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. [...]
Some of you might have seen this car before, in our book “Class of 2009,” or from a certain Bangshift.com forum thread… …and probably a few of you were wondering how you could hop-up what appears to be a mid-90′s Mercury Topaz. Honestly, who even makes hi-performance parts for a mid-size family car? Nobody, that’s [...]
With everyone going for the “oldskool” look these days, has anyone ever stopped to wonder if we’re doing it right? Did people really flock to paint stores like Rondex to pick up cans of high-class flat black paint, or get expensive undercoatings to layer beneath the John Deere muffler paint? Did our predecessors really chase [...]
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 [...]
While the first generation gets all the glory in car magazines and eBay auctions, it was the second-generation of Camaro that General Motors truly put their heart & soul into. Although it was still a unibody with sub-frames, the new pony car was built longer, lower and fatter than the previous generation, with aerodynamic [...]
First, a blatant plug-the official launch party for the first SundayCruiseFever.com book, “Class of 2009″ will be Saturday May 16th, 2009, at the Pony Corral restaurant’s Downtown location. It’s your first chance to get a glimpse of the book and pick up a signed copy, not to mention the opportunity to win some cool door [...]
If Lee Iacoca had teamed up with Hurst to build a performance version of their economy car during his tenure (aka, the Plymouth Omlette Omni) most people would call that insane. When AMC did it, they called it one of the fastest-selling musclecars of the 60’s. The post-WWII party that drove the economy sky-high [...]
Hey all, First off, to all the faithful readers-thanks for coming back today. I really appreciate that you keep on returning every week to hear me ramble and spout off about the history of your favourite vehicle. Well, probably not your favourites. After all, it’s my blog, dammit, so we’re going to hear about [...]
When the Mustang came along in 1965, it caught Chevrolet completely off-guard. The automotive press hadn’t clued them in, and their own “futurists” (people paid to predict the future) couldn’t grasp the concept of a pony car in time to create their own version. Ford’s Mustang had a complete monopoly on this new class of [...]
Sometimes, it takes a lot to make a true revolution in technology. Cadillac, for example, revolutionized the remote car starter by integrating the heater controls and heated seats, making the entire climate control system come to life with the engine. Mattel isn’t a slouch when it comes to revolutionary technology, either; when times got tough [...]
