

What caught my eye when I found this 1987 Jeep J-10 is how clean it is. Not many Jeep trucks look this good no matter what year they are, and this one being right at the end of production, born right...

Manifold Unobtanium For Sale: This Piece For A 303ci Ram Air V Pontiac Is Amazingly Cool

I have no idea why I love seeking out rare and interesting parts that are for sale online but it’s fun. This time we have one that may top them all in terms of rarity and it’s a Pontiac...

Springtime Green: It’s Not Everyday A 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 Pops Up!

Let’s see here: the trees are budding out, the grass is starting to get tall enough to mow, the dandelions are bringing some kind of color to the yard, and I got my first bit of pulse-racing...

The Ripper: This NASCAR/Dodge R5P7 Engine Needs To Be Re-Homed!

In case any of you were wondering what happened with the Raven Imperial since the last update I put out, don’t worry…you haven’t missed anything. Between the holidays, losing the...

Slow and Cool: This 1930 Mack AB 5-Ton Dump Truck Is One Tough Old Bastard

It has been a shameful amount of time since I posted up about some weird, old, chain-driven truck so I aim to fix that today. The object of my desire is this 1930 Mack AB 5-ton dump truck. Now,...

Money No Object: This 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado Just Oozes Class!

I am an absolute sucker for the first generation of the GM E-body platform. Ideally, I prefer a 1967 Buick Riviera (only RWD E-body, first year for the 430ci V8 and disc brakes up front) but I...

Nostalgia Pro Stock Option: This 1974 AMC Hornet Is Close To Ready!

AMC’s Hornet was never supposed to be as important a car as it turned out to be. It wasn’t meant to be American Motors’ junior supercar (SC/360). It wasn’t meant to become the...

Pro Pontiac: This 1972 Ventura Is The Kind Of Functional Pro Touring Machine We Love! Poncho Power!

Call us lame, call us dumb, call us whatever you want but this is the kind of pro touring car that we really love around here. This 1972 Pontiac Ventura still has the rasp and soul of Pontiac with a...

Rare Air: This Enderle Mechanical Stack Injection Unit For An AMC Is Supposedly 1 of 35 Ever Made

(By Greg Rourke) – If one wants to see rare and unusual intake systems, BangShift.com is the place to go. Here’s another one for the collection, an Enderle mechanical stack  injection...

Woah: These Wheels Look Like A Million Bucks Because They (Almost) Are – $150,000 A Pop!

Well, when you have a car worth 10s of millions of dollar, even the most basic stuff skyrockets in price we guess. When we saw an ad for a single wheel on eBay for $150,000 we figured it was one of...

Nine To Go: This 1971 Chrysler Town & Country Wagon Is Too Good!

Ask someone about any car made between 1965 and 1972, and the chances of you getting a musclecar as a response is all but guaranteed, with a popular pickup a very close second. You didn’t have...

This 1950 Plymouth Suburban Is Everything A Modern Crossover Utility Vehicle Isn’t

We live in a world where car companies keep announcing that they are not going to make cars anymore, people are buying so-called “cross-overs” as fast as people can manufacture them, and...