While the later LS1 powered Camaro (launched in 1998) might get all the glory for being the cheapest way to go fast..but there was an older Camaro that was almost as fast and also available with a 6-speed gearbox. Find this 1996 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 offered for $4000 in Los Banos, CA via craigslist. Tip from […]
The fourth generation Chevrolet Caprice was sold from 1991 to 1996 as the last hurrah for the Caprice name launched in 1964 (until the Caprice name was brought back for fleet use in 2011). The Caprice Wagon shares most of its parts with the Buick Roadmaster Wagon but it lacks the faux wood sides, which […]
GM wasn’t messing around when the seventh generation Impala was launched in 1994 because it was only available as the SS version which meant power from a 260 horsepower LT1 borrowed from the Corvette. Unfortunately the Impala SS didn’t come with a manual gearbox and was only available with GM’s 4-speed 4L60E slushbox, but that […]
This next car comes as a tip from Art C who writes: Some seriously cheap fun here. 275 hp, 6 speed, posi… strip it and turn it into an auto x toy?? Art is onto something here because this thing should be fun and the missing title shouldn’t scare away the guy who wants to race […]
If you like the 1980’s styling of the C4 Corvette, the later 1992+ cars are appealing because of the more powerful LT1 engines and nicer interiors. The LT1 V8’s don’t get a ton of love now nowadays because of the LS series of engines, but they are still capable of putting down respectable amount of […]
(Update 5/30/2018, the beast is still for sale with new lower price of $5900). The second (technically third) generation (FC) Mazda RX-7 debuted in 1986 with new streamlined styling and more power from the available Wankel rotary engines. For the first time in the US market, a turbocharged version was available, but the chassis featured […]
It happens three or four times a month without fail, strangers approach me in hushed tones and ask “what is the best platform for an engine swap?” At first, I’m taken back by the fact that I’m being asked such a strange question in the middle of Sunday Mass, but then I shrug my shoulders […]
In 2018 the number of two door coupes available from car manufacturers are few and far between, but back in the 1980s they were literally everywhere. The General Motors G-body cars included the Chevy Monte Carlo, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass, and Pontiac Grand Prix. With the exception of the Grand National and T-Type, these were […]
Last week we posted a few questionable Jaguar machines that had been Chevified with a carburetor fed small block mated to a TH350 slushbox, but today I’ve got a fuel injected Jaguaro with a 6-speed manual box…but you’ve seen this car before when it sold for something above $7k. Find this 1980 Jaguar XJS with […]
Let’s see, I really love the style of the W108 chassis Mercedes-Benz sedan, but I want the driving experience of a Chevrolet Impala SS. What to do, what to do? Oh…I know, drop an LT1 into the W108 and call it done. Find this 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 5.7 LT1 V8 offered for $5,500 in Spokane, WA […]