Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Project Cars
The Fiero Revival, Part 12: Assembly? Sure…Let’s Start There.
With everything that he has done to the 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 that he drug out of the woods, you would think that with every painted body panel that is going on, that the end is in sight, that the...
The Goldsmobile Is Back On The Road! New Fuel Tank, New Power Steering Pump, And More!
Right place, right time. That is simply the explanation as to how this 1972 Olds Cutlass has returned to the land of the living. The right person was told about the car and instead of being cut up as...
Actually Fixing It Up: The Gold Cutlass Gets Some Proper Wrench Time In!
Over the years, as I’ve been on this never-ending revival kick, many of you have wondered if, after the cameras are shut off and the video is uploaded, if any of these YouTubers actually go...
Polishing Up The Gold Nugget: Buffing Out The Storage-Shed 1972 Cutlass
The more I see this car get cleaned up, the more I have to hand it to Kevin. Okay, kudos, for sure, but money for a lottery ticket as well, because he scored when he got his hands on this absolute...
Dusting Off The Gold Nugget: The 1972 Storage Shed Cutlass Comes Out Into The Light
The luck that this year has brought certainly smells like a nugget of something, doesn’t it? I think that most of us can agree that the only “nugget” that 2020 has brought us is the...
Cleaning Out The Caddy: How Bad Does Vice Grip Garage’s Field-Find DeVille Look Under The Carpets?
Dragging out a 1970 Cadillac sedan from a field in Minnesota where it’d been sinking into the earth under the weight of it’s bulk is a fairly easy concept to understand. Cadillacs from...
Classic YouTube: Check Out This 1957 Chrysler Corporation Training Film – Nine-Way Car Battle With Buick, Olds And Cadillac!
This Chrysler Corporation training film might have been showcased as a nine-way vehicle test, but let’s be quite honest: no, it’s not. In the Fifties, the manufacturers were cut-throat...
Solid Bet: Beefing Up The Rear Suspension On An A-Body Pontiac For Gamblin’ Adventures
Okay, I’ll say it: I’m still amazed that Kevin is actually going through with the build of this 1968 Pontiac LeMans. The car was submerged…probably a few times. It sat abandoned...
The Fiero Revival: Those Last-Minute Details Before Paint
Looking at a Pontiac Fiero that is without body panels reminds me of a plucked chicken before it’s prepared for cooking for some reason. It’s cool to see it taken down to the basic root...
The LeManster, Part Two: Going From A Flooded Hulk To A Real Car!
When Kevin told me that he was actually committed to bringing the well-flooded Pontiac LeMans back to life, I’ll admit that I was skeptical. This car has been sitting next to a creek that liked...
The LeManster, Part 1: Making An Off-Roader Out Of A Left-For-Dead Pontiac
Kevin from Junkyard Digs and I chat quite a bit behind the scenes. After the first writeup I did for a video of his, where he evicted a possum from out underneath the hood of an old Fiat 850 before...
The Road Less Traveled: This 1975 Pontiac LeMans Needs An Alternative Build Plan!
My normal reaction whenever I see a clean 1970s-era GM A-body: “Oh, cool, it’s kind of like the Chevelle I used to own. Make power, praise handling, decry gigantic bumpers.”...
American Horror Story: What Does A Long-Flooded Pontiac’s Engine Look Like Inside?
Winter in Iowa means that pretty much nothing gets done…or, at least, that’s what Kevin from Junkyard Digs has been telling me for the last few months. Hey, I don’t blame...
