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Category Archive: eBay Find, TRUCKS

BangShift Holiday Shopping Guide: For The Enthusiast, How About A Tiny Subaru Tow Truck?

Chad likes low riders and bagged cars. I like malaise-era sleds and rally cars. Brian…likes tow trucks. Sing it with me, kids: “One of these things just doesn’t belong...

The 1938 Bantam Is The Goofiest Looking American Car Ever….And This One Could Be Yours! Look At This Oddly Proportioned Coupe

Generally speaking, I find cars of the 1930s to be really cool. I dig the big round fenders of the era and the beginnings of the shapes that would define the early 1940s before automotive production...

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Another Barris Bomb on Ebay: The 1972 “Bugazzi”, The Lincoln Mark IV That Found Huggy Bear’s Wardrobe

Oh, my dear sweet lord. For the last couple of days it seems that my luck has been in finding some of George Barris’s most frightening creations. First it was the “Travolta Fever”...

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Ebay Find: 1969 Ford LTD Country Squire 429…Who Needs An SUV When You Can Have This?

This one is so sweet it hurts my teeth. The lime-gold paint, the perfect wood paneling, the clean interior..the 429 under the hood…yes, this rules all. Keep your Navigator, your MKC or...

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Ebay Find: The Henry J’s Corporate Brother, The Allstate, Up For Sale!

Allstates are dolled-up Henry J’s that sold through Sears for a bargain-basement price while packing more standard and optional equipment. Kaiser-Fraiser’s economy car had been a slow...

This 1976 TriVette Is So Weird That It Is Awesome And You Can Buy It! Zero Things About This Are Normal

There were lots of weird things that happened in the automotive world of the 1970s. Because of the oil crisis there were lots of ventures that popped up building hyper fuel efficient cars. Many of...

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Is This Cadillac Fleetwood d’Elegance Coupe Worth It’s Price Tag? You Decide!

Before we discuss price, take a look at the 1985 Cadillac in question. It does have some merits worth noting. For starters, the thing looks brand new, and it pretty much is, with only 2,000 miles on...

Ebay Find: This 1973 Pontiac Grand Am Has A 400ci V8 And The Lightning Rods Shifter…We Want It!

Let’s get the bad out of the way right off the bat: The price is higher than I’d pay, the paint is rough, there’s rust around the vinyl top, and there’s signs of past bodywork...

Ebay Find: A 1978 Oldsmobile Omega “Yenko”…Is It Close Enough or Too Far?

Yenko Chevrolet didn’t just play with Camaros. Chevelles, Vegas, Corvairs and even one known 1975 Pontiac Trans Am got the swift kick in the backside that Don Yenko was famous for. But...

Ebay Combination Find! 1969 Dodge Coronet 440 R/T and Chrysler Conqueror 115 Boat!

Musclecars weren’t always the diaper-wiped, polished and pretty show cars that a lot of people equate them to now. Back when they were simply cars, they were used, abused and used some more....

Ebay Find: A 1996 XJ Cherokee Owned By Parnelli Jones

Parnelli Jones is one of those drivers that could do no wrong behind the wheel of whatever he was in. Stock car, Indy car, Baja, Pikes Peak…at some point in time Jones had raced it. He caught...

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Found: An AMC Pacer That Nobody Should Be Embarrassed To Be Seen In, 401 And All

Richard Teague could take the jokes. Wayne’s World brought them to celebrity via Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody a’la karaoke. You can even drive one around in Grand Theft Auto...

Ebay Find: It’s A Mostly Stock Focus ZX3…We Promise

“Mostly stock” is one of those phrases used in vehicle sales that throws up red flags, because it indicates that while most things look alright, something was messed with.  If they...

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eBay Find: Hurry up and bid on this AWESOME Rockford Files diorama

Our man Craig Fitzgerald over at BestRide.com found this super-cool diorama, depicting Jim Rockford’s sweet mobile home, parked at Cove Road in Malibu. Not only does it include the trailer,...