1983 Hurst Olds with those awesome Lightning Rod shifters. There was on in my area for less than $4,000 and it looked in pretty good shape. I get a new daily driver every few years and I was in the middle of daily driving a 1976 Celica and had already had a 1987 Monte Carlo SS as a daily. I just couldn’t see daily…

Gonna have to go all the way back to driver’s ed. Our high school had a small fleet of “range cars” that we could use in a closed parking lot - the two “nicest” ones got on-the-road duty - a Gen 1 Chevy Cavalier and a Plymouth Reliant.

The 4-4-2 is an up-badged Cutlass S. I made the decision kind of late in the game when I was getting paint done so I still have some Cutlass badge holes in the body so it’s super obvious. Not that it matters. The original 350 with 2-speed auto both blew a very long time ago and it now has a 425 with a Muncie 4-speed.…

This is definitely a reminder of the major flaw of speed/red light cameras - without a human eye, you really can’t enforce things properly. An officer who witnesses a driver go through a red light can make a judgement call - was this a rampaging maniac who just endangered everyone or was this someone who didn’t stop…

Mine is a 1980 Spitfire 1500. Only mods are a single weber conversion and a header. I really like it with the Weber. Makes it way more trouble free. Going to have to address the transmission at some point since it whines in 3rd gear and likes to pop out of reverse, but I’m having too much fun driving it.

The 1968 Olds is the reliable one. I guess. I mean, the Spit does start every time I try it. And the Spit has never left me stranded. It just doesn’t have overdrive, so the fun has to stay at around 50 mph.

Gotta give some love to Jennings Motorsports. Listening to this guy calmly talk his way through trying to get a car that rusted halfway through a tree 70 years ago to start is all the optimism you will ever need in your life:

Glad to be of service, although it’s hardly nostalgia for me. I had a ‘94 Trans Am and loved everything about it except that awful LT1 engine. And the T-Tops didn’t leak a drop.  And it looked more bats**t insane than the Camaro. The LT1 randomly threw a rod on me, sadly. Now I drive a 3rd Gen Firebird (I have a soft…

Everything that was right or wrong with the 1990's is on display with the 1993 Camaro. No corners. Bubbles everywhere. Our strange obsession with hiding roof pillars. The strange idea that it should have a spoiler that you can’t see from the car’s profile (WHY?!?!?). Little to no grill.

Here’s a deep cut - The Oldsmobile 425 V8.

Tempted to pick this up and stick it in my garage. I have a Triumph Spitfire and since it doesn’t have it’s “Spitfire 1500" badging, I get a lot of shouts of “Nice Alfa!”.

My mother loves her 2014 XTerra and has kept it longer than she’s kept any other vehicle. It’s getting old and she wishes it had more creature comforts... but she doesn’t want to give up driving a real truck-based SUV.  She also doesn’t want to deal with a car payment since she’s trying to be responsible with money.…

As someone who was born in 1975, I’m really proud that I’ve held up a hell of a lot better than the Chevy Vega. 

Not just missing HB Halicki, also Hal Needham should totally be on this list!

I was rebuilding the shifter in my 1980 Spitfire. It’s a super easy job because Triumph was cool enough to make a removable tunnel panel between the seats, giving you full access to the transmission from inside the car. I decided to do some cleanup while I had it all apart...

I’m not sure anything can beat making Ricky Rudd drive around in a giant box of Tide.

My biggest frustration with my 1989 Pontiac Firebird? There’s a plastic lower panel under the dashboard that covers up everything below the steering column, but it constantly slips down just far enough that my toes hit it when I’m trying to clutch or brake. I don’t want to just rip it out and leave all the wires…

“and there’s an oil leak that may need attention.”

I’m going to have a mural on my 1976 Chevy van of a 1976 Chevy van, but just two inches to the right. 

When I had a 1991 Corvette, I got a little excited because there weren’t a lot like mine - Obnoxious teal with a 6-speed and cloth interior (and that awesome L98 engine - still hold this was way better than the LT-1. Fight me).