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Whats Wrong With This Picture: Compact Co-Branding Rolls On Edition
Autocar confirms that BMW has green-lighted a “MINI by Rolls-Royce,” featuring a “totally individual, coachbuilt” interiors finished at Rolls’ Goodwood plant. The Aston Martin Cygnet and Abarth 695...
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Putin Loves His (Customized) Lada
Russian President Vladimir Putin first showed off his badass camo Lada Niva early last year, in an attempt to boost the fortunes of the floundering state-supported Russian automaker AvtoVAZ. What...
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Shorty Shoebox-amino Astounds, Confounds
Not many of us wake up in the morning and say to ourselves, “I think I’m going to shorten and narrow a ’57 Chevy wagon, give it a truck bed, and install a 427 with a 5-speed!” Check out the powered...
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Cargo Capacity Slightly Diminished, But Totally Worth It!
Here’s a totally practical daily driver I spotted on the south side of Denver a while back. My sources tell me that this Svenmeister Hardcore Kustoms creation, which appears to be a ’49 Ford pickup,...
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Who Says You Shouldn’t Slam an Audi 100?
When I was 16 and just beginning to contemplate expanding my personal automotive fleet beyond a ’69 Corona sedan, I had the opportunity to buy three Audi 100s for 350 bucks. Actually, the deal was...
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Junkyard Find: Jacqui’s Chevelle May Clog Crusher With Excess Bondo
Poor Jacqui. Her ’64 Chevelle sedan looked great with her name on the trunklid, surrounded by airbrushed vines and flowers. Then the mean tow-truck man showed up and hauled it away. Well, maybe this...
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Mystery Car: Quick, What the Hell Is It?
I usually limit my cars-in-the-wild photography to street-parked machinery, but I had to make an exception for this fine motor vehicle that I spotted in a Denver parking lot. I’m pretty sure I’m seeing...
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Down On the Alameda Street: 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible Donk
While in California to check out Billetproof Nor-Cal last weekend, I had the chance to visit The Island That Rust Forgot. It didn’t take long to find this ’67 Barracuda convertible and today’s find....
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Tastefully Modified Texas Ranchero Packs Cadillac Power, Towing Package
When you’re looking at a basket-case Ford Ranchero, a Cadillac 500-cubic-inch V8 plus TH400 transmission, an ancient Mercedes-Benz hood, and a yard full of random scrap metal, do you feel optimistic?...
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Piston Slap: What is The Poor Man’s TARDIS?
TTAC commentator horseflesh writes: Sajeev, Last year I wrote to you seeking the B&B’s help in selling a car. Well, Grandma’s Park Avenue is gone now, in short, I found that the best way to sell...
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Junkyard Find: Customized Nightmare 1958 Ford
Everyone likes a nicely customized, lowrider-style 50s Detroit bomb, but sometimes the execution isn’t so great. Such is the case with this late-50s Ford— I’m going to say it’s a ’58— that I spotted in...
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Junkyard Find: Mystery Old-School Custom
I plan to visit the Brain-Melting Colorado Junkyard later today (to discuss the purchase of a certain early-50s machine I covet), and that means I’ll have a chance to ask the proprietor a question...
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UFO Spotted In Oakland. Can You Identify It?
I was in my old East Bay stomping grounds last weekend, to drive the Scion FR-S (review coming soon) and watch the Oakland A’s beat up the hapless Red Sox. I also spotted one of the greatest motor...
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Question: Which Stodgy Luxury Car Gets Most Transformed At Extremely Low...
After my tirade about big fat luxury cars in the 24 Hours of LeMons, I got to thinking about all the once-boring luxury machines I’ve seen with brutal slam jobs. In so many cases— yes, even with a...
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Junkyard Find: 1980 Mazda RX-7, with Incredibly 80s Custom Paint
First-generation RX-7s aren’t uncommon Junkyard Finds, even though the youngest ones are 27 years old now. However, not many full-on early-to-mid-80s custom paint jobs show up at junkyards these days....
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Question: Which Is More Gloriously Extreme, Houston SLABs or Bosozoku Style?
