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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find

Two Oldsmobiles, One Decision: Which One Would You Pick?

So here’s the deal: I was intending to find yet another Rough Start budget find while searching through the Yakima, Washington Craigslist page. I entered my usual inputs: owner only, must have...

Cold Fresh Hell: Over 2,000 Miles In A Yugo In The Polar Vortex, For Fun

Malcom Bricklin must’ve sincerely believed that he was doing the American car buyer a favor in the late 1980s when he took a look a the Zastava Koral and decided, “Hey, that could...

Return Of The Big Block? Ford Introduces 444ci Pushrod V8 Engine For Next Generation Super Duty!

In news that we totally did not see coming, Ford has announced a new pushrod engine option for the upcoming 2020 Super Duty line of trucks. This engine is the biggest gasoline burning engine a...

Into The Nines! The Auction Mistake Corvette Comes Out Of The Gate Swinging With It’s Powerglide Swap!

Cleetus might be a love or hate kind of personality, but you have to remember one thing: it’s a character. Don’t act all surprised. But a character is what is needed sometimes…and...

Smiles Per Mile Buy: This Restyled Crosley Hot Shot Sports Car Wants To Be A Finned 50s Flyer

This IS supposed to be fun, right? We are into this whole car thing to have fun and smile and enjoy ourselves, at least that’s what we remember anyway. That being said, fun is the reason we had...

A Shot In The Dark: A Blind Man’s Record Lap At The Dunsfold Aerodrome

Which sense would you be willing to give up? Think about that for a second. Humans have five senses: Hearing, tasting, sight, touch, and sight. Together, these senses clue you in to the world around...

Universally Cool: This Quick Look At The Vintage Hot Rodding Scene In England Is Perfect

There’s an interesting element to the automotive world that we love to talk about around here. Something that is almost primal and universal about the appeal of cars and trucks to enthusiasts...

Unveiled: The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD Line – 35,500 Pounds Towing, 910 Foot-Pounds Of Torque

The timing seems just too coincidental for this announcement. In the same time that Ford announces the return of the large-cube gasoline V8, GM has unveiled the 2020 Silverado HD lineup that will...

25 Years Later: Here’s The Final Rounds Of The 1993 NHRA Winternationals LIVE

It was youngsters vs older guys at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals. It was Warren Johnson vs Scott Geoffrion, John Force vs Del Worsham, and Joe Amato vs Kenny Bernstein. It was wreckage, it was green...

Um…Domo Arigato? Robotic Parking At Airports Is Becoming Reality!

You know that we three travel quite a bit each year, often having to hop a plane to head off to the next race or show that we need to cover. Lohnes goes to Boston, Chad hits the nearest location in...

This Real 1967 RO23 Belvedere Is Immaculate And Powered By A Ray Barton Hemi – OOGA BOOGA!

If you wanted to sell muscle cars to serious enthusiasts in the middle 1960s there was one place to do it, at the drags. Every company figured this out by the latter half of the decade and that is...

Solid Brown, Baby: Regular Car Reviews Takes On A 1976 AMC Gremlin!

The Ford Pinto exploded. The Chevrolet Vega self-destructed. The Volkswagen Beetle tweeted around like a songbird on meth, whistling it’s exhaust in what could almost be considered a middle...

Rough Start: Reliving Past Sins In A 1977 Chevrolet Impala Coupe

I got my first car when I was twelve, a mid-1970s Camaro that had more rot than potential. I went through a few rollers afterwards, mostly early G-body Cutlasses. Then came the Impala, the first car...

Taxi Grinder: Retrofitting a Vortec 4.2L Inline-Six Into A 1967 Checker

For you younger types, thinking of a taxi cab probably invokes the image of some kind of Ford Panther platform car that has been beat beyond reproach rolling up with a slapped-on paint job. Some of...

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