Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, TECH, Videos
Slumming It Proper: How To Fix A $300 Oldsmobile Need For An 850-Mile Roadtrip
When Kevin told me he was going to do evil things to some beater Oldsmobile (one such item included “drive it through a barn”, if memory serves me right) I had to facepalm just a little...
This 390 Powered 1970 Ford Ranch Wagon Is Old Lady Perfection And Is Ready To Drive
It isn’t often that you find these big wagons in this kind of shape. After all, this car is nearly 50 years old and was a utilitarian and family vehicle when new. Plus, this one has been driven...
Blown To A T: A Holden Gemini With A Screaming Six Rips It Up At Motorvation 33!
Ah, the lowly GM T-car. In America this platform got exactly zero respect…Chevrolet Chevette? Pontiac T-1000? No, thank you…too small and too underpowered. Nevermind the rear-drive...
Rough Start: 1979 Mustang Street/Strip Machine (Engine Not Included)
Whoops…looks like I broke two specific rules with this Rough Start find. The car is over $5,000 (ok, by a couple hundred at most) and it’s a non-runner. I’m still justifying this...
Blake Alexander Becomes Youngest Nitro Funny Car Team Owner In NHRA Drag Racing – 12 Race Season On Tap
At 30 years old, Blake Alexander is set to live our a lifelong dream during the 2019 NHRA drag racing season as he’ll be operating his own nitro funny car team. Alexander send a shockwave...
She Gone: Courtney Force Announces Retirement From NHRA Funny Car Category – Winningest Female Funny Car Driver Ever
The announcement came on social media first, fittingly. Courtney Force has retired from her job of racing nitro funny cars for John Force Racing. Courtney steps away form the seat (but not from the...
WRC Rallye Monte-Carlo 2019 Shakedown Testing: Blowing Out The Cobwebs!
The holiday season is long past, and winter be damned, it’s time to get back into the swing of racing. Every form of motorsport is spooling up for the 2019 season and World Rally Championship...
World’s Angriest Cough Drop: This 500 Horsepower Toyota Starlet Is A Ripper!
Oh good lord is this thing angry. It’s a Toyota Starlet, a tiny little car that under normal circumstances is best left to MPG-touting types and frugal commuters. This particular example, on...
Stacked Like Cordwood: Watch As A CN Train Derails North Of Saskatoon
When you calculate the total amount of weight being moved, the kinetic energy of a loaded freight train that is suddenly out of control becomes a frightening thing. When tons and tons of steel and...
Unhinged: How Far Would You Go To Track Down An Old Car?
I’m writing this on the fly because right now my head is spinning. I’ve spent the better part of the night chatting with Kevin from Junkyard Digs about cars, travel, and whatever else and...
Junkyard Gem: Wait Until You Hear The Engine In This Scrapped Crown Victoria Run!
I hate that whenever I have to go to the junkyard I’m on a time crunch and need to get in, get what I need and get out. I could spend hours on end pawing through the mangled, stripped, and...
Morning Symphony: The Supercruise At Motorvation 33
While we’re dealing with Arctic blasts and icy, snowy conditions here in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Southern Hemisphere it’s the middle of summer and the fun only ramps up from the...
The Fiero Revival: The Fixing And The First Drive Of A Car That Hadn’t Moved In Twenty Years
The 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 that Ronnie Finger dragged out of the woods of Texas for $100 is, in blunt terms, a brave project to take on. Twenty years does funny things to cars, and it basically means...
