Everyone knows the Viper is a brute force in the car world, a billet-machined piece of brute force, carved from a single mound of recycled Whoop-Ass cans. Somehow, Peter Ginakes’ 2009 Viper convertible manages to hide its true intentions from the world under that classy layer of silver paint. Of course, we all know what [...]
Those crazy PT Cruiser folks seem to have a thing with displaying toys and collectables all over their cars at car shows. Say all the mean things you want about a car full of Betty Boop, but this guy’s still taking home the “Kid’s Choice” trophy.
It might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “Late ’60s Musclecar,” Dodge still had a potent machine in the ’67 Coronet. Optional 440 and 460 engines could make it a screamer, while an available convertible top made it a cruiser.
From the end of WWII until the early ’50s, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles sold well in spite of, not because of, their designs. As the post-war demand for passenger vehicles began to wane, customers dropped their love for Chrysler Corporation brands like they were hot. In an attempt to save the company, Dodge put their [...]
Sure, lots of guys mix parts from different cars to make a rat rod, but they don’t get much more eclectic than Gary Minchin’s ’33 rat rod Dodge. Click Here to check out the whole story.
If there’s one thing that sets cars from the sixties apart from the crowd, it’s the fact that they wore their performance pedigree on the outside. This lime-green Dodge Swinger proudly displays its engine displacement (340 cubic inches) on its hood scoops, letting the guy in the next lane know what he’s dealing with…
Johnny Cash sang of the hardships of trying to assemble a Cadillac from stolen parts of many model years in his 1976 hit, “One Piece At A Time.” As the song says, there was a little bit of every Caddy from the 1950′s through to the 1970′s. With all due respect, the late, great Mr. [...]
Ever have one of those cars that keeps breaking down, no matter how many times you restore it? Rebuild the engine, the transmission blows. Replace the rearend gears, and the driveshaft U-joints wear out. Every time you fix it, you think “that’s it, it’s all done, it’s ready to rock cruise night,” just in time [...]
**UPDATE** Our fearless retailer, McNally Robinson, is now stocking “Class of 2009″ in their online store. Click here to order your copy today! It’s not just older cars that get their day in our book, “Class of 2009.” With the number of motorcycles and recent-model cars running around, it’s hard to imagine any attempt [...]
So I got talking with one of my co-workers today, and he mentioned something interesting: “Yeah, I’m waiting on that new Dodge electric thing, the EV it’s called? Yeah, I’d drive one of those.” This is the same guy who keeps a poster of a Ford V8 engine behind his desk, and he’s holding [...]
