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Category Archive: Craigslist Find

Rough Start: The Mini Pontiac Pick-Up Truck!

I’ve made no bones about my disdain over how big trucks have gotten over the last twenty years. It makes me irritable to think that the V6-powered Chevrolet Colorado I looked at yesterday is...

Hitting The Dusty Trail: Honda Gold Wings On A Motocross Track!

The first bike I ever jumped was an early 1980s Yamaha YZ-80. At least, that was the first bike I intended to jump…there was an incident involving a Honda Trail 70 and a stuck throttle that...

Would You Rather: Do You Choose The Classic Restoration Or The Late-Model Restoration?

Here’s an interesting thought for you to consider with today’s round of Would You Rather: the 1988 Chevrolet/GMC truck, the epitome of “sport truck”, is 31 years old....

Money No Object: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six Pack – When You’re Powerful, You Don’t Need Flash

Fender badges for the R/T package and an emblem on each snorkel of the hood calling out the other big, bad earth-shaker that Mopar had for anyone who wanted a fight. After that, this could be your...

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Watch The 1989 NHRA Seafair Nationals In Seattle: Legends Abound, Drama, A Tight Points Chase, and More!

Now THIS was a good race. The 1989 NHRA season was marked by several different factors but the major ones were guys like Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Gary Ormsby, Joe Amato, Don Prudhomme, and...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Cutting Edge Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating for PowerPak Piston

Strength, durability, longevity, toughness. These are all aspects that we want and need out of the pistons that go into a high performance engine. MAHLE Motorsport knows and embraces that which is...

Fun Watch: Behind The Scenes Long Form Buick Nailhead Assembly Video From Hagerty – The Work Behind The Time Lapse

We run every single installment of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild videos because they are so cool. We love how they are put together with a level of playfulness and fun while also celebrating awesome...

Videos: Hines, Anderson, Hight, and Billy Torrence Take Home Hardware From 2019 NHRA Sonoma Nationals

The second stop of the 2019 NHRA Western Swing brought the tour through some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. Sonoma, California was the scene for the 2019 NHRA Sonoma Nationals...

Regular Car Reviews Meets The Tata Nano, And Realizes That Not Every Car Deserves Love

You want a car that all three of us mutually agree to hate? It’s the Tata Nano. Somehow in production for ten years, the little Indian two-cylinder wonderturd underscored everything wrong with...

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Classic YouTube: Ford For 1976 – When The Blue Oval Reached Pinnacle Malaise

Every one of the Big Three touched on every last bastion of the Malaise era traits: at least one gigantic car that was huge beyond huge; a mid-size class car that was still a monster; poser...

Money No Object: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite – From Peak 1950s To Dead By 1961

It’s 1958. Chrysler’s Forward Look cars had a barnburner of a year in 1957…but that was before customers started adding the phrase “quality control” to their lexicon as...

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Just Keep Wrenching: Watching Hoonigan’s Audi Come To Life Proves That Patience Is A Virtue

The last time anything was really mentioned about my project Imperial coupe, it wasn’t pretty. In fact, I was back on the fence about ripping out the engine, transmission, and bits I could...

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Unhinged: The Beaten Horse Project Concept

The first time I saw the 1973 Mercury Comet GT, it was bright red with blacked-out trim. And that was the last time I saw it with any sort of red showing whatsoever. I’ve referenced this...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Don’t Do It, Chevrolet!

I’d write a paragraph here, but honestly I’ve spent two days giving myself heat exhaustion while giving the Raven Imperial the mechanical equivalent of CPR. The good news? It runs again,...