Sometimes you find a car that LOOKs like a good deal at first glance and at second glance. But by the time you hit the 17th glance, you realize that it might not be as good of a deal as you’d hoped. A 4-speed LeMans with a 326 High-Output V8 with a 4bbl and dual […]
The Triumph Stag was a Giovanni Michelotti (known for his work on the BMW New Class, DAF/Volvo trucks, Triumph Spitfire, and various Ferrari/Maserati things) designed 4-seat convertible coupe that used a B-pillar roll hoop that connected to the windshield via a T-bar. It isn’t a bad looking classic, and is powered by a small British […]
This next car comes as a tip from ME who did a random search for Manual Mercury vehicles and expected to find nothing (or at least nothing “good”) but instead found this sweet piece of Cougar bait. I am even starting to like that strange rear window shape that was so easy to ridicule back […]
It seems that Chrysler has been advertising the hemispherical combustion chamber aspect of their V8s since the time when the mortar was still drying the great pyramids of Giza. Does it have a Hemi? Probably, because hundreds of engine designs over the years have used a hemisphere shaped upper combustion chamber (technically half of a […]
Ah the Sunbird. Known affectionately by Pontiac enthusiasts as the Sh*tbird, it was a compact “sport” coupe / hatchback / wagon that that was little more than a rebadged Chevrolet Monza. Power came from a variety of piston based things, including the iron duke 4-cylinder, a Buick V6 or the 305 ci small block Chevy. […]
Mustang snobs tend to gravitate towards the early 1964-65-66 or 1967-68 Fastback versions for various reasons that escape me at the moment (probably because they are more rare) but random yokels on the street will only talk to you if you drive a 1969 Mustang; and they’ll ask you every time you drive it: “Is […]
In 1992 you could get a number of different configurations of the ninth generation Ford F150, but today’s version is something interesting that I’d never seen before. Basic spec of a ’92 F150 started with Custom, but you could upgrade to the XL, or the XLT, or the Nite version you see here. The Nite […]
If you don’t know what a Manta is then you are a terrible waste of carbon based life and I don’t want to be your friend…whoa, whoa, whoa…wait up. That’s not right. Let’s start over, if you don’t know what a Manta is, then you need to get up to speed and learn about the […]
Do you know what was missing from the original mid-engine Fiero design? A shaker style hood scoop on the frunk. Trust me, it’ll shake with the rest of the poorly assembled GM parts bin plastic and it’ll look rad as you cruise down the boulevard in your mid-engine V8 swapped Fierno?! More like Fieryessss!!! Find […]
If you had $22k to spend on a new ca in 1980 you could go buy a Corvette, but then you’d just be another Miami Vice wannabe with a nice sun tan. But if you were smart, you would have purchased a Blakely Bernardi, which might have been sitting on a Ford Pinto (or Mercury […]