This one has some serious attitude “We Both Always Say That We Want Something No One Else Has and This Is Definitely That.” That's exactly what Dalton Lovejoy and Maddie Heater accomplished with this week's car spot a jacked up, heavily modified 1979 Jeep Cherokee Chief. I was driving back from Madison, WI and spotted... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Land Rover Series IIA
A distant cousin to Jeep At one time the name Land Rover meant luxurious automobiles and the folks in England just loved them. But then came along World War II and all manufacturing shifted to supporting the war. When it ended, the rebuilding efforts did not include passenger cars, they called on tough 4x4 vehicles... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Chevy Corvair Greenbrier
One of America's 1st minivans? Chevy had big plans for the Corvair when it debuted in 1960. The lineup included everything needed to sell a lot of vehicles. Besides the cars which came as a sedan, coupe, convertible, and wagon, there were also several trucks like the Greenbrier, which were added in 1961, the subject... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
One of the fastest SUVs on the planet OK, I'll admit, I'm partial to this week's car spot because I'm a Jeep guy and love going fast. A 6.4-liter V-8 pumps out 475 horsepower while a rowdy exhaust note tells you that it's an SRT. So what Jeep did was take a standard Grand Cherokee,... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1970 Chevelle SS
Classic 70's muscle car Even though new EPA emissions rules were just around the corner, car companies still managed to make fun cars like this weeks car spot, a 1970 Chevelle SS. The name "chevelle" has been speculated as influenced by the gazelle and Chevrolet combined, as a smaller sedan to the Impala. Doing 0-60... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: MGB Roadster
Underrated and affordable ... When you think of the perfect summer car there are a lot of options but one thing for sure is that it has to be a convertible. This week's car spot, this powder blue MGB, is a perfect candidate. This little car is packed full of fun. Manufactured and marketed from... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1973 Pontiac Catalina
A trunk big enough to sleep five ... Big cars were still in when the Pontiac Catalina left the showroom. It rode on a massage 123-inch wheelbase and had enough room inside to seat a large family. Spotted in the parking lot of the golf course I work at during the Summer. At around 38... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: A Chrysler with an Italian accent
This was Lido's idea Lee Iacocca did a lot of great things in his automtive career. He invented the Ford Mustang and the pony car market and the mini van while at Chrysler, again creating another market. In fact he is credited for saving Chrysler in the 80's but he had a few clunkers like... Continue Reading →
Car spot: Dodge Durango 5.9 R/T
The Durango Hellcat's dad Dodge has never been shy about jamming a big V8 into one of its cars and trucks. A great example is the Durango, I own a 2017, introduced to the public in 1998. Just two years later the 5.9 R/T arrived with 17-inch alloy wheels and a standard 5.9-liter V8. Other... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: The Chevy Vega
A car that rusted right off the assembly line It was a car that was doomed almost from the very beginning. Code named the XP-887, the Chevy Vega was meant to stop shoppers from buying the many cars being imported from Japan that got great gas mileage but when GM's corporate engineering staff finally delivered... Continue Reading →