Legend has it that GM copied (or hired) Lotus for the suspension re-design of the last year of Fiero production, but the truth is a smidge less exciting. However, knowledgeable sources claim that the new suspension design for 1988 was something the gearheads at Pontiac wanted all along before they were strong-armed by weakknee’d bean […]
It is Father’s Day — the yearly celebration of all things manly and fatherly, so I ask you, which car is the most likely to be a Dad car. I’d say anything that is a van. Like this 2003 Chevrolet 1500 Express Van offered for $4,995 here on eBay buy-it-now or make-offer located in Warren, MI. It really […]
Find this 1987 Ford Mustang Batmobile here on eBay bidding for $5,000 with $12,000 buy-it-now located in West Palm Beach, FL. From eBay listing: 1987 FORD MUSTANG V8 5.0 MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH 133K MILES. THIS CAR IS CONVERTED INTO A BATMOBILE REPLICA AND DRIVES PERFECT, THE CAR CRANKS RIGHT UP AND PURRS LIKE A 5.0 AND […]
According to the guys on Fiero.net (that is a real site) the MERA (ALL CAPS!) was born in 1987 and sold as a dealer installed (or standalone) kit to transform your plebeian Fiero into a Ferrari 308 lookalike. Today’s Fiero doesn’t appear to be an original Mera (haha…that sounds funny) but seems to be a […]
In just a few flicks of Sidney Crosby’s curved stick, millions of Nashville Predator fans went from trying to figure out how many catfish they could shove into a set of adult diapers to doing the things they normally do. To help out our heartbroken friends in Nashville, I’ve picked the best car I could […]
The ubiquitous yellow smiley face that we all know today had humble beginnings and its introduction into the pop culture realm was in 1963 when State Mutual Life Assurance Company graphic artist Harvey Ball was paid $45 to create something to improve employee morale. Fifty million buttons later the smiling yellow face is such imprinted […]
The Dodge Magnum was introduced in 1978 as an aerodynamic alternative to the Dodge Charger built on Chrysler’s long in the tooth “B platform”. The smoothed off appearance was to give it a few more miles-per-hour of top speed when they built the NASCAR version for guys like Richard Petty and Neil Bonnett. Find this 1979 […]
The Matador was a stately styled coupe/sedan/wagon that replaced the Rebel in 1971 as American Motor Corp’s (AMC) plus sized muscle coupe. In 1974 the Matador coupe was restyled in a completely different fashion from the sedan and it was cool enough for Francisco Scaramanga to use a flying version to escape James Bond in The […]
This car looks familiar. But sometimes, they all look familiar, and with the flood of fabulous tips that deluge DT’s inbox each day (seriously, thanks for all the tips!) I’m never sure if I’ve seen something before. Find this 1953 Buick Special Riviera Coupe running on a Caprice Classic chassis and running gear offered for $9,500 […]
If you read DT’s tag line at the top of the page it says: “The Internet’s best fun cars, cheap daily drivers, vintage classics and custom junk, on the road for less than $20k.” Ignoring grammar and punctuation, it is a pretty powerful statement, but today I want to aim the spotlight on “custom junk.” […]