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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find

One Of None: This 1971 Pontiac LeMans Got The El Camino Treatment, But Not Like You’d Expect

Making a Chevrolet El Camino look like any of it’s corporate siblings suddenly sprouted a bed is pretty straightforward and simple: take the basic El Camino body, swap the Chevrolet stuff for...

Score! We Found The Perfect Gift For The FE Lover In Your Home – A Complete Latham Axial Flow Blower Setup!

Ahhhh, the internet. Yes, it can be used to sew the seeds of badness on a daily basis in ways that humanity has not even considered yet BUT it is also the kind of place where the impossible becomes...

For Some Reason Owning A 1948 Kurtis V8-60 Midget Seems Like An Awesome Idea Right Now

Now THIS is awesome. We were doing our normal stumble job around eBay looking for things that we cannot afford, things that we should not own, and things that we don’t want anyone else to have...

The Right-Sized Answer: There’s A Homeless 1973 Holden Kingswood Ute For Sale In The States

Haley and I were having an interesting discussion a couple of nights ago involving, of all things, fuel economy. At BangShift Mid-West, fuel economy isn’t our strong suit. Our most economical...

Epic: There Is A Weirdo 1972 Camaro VW Kit Car For Sale on eBay Running, Driving, And Nice!

Over the years we have seen, showed you, and goofed on one of the weirdest kit car concepts from the early 1970s. Of course we are talking about the VW based 1972 Camaro kit that was made in really...

Money No Object: One Bad, Black Goat – This 1971 Pontiac GTO Is Sublime!

It’s no Tri-Power car, it isn’t a Judge, and it isn’t a even the “right year” for the GTO, whether you believe that’s 1964, 1967, 1969 or 1970. It’s not 100%...

eBay Find: Have We Actually Reached The Era Of A $55,000 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer?

It is the constant debate when we look at everything automotive on eBay. How bad do you want it? How much money do you have to spend? How rare is it? How tough is it to find? These are the things...

Do They Come Cooler Than This: 1964 LeSabre Convertible With A Cool Engine, New Parts, and Just Enough Rash To Rule

This car is absolutely and utterly awesome. I am not a guy who normally even thinks about liking convertibles but the fact of the matter is that I am in love with this one. Holy smokes. What you have...

Money No Object: 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra R With Sincere Racing Pedigree

The fun thing about getting older as a car freak is that you get to see whether or not your suspicions on which cars would be great and which cars won’t be was an accurate guess or the ultimate...

eBay Find: This Complete 340 6-Pack Intake and Carbs Would Look Radical On Your Chrysler Small Block

The rev-happy Chrysler small block was one of the most underrated little engines of the muscle car era. With hilariously low horsepower listings of 275 in 4bbl form and 290 in 6bbl form, the small...

Strangely Elegant: This 1940 Ford Flower Car Is Unlike Any Other We Have Ever Seen

If the LeSabre was weird verging on kind of bad, this 1940 Ford flower car is unique verging on amazing. Built by the Eureka Manufacturing Company of Illinois, this thing is so different because it...

Grand Theft Auto: You Can Still Get Into A Trans Am GTA Like This One Without Breaking The Bank!

Third-gen F-bodies often get typecasted as the ultimate mullet-mobile, but really, that is kind of an undeserved reputation. First off, the real mullet cars were the rubber-bumper second-generations....

Is This Ancient Model T Racer Build The Oldest Unfinished Project For Sale on The Internet?

If you have ever started a project and never finished it, like THAT ever happens to any of us, don’t feel bad. Why? Gearheads have been doing it for more than 100 years as evidenced by this...

A Blower Makes It So Much Better: This 1977 Ford Mustang II Is Ready For Adoption!

“I’m 71, ready to get into a nice late-model Mustang.” Well…while we can’t say that we don’t understand the desire and we can assure the seller that the late-model...