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310k Miles for $20,000, Is This Survivor '97 GMC Suburban a Good Deal?
310k Miles for $20,000, Is This Survivor '97 GMC Suburban a Good Deal?

4 Feb 2024, 20:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's a certain class of vehicle that, no matter what trend the market is taking at the moment, will always hold its value pretty much until the end of time. We're of course talking about classic heavy-duty pickup trucks and SUVs. Back ...

 
This '68 Olds Delmont 455 Was a Low-Key Common Man's Muscle Car, Could Be Once Again
This '68 Olds Delmont 455 Was a Low-Key Common Man's Muscle Car, Could Be Once Again

28 Jan 2024, 06:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / One of the many things we love to do around here is showcase 60s-era muscle cars that managed to fly under the radar. With Cameros, Chevelles, GTOs, and Cutlasses, it was so easy for some truly competent General Motors muscle cars to slip through t...

 
Cosworth-Tuned 1975 Chevy Vega Spent Eons in a West Virginia Shed
Cosworth-Tuned 1975 Chevy Vega Spent Eons in a West Virginia Shed

26 Jan 2024, 05:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Chevy Vega was supposed to be the common person's coupe that saw the brand into the post-gas crisis future. If you could believe it, GM even pegged the Vega as their direct answer to the Toyota Corolla and the original Beetle. Yeah, it doe...

 
Jesel’s “Equal 8” Isn’t Your Grandad’s Big Block Racing V8, It’s Even Better
Jesel’s “Equal 8” Isn’t Your Grandad’s Big Block Racing V8, It’s Even Better

25 Jan 2024, 18:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What qualities make for a decent all-American racing engine? Does it have to have more cubic displacement than a World War II fighter plane and enough aftermarket goodies on the market that you could fill up an entire Christmas catalog with turbos,...

 
Mitchell Race Xtreme Put the Engine in the "Right" Part of a Porsche 911 After 60 Years
Mitchell Race Xtreme Put the Engine in the "Right" Part of a Porsche 911 After 60 Years

25 Jan 2024, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Porsche engineers are some of the most stubborn people in the history of the automobile. When Old Man Porsche and his team decided the perfect arrangement for a sports car was rear-wheel drive with an engine in the rear, contrary to everyone else, ...

 
Velocity Modern Classics' '68 Mustang is the Cleanest Gen-III Coyote Swap We've Ever Seen
Velocity Modern Classics' '68 Mustang is the Cleanest Gen-III Coyote Swap We've Ever Seen

25 Jan 2024, 00:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We get it; you're probably sick and tired of hearing about Coyote-swapped classic Mustangs. There's a point where petrolheads see so many of them online that it gets difficult to appreciate the particulars of each one after a while. But i...

 
This 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Fighting for Its Life, up to Us To Save It
This 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Fighting for Its Life, up to Us To Save It

23 Jan 2024, 23:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / At what point is a rusted-out shell of an automobile beyond saving? At what critical juncture does the rust, the filth, and the decay reach a level so critical that it's best to part it out and let the rest rust into the Earth? Whatever your l...

 
Straight Outa Nanchang: This Chinese CJ-6A Air Force Trainer Has Made Its Way to the West
Straight Outa Nanchang: This Chinese CJ-6A Air Force Trainer Has Made Its Way to the West

23 Jan 2024, 20:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Ownership of retired old warbirds is quite an expensive hobby. It's to the point where it makes classic car ownership look like a sound investment by comparison. But you don't need to mortgage your home and have your spouse and kids leave...

 
S55 AMG-Swapped Mercedes 500SEC Puts Modern German Muscle in a Classic Shell
S55 AMG-Swapped Mercedes 500SEC Puts Modern German Muscle in a Classic Shell

23 Jan 2024, 04:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though not as objectively offensive to your eyes as the BMW M Division, modern Mercedes-AMG products can be hit or missed in the looks department. It's to the point that you might think twice about buying a new CLA-AMG because it looks a bit l...

 
Ford-Lincoln’s New Digital Experience Gets the Most Out of Apple Car Play and Android Auto
Ford-Lincoln’s New Digital Experience Gets the Most Out of Apple Car Play and Android Auto

23 Jan 2024, 01:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the coming 2024 Lincoln Nautilus serving as its first host platform, Ford and Lincoln's integrated infotainment system is about to receive a whole new layer of refinement. Through the all-new Ford and Lincoln Digital experience, a whole h...