In recent years, there was no way any car customizer in the world was going to come close to the absurd lengths that practitioners of Bōsōzoku Style in Japan went to when modifying their vehicles. Six...
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Want To Impress The Swells At the Country Club? Hemi-fied Custom Dodge A100...
Of all the racing venues I visit during my travels as Chief Justice of the 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court, the ritzy clubs tend to be the weirdest. We went to the Monticello Motor Club in New York a...
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Tailgate Mural Fails To Spare This Expedition From Crusher’s Jaws
You see a fair amount of customization among the inmates of a high-turnover, self-service wrecking yard; sometimes it’s a full-on time-capsule RX-7 and sometimes it’s the kind of thing Manny, Moe, and...
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Junkyard Find: 1990 Geo Metro-amino Pickup
It takes a really special Geo Metro to achieve Junkyard Find status; the last one that managed the feat was this bright green electric-powered ’95, which turned out to be a Ree-V conversion made in...
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Junkyard Find: 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Custom
My recent trip to Southern California resulted in a bonanza of Junkyard Finds, including the first-ever Junkyard Find Jensen Interceptor, this Maserati Biturbo Spyder, this hyper-rare Sterling 827 SLi...
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Junkyard Find: 1997 Saturn SC2, With Rare Badass Flame Job Option
Even though the Saturn S-Series has been one of the most common vehicle types in American self-service wrecking yards for at least the past decade, I’ve always walked right past the SCs and SLs when...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1984 Cadillac Eldorado
As the owner of a proper California-built custom, I’m always on the lookout for down-at-the-heels examples of the breed when I return to my former state of residence. Last month, I spotted this...
View ArticlePiston Slap: At What Rate, the Falcon’s Restomod Wings?
Stephen writes: Sajeev, I drive a ’65 Falcon convertible with the 289 and a T-5, hydraulic clutch, and 4-wheel discs just like it came from the factory. (Wink – SM) I replaced all of the rubber in...
View ArticleCrapwagon Outtake: 1996 Ford Thunderbird
For those who grew up during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, or perhaps were influenced by movies like “American Graffiti,” the hot rod is an iconic part of the youth culture of the era....
View ArticleOverfinch Sets Up Shop in Virginia, Aims to Make Range Rovers Great Again
This small-scale British invasion is good news for U.S. Range Rover owners whose vehicle just don’t feel exclusive enough. UK-based Overfinch, which designs and installs mechanical and appearance...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe Custom
In 1978, two years before I appeared on this earth, my parents traded their two-year old Chevy Nova for a brand-new K5 Blazer at Riverview Chev-Olds in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. They were headed to...
View ArticleQOTD: Which Vehicles Deserve a Cost-cutting Trim Level?
Yesterday, Tim Cain reported on the new Chevrolet Tahoe Custom trim, which lowers the point of entry on the Tahoe by $3,750 for 2018. If you’re a nerd and enjoy trim-level discussions like I do, this...
View ArticleRare Rides: The Corvette Callaway Speedster From 1991 – Fast and Dangerously...
From a forgotten sidebar of automotive history, today’s Rare Ride is perhaps a bit more obscure than normal. Just 10 total examples of the Speedster were produced, making it exceptionally rare. And...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
Third-generation Camaros are so plentiful in wrecking yards (and on the street) that I don’t pay much attention to them unless I see something special. Say, Iron Duke power with an automatic...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe LS Custom
After consuming far too much turkey over the last couple of days, your humble author is suddenly a proponent of removing a few things from one’s plate. Sure, that third hot roast turkey smothered in...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: Big Sexxy, the V8-6-4-powered 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
Finding a Malaise Era Cadillac in a self-service wrecking yard is interesting, especially when it has Cadillac’s not-so-successful first attempt at a cylinder-deactivation engine. Those cars don’t make...
View ArticleQOTD: Cross Country Cruiser?
There are some Q-Ships which are designed to simply eat up the miles. Despite the proliferation of cheap(er) airline tickets, there is definitely a group of people who would rather drive to their...
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