 
Sierra Space's New Inflatable Space Habitat Pushed to Destruction in Burst Test
Sierra Space's New Inflatable Space Habitat Pushed to Destruction in Burst Test

22 Jan 2024, 13:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With their miniature Space Shuttle replacement Dream Chaser due to launch this April, Sierra Space is one of the busiest private spaceflight firms in North America right now. But with Tenacity nearing completion, the space-savvy legal offshoot of S...

 
Dusold Designs' Twin Turbo Windsor '65 Mustang Humbles Purpose-Built Race Cars
Dusold Designs' Twin Turbo Windsor '65 Mustang Humbles Purpose-Built Race Cars

21 Jan 2024, 20:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We bet most of you are bored to tears with restomodded first-generation Ford Mustangs. It's almost like there are more Gen-I Mustangs tuned to their eyeballs with Coyote or Godzilla motors than there are with the original hardware under the ho...

 
Don’t Call It a Barn Find: This ’69 Oldsmobile Wagon Spent Its Days in the Arizona Desert
Don’t Call It a Barn Find: This ’69 Oldsmobile Wagon Spent Its Days in the Arizona Desert

21 Jan 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By most measures, 1969 was perhaps the greatest single year in American history. Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a no-name expansion franchise won the World Series and the Super Bowl, and the year saw the arguable apex of the first muscle car re...

 
Teslas Are Losing the Fight With Chicago's Brutal Winters, Slow Charge Times Galore
Teslas Are Losing the Fight With Chicago's Brutal Winters, Slow Charge Times Galore

19 Jan 2024, 18:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In a report first broken, ironically enough, by the New York Times, residents of Chicago unfortunate enough to drive electric vehicles through the city's harsh winters are getting a crash course in the downsides of EV ownership when the weathe...

 
NYC Drivers Declare War on MTA, Sue to Stop European-Style Congestion Charging
NYC Drivers Declare War on MTA, Sue to Stop European-Style Congestion Charging

18 Jan 2024, 20:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The United States is a rebel nation, and what works in Asia or Europe often gets turned on its head as soon as it hits US soil. That's why when New York City announced plans to introduce European-style automotive congestion charges to Manhatta...

 
Forget a Super Duty, We Want This '88 Citroën Tissier to Haul Our Restomod Collection
Forget a Super Duty, We Want This '88 Citroën Tissier to Haul Our Restomod Collection

18 Jan 2024, 04:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In North America, if you want to haul a car collection around, you buy a pickup truck and a trailer, and you're happy as a clam. Roads and highways in this region of the world are permissive to these oversized behemoths and accommodate them co...

 
Meet SRT33: Half 1933 Dodge Sedan, Half 6.1 HEMI Restomod, 100 Percent Badass
Meet SRT33: Half 1933 Dodge Sedan, Half 6.1 HEMI Restomod, 100 Percent Badass

16 Jan 2024, 20:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We understand if you don't care that much for cars of an especially antique vintage. We're talking so old that they're bordering on the cusp of a natural human lifespan. Or cars that are about to fade from living memory of when they ...

 
Jeremy Hansen Will Be the First Non-American to Orbit the Moon, Hear His Side of the Story
Jeremy Hansen Will Be the First Non-American to Orbit the Moon, Hear His Side of the Story

16 Jan 2024, 04:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We bet you never thought Americans would finally return to the Moon, let alone a national of some other country. But if you haven't been paying attention recently, and no shame if you haven't, the future of human-crewed spaceflight will l...

 
Mourning the Death of the Chrysler 300? Buy This Mint '79 Cordoba 300 For Cheap
Mourning the Death of the Chrysler 300? Buy This Mint '79 Cordoba 300 For Cheap

14 Jan 2024, 23:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We love the Chrysler 300 around here. It'll never be as refined, comfortable, or quite as pleasant to drive as a 3-Series BMW or a Lexus. But we don't see many 300 owners complaining about this; they were just happy to drive a big, comfor...

 
Legit Barn Find '78 Oldsmobile Toronado Cleans Up Nicer Than Most People
Legit Barn Find '78 Oldsmobile Toronado Cleans Up Nicer Than Most People

14 Jan 2024, 19:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The automotive term "barn find" has evolved over the years to mean far more than the face value of the term itself. At one point, a barn find was just that, a classic car found hidden under a roof, often in a rural setting, and unearthed ...

 

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